Electra 3.0.1

What's new in this version:

New features - interface:
- GUI with 16 different sizes (with and without editor / effects)
- Native support for WQHD, 4K, 5K and 8K UHD displays
- GUI can be scaled from 50% up to 300% by clicking in the lower right corner
- Smoother animations and more responisve controls
- Support for hardware-acceleration
- Ultrasharp graphics with enhanced HiDpi and Retina Display support
- The SYNTH button flashes when a layer plays a note.This makes it easier to work with several arpeggiators
- Automatic detection of the ideal GUI size
- A check-mark shows the last loaded custom-waveform
- Online help with tutorial videos

New features - synthesis:
- 118 additional patches that make use of the new features. The synth ships with 1439 patches now
- The 8Bit noise oscillator can create lo-fi fx sounds from the past.The sound can be changed with PW and the key
- Major and minor chords are available as additional key modes for the arpeggiator
- The new 'Transient shaper' adds punch and presence to the sounds. It can be accessed in the 'sound mode' selector
- The new 'Transient + Bass' mode adds presence and dynamic bass pressure to the sounds.It can be accessed in the 'sound mode' selector
- New analog pulse oscillator types : Pulse 1/2, Pulse 2/5, Pulse 1/3, Pulse 1/4, Pulse 1/5, Pulse 1/6, Pulse 1/8
- New analog oscillator types with inverted phase : Saw invert, Pulse invert
- New analog oscillator types : Impulse, Sine Flip, Comb 2, Comb 3
- New reverb-types : Cold, Theater and Hangar
- 40 new waveforms for the custom-wave/wavetable oscillators
- New bipolar modulation source : "Step LFO/Envelope +-"
- Monophonic LFOs that re-trigger only with the first pressed key (set the LFO mode to 'Mono')
- Monophonic STEP LFOs (set the trigger mode to 'Mono loop')

Enhancements - synthesis:
- The audio-engine now uses 64-bit precision instead of 32-bit, which results in a higher sound-quality
- CPU useage has been lowered
- Maximum Delay-time has been extended
- Enhanced sound of the automatic micro-tuning : A wide range of chords are detected
- Replaced 'Reverb Hall' with a better sounding algorithm
- Slightly enhanced sound of the Reverb types 'Cathedral', 'Room', 'Infinity', 'Big', 'Glass', 'Plate'
- The arpeggiator's Stack-mode has been enhanced and can handle polyphonic input and duplicate notes
- Enhanced sound of Unison
- Unused matrix slots are cleaned-up automatically after saving patches

New Multistep-Envelope / LFO (available for each one of the 4 synth-layers):
- The STEP LFO has been completely rewritten
- It can be used as a Multistep Envelope by changing trigger-mode to Envelope
- The modulation capabilities of the synth have been extended drastically
- Editing and sound-design is more intuitive
- A realtime-display visualizes the current shape
- The current play-position is shown
- Unused parts of the LFO are faded-out
- The STEP LFO shape and values are not longer only updated after NoteOn
- It offers higher precision timing
- It is able to interpolate and sounds a lot smoother

New Multistep-Envelope / LFO waveforms:
- Linear to left : Interpoles smoothly to the step located to the left
- Cubic to left : Interpolates with a cubic spline
- Analog slow : Analog envelope smoothing with low cutoff
- Analog medium : Analog envelope smoothing with medium cutoff
- Analog fast : Analog envelope smoothing with high cutoff
- Analog reverse : Inverted analog envelope
- Saw down : The step ramp downwards
- Saw up : The step ramps upwards
- Triangle : The step ramps upwards and downwards
- Triangle 25 % : Sloped triangle
- Triangle 75 % : Sloped triangle
- Pulse 0 % : The second part of the step is 0
- Pulse 50 % : The first part of the step is 0
- Decay 1 : Slow analog decay envelope
- Decay 2 : Fast analog decay envelope
- Attack 1 : Slow analog attack envelope
- Attack 2 : Fast analog attack envelope
- Sine / 2 : Sine with half frequency
- Cosine / 2 : Cosing with half frequency
- Sine + -: Bipolar sine
- FM Sine : The FM modulated sine is useful for wobbles
- FM Square : FM modulated square-wave
- FM Saw down : The FM modulated saw is useful for wobbles
- FM Saw up : The FM modulated saw is useful for wobbles
- Noise : A step with noise
- Diffusion : Noisy diffusion between steps

Enhancements - interface:
- Completely rewritten GUI code
- More beautiful graphics for the LCD displays
- The animations of the filter, LFO, waveform and envelope-displays are drastically faster and smoother
- More contrast for the knob-handles
- Reworked many graphics
- LFO waveform display is bigger
- Keyboard in patch browser is hidden when editor or effects are hidden
- Fine-tuned many coordinates in the interface
- Fine-tuned some colors
- More immediate control of filter cutoff and parameters
- More tooltips with better descriptions
- Layers are initialized with a smoothed gate shape
- Patch browser can now also be opened by clicking on 'BROWSER' or the display on the upper left
- A finger is shown when hovering over 'BROWSER' to indicate that the control is click - able
- The interface gets a blue shading when drag & drop modulation is used
- When a patch uses the STEP Lfo it is show automatically after loading
- The user is warned if he / she selects a GUI size that is too large for the screen

Enhancements - synthesis:
- Enhanced sound quality
- More precise pitch calculation
- Higher precision timing of the LFOs
- Enhanced sound of white noise
- Enhanced sound of pink noise
- Analog oscillators are more in-tune and have more beautiful noise
- Step LFO shape and values are not longer updated only on NoteOn
- Step LFO is able to interpolate and sounds smoother

Other enhancements:
- Enhanced DAW compatibility and stability
- Performance optimizations
- Smarter detection of the installation path on PC to avoid duplicate installations
- All links are now https
- A huge number of small enhancements

Fixes:
- Fixed an unlikely crash that could happen with switching a patch while playing a chord with micro-tuning
- Fixed a rare issue with VST3 on PC running with a desktop zoom > 100%
- Fixed a very unlikely crash that could happen when Init is pressed after loading the second patch of a category