The Usual Suspects, the developers of the DSP56300 emulator, have dropped Xenia, a new Synthesizer plugin recreating Waldorf Microwave XT.
Changelog:
1.4.4 (2025/03/09):
Release Notes
1.4.4
Xenia:
– [Imp] Add support to load patches from files that include custom waves and wavetables
– [Imp] Wave Editor has been added to create/import/export custom Waves and Control Tables
– [Imp] Custom Waves/Control Tables are now exported with the Patch when exporting via Patch Manager
– [Fix] Checksum of exported patches was incorrect due to bug in documentation
– [Fix] Emulator might get stuck while „Reorganising Memory“
– [Fix] UI didn’t react to parameter changes via MIDI controller messages
1.4.2 (2025/02/01):
Framework:
– [Imp] Skinning System: Added ability to add parameter bindings to labels
– [Imp] Skinning System: Added roughly CSS-based styling system. This allows to move properties that are common to all buttons/knobs/etc to a single style to prevent that they need to be repeated for each element. Export the latest NodalRed2x skin to see the new format
– [Imp] Downgraded to Juce 7 to regain compatibility with Windows 7 & fix font rendering issues on macOS
1.3.20 (2024/09/07)
Framework:
– [Imp] Strip path names from skin names in GUI Skin submenu (mkruselj)
– [Fix] Patch Manager: Lost Favourites/Tags/User Banks if plugin closed before scan
finished
– [Fix] Crash when dragging a patch from Patch Manager to a part slot
– [Fix] Crash when dragging a patch on an empty area in grid view
– [Fix] Drag target slot rectangles displayed in grid view for areas without content
– [Fix] Continue MIDI clock generation while DAW sequencer is stopped
Xenia:
– [Fix] Typos in play parameter names (mkruselj)
– [Fix] Arp not working in Multi mode
– [Fix] Arpeggiator stopped while DAW sequencer not running
1.3.19 (2024/08/17)
Framework:
– [Imp] Physical MIDI port selection is now stored per instance
– [Imp] Patch Manager: Added options to reveal a datasource in the default
File Browser of the OS
– [Fix] Physical MIDI ports were not opened before GUI was opened
– [Fix] CLAP: Ranges of discrete parameters were not reported properly,
causing automation issues
– [Fix] Context menu for text edit fields was twice as large as intended
– [Fix] LV2 plugins were packaged into a a Unix like subfolder for Mac/Win
Xenia:
– [Fix] Do not expose parameters for parts 9-16 as the machine only has 8
– [Fix] Physical MIDI in/out port selectors didn’t work
– [Fix] LFO 2 rate knob in sync mode adjusting LFO 1 instead of LFO 2
– [Fix] UI was not refreshing when loading DAW preset
– [Fix] Play Parameters didn’t show the bound parameter value while being
adjusted
– [Fix] Play Parameter knobs didn’t adapt range of bound parameter
Both files inside the ROM folder are required to operate Xenia. Thats the public beta release.
Included in the Package:
– ROM
– All Plugin versions per OS
– Last Manual
– a few Factory Banks Sets from Waldorf.
https://dsp56300.wordpress.com/
The_Usual_Suspects_Xenia_(DSP56300_Emulator)_1.4.4_MacOS.rar – 283.2 MB
The_Usual_Suspects_Xenia_(DSP56300_Emulator)_1.4.4_Win.rar – 123.5 MB
The_Usual_Suspects_Xenia_(DSP56300_Emulator)_1.4.4_Linux.rar – 773.3 MB