February 15, 2026
Discovery Pro 8.15, Bliss 3.7 Updated
We're pleased to announce updates to Discovery Pro and Bliss, featuring adaptive engine playback, sample-rate-adaptive oversampling, Deep FM mode, classic time stretch, and enhanced zoom controls.
Discovery Pro 8.15
Discovery Pro is the ultimate virtual analog synthesizer and sampler with 4 layers, 12 oscillators, 16 filter types including Nord Lead 2, Moog, and Oberheim SEM models, SFZ/WAV/SoundFont support, PADSynth re-synthesis, and Nord Lead 2 SysEx import/export.
Version 8.15 introduces adaptive engine playback, sample-rate-adaptive oversampling, new Deep FM mode, filter browsing, performance optimizations, LED display fixes, and better menu organization.
What's New
- Adaptive Playback Engine: CPU protection with two-layer dropout prevention for improved stability under heavy loads, instant spike detection for emergency oversampling reduction during sudden polyphony bursts, and idle synth fast path that dramatically reduces CPU usage when no voices are playing.
- Sample-Rate-Adaptive Oversampling: Automatically adjusts quality based on the host sample rate for optimal CPU usage. Enforced minimum 2x oversampling with compile-time wavetable sizing, removing runtime resizing overhead and legacy 1x mode.
- Deep FM Mode: Nord Lead 2 exact FM modulation depth enabling more aggressive and expressive FM synthesis sounds. Updated 76 stock banks with Deep FM setting for more accurate Nord Lead 2 FM sound.
- Filter Browsing: Full filter listing via Shift+click and right-click on filter type for quick access to all available filters.
- Panic on Play/Stop: New option that resets all voices and CPU state on DAW transport changes.
- Layer Broadcast Channel: MIDI channel 5 as broadcast channel for controlling all active layers simultaneously.
- Performance Optimizations: Removed redundant WAV 2x pre-upsampling halving sample memory usage and speeding up instrument loading. Optimized WaveVoice Lerp, FFT view rendering, and oscilloscope with on-demand decay timer.
- Improvements: Reorganized Swap menu with logical ordering grouped by scope. Migrated bounce oversampling to binary config with raised default quality settings. Improved CPU overload recovery with automatic quality restoration after silence.
- Bug Fixes: Fixed voice panning LED display, Voice Note Panning LED and stereo width for unison voices, ADSR knob LED status, Programs menu root-level preset display, CPU protection restoration in AU hosts, and Shift+Morph aftertouch mode button logic.
This update is free for all 8.x customers. Upgrade offer from 7.x has been extended to June 2026.
Bliss 3.7
Bliss is a professional sampler with VST/AU and hardware instrument recording capabilities, Visual Key Mapper, built-in wave editor, and comprehensive format support including AKAI S1000/S3000/S5000/S6000, NKI, EXS, SFZ, SoundFont2, and CD-ROM disk images.
Version 3.7 introduces a classic Akai S1000-style time stretch effect, native Akai S1000/S3000 ISO disk image import, a redesigned interpolation engine, zoom controls for the keyboard mapping and sample editor, and several editor bug fixes.
What's New
- Classic Time Stretch Effect: S1000-style SOLA time stretch algorithm as a destructive editing tool in the Effects menu with CYCLIC and INTELL processing modes ported from HighLife. Five presets available: Half Speed (x0.5), Slow (x0.75), Jungle (x1.33), Fast (x1.5), and Double Speed (x2.0). Full undo support with proportional loop and cue point scaling.
- Akai S1000/S3000 ISO Disk Image Importer: Native import support for Akai S1000 and S3000 ISO disk images, opening access to vast libraries of classic hardware sampler content. Supports both standard ISO and BIN CD-ROM image formats. Automatic root note mapping and proper zone configuration from Akai program data with bank-level operations for multi-program disk handling.
- CUE Sheet Audio Importer: Load individual audio tracks from BIN/CUE CD images with automatic splitting into separate zones based on CUE sheet track markers.
- New Interpolation Engine: Replaced B-Spline and SINC 32 playback engines with a brand new SINC 128 interpolation algorithm for improved audio quality and efficiency. Replaced Oversampling engine with highest quality DSP and cleaner downsampling. Optimized SINC 512 bounce mode by skipping redundant 4x voice oversampling, reducing offline render times.
- Keyboard Mapping Zoom and Scroll: Zoom All, Zoom + and Zoom - controls for compressing and stretching the piano editor view with horizontal scrollbar for navigating zoomed views. Zoom and scroll state persists across sessions.
- Sample Editor Zoom Controls: Zoom All, Zoom Selection, Zoom + and Zoom - buttons on the sample editor tab bar. Zoom Selection available on the waveform tab, other zoom buttons available on both tabs.
- Zone List Play/Pause Controls: Play/pause buttons directly on zone list rows with hover interaction for quick auditioning. Auto-fit column width for improved zone list readability.
- View State Persistence: The active view (main GUI or sample editor) now restores correctly when the host reopens. The active editor tab persists across sessions.
- Keyboard Mapping Bug Fixes: Fixed zone high note edge drag jumping to next note on click, zone low note edge drag causing erratic jumping at note boundaries, active zone losing drag to inactive zone when sharing the same note boundary, and root note triangle growing disproportionately when zoomed in.
This update is free for all Bliss 2.x and 3.x customers.
