Wren latest version - 2025.4.10.0

blue hell · Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:51 pm Post subject:

2015.7.12.0

http://bluehell.electro-music.com/wren/forums.html#changes

Also a new source code release for this version.

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blue hell · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 4:46 pm Post subject:

2015.8.21.0

http://bluehell.electro-music.com/wren/forums.html#changes

Added .. lemme see . .granulator stuff ... MIDI CC support on controls, OSC control, but that that was tested badly .. OSC modules, badly tested too, a new mixer, some changes in the user interface, a new envelope curve type, poetry module of course .. stuff like that .. couple of bug fixes ... thats about it.

Let me know where it fails please Rolling Eyes

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blue hell · Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 5:23 pm Post subject:

2015.8.26.0

http://bluehell.electro-music.com/wren/forums.html#changes

There was a bit of a nasty bug when trying to use the unusable Friemels module (it is just a little user interface experiment really, but it would prevent Wren from quitting after having been used).

Some other minor fixes too, also I have inverted the internal coding for the 'rec' button of the Granulator modules .. which means .. when you saved them in an old Wren and reload them in this one they will be off when they were on.

A couple of new modules too, ClockedDelay16, NoteQuantizer and a lookup table thingie.

The main thing is that finally the Scala module seems to work properly Cool

I used it on some odd scalings and verified the output against what the Scala software produces for it. I did test the keyboard mappings a bit less well, but did test a regular one and an odd one.

What I did not test were keyboard mappings with holes in them. Wren can not really have holes in the mapping anyway, what Wren is supposed to do with it is that for a hole it uses the value from the step defined before.

(as the module implements a lookup table it has to give 'some' output for all possible input values. You could make the Scala files in such a way that it would output some 'special' value which could be detected with a comparator module for instance and then do some special stuff with that, like prevent an envelope to be triggered).

You can get scales and keyboard mappings from http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/ but also there is the Scala program itself on that site which can make such files to your own liking .. it will also tell you how to hand-craft such files.

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blue hell · Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 2:22 pm Post subject:

2015.9.2.0

Added a couple of filterbank thingies, like

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Added search functionality to the module selector - I'm starting to loose track on what modules are on which page ...

Added presets which can act on the patch as a whole or on any module selection.

blue hell · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 4:39 pm Post subject:

2015.10.2.0

Too many changes to mention ... in looks ... in processing .. couple of new modules too. This may have introduced some bugs too of course ... anyway .. have fun :-)

Please see http://bluehell.electro-music.com/wren/forums.html#changes

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blue hell · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:45 pm Post subject:

2015.11.4.0

http://bluehell.electro-music.com/wren/forums.html#changes

Mainly a looks thing (a lot of user interface stuff is user configurable now), some bug fixes (knobs were not working properly everywhere, there was a MIDI issue and an OSC issue), and two new modules.

Gabe, known as LfoHead here, was kind enough to make a complete set of icons for the gabe looks, thanks Gabe, they are great Exclamation

The gabe look:

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The default look:

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But you can customize it all to your own likings, the configuration screen:

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Also in the looks folder you will find examples for the bitmaps that can be changed.

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blue hell · Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 5:24 pm Post subject:

I've just released version 2015.12.15.0 - for info check http://bluehell.electro-music.com/wren/forums.html#changes

A couple of bug fixes, a couple of new modules and some internal cleanup stuff.

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Added a lil noodle thingie I did with the latest Wren, that is a patch and a recording (see attachments below)(lower ... Laughing

). To get the real thing you should play the patch of course.

listening to a recording of a noodle is like watching a photograph of a waterfal.

The recording is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND

The patch looks like:

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2015-12-15--Blue Hell--2015-12-15 - a wren noodle.mp3

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2015-12-15 - a Wren noodle, for the patch see the forum where this track was posted. Published under a CC-BY-NC-ND creative commons license.

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hrastprogrammer · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 4:54 am Post subject:

This synth is like a Borg - it will assimilate all synthesizers and modules out there Very Happy

blue hell · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 5:04 am Post subject:

Heh, don't think so Hrast ... but it turns out that modular is not so modular in a way and that for trying some new ideas I often need to make a new module somehow Shocked

But this was the idea .. to have some platform of my own that I can easily try ideas in.

Anyway, once one is in I might as well just publish it. Laughing

Ideas from other's are welcome as well BTW, but I do have limited knowledge, and can not realize all ideas or suggestions.

hrastprogrammer · Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 5:08 am Post subject:

Yes, this is really great - to have your own platform where you can test various things.

And once you start doing this it is hard to stop - I know it perfectly well Very Happy

blue hell · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 4:26 pm Post subject:

2016.1.24.0

A couple of bug fixes, some new modules, some new modes for existing modules. Summary:

- bug in sample rate switching fixed
- bug in the monadic module fixed
- bug in multi filters fixed
- made module import work properly
- patch folder and template folder remembered over sessions now
- added RMS mode to compressor
- added some fading curves for Pan and XFade modules
- added a stereo widener module
- added a smaller mono mixer
- added a volume control module
- added four voice paraphony by implementing a new MIDI in module
- added an RMS calculator module
- added a value displaying module
- added a cubic clipper module

See http://bluehell.electro-music.com/wren/forums.html#changes for details.

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blue hell · Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 11:02 am Post subject:

Just released version 2016.2.14.0, also updated the source code release.

Some bugfixes maninly, for details see : http://bluehell.electro-music.com/wren/forums.html#changes

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marioisaac · Joined: Jan 24, 2016 Posts: 26 Location: Panama

Hey tried using this release but had permanent dropouts.

By just connecting a single Oscillator to the output module, instead of acontinuous signal, it was an intermitent sound with dropouts.

I tried running it at 44.1k and 96k sample rate, but it did not solve the issue.

I installed back the previous verison, and the problem was solved Razz

blue hell · Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 4:35 pm Post subject:

You didnt keep the logfile by any chance?

marioisaac · Joined: Jan 24, 2016 Posts: 26 Location: Panama

Well, After restarting my PC now it seems to be working.

Also the Modules icons on the Modules Tab, don't show properly. This is a aestethic issue, it happens on this version, and the previous version as well.
I took a screen shot of that.

Thank you

blue hell · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 3:55 am Post subject:

I do not agree to the terms and conditions of wetransfer, sorry.

The forum has an attachment mechanism, could you please use that?

marioisaac · Joined: Jan 24, 2016 Posts: 26 Location: Panama

Sure, I most prefer attaching files directly. Did not know this forum had that feautre. Thanks for letting me know.

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blue hell · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:25 am Post subject:

Thanks!

Not much to see in the logs - they are not from runs that failed? (a new log is started each time Wren starts up)

And the text does not fit I see, did you set the windows font to something larger than usual?

I see I have style elements on for the module selector (and a lot of other places as well), that could be it .. you have issues with non-fitting text in other plasces too? (like in the settings screen, some text there is a bit of a tight fit too).

marioisaac · Joined: Jan 24, 2016 Posts: 26 Location: Panama

The logs are from runs that failed. Don't know what could have caused the problem.

I don't have issues in places other than the Modules Tab. I also have not changed the fonts size.

I just tried different visual themes, and the problem is solved.

The Windows theme is the only one with the text-fitting issues and only in the Modules Tab.

blue hell · Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2016 4:43 pm Post subject:

Ok, thank you.

I will think about it.

blue hell · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 4:27 pm Post subject:

A new release .. 2016.3.5.0

I've changed something for the font size issue, not sure if this solves the problem though.

Added two new module types.

See: http://bluehell.electro-music.com/wren/forums.html#changes

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blue hell · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 5:56 am Post subject:

And another new one : 2016.4.27

See: http://bluehell.electro-music.com/wren/forums.html#changes or http://bluehell.electro-music.com/wren/modules.html for details.

Also made a fresh source code release.

Fixed bugs :

* Selectors did not work properly

* Range setting for MixMM16to1 was not working properly.

* Stereo RMS calculation for the compressor was wrong.

* Changed some stuff for the built in help, lots of typos, some extra information, some errors got fixed.

Changed modules:

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Some changes for the integration mode.

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Added RMS mode.

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Added a saw mode.

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Added pulse modes to some logic modules.

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Added output type selections for some logic modules.

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Added hysteresis to the CubicClipper.

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Added all-pass interpolation to the KS module.

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Added some ranges for the value display module.

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Added Q modulation to the SVF module.

New modules :

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Tap module example patch:

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SawMill example output:

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sergio_frias_23 · Joined: May 17, 2016 Posts: 9 Location: Portugal

"portaudio version: not detected or not properly initialized"

Cannot get any audio
I'm using win 10 X64,does anyone have the same problem?

blue hell · Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 11:10 am Post subject:

hi sergio_frias_23, welcome.

I'm not using win10 myself, but found some info : https://lists.columbia.edu/pipermail/portaudio/2015-September/000058.html

Maybe that gives some hints and maybe there is some other pre-compiled version.

blue hell · Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 2:23 pm Post subject:

Another new version 2016.5.29.0

See http://bluehell.electro-music.com/wren/forums.html#changes for details, the summary is:

The bug fixes are (for):

- CubicClip could make denormal values at some settings.

- Normalize function filters out NaNs and infinities too now

- Text changes did not mark the patch to be changed

- The 1 kHz fader for the third filter bank was wrongly named and hence that band was not working at all.

- Some bad resource locking fixed

- Sped up patch execution by around 7%

- Error in MIDI running state processing.

The new modules are:

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