Release Notes

Release Notes for version 2.6.16 (Released on October 7th, 2025)

New Products:

  • Empirical Labs Professor Punch-Knuckles
  • Empirical Labs Complete Collection 2

 

Flow Mixing Suite:

  • Added the following native plug-ins to the subscription:
    • Empirical Labs Professor Punch-Knuckles
    • British Class A Equalizer
    • British Class A Compressor
    • British Class A Drive
    • Doom Chvrch
    • Kraft
    • Model 72 Envelope Filter
    • Model 77 Reverb
    • Model 84 Chorus
  • Added Flows for Guitar and Bass sounds.
  • Added Flows, including Empirical Labs Professor Punch-Knuckles.
  • Added amps, cabs, and pedals as loadable modules.
  • Added Empirical Labs Professor Punch-Knuckles as a loadable module.
  • Added 4.5dB/oct slope in the FFT settings.
  • Fixed an issue where modules could load disabled.

 

Flow Mastering Suite:

  • Updated GUI, new Flow Menu and Gear menu.
  • Updated parameter set (breaking change: saved projects with this version and onwards is not possible to open with earlier versions of Flow Mastering Suite).
  • Updated the number of possible modules to load from 10 to 30.
  • Added the following plug-ins to the subscription:
    • Deesser
    • Equalizer
  • Added a Flow for Orchestral music.
  • Added Flow Pack from Maor Appelbaum.
  • Added 4.5dB/oct slope in the FFT settings.
  • Fixed an issue where modules could load disabled.
  • Added User Signal Chain indicator.
  • Fixed an issue where modules had the wrong contextual information.
  • Fixed an issue where click-areas were misaligned in Weiss EQ1.
  • Fixed an issue where keyboard focus wasn't released correctly.
  • Fixed an issue where plug-ins in the signal chain were not drawn correctly when the Goniometer was shown.

 

Console 1 System:

  • Added support for the following Plugin Alliance plug-ins:
    • Bettermaker Passive Equalizer
    • Millennia NSEQ-2
    • Millennia TCL-2
    • Purple Audio MC 77
    • SPL BiG
    • SPL IRON
    • SPL Machine Head
    • SPL Passeq
    • SPL Transient Designer Plus
    • SPL TwinTube
    • SPL Vitalizer MK2-T
    • Vertigo VSC-2
    • Vertigo VSM-3
    • Vertigo VSS-2
  • Added EQ curve data in Pro Tools for third-party plug-ins loaded as modules in Console 1 System.
  • Fixed a crash in the On-Screen Display when using UAD plug-in scenes in Apollo Central mode.
  • Improved meter performance in the Cubase DAW integration.
  • Fixed an issue where LED lights on connected HWs didn't blink when using bypass.
  • Fixed an issue where UADx Verve Analog Machines or UADx Verve Essentials could crash Console 1 System.

 

Amp Room:

  • Fixed a crash happening in Logic Pro 11.2.1 when running in Rosetta mode.

 

Added AAX Automation highlights to the following plug-ins:

  • Core Vintage Dual Equalizer
  • Core Vintage Equalizer
  • Deesser
  • Vocal Tuner
  • Weiss Exciter

 

Equalizers:

  • Fixed an issue where bypass broke in Equalizers with certain vintage EQs loaded.

 

Extended Features:

  • Improved metering performance resulting in less CPU load per plug-in.
  • Fixed an issue where quick changes to the headroom parameter could lead to volume spikes.
  • Fixed an issue where some metering configurations didn't show correctly.

 

Model 77 Dual Layer Synth:

  • Fixed an issue where the synced random LFO would ignore the DAW's bpm and run at a faster rate.

 

Trident A-Range and Transient Shaper:

  • Fixed issues with click-areas.

 

Weiss Exciter:

  • Added preset pack from Maor Appelbaum.