Falcon 1.5 enhances the factory library with 100 new presets that have been crafted to showcase Falcon's power and versatility. A Frequency Shifter has been added to the robust effects section, as well as new Event modules using the Script Processor such as MIDI Delay, Velocity Remapper and more, while the Wavetable oscillator now offers FM. Users can now also scale the user interface to suit their screen needs, and lastly, "Favorites" tagging makes accessing your most-used presets easier than ever.
UVI Workstation 3 introduces new features and enhancements focused on improving workflow and ergonomics. Notably, the user interface has been redesigned and is now scalable to suit all screen sizes. A new "Favorites" tagging option has been added, speeding up the recall of frequently used presets and patches.
Re: UVI Falcon 1.5 and Workstation 3 updates
Posted: Apr 25, 2018 4:39 pm
by tack
Looking forward to seeing if overall performance of Workstation has improved. The Bohemian has always been painful to use in terms of UI performance -- at least with Reaper.
Re: UVI Falcon 1.5 and Workstation 3 updates
Posted: Apr 25, 2018 7:40 pm
by tack
tack wrote: ↑Apr 25, 2018 4:39 pmLooking forward to seeing if overall performance of Workstation has improved. The Bohemian has always been painful to use in terms of UI performance -- at least with Reaper.
Nope, it's every bit as bad as it was in terms of total DAW UI pauses. In fact it seems even worse now, as on the Bohemian when I click on the spanner/gear icon the audio cuts out completely while the UI is animating. I don't recall the previous version doing that (though I'm not motivated enough to reinstall it to double check).
Re: UVI Falcon 1.5 and Workstation 3 updates
Posted: Apr 26, 2018 3:14 am
by Guy Rowland
That's all very odd Jason, I don't think I've ever had an issue like that with any UVI library Bohemian included. That said, I did a quick test here to be sure, and while there was no general lag or issue, when I clicked the spanner on Bohemain Violin there was a very brief spike which stopped the output for half a second. There was no equivalent of this in the Cello release, but that has a different UI.
Re: UVI Falcon 1.5 and Workstation 3 updates
Posted: Apr 26, 2018 9:18 am
by Jaap
I can't speak for the workstation as I don't use that anymore, but Falcon runs just as normal and really loving the FM option for wavetables and this new frequency shifting modulation is really making my day!
Re: UVI Falcon 1.5 and Workstation 3 updates
Posted: Apr 26, 2018 2:55 pm
by Jaap
Mmm I have to adjust my answer. I am getting now and then the Cubase message " a serious error has occurred etc etc" when I insert an effect and this did not happen before the 1.5 update. Contacted support already and hopefully they have a clue.
Re: UVI Falcon 1.5 and Workstation 3 updates
Posted: Apr 27, 2018 7:49 pm
by heisenberg
Falcon is working well now that VEPro has been employed with Nuendo. Jaap is just dropped a bunch of Falcon EFX in a reasonably processor intensive patch and nothing blew up. Falcon is being hosted in VEPro though.
Re: UVI Falcon 1.5 and Workstation 3 updates
Posted: Apr 28, 2018 12:16 pm
by EvilDragon
tack wrote: ↑Apr 25, 2018 4:39 pm
Looking forward to seeing if overall performance of Workstation has improved. The Bohemian has always been painful to use in terms of UI performance -- at least with Reaper.
The main problem here is Reaper's undo. It's saving the whole plugin chunk there, and for Bohemian, since it has so many samples, this is pretty huge. Unfortunately this is not handled asynchronously (just like how there's no background loading) in Falcon/UVIW.
Some hosts (like Studio One) don't seem to have this problem. It does happen in Reaper, Maschine, and a couple of other hosts. It's pretty frustrating, not only for users, but also for Virharmonic guys, because it's not them who are creating the issue (well apart from using a LOT of samples - but in this game Kontakt is much more efficient than UVI's engine).
Re: UVI Falcon 1.5 and Workstation 3 updates
Posted: Apr 28, 2018 1:17 pm
by tack
EvilDragon wrote: ↑Apr 28, 2018 12:16 pmThe main problem here is Reaper's undo. It's saving the whole plugin chunk there, and for Bohemian, since it has so many samples, this is pretty huge.
Aha! Thanks for that bit of wisdom, ED. Indeed, using the "save minimal undo states" and "avoid loading undo states when possible" compatibility settings for the FX make a big difference.
EvilDragon wrote: ↑Apr 28, 2018 12:16 pmUnfortunately this is not handled asynchronously (just like how there's no background loading) in Falcon/UVIW.
Given that Reaper itself completely hangs during this process, it seems to me that Reaper shares some of the blame here too. Even if I run the FX in a dedicated process. Really, blocking the UI should almost never be considered acceptable.
Anyway, much better now with those settings. Thanks!
Re: UVI Falcon 1.5 and Workstation 3 updates
Posted: Apr 28, 2018 2:18 pm
by heisenberg
heisenberg wrote: ↑Apr 27, 2018 7:49 pm
Falcon is working well now that VEPro has been employed with Nuendo. Jaap, I just dropped a bunch of Falcon EFX in a reasonably processor intensive patch and nothing blew up. Falcon is being hosted in VEPro though.
heisenberg wrote: ↑Apr 27, 2018 7:49 pm
Falcon is working well now that VEPro has been employed with Nuendo. Jaap, I just dropped a bunch of Falcon EFX in a reasonably processor intensive patch and nothing blew up. Falcon is being hosted in VEPro though.
I will give it a shot then in hosting it via VEP then Andrew, it is not extremely problematic as it does not fully crash Cubase, but the error message is just disrupting and disabling/enabling the instrument track again lets it pick it up again.
Re: UVI Falcon 1.5 and Workstation 3 updates
Posted: Apr 29, 2018 6:04 am
by Jaap
I managed to get the problem isolated. I sometimes add effects when having a few notes pressed at the keyboard and I guess this update doesn't like that anymore. Without touching the keyboard or having any kind of midi activity keeps it stable. Before that I tried it in VEP and also in the standalone version and had in both that it crashed and forcing a restart of VEP or the standalone version.
Just after a few times again in Cubase I noticed it was every time when I had midi activity going on (wasn't even aware that I did this haha, but seems to be quite an habbit as I started paying attention to it).
EvilDragon wrote: ↑Apr 28, 2018 12:16 pmUnfortunately this is not handled asynchronously (just like how there's no background loading) in Falcon/UVIW.
Given that Reaper itself completely hangs during this process, it seems to me that Reaper shares some of the blame here too. Even if I run the FX in a dedicated process. Really, blocking the UI should almost never be considered acceptable.
Anyway, much better now with those settings. Thanks!
I am not sure it's Reaper's fault because it also happens exactly the same in Maschine.
Re: UVI Falcon 1.5 and Workstation 3 updates
Posted: Apr 29, 2018 8:42 am
by Guy Rowland
EvilDragon wrote: ↑Apr 29, 2018 8:12 amI am not sure it's Reaper's fault because it also happens exactly the same in Maschine.
...but if other hosts don't...?
I suppose every host has strengths and weaknesses - there's probably a real upside somewhere else to the reason why this is a pain in Maschine and Reaper.
Re: UVI Falcon 1.5 and Workstation 3 updates
Posted: Apr 29, 2018 9:37 am
by tack
The UI blocking completely in Reaper is all I need to know that Reaper isn't doing something right here. At worst UVI should hang and probably the audio thread as well but I should at least be able to interact with the UI in Reaper to e.g. open a menu. It's acting like the main thread is somehow blocked on the FX, which can't be a good design.
Re: UVI Falcon 1.5 and Workstation 3 updates
Posted: Apr 30, 2018 2:28 am
by EvilDragon
UI refreshes just aren't the most important thing in Reaper - I think it's designed in a way to never drop out audio as much as it's possible, UI and everything else be damned. (That would be the "upside" Guy is mentioning.)
Re: UVI Falcon 1.5 and Workstation 3 updates
Posted: Apr 30, 2018 11:04 am
by Jaap
UVI contacted me back and notified me they released a fix for Falcon (1.5.1 and available from the my products page) and with some testing it seems to work fine as usual again.