v4.x Blue Cat DP Meter Pro

Windows

• An SSE2-enabled processor (Pentium 4 or newer).
• Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8 or 10.
• Any VST / AAX compatible host software (32 or 64 bit).

Mac OS X

• An Intel or Apple Silicon processor.
• Mac OS 10.9 or newer.
• Any VST / Audio Unit (32/64-bit) / AAX compatible application.

V4.31 (2022/12/12)

• Added Apple Silicon support for AAX Plug-in Format.
• Fixed VST3 version not always loading properly in Ableton Live 11.
• Improved VST parameter value display in some host applications.
• Added an option in global & preset input settings to send MIDI events when MIDI-enabled parameters are modified in the plug-in (to update control surfaces accordingly).
• Improved undo management and automation when using the mouse wheel to move knobs.
• Fixed VST & VST3 automation not recording properly in some hosts for output parameters (Cubase 11, Ableton Live).
• AAX: Fixed erratic mouse behavior in Pro Tools on Mac.
• Mac: installers and plug-ins have been notarized to avoid security warnings on Mac OS Catalina and newer.

V4.3 (2021/10/19)

• Single Installer on Mac (all plug-ins formats).
• Apple Silicon (M1 processor) support.
• Dropped 32-bit support on Mac.
• Now requires MacOS 10.9 and newer.
• Arrow keys can now be used to navigate presets.
• Added MIDI control support (MIDI CC messages) for Next and Previous Preset commands, with MIDI learn.
• Improved MIDI & automation control settings with lock, reset and “save as global setting” capabilities.
• Improved smooth plug-in bypass (faster and smoother transition).
• Unicode support.
• Reduced the number of threads used by the plug-in.
• Reduced memory footprint.
• Windows: improved GUI loading performance.
• VST3: fixed random crash in Ableton Live 11 upon load.
• Mac Audio Unit: fixed plug-in listing in some host applications (Plogue Bidule).

New in Blue Cat’s DP Meter Pro v4.21 (2020/07/07)

• New high-resolution graphics for knobs.
• Reduced disk footprint.
• Fixed plug-in layout not properly saved and restored in sessions.
• Mac: faster GUI rendering on recent Mac OS systems (up to 8x faster).
• Mac: fixed user interface not properly shown on retina displays in some applications built with the 10.14 Mac OS SDK, such as Logic 10.5.
• Mac: fixed settings panel rendering issues in dark mode on Mac OS Mojave and newer.
• Mac: Fixed keyboard not responding in registration panel in some host applications (LUNA, Garage Band…).
• Mac: Fixed demo version that could hang Logic when reloading projects using the plug-in.
• Mac Audio Unit: fixed plug-in listing in some host applications (Plogue Bidule).

New in Blue Cat’s DP Meter Pro 4.2 (2019/05/21)

• Refreshed GUI design, with improved usability and touchscreen support.
• The GUI can now be zoomed from 70% to 200%.
• Brightness control now applies to the entire user interface.
• Last loaded preset is now remembered in session and displayed in the presets menu.
• Plug-in state can now be reverted to the last loaded preset.
• Now supports retina displays on Mac (text and graphs using high resolution).
• VST3: added support for MIDI CC output (require a recently updated VST3 host).
• VST3: added support for MIDI program change messages to change presets via MIDI.
• VST: the user interface is now properly resized in Cubase on Windows.
• Mac: new installer.
• Mac: fixed minor compatibility issues with Mac OS High Sierra and Mojave.
• Fixed missing user manual in plug-in.
• Changed demo limitations: up to 5 instances allowed, bypass time changed to half a second, and the bypass parameter is not affected anymore.
• Dropped support for Windows XP and Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier.
• Dropped support for legacy RTAS and DirectX plug-ins formats.
• Fully compatible with previous versions of the plug-in (except for VST3 on Mac, as explained here.

Warning: because of a bug of the initial VST3 release, this new version may not work with existing sessions that used the VST3 format. See this blog post for more details and how to fix it.