​Isadora 4.5 Has Arrived: Unleashing the Power of Interactive Audio!

[DusX]

Isadora 4.5 Has Arrived: Unleashing the Power of Interactive Audio!

We're incredibly excited to announce the release of Isadora 4.5, one of the biggest updates in Isadora's history! The headline feature is full cross-platform VST3 audio plugin support for both macOS and Windows, opening the door to programmatically controlling thousands of professional audio effects, synthesizers, and virtual instruments directly inside Isadora. And that's just the beginning! Isadora 4.5 also introduces 11 powerful new audio actors, a stunning new Wave GPU video effect, dramatically improved auto-save recovery, major PJLink stability fixes, Windows AMD compatibility improvements, and countless bug fixes. Whether you're creating immersive performances, interactive installations, or experimental audiovisual experiences, Isadora 4.5 gives you more creative power than ever before.

Download Isadora 4.5 today, explore what's new, and let us know what you create using the hashtag #madewithisadora.

As always, aside from saving, 100% of Isadora's features work in Demo Mode, so you can explore everything that's new in Isadora 4.5 even if you don't have a license that supports Isadora 4.

We can't wait to see and hear what this incredible community builds next!

Download Isadora 4.5 here:

https://troikatronix.com/get-it/

Check out the full release notes here:

https://support.troikatronix.com/support/solutions/articles/13000106556-isadora-4-release-notes#Izzy45

[skuven]

absolutely stoked!

[RIL]

BRAVO  !!

Best, 

RIL- Maxi

[Skulpture]

Wow what an update. Well done team. 

[Milt0n]

AMAZING!!!!!!! Great work team. 

[bonemap]

@dusx

I am genuinely excited and impressed by the 4.5 release. It opens a completely new pipeline for audio integration into Isadora that has never been there before. 

It is now possible to create very bespoke interactive audio solutions that scale beautifully. It will take some time to explore the full universe of potential this upgrade opens to the community.

Thank you for keeping the force strong!

Best wishes

Russell

[eamon]

Hi all

That is a quite an impressive level of update for a "mid" way version. 

Very very impressive 

Thank you all for the hard work and expansion of this fantastic software.

Eamon

[Armando]

@dusx Yeahhhh !!! What a great advancement. As our organization Studio SIT contributed to this MASSIVE new version we are proud and very very happy.

[JJHP3]

SO impressed! The best got better ~ thanks

[jfg]

Fantastic work. Thanks a lot.

Jean-François 

[Paz]

A huge thank you and congratulations to @mark and the incredible TroikaTronix team on the continued refinement and development of Isadora.

Best wishes,

Simon

[crystalhorizon]

I have 724 VST plugins installed. It´s scanning..........

[mark_m]

Just getting a chance this afternoon to get into this! @Mark, @DusX @Woland and everyone else, big big thank you for all of this!! We always say that our work is powered by Isadora. And now Isadora even more powerful! We'll have to keep up 

Thank you!

Mark (not that Mark!)

[Woland]

@crystalhorizon said:

I have 724 VST plugins installed. It´s scanning..........

With that many, depending on the plugins' size and complexity, startup may take a while. You may want to use the VST Inspector to enable only specific VSTs as needed, rather than leaving them all enabled all the time.

[crystalhorizon]

@woland good idea. thank you, will look into it

[Notdoc]

wow. just wow. 

roll on the weekend, when i can clear some play time. Thanks Isadoronauts for your labours, and your listening.

can't wait

x

[CitizenJoe]

@notdoc said:

Isadoronauts

 I love that!

H

[timeg]

RESPECT and Thanks!

[skuven]

@dusx Is there any intention to make actors that produce sound but from the pre 4.5 release (aud) have new audio outputs? for example, the 'speak text' actor doesn't have an audio output connector, but internally it must connect to the audio engine? I would like to be able to apply reverb and FX to that through the new audio connections workflow, etc. that would allow some creative uses of the tools already included.

[Woland]

@skuven said:

Is there any intention to make actors that produce sound but from the pre 4.5 release (aud) have new audio outputs? for example, the 'speak text' actor doesn't have an audio output connector, but internally it must connect to the audio engine? I would like to be able to apply reverb and FX to that through the new audio connections workflow, etc. that would allow some creative uses of the tools already included.

 I have a feature request in to give audio output to, for example, the Tone Generator and Speak Text actors, but it's not on the immediate roadmap at this time. It is still possible to do this with virtual audio routing software like Blackhole thanks to the Audio Input actor. (Speak Text actor --> Virtual Audio Cable --> Audio Input actor --> audio effects --> Audio Output actor)

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@skuven 

the 'speak text' actor doesn't have an audio output connector, but internally it must connect to the audio engine? 

Certain things in Isadora process audio differently, and while some share the same processes, others don't, so there's not one unified "audio engine" that all actors can push audio into and pull audio out of. If I remember correctly, the Speak Text and Tone Generator actors rely on different audio processes than the new audio actors, so it's not as simple as just slapping an audio output on them.