IronAxe

# A massive low-level code replacement : IronAxe is now 95% ready for cross-platform compatibility

# The Excitation Engine has been updated to version 2.0 : this brings greater realism over the strings vibration process and to the whole simulation accuracy. Excitator materials are also more accurately represented, everything accessible through the same user-friendly GUI

# In the Excitation Engine it is now possible to adjust the Finger Release noise amount (the interaction of a finger leaving a vibrating sting)

# The Pickups Modeling (for Single Coil, Humbucker, Steel Plate) has been seriously improved, featuring even more accurate frequency responses, clipping, and simulating pickups interactions with the Electric Guitars' Tone knobs

# The Pitch Bending Engine has been updated to version 2.0 : now it is possible to simulate both a "Whammy Bar" or a "Finger Slide" action, with an extended range that goes from +-1 up to +-7 semitones. For all the details, check out the user manual

# The Pitch Bending "note retrig issue" has been fixed

# The Pitch Bending is now properly linked on the GUI side

# The Damping Detune Compensation Engine has been updated to version 2.0

# The Distorton and Overdrive Stomps have been sligthly improved

# The 3-band Equalizer Rack Effect has been improved

# All Factory Presets/Banks have been updated

# All the additional "KeyPerformer-ready" presets have been embedded into the main soundbank. They are labeled with the suffix "[KP]". The "[KP]" labeled presets simply represent a specific electric guitar's setting (selecting the proper plectrum material, picking position, etc. - and the same is for the FX, Stomps, Cabinets, etc.) and they are especially designed to be a quick way to perform strums, power chords, palm-muted chords and chunks, etc. through the KeyPerformer Engine. Just load a "[KP]" labeled preset, select "KeyPerformer" as Input Mode and start performing true-to-life phrases without the hassle of setting each parameter manually

# The product installer has also been updated

# Core Modeling fix : DSP side now correctly switches between Process and Sleep states

IronAxe has been updated to version 1.7, bringing a wide range of improvements, introducing several features and bug fixes.

This is one of the most important IronAxe updates ever.

Changes in IronAxe version 1.7:

# The String Behaviour Engine has been updated to version 2.0, improving realism and physics accuracy when simulating strings' geometry and energy dispersion over time

# The KeyStrummer Engine/Mode has been sensibly extended and its name has been changed to KeyPerformer Engine/Mode

# Introducing the StringsToucher Engine (formerly known as 'Project PurpleKeys', accessible through the KeyPerformer Mode) : play/touch each of the 6 virtual Electric Guitar strings individually and in true real-time, for true-to-life arpeggios using only a standard MIDI Keyboard

# The MIDI Data paths/routings have been partially redesigned, improving performances and stability for all IronAxe's internal MIDI Engines

# Full MIDI Assignments for all GUI Parameters and Controls. Everything is now visible in the DAW Host/s for an easy and quick access using external MIDI hardware controllers

# The Finger Sliding Techniques have been extended also to the QuickStrums Engine (MIDI Keyboard controller Mode) and to the KeyPerformer Engine/Mode (including StringsToucher Engine), improving realism when performing real-time strums, arpeggios and articulations

# The Room Simulation Engine has been updated, allowing real-time modulation

# Factory presets have been sligtly adjusted/updated

# Minor improvements on the DSP and GUI side

# Partial low level code replacement on the DSP side

# String Router Engine 2.0 : previous version had a notes-allocation issue with multi instances of IronAxe. This has been fixed, now it works properly in single and multi instances environments.

# KeyStrummer Mode : 'Power/Bar Chords' and 'Power/Bar Chords Muted' engine has been updated, now it features the performing of 2-strings Power Chords (Blue Keys, lower octave) and 3-strings Power Chords (Blue Keys, upper octave), for a more authentic and natural strumming experience

# Partial low level code replacement on the DSP side

# Introducing the String Router Engine 2.0, an intelligent system for routing/switching between the 6 simulated strings according to the current played notes on the master keyboard.

# Saves CPU and Memory hit up to 60% per instrument instance, compared to the previous versions, maintaining the same audio accuracy.

# Brings a large number of fixes on the DSP side, specially for logics in 'MIDI Keyboard' Controller Mode and more.

# Partial low level code replacement, bringing greater cross-platform compatibility.

# Minor fixes on the GUI side (Keyboard GUI in 'MIDI Keyboard' and 'KeyStrummer' Controller Mode).

# Demo version limitation has changed, the string 'Low E' has been disabled.

# Introducing an improved MIDI Guitar in/out monitoring system (available in 'MIDI Guitar' input mode)

# The 'Ambiverb' stompbox has been replaced with 'Electronic Reverb' stompbox (increasing CPU/Ram efficiency)

# The audio engine restarts correctly when switching between different input modes

# Improved strings range accuracy (available in all modes)

This important update involves all Products and brings the adoption of a new Copy Protection / Activation System.

# Introducing the KeyStrummer Engine : perform complex Strums, Phrases and Riffs with ease and in true real-time, using only a standard MIDI Keyboard

# Slide Performance Mode has been redesigned, bringing different ways to achieve real-time Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs techniques

# Perfomance Keys Engine has been re-mapped and selectable techniques have been improved

# Quick Strums (in Perfomance Keys Engine mode) have been improved and re-mapped

# Low-level code improvements for the Amp/Cabinets Section (increasing CPU/Ram efficiency)

# Partial re-design and improvements on the GUI side

# Minor fixes on the DSP signal-path side

# Further low-level, cross-platform code revisions

# A few additional presets are included (for a quick use of the KeyStrummer engine)

Improvements on the GUI side: deep low-level code revisions (now more CPU-efficient), a step forward to cross-platform.

Improved Amp/Cabinet Simulation engine low-level architecture