Vienna Ensemble Pro - Version History

v8.0.585, 1 April 2026

Fixed

• Potentially very long connection times for some users
• Potential crashes when MIDI events were sent to VST3 plugins that were being disabled/removed (which can happen in many circumstances)
• Potential crash when saving VST3 plugin data (such as during project saving)

- macOS: Potential crash when locally connected master host crashes

v8.0.575, 26 March 2026

Added

• Warning dialog when disabling "Accept new connections"
• Video Pro: Edit positioning of Timecode in Settings
• Video Pro: Edit default marker color and position in Settings
• Video Pro: Can hide TimeCode/Markers/Streamers
• Video Pro: Can choose to export TimeCode/Markers/Streamers
• Video Pro: Can organize items in pools in folders
• Video Pro: Larger Radius for streamer hitpoint

Fixed

• Potential crashes on loading projects with Kontakt (and possibly other plugins) in them
• Disabling "Accept new connections" still advertising the server locally
• Crash when auto-save triggers during plugin scan (such as when scanning through the Preferences dialog)
• Random crashes when instances/channels/plugins got stopped/closed in various circumstances
• Selecting an expanded folder showing the entire folder with all of its contents in channels/mixer view, rather than just the actual folder itself
• Status/tool tips of insert strips showing incomplete information for plugins
• MIDI activity focus needing multiple events in quick succession to actually trigger, rather than just one
• Crash when loading factory channel sets with an old version of Synchron Player still installed
• macOS: Saving on quiting in standalone would prevent the application from actually quitting
• macOS: Installing Synchron Stage Reverb SO separately would override the integrated version
• macOS: Crash on quitting while a third party plugin is showing a modal dialog (such as a Kontakt "missing samples" dialog)
• macOS: Dragging a dock widget out of the main window to redock not working (it's still interrupted for third party instrument plugins, but workable)
• Windows: Potentially high Windows service CPU use due to ongoing server discovery
• Windows: Slow disappearance of removed servers
• Video Pro:: Crash when exporting 10 bit videos on macOS

Improved

• RAM usage during loading of server projects
• "Channel Sets" and "Automation" dock widgets now keep their width when resizing the main window
• More room for title text on channel strip (condensed font, better spacing)
• Minor GUI tweaks

v8.0.490, 12 February 2026

Fixed

• Various crash fixes, both reproducible and preventive
• Crash on receiving malformed OSC messages
• Waves plugins (VST and VST3) not validating successfully
• Potential crash when loading a VST3 plugin preset
• Potential crash when a VST3 plugin requests all parameters to update at once
• Potential crash during OSC server initialization
• Potential crash when updating mixer/channel strips
• Standalone running with only one audio thread, regardless of set preference
• Standalone not able to receive OSC messages
• Also show plugin manufacturer in plugin validation dialog
• Various VST3 plugins potentially not validating successfully
• macOS: Fixed Intel builds not producing usable crash reports
• Video Pro: MacOS 12 was displaying a black Video
• Video Pro: Follow playhead when Sync to Host is off
• Video Pro: Black flickering on some Windows machines

Improved

• Various small GUI improvements
• Ensure that a channel is selected after deleting channels, so keyboard navigation can continue
• Ensure channel set browser relinquishes keyboard focus after a drag/drop operation, so user can actually undo instantly using Ctrl/Cmd+Z
• Windows: Use modern native style, including dark mode support, if available
• macOS: Added backspace key as additional shortcut for deleting selected channels

Added

• Video Pro: Reset playhead setting so playhead jumps back to where you started playing
• Video Pro: Additional shortcuts (see manual)
• Video Pro: Import dialog for markers with different import modes
• Video Pro: Marker import now also reads the colors of the markers (Cubase default color map)
• Video Pro: Marker text color auto adapts now depending on brightness of marker
• Video Pro: Double click to fit object in view also added to markers and audio objects. Was previously only working for videos.

v8.0.442, 28 January 2026

Fixed:

• Update check was not working
• Windows: Potentially high CPU use from svchost.exe process

Added:

• Import of Cubase marker files (drag and drop the xml file)
• Drag and drop support for channel sets window

v8.0.430, 26 January 2026

Improved

• Updated application icons
• Video Pro: Refreshed audio meter design

Fixed

• Plug-in error dialog text formatting
• Potential crashes when launching, loading a Server Project, or quitting the application
• Deleting a plug-in user preset would not update the plug-in preset browser
• Channel sets can be saved to and loaded from disk again (in addition to the included browser)
• "Change Name…" (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+N) shortcut not responding
• Server "Find…" (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+F) would not bring up the search box when instances were listed vertically in the sidebar
• The entry for "Vienna Ensemble Pro Manual" (F1) did not link to the updated VE Pro 8 manual
• Local server: Changing the Server Name would replace "localhost" in the plug-in
• VST3: User presets would not appear correctly in host preset browsers (requires a full VST3 plug-in rescan)
• macOS: Removing instances would not correctly update the menu (prevents duplicate menu entries)
• macOS: The Preferences menu item would disappear after "Delete All Instances"
• Win: Menus transparency not rendering correctly

v 8.0.419 - 21 January 2026 (Initial release version)

Fixed

• Reliability of server advertisement/discovery
• Crashes when loading some projects
• Windows: Transport play/stop not working in Pro Tools
• macOS: Closing an effect plugin window could cause the entire application to close