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Orbiter 0.3.0 (Windows)

New Features

  • Cross-instrument sympathetic resonation — Playing one instrument now excites the others, producing sympathetic vibrations.
  • Cross-resonation controls — Per-instrument XR send knobs on the FX tab set how much each instrument excites the others, with global MIX, DETUNE, and PRE/POST routing for the resonated signal.
  • Calmer Sleepy and Calm presets — Sleepy and Calm now sound darker and softer, with gentler attacks, less metallic shimmer, and more natural sustain.
  • Velocity-dependent tone — Soft strikes are warmer; harder strikes brighter.
  • SHARP and PARTIALS controls — New per-instrument knobs shape onset character and overtone content.
  • Reorganized instrument controls — Each instrument's controls are split into TIMBRE, SHAPE, and FX tabs.
  • Audio-responsive visuals toggle — Settings → Audio now offers High and Low fidelity; Low disables the reactive flow lines, glow, and vibration overlays to lower CPU and battery use. The choice persists across sessions.
  • Mood and Timer in the transport bar — Switch mood (Sleepy, Calm, Musical) and start or cancel a sleep timer directly from the instrument view, without returning to the orbital view.
  • Reorganized transport bar — Two rows with a larger centred play button; the timer button moves to the top toolbar.
  • Tap or drag planets to play — Tap a planet on the entry screen to start the sequencer and trigger its instrument; drag across multiple planets for a sweeping handpan-like flourish.
  • Planet hover feedback — On desktop, planets now highlight on hover and show a clickable cursor.
  • Modulation indicators on volume sliders — Gong, Handpan, and Singing Bowl volume sliders show a dotted line and dot when their volume is being modulated.
  • Modulation resumes with scene presets — Modulation starts automatically when a saved scene preset is loaded.
  • Consistent plugin names — Plugins now appear as "Orbiter X Resonator" in DAW plugin browsers and the installer.

Bug Fixes

  • Audio initialization errors stay visible — When audio fails to start, a red banner is now shown until the problem is resolved.
  • Page-fade transition — Navigating away from a page now fades correctly.

Documentation

  • Reorganized manual — The manual is grouped into Getting Started, Instruments, Making Music, and Connect & Share, with a persistent sidebar that highlights your current location.
  • /docs/ landing — Visiting /docs/ now opens the Getting Started overview.
  • Offline search — Search the manual from the sidebar with instant results and highlighted matches; works offline once the manual has loaded.
  • Labelled screenshots — The manual now shows labelled screenshots of the Orbit view, Instruments view, per-instrument panels, and a modulation knob.
  • New guides — New pages cover effect plugins, mic excitation, factory presets, and AI sequencer modes.
  • MPE audio examples — The Audio and MIDI Settings page includes short audio clips that demonstrate MPE gestures (pitch bend, pressure, timbre).
  • Documentation naming — The app now refers to its help material as "Documentation" in full and "Docs" in compact labels, replacing "Manual".
  • Plugin screenshots on the website — The Orbiter website shows side-by-side screenshots of the Gong, Handpan, and Bowl plugins, with click-to-zoom and a new gong-through-everything audio sample.