Highstead 0.1.1

Highstead 0.1.1

An editor update following the first public release. The sound engine is unchanged.

• Tooltips stay inside the panel at window edges, including on Retina displays.
• Trackpad scrolling works on every stereo slider and the voice count, with Shift for fine control.
• Modulation knobs keep small values near zero when released.
• Preset browser labels, tabs, tags and status text are brighter.
• Choose STANDARD or REVERSED knob scrolling in SETTINGS > WINDOW. The choice is saved for this computer; lists continue to follow system scrolling.

Downloads

• macOS 11+, Apple silicon and Intel: Highstead-0.1.1-macOS.pkg, signed and notarised.
• Windows 10/11, 64-bit: Highstead-0.1.1-Windows-setup.exe.
• Windows manual installation: Highstead-0.1.1-Windows-x86_64.zip.
• Linux x86-64, Ubuntu 22.04 or equivalent or later: Highstead-0.1.1-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz.

Close your DAW, install over 0.1.0, then restart/rescan. Existing presets and saved sessions remain compatible. The installers include VST3, CLAP and the standalone application; macOS also includes Audio Unit. Linux: unpack and run ./install.sh. The Windows installer is unsigned and may trigger SmartScreen.

Checksums and corresponding source

Verify downloads with SHA256SUMS.txt. Highstead is GPL-3.0-or-later. The corresponding implementation source is Highstead-0.1.1-source.tar.gz, built from commit 0e5750f7366f407308908a7f8a5fa8edbe3f2a1d (implementation tag v0.1.1); pinned Git dependency sources are in Highstead-0.1.1-git-sources.tar.gz. Third-party licenses are in THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt.

The automatic “Source code” links below belong to this downloads repository. Use the explicitly named Highstead source archives for the instrument's source; the illustrated quick start is in docs/quick-start.md inside the implementation archive.

Please report your OS, DAW/version, plugin format, quality mode and reproduction steps with feedback. Existing limits at extreme pitch, pulse and drive settings remain as described in 0.1.0.