SATORI release notes

New

• Each layer in the mixer (LAYERS) has a new HAAS knob. It delays the left or right channel by up to 45 ms to widen the sound.
• Center is 0. Turn left to delay L, right to delay R. PAN, WIDTH and HAAS sit in one column.
• Six new factory presets (84 in total): Innocent Digital Bell and Getting Old (Keys), CheerLead, Nostalgic PLS and Nostalgic PLS Dist (Lead), and Unlucky (Pad).
• The Windows standalone app now supports ASIO. With an ASIO driver for your audio interface, there is less delay between playing a note and hearing it. Choose it under Options → Audio/MIDI Settings… → Audio device type.

Effect on the sound

• Existing presets and songs sound exactly the same. HAAS starts at 0.

Project and preset compatibility

• DAW projects and presets saved with 1.2.0 or earlier open as they are, and existing automation still moves the same controls.
• Your own preset order and favorites stay as they are.
• Presets saved with HAAS turned on play without HAAS in 1.2.0 or earlier.

New

• Dark mode: the panels and knobs turn a near-black charcoal, easy on the eyes in a dark room.
• Click the icon at the top right (next to Voices) to cycle Auto (follows your Mac or Windows appearance), Light and Dark.
• Your choice applies to every open SATORI and is remembered the next time you open it.

Fixed

• Fixed a rare issue on Windows where a registered SATORI could open showing the trial-ended screen, or at 100% size.

Effect on the sound

• The sound is unchanged.

Project and preset compatibility

• DAW projects and presets saved with 1.1.0 or earlier open as they are. The appearance setting is not stored in presets or projects.
• After updating, SATORI still opens in Light, as before. To use Dark, or to follow your Mac or Windows appearance, choose it with the icon.

New

• Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) support, with VST3 and Standalone.
• The same serial works on both Mac and Windows.
• Lighter processing: heavy sounds and big chords use much less CPU.
• KEY (transpose) now stays where it is when you change presets.

Fixed

• Removed faint noise that DELAY and CHORUS made while nothing was playing.
• Switching VINYL on no longer adds noise by itself. Turn NOISE up to hear it.

Effect on the sound

• Apart from the noise no longer sounding while you are not playing, the sound is unchanged.

Project and preset compatibility

• DAW projects and presets saved with 1.0.x open as they are.
• Presets saved with 1.0.x while KEY was moved now load at the current KEY, not the saved one.

New

• During the trial you can now open the purchase page from SATORI: “No serial yet? Buy SATORI” on the registration card, and a BUY SATORI button on the screen shown when the trial ends. If your computer’s language is Japanese, the Japanese page opens.
• Open-source notices and licenses (THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.txt) are now included. On a Mac they are installed in /Library/Application Support/SATORI/.
• The manual is updated for 1.0.1 (the purchase links, and where to find the trademark and open-source notices).

Fixed

• Removed unused image data. The AU and VST3 are each about 4 MB smaller.
• Corrected the description of the Percussive Organ factory preset.

Effect on the sound

• No change. The sound is the same as 1.0.0.

Project and preset compatibility

• DAW projects and presets saved with 1.0.0 open as they are.

Highlights

• A four-layer software synthesizer: each layer is a full synth with 3 VCOs, SUB and NOISE, and up to 64 voices.
• The CHARACTER knob runs from MODERN to VINTAGE, moving filter colour and analog drift together.
• 78 factory presets.
• A 7-day trial from the first time you open the interface, with every feature including preset saving. After purchase, register your serial and your number is engraved on the panel (registration works offline).
• The manual as PDF, in Japanese and English, desktop and phone editions.