Anukari Release Types

There are three types of releases for Anukari available on the download page:

• Stable: This is the current stable version of Anukari, which is recommended for all users.
• Previous: This is the previous stable version of Anukari. It is provided in case you need to revert to a previous version.
• Testing: This is the very latest version of Anukari, which is currently being tested. It may contain bugs or other issues that need to be resolved before it is released as a stable version. It will also have the latest features and fixes. There may not always be a testing release available, for example if there was recently a stable release.

Release Notes

0.9.12 (Stable)

• Released August 1, 2025
• New Features
  • The "Host Parameter" object has been replaced with a much better "Macro" object. Macro knobs can be adjusted with the mouse inside the Anukari UI, their values are saved in presets, and they automatically connect to parameters in the DAW and can be recorded.
  • Added a feature in the standalone app where Macro knobs are automatically controlled by MIDI CC parameters 1-8. Previously the "Host Parameter" objects could not be controlled in the standalone app at all.
  • Changed all factory presets to use Macros.
  • Added several macros to the default presets to demonstrate how they work.
  • Added a new drag-and-drop interface for connecting Macros and other modulators to modulation targets. When dragging a modulator, the parameters in the right-hand panel for the selected objects will pulse, and dropping the modulator onto a parameter will automatically connect the modulator to the given parameter on all selected objects. This can be done from the object palette or from the little grabby hand icon next to each macro knob in the lower right hand corner.
  • Added the ability for the Macro knobs in the 2D interface to be connected to as many Macro objects in the 3D view as desired. This makes it easy to modulate multiple parameters on a single object with a single Macro knob, or to create complex modulations across multiple groups of objects.
  • Moved the "monopole" toggle from Modulator Links to the LFO. In retrospect, it was a mistake to put it in the Modulator Link settings in the first place, since most modulators (like Macros) are already monopole. This was extremely confusing, and now is much simpler.
• Fixes
  • [Windows] Improved compatibility with the most recent NVIDIA drivers, based on user crash reports.

0.9.11 (Previous)

• Released July 18, 2025
• New Features
  • Parameters can now be randomized by clicking a little dice icon next to most sliders. For single-value sliders, this will randomize the value over the full range, assigning the same random value for all selected objects. For range-value sliders, it will randomize each of the values independently within the range. Repeatedly mashing the randomize button will continue to randomize values within the original range.
  • Added the ability to "split" a single-value slider into a range-value slider by right-clicking on the slider handle.
  • Added several new options for Modulator links, including monopole mode, full-wave rectification, and a bias slider.
  • Added options to transpose the entire preset by octaves/semitones/cents.
• Fixes
  • [Windows] Improved compatibility with Radeon GPUs, with Anukari now tested and running on the gfx90c and gfx1036 chips. Radeon is still not officially supported, but this is a step in that direction. With up-to-date drivers, it is running flawlessly (?) on an Lenovo Ideapad 5 laptop with Radeon graphics.

0.9.10

• Released July 4, 2025
• New Features
  • Added full support for multichannel input/output, with up to 50 input channels and 50 output channels. This works both in the standalone application as well as in DAWs that support multichannel audio.
  • Changed mics and audio inputs so that they can both be mapped to either mono channels or stereo pairs. To disable them now, you map them to the <none> channel. This feature replaces the Ext. Output and Ext. Input checkboxes.
  • Added 20+ new factory presets based on the new MIDI Note Trigger feature.
  • Changed the preset chooser tool in AnukariEffect so that it now shows all preset categories, not just the Effect category.
  • Changed the preset chooser so that when a bank or category is selected, the first preset in that bank/category is automatically loaded.
  • [Windows] Added support for ASIO audio devices.
• Fixes
  • Changed all factory Effect presets to use Singleton mode by default (some were accidentally polyphonic).
  • Fixed a bug where sometimes the preset could be marked as modified even when the user did not actually modify it.
  • Fixed a bug where the MIDI note picking widget could sometimes incorrectly display the keyboard note picker when the preset was not in Singleton mode.
  • Fixed a bug where Anukari wouldn't work with file paths with special characters, for example if the user's username contained an accented letter.
  • [Windows] Fixed a crash that could occur for users with multiple graphics cards, where an AMD Radeon card could crash things at startup even if an NVIDIA card was selected as the simulator backend.
  • [macOS] Fixed an issue where the 3D view frame rate could stutter despite having lots of GPU performance available.
  • [macOS] Fixed the "new version available" window incorrectly having a transparent background.
  • [macOS] Moved the "About" menu item to the macOS Apple menu where it belongs (it was previously under the Windows-standard Help menu).
  • [macOS] Removed support for the OpenCL backend on macOS, since the Metal backend is now far more performant/stable and OpenCL is deprecated on macOS.

0.9.7

• Released June 2, 2025
• Fixes
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when loading an invalid preset file.
• Performance
  • [macOS] Enabled the performance enhancements from the 0.9.6 release for all supported macOS versions, not just macOS 15.
  • [macOS] Added some further performance tweaks based on user feedback from the 0.9.6 release.
  • [Windows] More small performance tweaks for the CUDA backend.

0.9.6

• Released May 27, 2025
• New Features
  • Added two new LFO shapes: Sample & Interpolate Smooth and Sample & Interpolate Linear. These are similar to the existing Sample & Hold shape, but instead of instantly jumping between random values, they interpolate between them with different degrees of smoothness.
  • Added a new MIDI Note Trigger modulation target for all exciters, LFOs, and Trigger Envelopes. This allows you to trigger note on/off events for these entities via internal modulation signals. For example, you can now have an LFO trigger a mallet, or an envelope follower could trigger a plectrum. See this video for a quick tutorial on how to use it.
• Performance
  • [macOS] Performance improvements across all macOS devices. Note that these optimizations require macos 15.0 or later.
  • [macOS] Added more detail to the performance info the developer logs, to help diagnose performance issues going forward.
  • [Windows] Some small performance improvements for the CUDA backend.

0.9.5

• Released May 11, 2025
• Performance
  • [macOS] Significant performance improvements for users with devices that have more GPU cores, especially the upper-tier "Pro" machines and "Max" machines of all generations (M1, M2, M3, M4).
  • [macOS] Improved performance when running multiple instances of the plugin, and in particular when running instances of both Anukari and AnukariEffect.
• Compatibility
  • [Windows] Improved the CUDA simulator backend's compatibility with some of the most recent NVIDIA GPUs (RTX 50 series).
• Usability
  • Changed the units for most "time" sliders (like delay time) to be in milliseconds instead of seconds.

0.9.4

• Released May 3, 2025
• Performance
  • [macOS] Improved performance for some users on Apple M3 and M4 machines.

0.9.3

• Released April 30, 2025
• Bug Fixes
  • Made the demo mode dropouts/white noise much less frequent and less loud based on feedback from users.
  • Fixed a crash when not connected to the internet (Anukari does not require an internet connection to run, but if a connection is available it will check for updates).

0.9.2

• Released April 26, 2025
• New Features
  • Added 13 new Effect presets, and improved a bunch of the existing Effect presets. Now up to 219 Instrument/Effect presets in total.
• Bug Fixes
  • Added a feature to automatically reset the GPU simulation when unexpected, spurious errors occur. This fixes an issue on macOS 12.6 where GPU issues sometimes occur during startup.
  • Don’t include the license key file in the “Get Support” generated .zip file, to avoid issues if users share this file publicly by accident.