Blockhead v0.47.0 alpha
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Removed: All CLAP plugin support has been removed (temporarily.) This was added too early in development and was causing too many headaches and ...
2026-01-22 17:11:30 +0000 UTC View Post
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Spooky Development Update
Boo. This is a post to try to keep everyone up to date with exactly what I am doing at the moment since it has been a while since the last build. As a reminder I post occasional development updates...
2025-10-31 15:48:36 +0000 UTC View PostBlockhead v0.46.4 alpha
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Update: When project files are saved the sample data is now always stored in 32-bit float wavpack format. The previous behavior was to store the...
2025-09-03 12:40:46 +0000 UTC View PostBlockhead v0.46.3 alpha
Edit: Known issue in this build - project saving is completely broken in this build (sorry, unfortunately it is some deployment issue as the bug does not occur in my debugging build.) So skip t...
2025-09-02 15:44:01 +0000 UTC View PostBlockhead v0.46.2 alpha
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Bugfix: Crash when a macro is dragged off a lane.
Bugfix: Crash when hotswitching block type.
Bugfix: Po...
Blockhead v0.46.1 alpha
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Bugfix: Crash when creating a manipulator.
Bugfix: Crash when opening a project which contains a manipulator.
Bug...
Blockhead v0.46.0 alpha
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Quick video explaining the new snapping options: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACKStcZevpY...
Blockhead v0.45.0 alpha
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Here is a video where I demonstrate the new things: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOr3W...
2025-08-06 17:23:29 +0000 UTC View PostWhat have I been doing for the past month?
I am writing this just because it has been about a month since my last development update (either in the form of youtube video or social media post). I have been extremely busy but unfortunately th...
2025-04-08 11:46:15 +0000 UTC View PostBlockhead v0.44.1 alpha
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Update: Added "Enable smooth transitions for newly created blocks" option to the project settings panel.
Update 2025-02-26 15:46:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Blockhead v0.44.0 alpha
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Update: The UI for creating new workspace blocks has completely changed and is described to the best of my ability in this video: 2025-01-16 17:43:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Blockhead v0.43.3 alpha
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Update: Added the "--no-maximize" command-line argument which will prevent Blockhead from automatically maximizing the window on startup.
Blockhead v0.43.2 (macOS only)
This build should be functionally identical to v0.43.0 except it should resolve the crashing at startup on macOS. Thanks to Murat for helping me resolve the issue!
2024-12-23 11:33:59 +0000 UTC View PostBlockhead v0.43.0 alpha
EDIT: macOS users please download this build instead: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bloc...
2024-12-22 14:21:13 +0000 UTC View PostAMA answers
Here is a video of me in a field answering questions left on the previous post:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
2024-11-14 15:32:46 +0000 UTC View PostSpooky scary update
As mentioned in the previous update, development has been a bit slow this month as a result of:
Trouble getting to sleep due to noisy neighbours.
Time spent looking for...
2024-10-31 12:51:27 +0000 UTC View Post
October Update
I am writing this quick post just because it has been a while since the last one. Usually the individual things that I work on are small enough that there will be either an alpha build or a blog po...
2024-10-02 13:32:52 +0000 UTC View PostBlockhead v0.42.2 alpha
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Update: No longer show a parameters button if the CLAP plugin has no parameters or is in an unloaded state.
Update: Added so...
Plugin Sandboxing
I have spent the past few days doing a bunch of research into plugin sandboxing. This is where plugins are run in a separate process from the DAW. The main advantage of doing that is that is so tha...
2024-08-26 16:07:42 +0000 UTC View PostBlockhead v0.42.1 alpha
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Bugfix: CLAP plugins do not load on macOS.
Bugfix: "Smooth Transitions" option can't be re-enabled after disabling it, and s...
Blockhead v0.42.0 alpha
INFORMATION FOR LINUX USERS
You now need at least glibc 2.38 to run Blockhead. This is a bit higher than what you needed before (2.31). There is no good technical reason for ...
2024-08-22 16:25:21 +0000 UTC View PostTextual update
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone, all the people who have stuck with me for the past 4 years, those who have come and gone, and to all the new subscribers recently. There has been quite a l...
2024-07-24 00:03:02 +0000 UTC View PostBlockhead v0.41.1 alpha
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Update: Some old PNG icons replaced with SVG versions:
Amp parameter icon by jacob
Pan parameter icon by fot...
2024-07-04 17:17:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Blockhead v0.41.0 alpha
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Note: The existing carnival synthesis node is referred to in-code as a 'Clod' and while this terminology doesn't appear anywhere in the interfac...
2024-07-03 12:39:21 +0000 UTC View PostBlockhead v0.40.1 alpha
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Update: Added "Stereo Width" slider button to the sidebar when Carnival is open.
Bugfix: Possible crash (most likely on macO...
Blockhead v0.40.0 alpha
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Feature: "Carnival" noise generator (next to the Input button at the bottom of the Blockhead window.)
This is a very early iteration of B...
2024-06-20 15:37:13 +0000 UTC View PostBlockhead v0.39.0 alpha
Here is a video of me trying to explain the new keyboard shortcuts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igi...
2024-06-15 13:36:55 +0000 UTC View PostBlockhead v0.38.3 alpha
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Bugfix: Possible crash when slicing a block while the envelope editor is open for certain parameters.
Bugfix: Crash when...
Blockhead v0.38.2 alpha
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Bugfix: Crash when hovering over the saturator "Amp" parameter button.
Bugfix: Crash when manipulator block is moved after r...
Blockhead v0.38.1 alpha
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Bugfix: Corrupted project files being generated in various corner cases. There may be more of these to find but I fixed many of them.