0

NEXUS5 version history

5.3.24

2025-11-04

changes:

  • Always show mute/solo buttons on layer header.
  • Show mute/solo buttons on osc header until there are 34 oscs per layer.

5.3.23

2025-10-27

new:

  • Added short category column to librarian.
  • Added metadata column to librarian.
  • Added lag parameter to layer envelope.
  • When importing wavetables, cycle length can be specified by midi note.

changes:

  • Changed colors of arp notes when they are deleted.

fixes:

  • Fixed trancegate dials not showing correct modulation values.
  • Fixed portamento dial showing incorrect value when re-opening the UI.
  • Increased accuracy of arp strum.

5.3.22

2025-10-09

new:

  • Added void verb.
  • Folders in the librarian can now be re-ordered.
  • Add mute / solo buttons to the oscillator header buttons.
  • Added mod destinations for each trancegate.

changes:

  • Increased accuracy of shuffle in arp / sequencer.
  • Improved performance re-opening editor.
  • When pasting layer, optionally allow all oscillators to be duplicated.
  • When copy / paste oscillators or layers, also copy / paste all associated mod matrix entries.
  • When deleting a layer or oscillator, delete all associated mod matrix entries.
  • Main arp pattern can now be copied to/from the layer arps.
  • Added 'paste layer' to routing page background popup menu.
  • Added 'paste layer & oscillators' to layer header buttons.
  • Next/prev buttons in impulse, shape and oscillator now respect selected folder in sample browser.

fixes:

  • Fixed range of pan dial for several effects.
  • Fixed retro librarian not saving selection.
  • Fixed incorrect preset being selected at startup if 'Load as default' preset enabled.

5.3.14

2025-08-29

fixes:

  • Fixed 0 length loops in the layer envelope causing hangs.

5.3.13

2025-08-25

new:

  • Added some presets for the FM oscillator.

fixes:

  • Fixed crash disabling Glitch FX.
  • Fixed plugin window not remembering it's size in FL Studio.
  • Fixed creating previews for presets in user folders.

5.3.10

2025-08-21

fixes:

  • Fixed crash importing wavetables.
  • Improved precision of Delay time when unsynced.
  • When importing SFZ/SF2, apple pan to oscillator instead of layer.
  • Fixed importing samples from SF2 files.
  • Reverb/Impulse: Hide gate controls when not used.
  • Allow keyboard split display in footer to be hidden.
  • Disabled mouse wheel for EQ/HexEQ controls.
  • Fixed mod wheel modulation not being detected in some DAWs.
  • Removed duplicate Default FX presets.
  • Fixed default preset for EQ, Otter & Vinylizer.

5.3.7

2025-08-16

fixes:

  • Fixed crash loading presets with Glitch FX.
  • Fixed issues loading / saving trancegate presets.

5.3.6

2025-08-14

new:

  • Each effect can now be added to an FX group up to 10 times.
  • SF2/SFZ can now be dragged to oscillators.
  • MIDI create dialog can now create variations.
  • Add zoom to EQs.
  • Add gate to Reverb and Impulse.
  • Added time based portamento.
  • Added step record mode to arp.
  • Added clear button to mod matrix entries.
  • Added new FX picker dialog.
  • New Nexus 1 retro skins.
  • New Nexus 2 transparent skins.

changes:

  • Increased font sizes.
  • Tweaked colors.
  • Insert effects have been converted into their own FX types.

fixes:

  • Fixed mod source dials in footer not saving their selection.
  • Fixed mod source dial in footer not controlling synced LFO speed.

5.2.18

2025-07-21

new:

  • Added button to sample editor that locks crossfade for all samples to be the same amount.

fixes:

  • Fixed loading of presets that used 16 fx groups.

5.2.17

2025-06-20

new:

  • Add draw mode to layer envelope.
  • Added SFZ / SF2 import.
  • Added tune, pan, level to user samples.
  • Added copy/paste for fx groups.

changes:

  • Optimized plugin editor opening speed.
  • Oscillators are now recreated if pasting layer into new preset.

fixes:

  • Fixed preset browser sometimes showing the wrong category.
  • Fixed bookmarked presets appearing in librarian twice.
  • Fixed loading samples with accents in the filename.
  • Fixed creating folders when some folders are hidden.
  • Fixed crash loading single cycle wavetables < 1024 samples in length.
  • Fixed latency calculation when fx either added or deleted or sample rate changes.
  • Disabled resonance knob on layer filter if filter type does not support resonance.

5.2.3

2025-04-28

fixes:

  • Fixed crash with right to left languages like Arabic or Hebrew.
  • Fixed crash right clicking in sample editor.
  • Fixed crash modulating wavetable position.

5.2.2

2025-04-10

new:

  • Users can now import and export user expansions. All presets and samples will be bundled into one archive.
  • All oscillator parameters can now be modulated from layer mod sources.
  • Added likes to sample browser.
  • Added search term history to sample browser.
  • Added fixed mode to oscillator starting phase.
  • Add option to always from filter, reverb and delay on front page.
  • Add FM oscillator presets.
  • Add automatic slicing of drum loops.
  • Add AM effect to oscillators.
  • Added soft sync to virtual analog oscillator.
  • Added support for importing impulses.
  • Support creating variations when importing user samples.
  • Added 6 band EQ (HexEQ).
  • Add copy/paste between arps.
  • Added new variations modes, true random, reverse round robin and reverse velocity.
  • Added ability to hide expansions and presets.

changes:

  • Increased max bpm of time stretch to 220.
  • Moved transpose buttons to footer.
  • Grain pos can now get modulated to negative positions.
  • Added latency compensation to effect groups.
  • Arp now remembers name of last used preset.
  • Sample widget now has a drop target for samples and wavetables.
  • VA Oscillators now show starting phase.
  • Hash character is now allowed preset names.

fixes:

  • Optimized browser search speed.
  • Fixed preset sound differences between N2 and N5.
  • Fixed retro librarian not remembering selected preset.
  • Fixed vinylizer dry signal always mono.
  • Reduced memory usage.
  • Fixed arp pattern sometimes not getting saved / recalled correctly.
  • Fixed analog chorus crackles.
  • Distortion FX acts differently depending on the insert FX number.
  • Fixed zooming in Sample Editor could cause DAW to hang.

5.1.9

2024-12-26

fixes:

  • Fixed crash when unloading multiple instances.
  • Fixed glitches when loading retro-skins

5.1.8

2024-12-23

new:

  • Retro page has a skin-selector now.
  • Added 35 skins (all N2 era skins that ever existed, plus a few new ones)

fixes:

  • Filter envelope wasn't modulatable via the filter-modifier correctly.
  • Single-cycle wavetables import correctly now.
  • Don't delete "unused" EQ during preset load anymore.
  • Improved v-sync behaviour.

5.1.6

2024-12-09

new:

  • Retro librarian now saves the sort order.

fixes:

  • Fixed filter cutoff envelope being applied in rare circumstances.
  • When loading FX presets, fixed incorrect preset name being displayed.
  • Fixed folders being sorted randomly instead of alphabetically if they are not 1st party content.
  • Fixed Librarian changing selection when collapsing folders.
  • Fixed sequencer mode doesn't clip notes correctly.

5.1.5

2024-12-06

new:

  • Added setting to disable hardware graphics acceleration [Windows].
  • Added setting to reduce amount of user interface animations.

changes:

  • Disabled automatic generation of missing preset previews on startup. Right click on a folder to generate missing previews.
  • Revert subsonic filter to be the same as the one used in Nexus 4.
  • Report main LFO speed in Hz.

fixes:

  • Sample Editor: Made detecting root note from sample filename more robust.
  • Sample Editor: When importing, get loop points from wav/aiff metadata.
  • Fixed timestretch generator ignoring phase settings.
  • Rename OSC mode destinations from 1 - 4 to A - D to match names of operators.
  • Fix mouse cursor disappearing in Logic after dragging knob.
  • Fixed Cubase converting save state from VS2 to VST3.

5.1.3

2024-12-04

new:

  • Added option to make default UI retro mode.
  • Default state for keyboard open or closed is now saved in preferences.
  • Add icons and activity meter to layers on routing page.

changes:

  • Improved error messages when importing samples.

fixes:

  • Fixed crash when shortening arp pattern.
  • Fixed crash when importing samples into sample editor.
  • Fixed existing slices getting cleared when importing new sample into sample editor.
  • Fixed preset loading progress bar not animating.
  • Fixed hang loading ProTools projects.
  • Fixed being able to select dividers in librarian.
  • Fixed crash drawing reverb.
  • Fixed sustain pedal.
  • Improved stability and general bug-fixes.

5.1.1

2024-11-30

fixes:

  • Fixed flanger sometimes going silent.
  • Fixed Saw Init presets not having user's name.
  • Fixed user LFO3 & LFO4.
  • Changing / disabling layer mod matrix entries is now more reliable.
  • Added locks back to amp and filter modifier.

5.1.0

2024-11-28

new:

  • Completely Revamped Interface.
  • 1177 new presets.
  • N2 retro UI.
  • Sample import & edit.
  • New effects: Particle, Vowel Filter, Vinylizer, Rotary.
  • New generators: Retro, Grain, Cloud, and FM.