Visual Browser 3

Version 3.0.16 — 2026.02.18

What to update:

• The VisualBrowser3 app.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue introduced in the previous release, that could prevent the app from starting properly for new users.

Version 3.0.15 — 2026.02.17

What to update:

• The VisualBrowser3 app.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue introduced in the previous release, that could prevent the card tag filter panel to show any matching cards.
• MIDI controllers reported with different port numbers are now merged on Windows. This prevents VB from detecting the same controller as a new device.
• Reverted a change from the previous version: Ctrl+click on a card now opens the context menu again, restoring compatibility with mice that lack a dedicated right-click (e.g., Apple Magic Mouse).

Version 3.0.14 — 2026.02.09

What to update:

• The VisualBrowser3 app, and the EHRemote script

New/Improved:

• VisualBrowser now checks the version of the EHRemote script, and notifies you if you try to use a wrong version with the current app.

Fixes:

• Ctrl+drag caused the cards area to start scrolling back to the top. 
• Ctrl+click no longer opens the card context menu. 
• Some cards were invisible during global search. 

Version 3.0.13 — 2026.02.04

What to update:

• Everything — the VisualBrowser app, the EHRemote remote script, and the M4L device.

New Features:

• New Library Collection Preferences panel
  When VisualBrowser starts for the first time, it asks which plugin and device types you want to use, and lets you disable extra locations (such as Packs and User folders) where VB can find additional presets or Max for Live devices.
  If you already created your library, you can access this panel from the top bar Tools menu under Library Collection Preferences.
• Shift-click parent categories to show all cards inside
  VB no longer auto-selects the deepest subcategory — it displays every card instead.
• Keyboard + MIDI shortcuts for category selection
  Works the same way as card shortcuts. If you assign a shortcut to a parent category, it behaves like Shift-clicking.
• HiDPI rendering for cards
  Automatically enabled in the Settings panel, making card images look significantly sharper.
• New toggle in the top bar search menu: Hide Tags Browser
  Disables the Tags browser during Search and Global Search.
• New toggle in the top bar search menu: Auto focus search bar on open
  Automatically focuses the search bar when VisualBrowser is opened or gains focus.
• New toggle in the Settings panel: Empty card area double-click → Minimize VB
• New in the M4L device: Option to automatically open VisualBrowser after Live starts
  (when a Live Set containing the device is loaded).

Improvements:

• Significantly improved startup times, and VisualBrowser no longer triggers cache re-collection if Live has already collected it.
• Faster Library refresh times.
• Faster card rendering when switching categories
  VisualBrowser now caches rendered cards, making navigation nearly instantaneous after the first render. (Changing card size or application scale clears the cache.)

  Tip: Hold Shift and click through your main categories once, then scroll down until all cards are rendered. After that, category switching should feel extremely fast — even after restarting VisualBrowser.

• Improved category switching performance in categories with a large number of subcategories.
• Marquee selection and drag-and-drop now auto-scroll the card area when reaching the edges.
• Capture Delay now defaults to 0.8 for new users.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue that could cause VisualBrowser to hang or refuse to start on Intel Macs.
  As a side effect, VB no longer checks permissions on some Intel machines during startup.
• Fixed an issue where MIDI and keyboard navigation were not properly linked to card selection. Selecting a card with the mouse now correctly anchors MIDI and keyboard navigation.
• Fixed the Ctrl + M shortcut on macOS — it now properly refreshes MIDI controllers.
• Fixed an issue that could cause VisualBrowser to lose communication with Live on the first attempt when setting up the Library.

Version 3.0.12 — 2026.01.26

What to update:

• Replace / reinstall the VisualBrowser 3 application.
• Everything else remains the same.

New Features:

• Filter cards using tags collected from Ableton Live — click the search bar to open the new Tags area.
  A manual refresh from the Tools menu is recommended after updating, as VB did not collect all tags for existing cards prior to this update.
• New Search menu options:
  – Hide duplicated cards during global search
  – Use global search by default
• Greatly improved rendering times when switching categories and using Search.
• Cards are now rendered dynamically. As a trade-off, scrolling in very large categories may feel slightly slower on first render.
• Hovering over a card now shows which category it belongs to — useful during search.
• Updated the User Manual.

Fixes & Improvements:

• Fixed an issue on Windows where certain display scaling settings caused plugin screenshots to be cut off during scraping.
• Renaming a category no longer moves it to the end of the category row.

Version 3.0.11 — 2026.01.21

What to update:

• Replace / reinstall the VisualBrowser 3 application.
• Replace the EHRemote remote script in Live’s User Library.
• The M4L device has not changed.

New Features:

• AUv3 support
• Tools menu option “Refresh MIDI Controllers”
  Plus app shortcut: Ctrl + M
• VisualBrowser now prompts you after a refresh to delete empty categories.
  If an empty category remains, check the format visibility options in Settings.
• Manually delete empty categories from the Tools menu using “Delete empty categories”.
• New card context-menu option “Delete Image” — deletes the image file for the selected card(s).
• Windows: Ctrl + drag & drop now copies cards between categories, in addition to the Alt modifier.
• Updated the User Manual.

Fixes & Improvements:

• Improved stability between VisualBrowser and Ableton Live — significantly fewer “Ableton Live not responding” messages.
• Improved VST2 developer category resolution.
  VB now offers to move incorrectly categorized cards into the default developer category after refresh.
• Fixed cases where cards could be hidden when creating subcategories.
• Fixed duplicate Max for Live devices appearing.
• Fixed incorrect import of audio or image files as cards.
• Pressing Enter in rename dialogs no longer triggers card loading.
• Fixed duplicate VST preset entries.

Version 3.0.10 — 2026.01.13

• Fixed a major issue introduced in 3.0.9 where refreshes moved all plugins into the main Plugins category.
• Renamed Tools menu option “Auto-Split plugin categories” to “Limit vendors per plugin folder”.
• Fixed startup communication failures with large plugin and preset libraries.
• Fixed edge cases where VB could lose communication with Live.
• Automatic refresh is now disabled by default for new installs. Existing users must disable it manually from the Tools menu.
• Improved plugin scraping edge cases on macOS.
• Slightly improved card rendering at certain card scale sizes.
• Updated documentation.

Version 3.0.9 — 2026.01.13

• Fixed unresponsiveness with extremely large plugin libraries by auto-splitting plugin categories.
• Fixed a macOS issue preventing the M4L device from opening VisualBrowser.

Version 3.0.8 — 2026.01.13

• Initial release.