1.3.1b3 beta
Fixes
- Edits on Song screen could crash the device when switching to Pattern Editor (#410, #662, #688)
- Undo actions on Song screen now more predictable with 10 levels of undo (#591)
- Correct stem alignment for tracks beginning with silence (#697)
- Offline song export is now 20% faster and usually faster than wall clock song time (#697)
- Offline stem export now takes around ~2x wall clock song time (#697)
- Drastically improved tempo accuracy in song and stem export (#697)
- Properly reset performance screen after "Continue song" is used (#481)
- Fill mode with beat slice: lighted pads now correspond to slices (#669)
- Notes played with an external controller in Pattern Editor no longer get stuck (#151, #634)
- Notes played with an external controller now use constant velocity if "Velocity" is not enabled in Recording Options (#291)
- Notes played with an external controller passed to a MIDI Instrument are now velocity sensitive
- Protect against pressing "Backspace" accidentally and resetting very low master volume to 0.0 dB
- MIDI OUT messages should not be emitted during offline song export
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1.3.1b2 beta
Fixes
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WARNING
This release contains two regressions fixed in later releases of the firmware.
Install a newer version instead.
Features
- Dedicated pad display for beat slice instruments,
- Added a way to exit games selection without rebooting the device (#596),
Fixes
- Crashes in Song Mode when using external MIDI clock (#613, #630),
- Sustained notes were not looping properly (#646),
- Tempo was resetting to 130 BPM after restart (#459),
- Slices which were already written on pattern shift after changing root note (#594),
- Sample rendering was having an invalid length on pattern change (#423),
- Selection rendering was containing garbled Line In audio (#603),
- Micromove + roll was glitching in certain combinations (#304),
- Samples were getting replaced by white noise after cropping in certain scenarios (#417),
- Pattern selection behavior after releasing and pressing Shift again is now fixed (#608),
- There were errors in scales: melodic minor, blues major, Todi, Gypsy minor, not anymore (#589),
- Auto naming function was not adjusting text selection (#564),
- Panning in Line In stereo was reversed (#637),
- There were duplicated notes in Fill range (#638),
- Some button labels were stuck when switching back and forth between Instrument Effects and Parameters screens (#595),
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1.3.0 official release
Firmware Release Highlights
New MIDI I/O functionalities:
- Per step MIDI Chords,
- MIDI Microtune step Fx,
- Performance mode is now controllable via MIDI input,
- Master mixer levels are now controllable via MIDI input,
- Tracker can now be configured to send 6 distinct MIDI CCs per MIDI channel,
- Added support for sending MIDI channel aftertouch and polyphonic aftertouch,
- MIDI instruments in Pattern mode can now be present without a note (specify which MIDI channel to send CC),
- MIDI delay compensation for external clock sources in Config,
Overall enhancements and workflow refinements:
- Tune step Fx,
- Track Arm Recording,
- Live Audio Line Input Monitoring is now available during song playback,
- Long Sample Importing,
- Lo-quality Importing (saves sample pool memory time),
- Delete unused samples,
- Timestretch Fx in Sample Editor,
- Bit depth available as step and Performance Fx's,
- Transpose octaves by turning the Jog-wheel with Shift in note editing,
- Enhanced Pattern Fill command: Euclidean fills, density setting in Random fills,
- Rewritten from scratch rendering mechanism,
New sound sculpting possibilities:
- 5-band master EQ,
- Bass booster,
- Stereo enhancer,
- Updated Limiter with gain reduction meter,
- Line Input can now be a Sidechain source for the Limiter,
Onboard games are now available to catch a breather from a hard day of music-making.
- Polyend Tracker v1.3.0 firmware update is required to run the games,
- Download the games here, unzip and copy the "Games" folder directly to the SD card root directory,
- Games will be accessible from the Files screen.
Please save your active project before upgrading firmware.
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1.3.0b6 beta
Fixes
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1.3.0b5 beta
Please note
We've recently made a large number of internal changes preparing us for some coming major features. Please save your active project before upgrading to this version and load it back from the SD card after upgrading the firmware. Some settings might reset to defaults.
Fixes
- Program Change messages were sent to the wrong MIDI channel,
- Beat Slice is now working properly (#550),
- Stability improvements,
Assets
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1.3.0b4 beta
Please note
We've recently made a large number of internal changes preparing us for some coming major features. Please save your active project before upgrading to this version and load it back from the SD card after upgrading the firmware. Some settings might reset to defaults.
Features
- Experimental external MIDI clock delay compensation in Config,
- Tracker can now be configured to send 6 distinct MIDI CCs per MIDI channel (configured per project in Instrument Parameters of MIDI instruments 51-67),
- Added support for sending MIDI channel aftertouch and polyphonic aftertouch,
- MIDI instruments in Pattern Editor can now be present without a note, useful for specifying which MIDI channel to send CC over,
- Performance mode is now controllable via MIDI IN with CC41-CC48 (track) and CC51-CC62 (slot),
- Master mixer levels is now controllable via MIDI IN with CC71 - CC82,
- Pattern Editor Fill: Euclidean events maximum raised to 128,
- Line In can now be a sidechain source,
Bug fixes
- Fixed digital gain on Line In monitor causes distortion (#528),
- Track names on the limiter screen now match custom set names,
- RAM usage optimizations in copy/paste, Instrument Editor, and the Song screen,
Assets
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1.3.0b3 beta
Please note
A large number of internal changes preparing us for some coming major features have been added in this release. Please save your active project before upgrading to this version. Some settings will reset to defaults.
Features
- Limiter sidechaining function added,
- Some configuration settings are now saved per-project (pattern divider, anti-aliasing, limiter mode, send Fx, pads scale, pads root note, and pads layout),
Fixes
- Timing of exported song stems, pattern stems, and an entire song is now more consistent (#281, #415),
- Custom Performance settings were not preserved from 1.2.2 (#452),
- Inconsistent amount of finetuning automation is now fixed(#339),
- Instrument volume was ignored on external MIDI input (#447),
- There was a "memory leak" in the Sample Editor section,
- Play indicator in Sample Editor was incorrect(#328),
- Improved tuning in the Low-quality Sample Import.
Assets
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1.3.0b2 beta
Features
- MIDI Chord "0" step Fx is now available (based on classic trackers, e.g. 037 - minor chord, 047 - major chord, 027A - sus2 b7),
- The Micro-tune step Fx is now sending MIDI pitch bend by +1/-1 semitone,
- Added Tune "U" step Fx,
- Bit depth Fx is now a per-Instrument parameter (instead of being a Master parameter) and is now available both as an "E" step Fx and as a Performance mode Fx,
- Arm selected tracks for live recording in Pattern mode by pressing Shift + Rec,
- Added Import function in Sample Loader which allows cropping samples that are too long to fit in a project, as well as a low-quality import (half the sample rate/memory needed),
- Purge samples unused in the project from the memory pool in Sample Loader,
- Sample Editor Bitcrusher Fx is now optimized.
Fixes
- Pattern Editor was display glitch after renaming a track (#325),
- CUT and FAD now work again with sample-based instruments (#364),
- Instrument change in Pattern Editor didn't always auto-save pattern (#388),
- There was no sound in record mode when changing step properties using pads (#372),
- It was impossible to change instrument by holding down the yellow button if there were selected more than one instrument (#389).
Assets
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1.3.0b1 beta
Features
- Live audio Line input is now available during song playback,
- Timestretch Fx in Sample Editor with beat and note modes,
- Major sonic enhancements in the Master section - Bass booster, Stereo enhancer, New limiter with gain reduction meter, 5-band EQ,
- Pattern Editor Fill command enhanced: Euclidean fills, Density setting in Random fills,
- Transpose octaves by turning the Jog-wheel with Shift in note editing (#68),
- UI refinements like horizontal scrolling of long items in lists,
- CUT and FAD also turn off MIDI notes.
Fixes