v1.0.0

Initial public release of tram8+.

Firmware

• Adds custom firmware for the TRAM8 MIDI-to-CV module.
• Supports 8 gate outputs with independent MIDI note mappings.
• Provides velocity mode, where each DAC follows the velocity of the active note for its gate.
• Provides CC mode, where gates follow mapped notes while DACs track a fixed MIDI CC bank: CC 69-76 map to DAC 0-7.
• Provides SysEx mode for direct DAW control of all gates and DAC outputs.
• Supports MIDI learn for assigning notes to gates from the hardware.
• Tracks held notes per gate so overlapping mapped notes release back to the previous held note.

VST3 Bridge

• Adds a macOS VST3 plugin for sending MIDI-driven control data from a DAW to tram8+ over CoreMIDI.
• Provides per-gate channel and note filtering.
• Provides per-gate DAC modes: velocity, pitch, CC, and off.
• Supports DAC channel filtering for pitch mode and configurable CC numbers for CC mode.
• Preserves plugin state for gate mappings, DAC modes, DAC channels, and CC assignments.
• Shows MIDI input and output activity in the plugin UI.

SysEx Protocol

• Adds a shared packed SysEx protocol for firmware and VST communication.
• Supports gate-only, coarse DAC, and full 12-bit DAC state messages.
• Supports targeted single-gate and single-DAC messages for lower-latency updates.
• Batches DAC and gate writes in firmware for faster application of full state updates.

Releases

• Publishes firmware as tram8-firmware.syx.
• Publishes the macOS VST3 plugin as tram8-bridge-macos.zip.
• Uses a repo-level VERSION file as the release version source of truth.
• Validates release tags against VERSION before building release artifacts.