MidiScale firmware update v1.02 fixes minor bugs and adds an option to temporarily disable scaling by pressing the tactile switch.
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MidiDisp firmware update
MidiDisp firmware update 1.20 adds a new dispatch mode Recycle, thanks to FlemmingA. It’s similar to the Cyclic mode but the cycle is reset when all notes are released, so the first lone note always goes to the first channel.
New MidiGAL firmware MidiLFO
MidiLFO firmware provides up to 8 versatile MIDI LFOs capable of generating CC, NRPN, After Touch and Pitch Bend MIDI events. The LFOs can be independent or chained one after another providing complex modulation capabilities (essentially an up to 8 stage envelope generator) for any connected MIDI device.
Download the firmware here.
New MidiGAL fimware MidiScale
MidiScale transposes incoming MIDI notes, constraining them to one of the 86 music scales. The output MIDI notes are quantized according to the selected scale and root note.
Transposition occurs on the selected or all MIDI channels. The latter makes MidiScale MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) compatible.
Download the firmware here.
Major MidiALF firmware update
The decade old project is still evolving! The new firmware v2.3 update adds a number of new features all of which are intended to make it easier to create dynamically changing sequences during both studio and live performance. Here are some of the new features:
- Variable step length – no more boring same length steps!
- Step jumps – easily control which part of the sequence is being played on the fly
- Note scale constraints – change notes manually or randomize them on the fly without hitting a wrong note.
- Alternate step notes – specify up to three alternate step notes which will be played instead of the main step note under selected conditions
- Locked step notes – exclude certain steps from randomization creating stable notes
- Most step parameters now have conditions further improving sequence variability
MidiSync firmware update and docs
MidiSync got a firmware update to version 1.12 that adds the following functionality:
- Start and Stop hold modes are now controlled independently
- Added ‘hold until the next beat’ option, previously it could hold until next bar only
- Added Restart action that sends MIDI Stop/Start to restart downstream devices (thanks to PaulS), also optionally delayed until next beat or bar.
Finally, MidiSync firmware got a proper manual.
Major Midi2CV Mk2 update
Midi2CV Mk2 was updated to firmware 3.55:
- Revamped sysex handling allowing web page configuration and firmware updates
- Implemented damper pedal (CC 64) support – good for drones!
- Implemented unison modes for polyphonic setups
- Improved DAC precision at higher octaves
- Improved note tuning
- Optimized LFO/EG CC handling
MidiARP firmware 1.10
MidiARP firmware was updated to version 1.10. This firmware adds the ‘Octave’ page that allows you to control when the octave is advanced: when set to ‘arp’, ‘arp2’, ‘arp3’ etc, the octave will be advanced after one, two, three etc. arpeggiator cycles. If set to ‘note’, the octave will be advanced after each note. ‘note2’, ‘note3’ etc. are also available. Interplay between number of chord nodes, number of notes to advance octave after and number of octaves in range creates unique arpeggiator patterns that are really fun to play!
Midi2CV Mk2 got a DUOphonic mode
Firmware v3.40 replaces the DUAL mode with a new DUOphonic mode so you can enjoy those quints and power chords! If you still need the old DUAL mode please consider using QUAD mode instead setting the Strobe Gate option to on.
Also, as a drive by change: the PitchBend CV was replaced with the AfterTouch CV which makes more sense since Midi2CV Mk2 now supports software pitchbend.
MidiALF and MidiREX firmware updates
MidiALF and MidiREX firmwares were also updated getting the better internal clock implementation with more accurate swing and tap tempo.