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Synth 1.3 is a massive update that includes a new Synth engine, DWA, new factory content, including a sample pack of 100+ samples from Palettes, and scenes and patches for DWA.

New Features

• New Synth Engine – DWA
  • Experimental Sample-based Synth Engine
  • New factory content, including a Palettes “sampler” sample pack to use in DWA, 50+ factory DWA patches, and new scenes
• MIDI Input Pad Mapping to make grid pads playable with MIDI inputs
  • Accessed Via Main Menu > Synths > More > Pad Mapping
• New MIDI Instrument – Engine #10
  • Save and Load MIDI CC mappings
    • Shift + Seq to Customize MIDI CC mappings
  • Map up to 5 CCs to Macros

• Support for MIDI Input Channel Pressure and Polyphonic Aftertouch
• System setting for Aftertouch Type: Channel or Polyphonic

• New customizable colors for each Synth engine
  • Change colors in System Settings > Colors
• New 3 in 1 and 2 plus 1 Grid layouts to play 3 or 2 synths simultaneously
  • Select multi-synth layouts at the bottom of the Grid Layout menu
  • Multi-synth grids are only playable in Note mode

Fixes

• Switching from Chord Pack to Note mode could cause incorrect sequencer playback.
• A red incorrectly highlighted pad no longer appears when switching grid layouts
• Changing WAVS/GRAIN patches via PC now loads the correct sample
• Scenes with over-allocated synth voices no longer freeze on load
• Memory use optimization
• Pads in follower mode incorrectly scrolled through notes when adjusting the grid scale or chord parameters.
• Audio engine stabilized when playing the highest pitches with the high amounts of pitch modulation

INSTALLATION GUIDE

1. Download and extract the firmware file.
2. Copy the .psf firmware file to your Synth SD card → Firmware folder
3. Add new patches, samples and scenes for DWA. Place the DWA sample folder in the “samples” folder on the SD card. And the “DWA” patches folder in the patches folder on the SD card. Copy new scenes to the “Scenes” folder.
   Best Practice: save your current scene to avoid any potential data loss
4. On the Synth menu navigate to Main Menu → System Settings → Firmware → Update Firmware → .psf file
5. Click the encoder and confirm with Yes
6. After the update, create a new scene to initialize the config settings

Synth firmware 1.2 focuses on interface improvements and disabling effects when they aren’t active to free up additional CPU.

NEW FEATURES

• Effects (Rev, Mod, Del) are not activated when not used in a scene
• Dim Mode added to the system settings.
• Interface improvements to help avoid clipping and distortion
  • Master Volume now shows dB values instead of a line
  • Mixer Level meter turns red when clipping
  • Maximum mixer sends set to 0dB instead of +12 (Old projects will still load with the value saved at +dB settings)
• Added screen indicators to help troubleshoot when a Synth isn’t playing a sound
• Added an all note off option to stop hanging notes
  • Access via Main Menu > All Notes Off

FIXES

• GRAIN Burst Ratio parameter values were playing at double the specified tempo
• An incorrect engine could load on when mapping PC change options if patches shared the same name
• Freeze when using Layout and Mode knobs on Grid page simultaneously
• Clicking when using crossfaders for Mod > Rev or Mod > Del could sometimes occur
• Aftertouch did not work if a pad was hit extremely hard
• Preventing hanging of held notes when Local Mode is changed to off
• PC change could corrupt the loaded patch and browsers
  • The patch preview was removed from PC mapping to prevent this issue
• Freeze after loading a scene with PC Mappings multiple times
• Quickly scrolling the program change mapping list sometimes switched the active patch
• Switching pages would occasionally result in an empty parameter page
• Main Menu navigation sometimes cut off
• Held Notes were not highlighted after switching instruments on seq

Synth 1.1 firmware includes new Arp and Seq rates for triplets and dotted time divisions, as well as Chord Pack editor improvements.

NEW FEATURES

• Triplets and Dotted rates added to Arp and Seq.
  • 12 new divisions were added to the Rate selection in both Apr and Seq.
• Chord Pack Editor improvements
  • Access to the Chord Pack Editor in the grid setup menu
    • Go to System Settings → Grid
    • Change Synth to Chord Pack and press the Ch Edit button.
  • Renamed parameters to clarify their functionality
  • Added “Init” Chord Pack

FIXES

• Synced Delay caused audio glitching with an external MIDI clock.
• Seq was not playing correctly when switching back to Note from Chord Pack.
• Synth parameter bars and visualization were altered by Macro modifications.
  • The parameter bars now change to grey when modified by a macro
• Adding notes to an Arp in playback mode did not work when using multiple arpeggiators simultaneously
• Macro Control and values sometimes didn’t disappear from the screen header
• Switching from the Effect Presets page to the Effect page sometimes changed the currently selected effect
• Root Note was not autosaving after being changed via the screen button and encoder –
• Grid Mode could incorrectly display as Follower after switching Layouts –
• Freeze on MIDI Program Change message when Seq / Arp was playing more than one synth voice
• Mixer Level faders produced audio clicks when adjusting values
• Possible data corruption after double tapping Shift to release all pads
• Seq sometimes did not play polyphonic sequences correctly when triggered by Chords with active Followers
• Crash on Save Scene dialog when Seq or Scene buttons were pressed
• Some Grid Scale names were not fully visible due to character limits now names are abbreviated to fit
• Some Synth LFO Ratio and Delay effect Time values had incorrect names
• Macro Control and Master Volume/Tempo/Pitchbend values sometimes didn’t disappear from the screen header
• Many Chord Editor fixes and UI improvements

This hotfix release includes several critical fixes, as well as improvements and optimizations to enhance usability and stability. It also adds a Beta Chord pack editor. This is a recommended update for all Synth users, with a single beta feature.

FIXES

• Optimized memory usage for general stability, resolving issues like audio crackling on certain devices when using Delay, as well as memory corruption when loading scenes or samples, etc.s
• Audible clicks and glitches when playing pads that use chord Modes in Grid settings
• LFO in PMD synth stopped working after setting it to One Shot mode
• Prevent exiting the Scene, Preset, or Main Menu when interacting with synth parameter edit knobs [It fixes the inability to enter the menu occasionally]
• Reduce amount of Velocity macro mapping to Volume in all synth Init patches
• Display only parameter values (rather than names) on synth Mod pages
• Display chords in red as selected only when a Follower is active

HIDDEN BETA FEATURE

Beta Chord Pack Editor. To enter the editor:
1. Hold Shift + ADSR + LFO while entering Grid Menu.
2.Set mode to “Ch Pack”,
3. Select a Chord from the Grid.
4. Press Shift + ADSR to edit the selected Chord.