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Disabling the Windows Defender/custom AV apps may be needed for successful flashing.

– Config reset added to the flashing process.
– Swing bug eliminated.

– Added LFO random S&H wave (the last position).

– Each synth parameter is now displayed with the assigned CC number.

– Both LFOs and envelopes are now able to send out their native values out as CC (set it up from the MIDI config menu).

– Added MIDI Local Off (as a MIDI config option), you can now use the Medusa MPE pads to play another instrument and play the internal synth engine with an external controller at the same time.

– Refined Grid workflow.

– Adjusted Filter Cutoff.

– A new set of 64 wavetables.

– Fixed external MIDI clock sync.

– New more precise DADSR behaviour.

– Enhanced knob noise filtering mechanism.

– New presets from Benn Jordan and Machinedrum.

– Added velocity off also for external MIDI controllers.

– New pads backlit: Note – 2/3, Tie – 1/2, Modulators – 0.

– Voice priority is now a preset value instead of a global setting.

– Record note length in live record mode and in the incremental mode.

– Fixed MIDI behaviour when receiving lots of communicates, won’t crash anymore.

– Now, in order to see the pads with modulators only, press and hold the Clear button.

– Enhanced Drone mode, you can now turn on and off the notes while they’re sustained.

– A repaired issue with playing external controller over MIDI DIN in Monophonic play mode.

– While holding a pad with modulators, they will change the sound as long as you hold them not only per sequenced step time as before.

– When the sequencer is running, pressing other pads in the Grid mode is not taking over the note, just the synth voice parameter modulations.

– When the sequencer is running and you’re editing a single step, you can actually hear the modulations made to this particular step as long as you hold it pressed.

– Note TIE (note length) and RND (change note in a selected scale in a range of two octaves) per step. When in the Grid mode editing notes, click the encoder once to use Tie and twice to use Random.

– Improved USB Host port stability.

– Fixed glide in the lowest octaves.

– Fixed contingent momentary voltage present on the CV outputs in particular scenarios.

– Now CCs (1-128) can be assigned to a voice (1-8) or paired with MIDI channel (all, 1-16).

– New play mode – Mono was added with a legato functionality implemented (legato isn’t available in channels mode anymore).

– The Middle C config option was changed to Octave Offset it now allow changing incoming notes in a range of four octaves +/-.

– Fixed smoothing.

– Fixed pitch-bend values.

– Improved aftertouch conversion.

– Minor stability fixes implemented.

– Rebuild and simpler CV/CC menu.

– Improved MPE functionality and added an MPE profile.

– Note On with 0 velocities was able to freeze a voice, not anymore.

– The naming of the pitch bend values is now changed from z +/- notes to +/- semitones.

– Added Glide functionality (now on the main screen instead of the musical scale indicator).

– Added Factory Reset function in the config menu and changed default settings of middle C.

– A large number of MIDI communicates were able to freeze voices over the USB host port, fixed.

– Fixed Scales.

– Fixed Microtuning.

– CV input type was not saved to the preset, not anymore.

– Turning the encoder in the Cyan/Notes mode will now automatically play the selected note.

– Simultaneous press of the three function buttons together was sending a gate signal, not anymore.

– Added fourth CV input mode – Sync Automation, where received gate signal reset/retrigger all the recorded automation.

– The MIDI transport was behaving strangely in certain circumstances, not anymore.

– Fixed issue where note offsets (nudges) recorded from external controllers were not working properly.

– Added compatibility with the new Polyend Seq Tool for firmware flashing and pattern dump/load functionality.

– The issue with populating a track with the use of the Roll knob causing that the manually added steps were muted is now fixed.

– Notes incoming from the external controller over MIDI input are being automatically transmitted to all MIDI outputs (DIN, USB).

– Added new roll Velocity Curve – Random.

– The start button resets the cue point for all the tracks.

– All the previous user-reported bugs are now removed.

– The increased refresh rate for the incoming MIDI signals.

– New rolls behaviour, they work on the whole length of a step now.

– Toggle on/off of a step with roll attached won’t lose the roll parameter anymore.

– Unstable behaviour while on an external MIDI clock in the first phrase was fixed.

– Added per track step retrigger – click and hold down the Move knob and indicate the step/s on a track/s you want to retrigger from.

– Added roll Note Curve – each step in the roll’s length will trigger notes in a scale set to the particular track – Flat, Inc, Dec, Inc-Dec, Dec-Inc, Random.

– New Tempo knob functionality. Used with a track button gives access to a per-track tempo divider/multiplier, MIDI channel input, MIDI channel output, MIDI output source (two last positions moved from the Note knob section).

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, unzip and copy the “Games” folder directly to the SD card root directory,
– Games will be accessible from the Files menu.
– Use the on/off button to exit a game.

Please save your active project before upgrading firmware.

Features:

– Added pattern Copy/Paste, Undo/Redo, Duplicate, Expand and Shrink actions from the Screen buttons level in the Pattern section
– Hold down the Pattern screen button in the Pattern mode to see the occupied patterns as lit up pads,
– Group step selecting and preview in the Pattern view is now available in the green mode,
– Mute labels in the Pattern view when Shift is pressed,
– Track renaming is now possible,

– Added automatic sample conversion algorithm in the Sample Loader.
– Confirmation popup for instrument replace & delete actions in the Sample Loader section,
– Completely rebuilt Sample Loader section,
– Implemented sample “de-clicking” algorithm.

– Added Overdrive real-time effect (both in Instrument Parameres and as a “D” Step Fx),
– Added EQ Fx in Sample Editor section,
– Added Overdrive Fx in Sample Editor section,
– Added Fade In/Out Fx functions in Sample Editor section,
– Added Normalizer Fx in the Sample Editor section got moved to the top of the list,
– New slower LFO speed values (all but Amp): 48, 64, 96, 128 were added,

– Added tempo tap function,
– Change the BPM value in decimal values (0.1) with the Shift key pressed,
– Press and hold the Tempo screen button to edit the BPM (this will prevent accidental tempo changes),
– In the Song mode, it’s now possible to switch between the Play Pattern and Play Song without stopping the sequence,
– Updated Song mode interface. A Green mode was added where the screen scrolls with the timeline and the Red mode for edition.

– Added playback mode icons in the sections top bars (headers),
– Implemented MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) which basically lets you browse the files and folders stored on your SD card from a computer level,
– Limit of 100 files per folder behaviour is changed. The Tracker will automatically divide folders carrying more than 100 files into subfolders.

– Added two new Master screens for per track, reverb & delay, dry mix volume levels with mute & solo in full range,
– Added ability to raise the volume above 0 dB using Gain, both for instruments and mixer,
– Track volume, Reverb and Delay Send Fx values are now displayed in dB,
– Master volume is now global, not per project,

– The notes/instruments used in the pattern sequences can be now visually displayed on the grid of pads (Config function),
– Sequence step enumeration is now available in decimal or hexadecimal values as a Config choice,
– Visual updates in the Config and introductory descriptions for the featured functions,
– New Config setting for Send Fx’s: Post-fader/Pre-fader selection,
– New Config setting for master Limiter Fx: Subtle/Hard selection,
– Added sample anti-aliasing on/off toggle switch in the Config,
– Firmware files are now being sorted by the version number,
– Added Reset Config function in the Firmware section,

– It’s now possible to play pads and use the sequencer over the MIDI output in the Sample Recorder section,
– New external MIDI recording options in Config – only notes/velocity/microtiming/velocity+microtiming,
– Start/Stop live recording without stopping the sequencer,

– Added new Custom Pattern Play mode with ten variations in the Performance section,
– Implemented Green/Red mode in the Performance section,

– High-quality Reverb is now implemented.

– Implemented sample anti-aliasing in all the play modes.

– Sequential/Immediate pattern change actions in the Performance mode unified with the Pattern mode.

– Fixed bug with notes skipping randomly.

– Adjusted precision of the limiter.

– Improved audio rendering and .it files export.

– Track number is now greyed out when muted.

– Increased resolution in the Granular play mode display.

– Added hold and preview for long samples in Sample Loader.

– General user interface and instrument stability improvements.

– Added metronome with a pre-roll function and a choice of time signatures.

– Press of a Play button in the Song mode will trigger the entire composition.

– General MIDI improvements incl. MIDI timecode and ext. clock optimisations.

– Use home in the Song mode for an immediate jump to the top of your composition.

– Fixed bug which was stopping voices when transitioning between Song and Instrument Parameters.

– Fixed bug monophonic step recording produces double notes.

– Fixed bug which froze the Tracker while selection rendering.

– Fixed bug when the step preview was not always working.

– Fixed bug with random audio output artefacts.

– General MIDI improvements and bug fixes.

– General performance improvements.

– Improved text input.

– Random shape S&H LFO type added.

– Normalizer fx added in the Sample Editor.

– Record chords in the horizontal selection.

– Song mode view is now indicating which tracks are muted.

– Improved MIDI instrument recording, editing and previewing.

– Undo/Redo in pattern mode – undo key + left/right/jog-wheel.

– The Delete key sets the default values of most available parameters.

– Correct patterns with different length in the Performance mode playback.

– Use pads playback in Sample Loader (from SD with base pitch only, from sample pool – pitched).

– Use Length and Step + left/right buttons to change the values with predefined values (1,2,4,8 etc).

– Sample load, delete, copy operations in the Sample Loader are now possible while the sequencer is running,