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New features:

• Improved Snap to zero algorithm with higher threshold to detect zero crossings (*)
• Extended sample recording time to the maximum length that can fit the sample memory
  • Around 133 seconds
• Using Shift with the encoder makes bigger changes in parameter values
• Added a third page of parameters on the Pattern editor with:
  • Pattern naming
  • Track naming
• Beta Import Mod / Export As .it
  • This feature from Tracker 1.6 was brought back to life
• Updated Config / “Line-in channel” parameter description
• Info menu with Licenses page added to the Config menu
• Various cosmetic and functional UI improvements

Fixes:

• When FX2 was used on Track 8 in the Pattern editor the cursor was jumping to Track 1 or disappearing
• Freeze when importing multiple samples at once that go over the 48-instrument limit
• Freeze when exporting Song/Pattern/Stems with very long reverb/delay tails
• The previous pattern looped in Play Song mode when the next pattern was empty and longer
• Sometimes samples were cropped after loading older projects (Tracker OG version 1.6 or older)
• Freeze when scrolling the Radio frequencies in the Sample Recorder
• Freeze when trying to preview 0s length range while importing a sample
• Crash when receiving MIDI MMC stop message in Perform mode in case tracks/patterns are scheduled to switch
• Roll FX: RV, Rv sounded like simple R when placed on steps without a note
• Very short samples (single cycle) sometimes didn’t play/loop when Snap to zero=On
• Sometimes samples didn’t play until the end when Snap to zero=On
• Wrong values were displayed in the Fill FX Value menu for LFO FX Types
• Pressing the button below Memory in Sample Loader repeated the last action (delete or insert) on the selected Instrument(s)
• Usability issues with Preview and Preview Vol in Sample Loader
• Perform effect Volume didn’t affect MIDI notes: now it controls MIDI Velocity
• Live Recording stopped working after deleting a sequence in Pattern Editor
• Sample waveform was having cosmetic glitches at maximum zoom level in Sample Recorder
• Various cosmetic issues
• Wrong button labels were shown in the Sample Loader screen after switching pages from the Import window during playback

Breaking changes:

(*) Old projects using Snap to zero = On might have their Start/End/Loop/Slice points in Sample Playback realigned by the new detection algorithm. This does not affect Wavetable and Granular engines.

Removed Features:

• Outdated Manual and Credits menus were removed from the Config menu

Installation guide:

1. Download and extract the firmware file
2. Copy the .ptf firmware file to your Tracker SD card > Firmware folder
3. Optional: save your current project to avoid any potential data loss
4. Navigate to Config > Firmware > Update Firmware > .ptf file
5. Press Select and confirm with Yes
6. Navigate to File > create New Project to correctly initialize Config settings

Fixes:

• Randomly freezing during playback with buzzing sound at the output
• Occasionally Envelopes in Instrument Automation are skipped (not triggered) during playback
• Playhead in Import window runs slower than audio playback after moving End point
• Time counter in header (0m:00s) runs slower than real time
• Tap Tempo function is not accurately calculating the tapped tempo

Installation guide:

1. Download and extract the firmware file
2. Copy the .ptf firmware file to your Tracker SD card > Firmware folder
3. Optional: save your current project to avoid any potential data loss
4. Navigate to Config > Firmware > Update Firmware > .ptf file
5. Press Select and confirm with Yes
6. Navigate to File > create New Project to correctly initialize Config settings

New features:

• New File and Project management
• Extended project filename length to support 32 characters
• Saturation modes on Master audio channel
• Extra headroom mode in Project Settings
• Snap to zero crossing in Project Settings
• Detection of zero crosspoint in Sample Playback: start/end/slice markers turn green when set to points with amplitude 0
• Metronome and Metronome Config in Sample Recorder
• Preview Volume for samples from SD card in Sample Loader
• Improved Equalizer in Sample Editor
• Improved Limiter in Sample Editor
• Improved Compressor in Sample Editor
• Add Empty Slot in Song Mode
• Copy patterns in Song Mode
• When using arrow keys to navigate Qwerty keyboard, the focus key now wraps around the edges of the keyboard
• Build number displayed in Config > Firmware menu
• In Pattern editor each FX value is now represented with one pad only (instead of multiple pads)
• Improved Internal and MIDI clock stability and minimized jitter
• Redesigned ‘Clock sync correction’ parameter in MIDI config
  • Note: correction is applied once only after restarting playback
• New pattern and step Numbering modes in Config
  • Options for starting at 0, 1, or hexadecimal
• Pattern (on pad matrix) or track (in Song page) are now marked as non-empty when containing any of the following:
  • Note
  • Instrument
  • FX1 / FX2
  • MIDI Channel or CC
  • FAD, CUT or OFF
• Updated text instructions in Config > Firmware update page
• Added access to the Instrument Synthesizer page in Instrument Parameters > More
• New behavior when receiving external MIDI Clock/Transport on Song page
  • Song will start from the slot that contains the currently loaded pattern after the position which was last played. If the currently loaded pattern is not part of the song, a popup “Load pattern from song first” will appear.
• General UI improvements:
  • New Pattern arrangement Config setting: Vertical revolver
  • Sample Recorder: The physical Rec button starts/stops the recording
  • Many other subtle visual changes of controls, colors and layout
• New Games page design: added exit (…) option, description and changed button layout

Fixes:

• When using Filter in Delay effect, the first tap is not affected by the filter (1)
• Granular Loop plays higher pitch when it goes outside sample boundaries (start/end) (2)
• Reducing sound artifacts (clicks, pops) in audio signals especially when using Volume, Panning and Filter Cutoff Instrument Automation / FX or generally rapidly changing of Volume, Panning or Filter Cutoff (3)
• Crash when opening Note and Instruments menus in Sample Recorder
• In Instrument Synthesizer mode Tracker not responding to CCs assigned to Delay Send correctly
• Instrument volume set to -24.00 dB gives silent output
• Projects saved with long filenames are not displayed in browser and can’t be opened
• FX named Random FX (x) value changed to symbol x instead of f to distinguish it from MIDI CC F (f)
• Metronome getting distorted with Volume settings above 50
• LFO FX (g/h/j/k/l) value not corresponding with Instruments Automation LFO Speed values
• When inputting FX values using the pads in to the pattern, the values go out of sync (lagging behind, skipped)
• Various cosmetic text issues in Config menu and FX >> Description popup
• Pattern or track marked as empty when containing note only on the last step
• Panning FX (P) issue when used together with Roll FX (R) : panning was only applied on the first hit of the roll
• Issues with macOS metadata files: now hidden and ignored when browsing or loading files (samples, projects, mods, games, firmware)
• Bottom row on Instrument Synthesizer screen visually cut off
• Tracker song/tempo stops randomly at tempo change using Random Tempo FX
  • When using Random FX Value (f) on Tempo (T) FX TSTP tempo value which would stop the sequence is excluded from randomization parameters.

Breaking changes:

Following fixes will make previous projects/instruments using Granular sample playback, Filter in Delay, and Volume/Panning/Cutoff Instrument Automation/FX sound different:

• (1) Granular: when Position is close to the start/end of the sample it will result in different playback output, focused on maintaining the instrument pitch.
• (2) Delay: first tap of the delayed signal is now filtered but also the perceived duration of all echos, as they start getting filtered earlier, they will also fade out earlier.
• (3) Volume, Panning, and Filter Cutoff Instrument Automation / FX: Occasionally these introduced audio artifacts to transients like clicks and pops which might have been aesthetically desirable, but will now be smoothed out and reduced.

Removed features:

• Mod and .it files no longer supported: Import Mod / Export As .it options removed from File menu

Installation guide:

1. Download and extract the firmware file.
2. Copy the .ptf firmware file to your Tracker SD card > Firmware folder
3. Optional: save your current project to avoid any potential data loss
4. Navigate to Config > Firmware > Update Firmware > .ptf file
5. Press Select and confirm with Yes
6. Navigate to File > create New Project to correctly initialize Config settings

New features:

• New Delay (now with longer Feedback and added Filter).
• Improved looks (new font, with an option to select Original/New in the Config menu).
• New bright Monochrome display theme.
• Faster pattern increment/decrement in Song mode when using the Shift + Jog Wheel keys.
• MIDI Synth Mode (press the Shift + Instrument Parameters keys shortcut to enter, check the manual for more information).
• Added option to export .pti instrument samples to wave files.
• Reworked onboard quick manual by SynthDawg, and additional sample pack from Recue (both require updating the SD card content).

Bug Fixes:

• Delay sync wasn’t working correctly when the MIDI Clock input was set to USB source.
• In a specific case of use, the delay was clicking on an external MIDI clock, not anymore.
• Sample Editor was able to break Sidechain in certain circumstances, this is now fixed.
• There was a Fill Instruments ‘To’ name scrolling issue which is now fixed.
• The Fill function was causing the screen to flash, not anymore.
• Tracker was freezing after sample export.
• Inconsistent shading on value sliders is now fixed.
• Typo in effect description is now fixed.
• LFO was causing issues, but not anymore.
• Freezes in Sample Recorder while using FM radio are now fixed.
• Weird behavior of instrument preview in specific cases was fixed.
• Issues with pads and keys freezing should not appear anymore.
• The tracking line in Song mode was disappearing until the pattern ends after going to Performance mode.
• The jog-wheel steering software issue is now fixed.
• The sample Import Screen glitch is now fixed.
• Glitchy / Stuttering instrument name scroll is now fixed.
• Audio input option was missing from the config.
• Kerning in rename page text field was making it hard to read.
• Open/Save logic is now improved.
• Pattern length was stuck when in perform/song mode.
• Performance mode issues were occurring in certain scenarios.
• Pads were always playing MIDI 01 notes in the Sample Recorder and Save dialogue.
• Export Song Stems was causing glitch on the master WAV files in certain circumstances.
• Switch from loop mode to song mode in the Performance mode was muting effects, not anymore.
• The MIDI Instrument label in Horizontal mode was improperly displayed [M0 instead of M01 in Horizontal].
• The Tempo step Fx’s description was given in % instead of BPM, this is now corrected.
• Redesigned Game mode key assignment (bottom button labels and pad display).
• Hexadecimal mode inconsistencies in the Performance screen are now fixed.
• Rendering with an external clock was causing the Tracker to freeze, not anymore.
• Editing of MIDI CCs + setting CC 1 while restoring default values of MIDI instruments CC is now fixed.
• The “Pattern top info” Pattern was off by 1 when in Hex mode, not anymore.
• Sample Loader Issues related to sample preview are now fixed.

New Features:

• Tracker can now save separate instruments with all their settings. This allows importing those instruments to other projects you’re working on.
• You can now select slices in sample playback Beat Slice mode by pressing the corresponding pads.
• The “Step” function button label in Pattern Editor is now labeled “Step jump”.

Bug Fixes:

• Incorrect Fill range in certain settings is now fixed,
• Sample recorder wasn’t recording if MIDI chord was playing.
• Un-deletable instrument after loading project from the previous version is now fixed.
• 1.5.0b1 regression: samples could be normalized to 0 after adding a new sample to the song.
• Fixed freeze after changing granular LFO settings.
• Bringing up the Instruments popup on the Tracker screen occasionally resulted in a flickering screen.
• Slice fill effect counted “From” and “To” ranges incorrectly.
• Tracker mixer’s visual performance is now better.
• Removing OFF events revealed a left-over MIDI instrument on the track.
• Beat slices weren’t fully displaying.
• “Render Selection” was sometimes inconsistent.
• Horizontal view mode edits weren’t always refreshing correctly on-screen.
• Sample preview in Sample Recorder was sometimes distorted.
• Volume of fast rolls was increasing on the last step of a pattern.
• TSTP FX is not anymore interfering with song export.
• Tempo FX values below 40 were treated as T40,
• Current playing pattern wasn’t always in sync with highlighted song slot on the Song screen.
• Sidechain limiter stopped working after playing sound in Sample Editor/Sample Recorder.
• Active Reverb was cut when Sample Recorder was entered, even if “No” was selected.
• Subtle Limiter attack and release sounded too short after device restart.
• Changing radio region to Japanese didn’t apply until device restart.
• Part of the “Additional Info” bar was clearing when moving between Pattern Editor and other screens,
• Using Shift+Up to select contents of the current track selected all tracks instead when sequencer was running.

New Features:

• Horizontal pattern edit mode.
• MIDI out latency compensation (available as a MIDI Instrument Parameter).
• Mono support for Line In passthrough.
• Performance Mode now plays through the entire song (Shift+Play on Perform screen to toggle looping without stopping playback).
• You can now switch between Perform screen and Instrument Parameters without resetting the performance, allowing for even more live, modulation.
• New step FX: Arp.
• New step FX: Slide.
• New step FX: gate length (note length shorter than a step).
• New step FX: Swing.
• “Stop” is available in Tempo step FX.
• Line In passthrough now supports Delay and Reverb sends.
• The Transport bar is now more compact, showing both the loop/song playback status and whether the Performance mode is active.
• Transport bar is now also visible in the Pattern screen.
• “Tune” FX in Performance mode now also works for MIDI notes.
• The Tap tempo now requires 4 taps.
• Allow selecting “middle C” for MIDI out.
• Japanese radio frequencies are now supported.

Bug Fixes:

• Improved audio latency.
• Mixer RMS meters weren’t working on panning -50 (max left).
• Stem export uses proper panning.
• Some CC parameter changes on MIDI Instrument Parameters caused white screen flashes.
• TAP tempo now works for tempo >= 60 BPM.
• Pattern numbers on Perform screen only reset when the pattern changes during song playback.
• Renaming tracks with Rec on the Track Mixer screen was flickering when Shift was pressed.
• Wrong song slot highlighted for playback when “Continue Song” was selected in edit mode on Song screen.
• Freeze in MIDI “Note in” selection in Config.
• Toggling off the device without an SD card inserted can be now done with the Power Off button,
• Switching from Perform to other screens while the sequencer isn’t running is now turning off performance mode immediately.
• Switching tracks in Perform mode now keeps them in sync when the newly selected track has a shorter length than the previous one.
• Further decreased screen flashing when some CC parameters are changed on MIDI Instrument Parameters.
• Fixed pressing “loop pattern”/”continue song” sometimes causing the display and the playing pattern to be out of sync.
• Fixed sequential pattern switching on Pattern screen (Fn Key 1 + Right) causing wrong patterns to load when engaged during the last step of the pattern.
• Improved randomness in the auto naming generator tool.

Behavior Change:

• MTP file transfer functionality is disabled until further notice due to reliability issues with the supporting third-party library.

• Added dedicated pad display for beat slice instruments.
• Added a way to exit games selection without rebooting the device.
• Sent MIDI notes were hanging when a sample instrument was used without an explicit Note OFF.
• Sent MIDI notes were hanging on track Mute.
• Real-time microtiming recording was always putting “m02”.
• Deleting unused samples wasn’t working if Sample 1 was unused as well.
• There was high-pitched noise on Medium and Low display brightness settings.
• Held keyboard key speed was too fast.
• Solo labels could get stuck.
• Edits on the Song screen could crash the device when switching to Pattern Editor.
• Undo actions on the Song screen now more predictable with 10 levels of undo.
• Correct stem alignment for tracks beginning with silence.
• Offline song export is now 20% faster and usually faster than wall clock song time.
• Offline stem export now takes around ~2x wall clock song time.
• Drastically improved tempo accuracy in song and stem export.
• Properly reset performance screen after “Continue song” is used.
• Fill mode with a beat slice: lighted pads now correspond to slices.
• Notes played with an external controller in Pattern Editor no longer get stuck.
• Notes played with an external controller now use constant velocity if “Velocity” is not enabled in Recording Options.
• 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.
• Crashes in Song Mode when using an external MIDI clock.
• Sustained notes were not looping properly.
• Tempo was resetting to 130 BPM after the restart.
• Slices which were already written on pattern shift after changing root note.
• Sample rendering was having an invalid length on pattern change.
• Selection rendering was containing garbled Line In audio.
• Micromove + roll was glitching in certain combinations.
• Samples were getting replaced by white noise after cropping in certain scenarios.
• Pattern selection behavior after releasing and pressing Shift again is now fixed.
• There were errors in scales: melodic minor, blues major, Todi, Gypsy minor, not anymore.
• Auto naming function was not adjusting text selection.
• Panning in Line In stereo was reversed.
• There were duplicated notes in the Fill range.
• Some button labels were stuck when switching back and forth between Instrument Effects and Parameters screens.
• Always select Column first when Shift+Up was used at the top of the pattern.
• Fixed pattern length handling when clearing tracks on 128-step patterns.
• Fixed visual glitch in Song screen when changing active slots in green mode.
• Allow switching between live rec and edit without stopping transport.
• While “Preview Track” was running on the Song screen, the first Stop button didn’t work.
• Fixed unresponsive Instrument Effects parameter editor after hot switching instruments.
• Fixed input of notes via Note button popup.
• Fixed freeze after re-entering Config screen when a config option was changed but not confirmed.

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).
• Purge 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.
• 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 artifacts.
• 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 the most available parameters.
• Correct patterns with different lengths 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,