Firmware Updates

Bug Fixes:

AERO‍

• Hold Toggle switch mode not triggering correctly
• Double Press message stack events delayed until next message transmission
• Momentary On/Dim LED mode not updating correctly
• Device Link MIDI output configuration issues

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BRIDGE6 & BRIDGE4‍

• Bank names in the Set List browser not aligned correctly causing visual overflows
• Bank information saved incorrectly during bank events with any preserve state options when using Set Lists

Bug Fixes:‍

• Tap Tempo LED incorrectly assigned for Aero when switch 2 or 3 selected as Tap Tempo
• Single expression pedal input mode for Flexiports not responding correctly
• Flexiport functions reversed compared to physical layout and numbering

Bug Fixes:

• Handles invalid edge-case when parsing LFO parameters from the editor
  

‍Bug Fixes:

• Incorrect internal clock settings on some Aero hardware

Enhancements:

• Better MIDI clock accuracy for Aero and Bridge models
  

Changes:

• Tap tempo Flexiport output starts and stops according to the MIDI clock status
  

Bug Fixes:

• Hold messages not being sent on Aero
• Tap tempo MIDI clock not working on Aero
  

‍Bug Fixes:

• Incorrect MIDI timing configuration on Aero hardware variant

New Features:‍

• Set Lists editor support

‍Enhancements:

• Aero compatibility improvements
• Improved clock stability for Aero

Bug Fixes:‍

• Device Link MIDI thru handling improvements
  

New Features‍

• Aero support

‍Enhancements

• ‍‍Improved LED feedback during factory reset process
• Improved stability and robustness in editor communication

Changes

• ‍‍Changed default MIDI message stack programming to avoid conflicts with native MIDI mapping over device link

Bug Fixes

• ‍‍On-board editing of Smart Messages causing incorrect parameter scrolling
• Aux messages not being correctly deleted during on-board editing
• Decimal value tempos not correctly handled by the device when sent from the editor as part of a bank settings packet
• Switch LFO sync settings not correctly managed across all footswitches
  

Enhancements‍

• Small stability improvements

Bug Fixes

• ‍‍Corrected self-diagnostic process for all models
  

Bug Fixes

• ‍‍additional DFU enhancements
• updated DFU process & fixed bug where warning would open when cancelling local file install
  

New Features:‍

• New local MIDI control:
   - Reset all sequential switches
   - Reset all scrolling switches
   - Turn on/off/toggle all primary switches
   - Turn on/off/toggle all secondary switches
   - Increment/decrement/next/reset sequential switch
   - Increment/decrement/next/reset scrolling switch
• HID Keyboard messages. Bridge devices now show as a standard HID keyboard device, and keystrokes can be assigned as per any other message in a stack. Up to three keys can be combined (including modifier keys), with consecutive key commands also available.
• Optional toggle between 0 and 1 bank indexing for UI
• Automatic bank index counter displayed in extended mode
• Bank name colour inversion option for improved readability in different lighting conditions
• Toggle, sequential, and scrolling state preservation across banks
• "Jump to last bank" smart message
• Granular LED brightness available in 0-100% adjustments
• Hold to scroll bank navigation
• Expression ladder messages
• Switch groups integration over Device Link
• Sequential switches can be added to switch groups (including over Device Link)

Enhancements:

• ‍‍MIDI Clock accuracy improved
• General performance improvements and UI changes
• MIDI Thru handling performance improvement
• Increased boot delay to 60 seconds available
• LED feedback available for momentary switch modes
• Improved expression pedal performance
• Unified fonts and streamlined extended and simple UI
• Expanded external MIDI functionality and thru parsing
• More robust Device Link capabilities

Changes:

• ‍‍MIDI clocks temporarily pause during banking events to allow bank messages and other stacks to be sent, avoiding dropped messages
• Switch Out and Pulse Out (MS Relay) Smart message options have changed. Previously, the total state of the TRS port was set (e.g. the Tip message set the tip to closed (on) for switch out, and implicitly set the Ring to open (off)). Now the Tip, Ring, and Tip+Ring have On, Off, and Toggle messages which exclusively control the target.
• Structural improvements and changes in preparation of Aero and Bridge8 device sets
• Aux switch input Flexiport marker in extended view now has Tip, Ring, Tip+Ring (A, B, C) in left to right order to match the Aero switch arrangement.

Bugs Fixed:

• ‍‍Improved handling of aux switch events resulting in clean triggering
• Double press events handled correctly as press events for aux switches (previously ignored)
• General aux switch improvements
• Smart Messages not triggering LED in Momentary mode
• "Go to Step (Scrolling)" Smart Message limited to values 1-16 instead of 0-127
• Emulated Press MIDI CCs not being received properly
• Switch states preserved after setting turned off

Known Issues:

• ‍‍LFOs are not turned off with Smart Messages/Switch Groups
• Clock outputs not able to be set to Flexiports when in Device Link mode
• "Send: Primary" not working for Sequential Mode
• Release and Hold message stacks triggered on bank jump in target bank when using Toggle and Secondary Momentary Hold switch modes in source bank respectively.
  

Bugs Fixed:

• LFO set to a release trigger, activating after a bank jump is fixed
• Sequential mode messages not sent when triggered from an Increment or Decrement Smart messages
• Aux switch messages not transferred correctly from the editor
  

Enhancements:

• ‍‍Editor support for keystroke messages
• New MIDI support for:
   - Reset all sequential switches
   - Reset all scrolling switches
   - Turn on/off/toggle all primary switches
   - Turn on/off/toggle all secondary switches
   - Increment/decrement/next/reset sequential switch
   - Increment/decrement/next/reset scrolling switch

Bugs Fixed:

• ‍‍Message stacks triggered in the destination bank after "Go To Bank" Smart messages
• Tap Tempo labels incorrectly persisting after changing banks
• MIDI Thru routing for TRS/DIN5 ports incorrectly set from the editor
  

Enhancements:

• ‍‍MIDI Clock accuracy improved

Bugs Fixed:

• ‍‍Switch group Device Link would be sent regardless of the Transmit/Receive broadcast setting
• Sequential switches with the maximum number of messages not transferring correctly from the editor
• UI mismatch when setting a "Go To Bank" Smart message when bank indexing is set to 0 index

‍Changes:

• ‍‍MIDI clocks temporarily pause during banking events to allow bank messages and other stacks to be sent, avoiding dropped messages
• Sequential messages only interact with primary events when added to switch groups, preventing loopback oscillation when combining secondary switch group members on the same switch
  

New Features:

• HID Keyboard messages. Bridge devices now show as a standard HID keyboard device, and keystrokes can be assigned as per any other message in a stack. Up to three keys can be combined (including modifier keys), with consecutive key commands also available. NO EDITOR SUPPORT YET. These messages may cause issues importing/exporting to/from the editor, so only add them locally and remove if editor synchronisation is required until editor support is added.
• Sequential switches can be actioned within switch groups and sent over device link. Must be set to Primary, and response/responds to are ignored.

Bugs Fixed:‍

• Switch group Device Link would be sent regardless of the Transmit/Receive broadcast setting

Changes:‍

• Switch Out and Pulse Out (MS Relay) Smart message options have changed. Previously, the total state of the TRS port was set (e.g. the Tip message set the tip to closed (on) for switch out, and implicitly set the Ring to open (off)). Now the Tip, Ring, and Tip+Ring have On, Off, and Toggle messages which exclusively control the target.
  

Bugs Fixed: Bridge4 Only**

• Bridge4 v.3 HW version incorrectly assigning Flexiport MIDI data for MIDI and Device Link modes. No impact on v.1 HW versions
  

Bugs Fixed:

• Global settings buffer overrun for large expression configs causing editor import failure
• Expression pedal functionality on B4 devices
• Basic Device Link functionality (with some known issues still being worked on)
  

Enhancements:‍

• General performance improvements and UI changes

Bugs Fixed:

• ‍‍PC bank output messages not sending when connected to a Mac OS device due to unexpected SysEx framing being received
• Expression pedal performance improvements
• Non-linear expression sweeps being sent incorrectly
• v.2 and v.1 Bridge6 Flexiport 1 incorrectly triggering tip messages from an aux switch
• Fixed general footswitch performance

Changes:

• ‍‍Structural improvements and changes in preparation of Aero and Bridge8 device sets
  

Enhancements:

• ‍‍Aux switch input Flexiport marker in extended view now has Tip, Ring, Tip+Ring (A, B, C) in left to right order to match the Aero switch arrangement.

Bugs Fixed:‍

• Improved handling of aux switch events resulting in clean triggering
• Double press events handled correctly as press events for aux switches (previously ignored)
• Bank level aux switch messaged incorrectly transferred from editor to device
• Aux switch sensitivity not displaying correctly via onboard menu
• General aux switch improvements
  

Bugs Fixed:‍

• LFO subdivisions incorrectly transferred from the editor to device
• Switch group settings not transferred correctly from the editor to device
• Expression messages with incorrect min/max compression settings when using non-linear waveforms
• Incorrect UI graphics for TRS output based Flexiport modes
  

Bugs Fixed:

• Basic fix for some aux switch input behaviour. Not 100% tested, but designed for feedback from public beta testers

‍Bugs Fixed:

• Bridge6 v.2 hardware version Flexiport response issue
• Per-bank tempo not sent from the editor to the device correctly
• Incorrect MIDI channel handling on reception
• Incorrect expression ladder message browsing on device
• Bank up/down triggers not correctly handled by the device when sent from the editor
• Smart messages triggering multiple MIDI messages incorrectly
• Simple UI mode fix for scrolling font size
• Smart messages incorrectly handled when sent from the editor to device as part of an expression ladder message stack

Bugs Fixed:

• Device API (editor) communication stability improvements (requires further testing with more sample configurations)
• Expression calibration
• Boot messages transferred from the editor to device correctly
• Go-to bank messages not preserving states correctly
• PC banking and thru routing output assignments labelled incorrectly
• Aux switch messages not transferred correctly from the editor
• Bridge6 v.1 hardware variant freezing when assigning Flexiport 2 to Device Link mode

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Bugs Fixed:

• Fixes Bridge6 v.3 hardware versions when using aux switches on Flexiport 2
• Fixes aux switch messages not added to the correct message stack
• Fixes dual expression pedal inputs not displaying correctly on UI
• Improves expression pedal stability and performance
• Fixes several issues with editor import/export process with the device

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Note that editor support for some LFO parameters may still require patching of the editor.

System Changes:

• Device API overhauled for performace, efficiency, stability, and future features
• MIDI Clock improved timing and accuracy
• Banks referenced from 1-100 by default (option to set to 0-99)
• Bank Index Counter on main screen UI
• New Flexiport icon for TRS Out mode
• Web Editor now changes banks in realtime on the device when connected
• Improved expression pedal handling
• New setlist mode for non-linear bank progression

Global Settings:

• Global LED brightness changed from Low/Med/High to 0-100%
• Global UI: Invert bank name coloring on main screen
• Preserve States: Individual toggles for Toggle states, Sequential states, and Scrolling states
• MIDI USB Thru routing available to loopback
• Increased boot delay option to 60 seconds maximum

Messages:

• Smart Messages for Scrolling Mode changed wording to "value" instead of "step"
• New Smart Message: Last Bank - jump back to the last bank that was selected
• New Expression Ladder Messages: Trigger any message to be sent as the expression pedal hits pre-set values

Bugs Fixed:

• Flexiport modes causing device to freeze on some BRIDGE4 hardware variants
• Smart Message "Go to Step Scrolling" only able to set for first 16 values instead of 0-127
• Preserve switch toggle states being recalled after global preserve states settings turned off
• LED not lighting in Momentary switch mode when only Smart Messages assigned to switch
• Emulated switch press MIDI controls (CC 10-15) not working
• Aux switch sensitivity not included in API device descriptors
• Expression pedal bar graph not always persistent which switching banks
• Intermittent "Check failed" or failed serial transmission from web editor on MacOS
• Boot delay interfering with web editor communication
• Scrolling messages sometimes not transferred from web editor to BRIDGE4
• Aux switches sometimes ignored or skipping banks when controlling bank change Smart Messages
• Firmware not allowing web editor to send "Primary" as send action for Sequential Mode switches
• Expression Messages sometimes sending in continuous stream when pedal is not moving

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Features

• Support for BridgeOS 2.0 Release

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Miscellaneous Chores:

• Release 1.3.1
• Added upstream fix + Support for BridgeOS 2.0.0

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Bug Fixes:

• MIDI Thru not correctly functioning.

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New Features:‍

• Channel switching mute time configurable via MIDI

Bug Fixes:

• Stereo/Mono channels states not saving correctly after power cycling
  

Bug Fixes

• added diagnostic image detection for µLOOP and CLiCK

Features

• added initial uloop support
• added loading icon on main page
• added menu item for help and support
• added menu item to access logs

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes issue caused by state lockup when saving to non-volatile memory
  

New Features:

• Set MIDI Clock tempos via external MIDI CC messages
• New Sequential direction: random
• New Scrolling direction: random
• LFO random waveform
• New Flexiport mode: Strymon Favourite Switch

Bug Fixes:

• Sequential messages sometimes incorrectly transferred to device
• Scrolling Linked - FS4(B4) FS6(B6) counter not updating
• Blank switch groups not removed when sent from the editor
• Switch Groups with 12 members could cause incorrect importing into editor due to serial TX buffer overflow

Features

• added binary version checking for locally installed files

Bug Fixes

• c/p bug; added new backup config link

New Features:

• Bank level MIDI clock tempo presets with inherit tempo option

Bug Fixes:

• Morningstar Engineering Relay Flexiport mode not saving correctly
• Bank Up custom trigger overridden by editor
• General optimisation and clean-up
• Overall stability improvements

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes swapped Tip and Ring LED indicators

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Bug Fixes

• added more verbose logging
• Trace level logs are now written to the filesystem by default. File locations are OS specific:
• Linux: Resolves to $HOME/.config/com.piratemidi.ahoy/logs.
• macOS: Resolves to $HOME/Library/Logs/com.piratemidi.ahoy
• Windows: Resolves to %AppData%\com.piratemidi.ahoy\logs.

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Bug Fixes:

• Flexiport 2 when set to Aux Switch In causes v1.1.3 Bridge6 hardware version to freeze

Bug Fixes:

• Scrolling mode ignores min and max thresholds (direction dependant) when first configured onboard the device
• Tweaked label position offsets to improve tailing character displays in certain switch modes
• Boot delay time ignored
• LFO saw waveform frequency not correctly calculated
• Single switch banking navigation causes toggle and sequential actions not to be recognised on the first press
• Scrolling and Sequential linked switches remain linked after changing modes
• MIDI CC switch action control not working correctly
• Flexiport 2 MIDI modes not correctly assigning with Bridge6 v.3 hardware variants

New Features:

• Support for Device API CHCK command for firmware and hardware version tracking

Enhancements:

• MIDI in channel selection now offers values 0-16 to directly select the channel to include OMNI

Bug Fixes:

• MIDI channel select, preset scrolling and saving not functioning correctly

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New Features:

• Globally customisable Bank Up and Bank Down actions

Enhancements:

Bug Fixes:

• Ramp LFO shape repeats when steps set to other than 1
• Scrolling FS labels overlap when label is 8 characters long
• Set UI mode smart message cannot be edited on device
• Pendulum mode on simple UI causes inconsistent UI changes to sequence
• LED MIDI control OFF command not working
• Tap Tempo LED and label do not show after receiving switch mode from web editor
• Sequential mode send on secondary locks up the switch and nothing happens on secondary press
• Sequential pendulum mode does not work and skips steps/order
• Simple UI sequential mode label cut off
• Sequential messages corrupted when more than 9 steps are added with messages in each step
• Bridge6 and Bridge4 communication issues with web editor

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Features

• added Apple code signing
  

FACTORY RESET REQUIRED AFTER FLASHING NEW FIRMWARE IF UPDATING FROM v1.1 OR EARLIER

New features:

• Remote LED control via MIDI including states, colours and brightness
• UI mode control using Smart Messages

Bugs fixed:

• Bridge4 Flexiport2 doesn't work for Device Link
• Incorrect parsing of Yellow colour from web editor
• Global Settings LED Brightness OFF not received correctly in device config
• Flexiport pass/fail states could be incorrectly reported during a diagnostics test

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FACTORY RESET REQUIRED AFTER FLASHING NEW FIRMWARE
Please make sure that you perform a factory reset by navigating to menu System->Reset->Factory->Yes directly after loading this firmware otherwise the device will not function correctly. Make sure that your device profile is backed up before doing this.

New features:

• Configurable boot delay time
• Configurable Hold time
• Toggle On and Toggle Off messages now available for both bank and global Aux switches
• Power on message stack (actioned after boot delay)
• Device Link initial implementation
• Flexiport MIDI output modes now have UI indicators

Changes:

• Flexiport mode selection now shows current mode and new menu style
• Switch group member size increased to 2x the number of footswitches (12 for Bridge6 and 8 for Bridge4)
• Secondary Toggle On/Off stack sizes reduced to 8

Bugs fixed:

• USB CDC used for editor communication fixed for Bridge6 Hardware Version v1.1.3
• LFO settings incorrectly triggering when configured via the editor
• MIDI Clock B LED not pulsing correctly
• User-adjustable hold time not persistent after a reset when configured via the editor

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Changes:

• Carry-over switch actions no longer trigger on bank navigation events

Bugs fixed:

• Inverse expression sweeps returned incorrectly by the editor app (API)
• Tap Tempo invalid name assignment fixed from zero-indexed numbering
• Sequential step message offset fixed when applying from the editor

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Changes:

• MIDI Clock outputs set to enabled by default (this is configured during a factory reset or new device setup)

Bugs fixed:

• LED is not properly set or cleared when switch (secondary) is set to Hold Momentary
• Change the word "Step" to "Value" for Smart Messages in "scrolling" category #38
• MIDI Clock A on FS1 not updating tempo text label
• Expression Bank Messages on 2A not sending MIDI

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New features:

• Major switch mode and UI overhaul
• Device API app integration
• Copy and Paste for footswitch configurations
• Copy and Paste for bank configurations
• A bank can be assigned as the template bank for quick configuration
• Switch groups for assigning multi-switch related behaviour
• Footswitches capable of a Primary and Secondary action
• Smart messages for custom events and control:
• Turn on switch
• Turn off switch
• Toggle switch
• Reset sequential step
• Go to sequential step
• Reset scrolling step
• Go to scrolling step
• Bank up
• Bank down
• Go to bank
• Increment EXP step
• Decrement EXP step
• Go to EXP step
• TRS switch out
• TRS Relay out
• Increment sequential step
• Decrement sequential step
• Queue sequential step
• Queue next sequential step
• Increment scrolling step
• Decrement scrolling step
• Queue scrolling step
• Queue next scrolling step
• Menu navigation has a breadcrumb trail
• Main UI streamlined with increased footswitch sizes
• Flexiports capable of new MIDI out modes:
• TypeA
• TypeB
• Tip active
• Ring active
• Ability to bank up and down inside of the main menu on bank-level items
• Enter/exit menu using Control Change messages
• New Flexiport mode for controlling Morningstar Relay Interface.
• Aux switches can trigger a single press, and a single hold message, both globally and per bank
• Per bank reset
• Support for LED and display refresh via Device API

Changes:

• Return action in menu navigation moved to FS5 (Bridge6 and FS3+FS4 (Bridge4)
• LFO behaviour and triggering now matches the primary/secondary assignment of the switch
• Full range of LFO LED feedback extended
• Default Switch Group response set to off for new member entries
• Refactoring and code-clean-up in preparation for Bridge1 and Aero

Bugs fixed:

• MIDI input no longer locks up when the device receives data during the power-on sequence
• General UI and menu bugs
• Pirate-MIDI/Pirate-MIDI-Features-Bug-Tracking/#18
• Pirate-MIDI/Pirate-MIDI-Features-Bug-Tracking/#16
• Pirate-MIDI/Pirate-MIDI-Features-Bug-Tracking/#15
• Pirate-MIDI/Pirate-MIDI-Features-Bug-Tracking/#13
• Pirate-MIDI/Pirate-MIDI-Features-Bug-Tracking/#10
• Device no longer hangs when transmitting an event over the CDC USB interface to an inactive serial port
• Fixes Pirate-MIDI/Pirate-MIDI-Features-Bug-Tracking/#16
• 75
• 73
• 72
• 61
• Fixes Pirate-MIDI/Pirate-MIDI-Features-Bug-Tracking/#13
• Fixes duplicate zero-padding bug when sending single date byte messages (such as PC) when packetizing messages for transmission over USB Audio class
• Fixes Pirate-MIDI/Pirate-MIDI-Features-Bug-Tracking/Pirate-MIDI/Bridge#16
• Fixes factory reset not correctly resetting all parameters in all banks within correct bounds
• 35 Bank reset not correctly reset LED modes from dim to on/off
• 34 Lower case text with tails cut-off by 3 pixels
• 30 Erroneous PC Output messages
• 28 Sending USB MIDI at the same time as CDC resulted in API data loss
• 29 Incorrect factory reset for some banks
• 21 TRS MIDI in configuration locks up
• Device API bug fixes
• Removes blocking display and LED update function calls after every packet to avoid delays (CTRL refresh commands should be used instead)
• Fixes incorrect handling of bank settings reception, as well as global settings persistence after power cycling due to Flexiport and MIDI initialization ordering.

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New features:

• UI mode can be changed using MIDI CC 30
• Double Press switch actions are ignored if there are no messages assigned to the Double Press stack
• New Flexiport mode Pulse Sync Out allows for analog clock generation on the tip for modular, and gear without MIDI Clock sync
• New UI for Flexiport Switch Out mode
• Holding Footswitch 1 for seven seconds during power on allows for factory reset in the event of a firmware issue
• Flexiport Tap Tempo output starts and stops according to the MIDI clock state

Changes:

• Switches menu is consolidated to include the LED colour settings, as well as changed the visibility order of LFO and messages
• All MIDI message outputs default to on
• Tap tempo now defaults to 120 BPM at power-up
• Flexiport Switch Out states default to open until configured

Bugs fixed:

• LFO frequency jumps from 0.2 to 10 rather than stepping down to 0.1
• Tap tempo changes randomly during power cycles
• Switch Out configuration may not save correctly (configuration lost during next power cycle)
• Bridge6 (Hardware version v1.0.1) Flexiport2 tip to sleeve switch not mapped correctly
• Fixed MIDI thru incorrectly passing messages from a USB source

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Improvements:

• Added inverted modes for each expression pedal sweep

Bugs fixed:

• Deleting messages from the release stack functions correctly
• LFOs now trigger correctly and only output a single message per value change
• Expression pedal message correctly decrements the value to 127 rather than 255
• Fixed menu editing of Flexiport Switch Out mode
• Increased the LED refresh rate and removed timing jitter to provide smoother MIDI clock pulse indication
• Greatly improved the responsiveness of expression pedals and made latency improvements
• Additional space at the end of footswitch names is now stripped upon saving, preventing horizontal alignment issues.

No factory reset is required if updating from v1.0.1.

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New features:

• Scrolling with acceleration enabled on hold actions in menu navigation and editing
• Remote bank navigation via Control Change and Program Change messages
• Automatic Program Change messages when banking up/down enabled with independent channel selection per output

Changes:

• Lowered hold action time from 1.25s to 1s for improved responsiveness

Bugs fixed:

• Press messages sent on press and hold actions
• Program Change messages not sent correctly in message stacks
• MIDI clock may assign to incorrect switch
• Device freezes when connected to MacOS device without audio/MIDI application open
• Release messages not sent until second action
• Release stack editing causes device to freeze

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Known Issues

Initial

• Device Link not functioning correctly
• Custom delay messages are ignored
• Pressing multiple switches in the menu navigation can sometimes incorrectly trigger

6/12/21

• Viewing/editing release messages causes the device to become non-responsive
• Hold acceleration scrolling not functioning

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