This release brings a polyphonic 32-step sequencer engine, Macro page and a handful of smaller updates. Check out detailed release notes below and grab the firmware for:
Linux
- You might need to run the updater as sudo depending on serial port permissions
Mac
- The firmware updater will ask for permissions to access files on a removable volume, you should accept or the update will fail
- During the update, there’s going to be an eject warning that you can safely ignore
- Updating might fail intermittently because of a Mac OS driver issue, trying again should help
Windows
- Please close all software using MIDI before running the firmware updater
- After you connect the Redshift 6 to a Windows computer with USB for the first time, you might need to reboot before the firmware updater works
New Features
- New Arp/Seq engine: Polyphonic Sequencer
- 32-step sequencer with 6-voice polyphony
- Macro page
- 8 global macros that can be used as modulation sources on any part
- Assign in the mod matrix or by holding the Macro button
- Hold Macro and press the arrow buttons to choose the macro to assign
- Perform and Clock pages now show transport state including song position
- Clock page now has transport controls
- Shortcuts: Hold Clock and press Ok for transport play/pause or Esc for transport stop
Improvements
- Eight new presets
- Hold Macro, Vel or Voice button and press arrows to choose between modulation sources
- Drive is now a modulation destination
- Part + Arp/Seq shortcut now requires a double tap
- This was making part multi-edits awkward if you wanted to change something on the Arp/Seq page
- Envelope CCs now control the full range
- Engine can now be selected by pressing the Select knob
Fixes
- Crash when receiving too many notes at once
- Rename X-Delay Sync values for consistency with LFO
- Disable unused keyboard buttons
- Amp & Math no longer do anything while internal keyboard is on
- Illuminate Clock when Shift is held
- Mute didn’t work for voices with non-zero VCA gain
- Note that parts are now muted immediately instead of letting the release stage play
- Small visual fixes & tweaks
- Edit CCs now work on the MPE master channel
- MIDI clock via DIN was dropping out every 7.8 seconds (regression in 1.5)
- Shift no longer continues blinking if preset is loaded while shift lock is on
- Enabling the internal keyboard now disables mod lock
- Portamento CC was not working
- Unify Separation parameter naming (it’s now called Separ everywhere)