Here’s another major update with two of the most requested features, MPE and an arpeggiator! Without further ado, you can 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
- 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
- MPE
- Settings page now has options for MPE
- Assign MPE Timbre (CC74) modulation by holding the MIDI button
- BREAKING: CC for Cutoff is now 79 (to avoid clash with MPE Timbre)
- New oscillator waveform variants that reset on incoming note
- Arpeggiator
- Envelopes now have a Reset parameter
- Defaults to Off for analog-style envelopes as before
- LFOs now have a Sample & Hold waveform
- Multi-part editing
- Quick edit
- Hold down one or more part buttons while turning a knob to adjust the parameter for all held parts
- All parameters will be set to the same value, i.e. the editing is absolute, not relative
- Latched edit
- Hold down a part button while selecting/deselecting others by tapping them
- Adjust parameters to edit all held & selected parts
- Let go of all held part buttons to exit multi-edit mode
- Tip: this is a great way to assign multiple parts to the same group
- Quick edit
- Load individual parts from presets
- There’s a new control “Parts” on the Preset page
- By default it’s set to “All” which works as before
- Other options will load individual parts from the preset into the selected part
- For example, “3 -> 4” means “load part 3 from the preset into part 4”
- You change the first number (“source part”) by turning the top left knob
- You change the second number (“target part”) by choosing a part with the 1-6 buttons
- The result of this will be previewed as usual; press Ok to confirm
- If you want to load multiple individual parts, you need to press Ok after each one and re-enter the Preset page
- Enter single part load mode by holding a part button and tapping Presets
- Parts option defaults to loading part 1 instead of all parts
- Selected part doesn’t reset to 1 while scrolling presets
Improvements
- New factory presets showcasing MPE, the arpeggiator and more
- Stepped pot response is slightly less overenthusiastic now
- Add grace period after releasing a parameter knob or Shift to prevent accidental edits
- Preset scrolling is a lot more responsive now
- There’s now a small delay before loading presets while scrolling
- Filter Mode parameter now snaps to BP in addition to LP & HP
- LFO range is now 0.01-1000Hz, up from 0.1-100Hz
- Note that might slightly change the sound of presets using audio rate LFOs
- BREAKING: Cutoff CC now controls the full cutoff range
- When holding ENV + LFO, ENV now becomes the via
- Minor visual tweaks and fixes
Fixes
- Correctly follow external clock when looping
- LFO synced to a source would not sync others correctly
- For example LFO1 synced to LFO2 synced to clock wouldn’t work correctly
- Tap tempo works without Shift pressed again
- Illuminate Parts button when Shift is held
- Occasional crash when loading presets with reserved voices
- Env amount bar on VCF page is now bipolar
- Buttons sometimes got stuck when loading or initializing preset
- Stepped adjust now works again when assigning modulation