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@m-m-adams m-m-adams released this 26 Dec 00:06
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The community firmware development team is pleased to announce the release of the Deluge Community Firmware 1.2.0 (Chopin)! As always, we strongly recommend backing up your SD card before updating firmware versions.

BIG NEW FEATURES:

  • Multi track audio export!
  • Velocity automation!
  • DX7 synth!
  • Lots more below!

This release has a number of other new features and bug fixes throughout the Deluge. Major features are highlighted here, but be sure to check out the changelog for a comprehensive list of everything that has been added, changed, and fixed. For more detailed descriptions of all the new features added by the community firmware, please read the community features guide document. If you're coming from the official firmware, welcome! We encourage you to read through the 1.0 (Amadeus) and 1.1 (Beethoven) release notes as well.

We believe this release is well tested and ready for prime time but if you do hit a bug please let us know here

Keep reading for more detail:

Changes from 1.1

  • Removed MPE zone auto learn as it was a huge source of MIDI bugs, MPE must now be configured in the menu.
  • Removed MIDI LOOPBACK as it had a number of bugs that could not be easily fixed. This feature may be re-designed and re-introduced in the future when an implementation can be found that does not introduce bugs.
  • The maximum zoom for clips is no longer limited to the clip length
  • The interface for creating new clips in grid view has been changed. Instead of immediately defaulting to a synth clip, the select knob can be turned before releasing the pad to create a different kind of clip (Synth, Kit, MIDI, CV, Audio). The default is also configurable, under SETTINGS > DEFAULTS > UI > CLIP TYPE menus.
  • Changed the shortcut to enter Performance View in SONG GRID VIEW from the PINK GRID MODE to the KEYBOARD button for consistency with SONG ROW VIEW and ARRANGER VIEW. Pink Grid Mode is now removed.
  • Changed the behaviour of the PLAY button while in ARRANGER VIEW with CROSS SCREEN AUTO SCROLL MODE active. Pressing PLAY while playback is off will now start playback from the current scroll position.
  • Clip rendering in arranger view no longer uses note data. This should be almost entirely unnoticeable in most cases, while improving performance in arranger view.
  • For toggle (ON/OFF) menus, you now view and toggle the ON/OFF status without entering the menu by simply pressing on the SELECT encoder while the menu is current. On OLED devices this renders on a checkbox. On 7seg devices this is rendered using the last dot.

New features

Sound Engine

  • Added DX7 emulation. Must be enabled in the community features menu, as the on-device patch editing and loading UI is not yet final.
  • The compressor now has a blend control, for New York/parallel compression.
  • Filters can now be enabled when the FM engine is in use.
  • Audio Clips can now record from a specific track by using the new TRACK menu.
  • Audio Clips can be overdubbed using the MIDI loop/layer command when using the Grid song view.
  • LFO2 can now be synced (relative to note-on, as LFO2 is always note-relative).

Sequencer

  • Audio (clip/track) Export is now supported. See the feature docs for more information.
  • Custom scales are now supported by pressing LEARN+SCALE. Notes active in the current clip are set as the "user scale".
  • Added an SONG > ACTIVE SCALES menu which allows you to remove scales you are unlikely to use for the current song from the list.
  • Added community feature toggle Alternative Playback Start Behaviour (STAR), which inverts the meaning of HORIZONTAL ENCODER ◀︎▶︎ + PLAY -- with this feature enabled, the Deluge will default to starting at the left edge of the currently visible sequence region.
  • Added ability to AUTOMATE TEMPO in ARRANGER VIEW by turning the TEMPO encoder while recording. To delete the automated tempo, press SHIFT + TEMPO.
  • The metronome may now be toggled during record count-in.

User Interface

  • New CHORDS and CHORD LIBRARY keyboard layouts have been added. See the feature documentation for details.
  • New "velocity view" which can be used to program a note row's note velocities, including inserting and removing notes. See the feature documentation for details.
  • Changes throughout the system have been made to improve the grid mode audio looping workflow. See the feature documentation for details.
  • Various other elements in the OLED UI have been polished.
  • Audio clips have a new ACTIONS menu. Right now it only has an option for setting the clip length to remove time-stretching (also available via ▼︎▲︎ + ◀︎▶︎).
  • Clips can now be named by pressing SHIFT + NAME in the clip view.
  • SONG > CONFIGURE MACROS can be used to set up macros that will appear in a clip keyboard view sidebar to change the set of armed clips.
  • When holding a pad for a clip in the main grid while in the song view and SELECT is pressed, a new menu is presented. This menu can be used to:
    • Convert clips to audio
    • Change the clip launch mode
    • Change the clip name
  • Added community feature toggle Grid View Loop Pads (LOOP) to illuminate two pads (Red and Magenta) in the GRID VIEW sidebar for triggering the LOOP (Red) and LAYERING LOOP (Magenta) global MIDI commands to make it easier for you to loop in GRID VIEW without a MIDI controller.
  • The KEYBOARD VIEW can be scrolled horizontally using <> while editing Param values in the menu.

Bugs & Feedback

If you find bugs in this release, we'd love to know about them! Either report them here on GitHub or drop us a line on Discord in the #nightly-testing channel.

Contributors ❤

Thanks to the new contributors for this release!

KrisGelero
RJ-Eckie
ch000
jtdaugherty
madeline-scyphers
ogabrielluiz
todd-gochenour
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