Mess Firmware 1.2 Beta #1

Mess 1.2 Beta #1

This update brings per-track trails customization, saving sequencer positions, and additional requested controls. Trails let you shape how effects behave between active steps. Highly useful for parallel processing, rhythmic texture, and more natural reverb decay without hard cuts. Here’s what’s new.

FEATURES

Per Track and Bypass Trails

  • Access the new Trails config in Menu > Trails
  • 3 per-track options, saved per preset:
    • Off - no trails (was the default before)
    • Only Trails - dry signal is cut on inactive steps. Good for parallel effects and repeat patterns.
    • Trails & Dry - effect tails keep decaying on inactive steps, dry signal passes on inactive steps. Example: A reverb that ends on step 4 will continue to decay, without re-feeding the tank on the empty steps of a sequence.
  • Toggle Bypass Trails On/Off globally

Sequencer steps no longer reset effect parameters

  • Turn this cleaning behavior On/Off in Menu > Clean Seq on FX
  • Off by default

Main Output control

  • Master output level is now controllable via the macro knob, CC#92, or an expression pedal

Tempo Check

  • Tap the Tempo encoder on the main screen to show the current BPM

MESS FIRMWARE
PolyendMess_1.2.0.339b1.pmf.zip (970.1 KB)

  • Download and extract the firmware above
  • Copy the .pmf firmware file to your Mess SD card → Firmware folder
  • Best Practice: Save your current Preset and backup your SD card to avoid any potential data loss
  • On the Mess main screen, click Settings, navigate to Firmware → Update Firmware → .pmf file
  • Click the encoder to start the firmware update.
  • After the update, open a new preset to initialize the config settings
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It’s lovely that you keep on updating, but I can’t see any gain staging adjuster per effect.

EVERY multi effect pedal from Line6, NeuralDSP, IK, Axe etc. got input and output gain per effect block. You don’t. Time to keep up!

Are you using the effects primarily in series or in parallel?

Mostly in serial. And to balancing the output level I put a pan FX in the last slot. So when I press “active” that I’m not blowing my speaker through the room.

The other sensless thing is that the new output level feature is global, not per patch…

In series, you don’t need an input gain at every effect. There is an effect gain at the output of every effect, so having an input and output between each effect would be redundant. I see in parallel how it could be useful in some cases.

Yes you need an input gain for every effect, as every effect reacts different to level.
Take a distortion: more gain more distortion or the micro looper needs a threshold to react as instrument don’t have the same level on every note or take a delay…If you want a loud but short repeats you need level. Beside the fact that every effect sounds different on different input levels.

The next point is: if you can easily gain stage your effect chain and not going constantly back to the previous effect block to give the distortion more gain to distort and fighting that you can press at the end the “on/off” button and it has roughly the same level, helps in usability a lot.

Can you add Midi CC for Engage and Bypass on the next update??? pretty please, every midi enabled pedal has this basic option, to turn it on and off via a midi controller. I need to be able to turn Mess on and off with my midi controller.

I also really appreciate the new update! thank you! these are great improvements, can’t wait to update.

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okay I understand your desire not to have to switch back and forth between effects to gainstage. Please make a feature request for people to vote on if you haven’t already.

However, as it works now, say you are in series, and want to hit a drive hard after a micro looper - just boost the microlooper effect gain, which boosts the entire signal after the effect - the same as having another gain control before the drive.

Sequencer steps no longer resetting after fx change ! Yeah ! Thanks ! Can’t wait to update !

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THANK YOU FOR THIS UPDATE!

I have been waiting for the sequencer steps to stay on scrolling FX. Now I can get to work!

Next up please: Screensaver! (I leave my MESS on 24/7)

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