This is the first Tracker+ firmware update. It focuses on officially adding the PERC drum machine to Tracker+ and synth fixes and improvements. See the full details below. The known issues listed below will also be addressed in a firmware update shortly.
Note: PERC presets have also been updated and finalized below, you will find a several more than in the beta PERC presets.
NEW FEATURES
- PERC drum synth engine
- Added lights on the Synth Parameters page and patch editor to indicate different drum hits.
- Finalized PERC editor
- Added mixer controls for Cymbal and Perc drums
- All PERC drums can be triggered on the PERC page
- Synth Mixer on pg. 3 of the Master page with separate level control of all three synth engines
- Reverb and Delay sends for the Line In channel have been moved to dedicated Master Reverb / Delay screens on pg. 1 of the Master page
- Ability to reset Macro parameters to default values (using Delete) in the Edit Patch screen
- Instrument Synthesizer functionality (on Instrument Parameters/Effects screen) renamed to Instrument MIDI Mapping to differentiate from actual Synth instruments
FIXES
- The instrument header label “Synth (Off)” didn’t update correctly when changing synth Polyphony (between 0 and other values)
- Sometimes the section name (above screen buttons 5-7) in the synth Edit Patch screen was cut too short
- Reverb/Delay send values display wrong initial values after opening the Synth Parameters screen
- Parameter list was missing up and down arrows (screen buttons) on the synth Edit Patch screen
- Improved editing parameters which have a big range of values in the synth Edit Patch screen (for example Filter Cutoff) using the encoder
- Edit Patch screen showed wrong notes for PERC synth drums (one octave lower, for example, C4 instead of C5 for triggering the kick drum)
- When synth patch changes were the only changes in a project, they were not (auto)saved
- The text description in the Config menu > General > “Line in channel” was wrong
KNOWN ISSUES
- Wrong Macro values are initialized.
- When this bug is experienced, the macros will be displayed as 0 but playback incorrect marco values. Manually change each macro parameter on the macro page to reset macros and load default values.
- Occasional hanging notes on synth playback.
- Synth Parameters don’t reset when using them with pattern FX.
- Freeze when duplicating short patterns when using MIDI Tracks
INSTALLATION GUIDE
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Download and extract TrackerPlus_1.0.1.ptf.zip (1.6 MB)
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Download and extract PERC factory presets:
PERC.zip (55.7 KB) -
Copy the extracted .ptf firmware file to your Tracker SD card > Firmware folder
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Copy the extracted PERC folder to your Tracker SD card > Patches folder
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Optional: before updating save your current project to avoid any potential data loss
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In Tracker navigate to Config > Firmware > Update Firmware > .ptf file
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Press Select and confirm with Yes
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After the update, navigate to File > create New Project to correctly initialize Config settings