Arturia MicroFreak firmware

New Features - Added a new “WaveUser” Oscillator with 16 embedded Arturia Wavetables - Reworked “Wavetable” Ocscillator’s audio engine - Load your own wavetables using Midi Control Center - Import any WAV or AIFF file into Wavetables using Midi Control Center - Octave Led Blinking can now be disabled from Utility menu - Oscillator’s encoder speed can be modified from Utility menu - Sequencer can now play with the Chord mode and Unison - Removed “User Preset Erase” feature Bug Fixes - No more clicks when modulating wavetable position on “WaveTable” Oscillator - Screen doesn’t randomly focus on parameters anymore

New Features - Three new Oscillators types from Noise Engineering : BASS, SAWX and HARM - Unison mode available for all Oscillators, with control on the voice spread. Activate with Shift + Paraphonic button - Number of available preset slots increased from 256 to 384 - Last saved preset is now recalled on startup - More visual feedback when saving presets (confirmation or cancel) - Chord Mode On/Off and notes are now saved in the preset - The Filter Envelope Amount can now send and receive Control Change messages on CC26 Bugfixes - No more MIDI loop issues with Local OFF - Spice now sends Control Change messages in Local OFF - MicroFreak now receives Program Changes when the MIDI Input is set to ALL - MicroFreak now transmits MIDI Clocks when the Arp/Seq is not playing - Filter Amount knob now properly handles knob catch modes (Hold, Jump, Scaled) - LFO synced Rate is now properly shown on the display - No more issue when Browsing Type with CC - Key Pressure is now properly handled in Scaled knob mode - Fixed an issue where there was no sound when modulating the Oscillator Type - First note is now properly played in Arp mode with Chord Mode and Internal Sync - No more artifacts heard when Relative Bend is Off - No more rhythmic inconsistencies when browsing Oscillator Types while using LFO modulations

New Features - Implemented MicroFreak Vocoder Edition global and preset settings, suitable for every MicroFreak owner - New Oscillator type : Vocoder (16 Bands type) - Vocoder Oscillator's Wave knob controls carrier waveform, between sawtooth, pulse and noise - Vocoder Oscillator's Timbre knob changes the frequency range of the analysis/resynthesis process - Vocoder Oscillator's Shape knob sets the bandwidth of the individual vocoder filters. - New preset type : Vocoder, with a dedicated Vu-meter on screen - Implemented Microphone settings (Mic gain, noise gate, mic detection) in Utility menu - Implemented Vocoder Hiss modes and volume in preset settings

New Features - New oscillator type : Noise - Chord Mode : Hold Paraphony and press keys to record Chord. - Scale quantization : In Utility settings - Sequencer : Copy Pattern A to Pattern B - Clear all Matrix routings : Shift + long encoder press Improvements - Added visual feedback when Local Control is OFF - Local Control now handles USB to MIDI Out - Release of previously playing preset is cleared when switching presets - Sequencer : Record LED now blinks on each beat instead of 16ths Bugfixes - Loading preset while holding Seq now properly loads preset - Superwave Timbre knob now matches - Screensaver now exits with any action - Step-recording a Tied note on the last step doesn't change Step 1 - Many external sync improvements - Seq to Arp now properly handled in Random arp mode - Seq to Arp now properly handles velocities - Seq to Arp doesn't shift the arp anymore - No more CC's sent on preset changes

New features - Spice / Dice improvement: Now affects the envelope decay, release and matrix pressure value. - Added program change support - Local control and external CC handling improvement - Real-time recording now enabled when starting the sequencer from the step-recording mode - Matrix amount reset now set to 0.5 seconds instead of 1 second - Bugfixes - Potentiometers stability improvement - MIDI start/stop handling improvement - CPU management and Sync improvement - Negative automation amounts now properly handled - Aftertouch + arpeggiator handling improvement - Real-time recording improvements - Song position pointer sync now preserved upon preset change when slaved - Preset browsing improvement in panel mode - Automatic sync source detection improvement - Parameters initialization improvement on power-up - Sequencer improvements in USB Sync - Arpeggiator to sequencer pattern transfer improvement - Real-time automation recording improvement - Gate length display now accurate - Step-recording display now visible when utility is enabled - Cycling envelope timing display now accurate - Step-browsing display is now refreshed when cycling through Mod slots - Matrix assign display improvements