- Added NRPN push actions and a confirmation mode for sending notes.
- Added an internal clock Alt Action (mirrors lua internals clock)
- Added selectable MSB-first or LSB-first order for CC14.
LUA additions:
- Added Lua clock control and callbacks
- Added persistent Lua storage, saved per scene or shared across scenes (1 KiB per scene and 1 KiB shared)
- Added incoming MIDI Note and CC handling in Lua.
- Added Lua callbacks for encoder release and hold.
- Added access to control values and settings from Lua, plus faster periodic updates.
- Added live script loading and console output for debugging through OXI App.
Fixes:
- Restored compatibility with existing Remote Mode integrations that 1.2 introduced
- Fixed manual Lua controls ignoring encoder turns at their minimum or maximum value
Connect the OXI E16 to your computer via USB, open the OXI App (available from oxiinstruments.com/support) and use it to install the firmware update. Close any other app (such as a DAW) that may have captured the E16 before opening the OXI App. The .syx firmware file is also published on the GitHub releases page. If an update fails, the E16 locks for safety: with it connected via USB, hold encoders 15 and 16 and press ON — the screen shows Firmware Update and the firmware can be reinstalled.
What you need
OXI App — the software OXI Instruments uses to load firmware onto the OXI Instruments OXI E16. Download links below.
- Support inverted value ranges
- New special: Pitch Bend Wheel that snaps back like a real PB wheel. Pressing it prevents snapback, otherwise it snaps back after set timeframe
- Add partial updates to remote mode API. See https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Yccnrluv10QL_PauMmtCt64EtYjfSeZEXKrlrw8P24w/edit?usp=sharing
- Add setting to only expose only a single midi port (virtual cable) over usb
- Extended LUA API LED Behaviour
- Send script id 255 when onEncoderTurn is triggered by non script type encoder
- Fix PC Confirm mode issue
- Fix PC double trigger issue
- Fix boot issue with expert sleepers devices
- Add push toggle midi feedback (if not working please use a midi monitor to see if the gear what you pair it with sends back button feedback consistently)
- Add toggle color indicator
- Fix controls freezing up in some rare occasions
- Fix midi clock usb -> trs thru issue
- Fix: Do not enter group mode when having push action CC or Note in 'Press & Release' Mode
- When turning Snapshot Morph control make the members update even if morph value is already at minimum or maximum
- Fix: script name to survive (stay in scene) after roundtrip from app to e16 and back. Script will be reselected in the app after scene download
Lua Changes:
- Fix unmanaged mode issues in Lua
- Fix rendering issues dispatched by Lua
- Add general 'send midi' to Lua
- Add update() callback to lua API
- Add led.update (updates by id) and updateByIndex
- Always allow to pass float everywhere where integer was required (the firmware floors for you)
- More subtle LUA Api changes
APP VERSION 1.5.0 REQUIRED for the App to work with this update.
New Looper (Knob Recorder)
- 8 minutes of shared recording memory across 16 tracks (up to ~60 s on a single track)
- Choose between 3 modes:
- No Sync
- Free Sync (determines length automatically)
- Fixed Sync (Count in and Predefined length)
- Individual tracks inherit the recording mode and settings set before recording. (You can mix them)
- Quick-access Hold Menu for recorder settings. (When in halt menu hold the shift key to select the Hold Mode. Then in normal view hold shift to bring it up)
Lua Scripting
- Scripting API 1.0.0 with SysEx communication
- Script variables stored with the scene
Better Performance feature integrations:
- Groups and Random Action data now save to current preset
- Snapshot Morph & Group Masters can be modulated by random and recorded
- Snapshot Morph can modulate group masters
Redesigned Navigation and Menus:
- Redesigned colourful Main Menu with 16 scene slots. Hold encoder + shift to edit
- Per scene auto transmit override
- Per scene 'PC on entry'
- Copy & paste scenes between slots
- Tap now brings you to alt menu
- (Page Menu) now called 'Alt Menu' is customizable. Hold encoder + shift to edit.
- Hold Menu: When in halt menu hold the shift key to select the Hold Mode. Then in normal view hold shift to bring it up
More:
- Scene-wide acceleration mode
- New LED ring animations. Can be adjusted in settings
- Better scene/page selection options via incoming PC and Bank Select
- Better system settings structure
- Many other Fixes
**New Things:**
- New Random Special action
- Store Special action
- Add 'Always On' display option which always shows the value
- Group Masters can now be turned by snapshot blend to enable more complex automations
- Push Action Toggle Indicator on screen
- Migrate Bipolar to Display Option (One destination can now be bipolar while the other is not)
- Second Color option when special Swap Destination is selected
- New LED Ring indicator for snapshot
- Add 'Color Indicator' system setting to always show the first LED of the ring
**FIXES/Changes:**
- Fix that group action slaves increments with their own given acceleration
- Fix that group master mode (acceleration) only applies to itself and not its slaves
- Improve MIDI feedback high traffic handling
- Only clear groups, recordings and stop playback if the users leaves and enters a different scene, playback stops when user clears all recording tracks
- Fix number doesn't show when 'Set to Default' is pressed
- Fix reload preset
- Fix wrong group slave percentage behaviour across pages
- Keep showing snapshot graphic in grouping mode
- Fix push action menu bug
- Make 'Clear all recordings' also stop playback
- In resetting controls, pages and
- Avoid mirroring other values if range is 0 but still output the maximum/minimum on turn
- Fix accidental page switch when trying to enter control settings
- Remote Mode: Fix shift release not working properly
- Remote Mode: Fix bipolar LED not in the middle
- Fix accidentally starting recording when entering control 13 settings.
- Fix exiting preset menu again upon entering if shift key is held for too long
New Things:
- Push action LED ring indicator
Fixes:
- Fix controls mirror controls which have different page channels
- PC is now 1-128 not 0-127
- Set to default showing wrong values on screen
- Smart default: If Bipolar is set in device it defaults to zero
- Smart default: Switching form 7bit to 14bit type retains lsb
Changes:
- Control with "Push Action: CC mode: Press&Release" can be held now without it switching into group view
New Things:
- Midi learn
- Midi feedback
- Transmit all Global Setting
- Remember last page
- "Swap Destination" push action
Fixes:
- Recording jitter, clear, and page-specific playback
- Set to default issues
- Several menu improvements
- "Transmit all" discrepancies
Changes:
- Migrate non-MIDI push/turn actions to Special Menu
What is the latest firmware for the OXI Instruments OXI E16?
The latest firmware for the OXI Instruments OXI E16 is version 1.3.0, released on 29 Sep 2026. FW//RADAR last checked OXI Instruments's official page on 29 Oct 2026.
How do I update the OXI Instruments OXI E16?
Connect the OXI E16 to your computer via USB, open the OXI App (available from oxiinstruments.com/support) and use it to install the firmware update. Close any other app (such as a DAW) that may have captured the E16 before opening the OXI App. Full instructions on OXI Instruments's official firmware page.
What software do I need to update the OXI Instruments OXI E16?
You need OXI App, available from oxiinstruments.com.
Where can I download OXI Instruments OXI E16 firmware and drivers?
Directly from OXI Instruments's official firmware page — FW//RADAR links to the source and never hosts firmware files. Official firmware page →
Where can I find the OXI Instruments OXI E16 manual?