Waldorf Quantum & Iridium - nowy sysem operacyjny w wersji beta.

Waldorf Właśnie udostępnił pierwszą wersję beta nowego systemu operacyjnego w wersji 3.3.0 beta 1 dla wszystkich wersji syntezatorów Quantum i Iridium.

Pierwsza wersja beta to głównie wprowadzenie funkcjonalności związanych z wprowadzeniem do Quantum i Iridium sytemu MIDI 2.0 ale też usprawniono też zarządzanie samplami dodając łatwą możliwość kopiowania całych wybranych folderów sampli z pamięci wewnętrznej do pamięci SD lub USB co będzie bardzo przydatne aby nie zapchać sobie wewnętrznej pamięci syntezatora. Kolejne wersje beta systemu 3.3.0 czyli beta 2, 3 itd będą wprowadzać dodatkowe rzeczy i finalnie docelowy system 3.3.0 będzie miał wiele więcej nowych rzeczy jak to co do testów dostajemy dziś.
Poprawiono też kilka błędów.

Jeśli chodzi o zarządzanie samplami to do tej pory aby opróżnić trochę lub w całości pamięć wewnętrzną to mieliśmy możliwość wyeksportować całą zawartość pamięci wewnętrznej i przenieść te które chcemy na np USB a te niepotrzebne w pamięci wewnętrznej wykasować aby się nie dublowało. Była też możliwość przeniesienia wybranego foldera w inne miejsce ale tylko w ramach tego samego napędu czyli z jednej lokalizacji w pamięci wewnętrznej do innego foldera w pamięci wewnętrzne i to samo z USB czyli przenieśc jakiś folder na USB do innego foldera na tym USB itp. Obecnie dodana opcja kopiowania foldera z pamięci wewnętrzne do innego napędu czyli USB lub SD jest duzo bardziej przydatna.
Nasuwa mi się pytanie czy możliwe jest tylko kopiowanie czy też również przenoszenie co było by jeszcze bardziej pomocne.

Zainstaluję dziś nową wersję systemu i sprawdzę jak to działa.

Oto pełna lista zmian (cytuję częściowo wiadomość jaką dostałem):

Here comes 3.3.0 beta 1 for all Quantum & Iridium variants.
Dear All,

we are now starting a new series of betas which will eventually lead to final release of 3.3.0.
We always said that Quantums and Iridiums are forward looking instruments honoring the past but leading into the future while being inspired in the present.
The main theme for 3.3.0 will be MIDI 2.0 support and related new features. Those features will be added over the course of the various 3.3.0 betas. We are starting with the technical foundation and support for high-resolution musical data like velocity, aftertouch, pitch bend, mod wheel and controllers. Please read below for more info about MIDI 2.0 support.

Beta 1 of 3.3.0 brings these new features:

- Extended Per-Note Pitch Bending via MPE oder MIDI 2.0
- Copying of sample directories between internal Flash and external USB/SD storage: Global->Audio->Browse
- MIDI 2.0 support via USB for high-resolution musical data

Cheers!
Rolf
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Change Log

3.3.0 Beta 1:

New Features:

- PitchBend

    - "Per Note PitchBend" (e.g. from MPE or MIDI 2.0) is now independently handled from wheel ptch bend.
    - It has its own range setting in Osc->Pitch&Tools (for all 3 osc same)
    - It is a new source in the modulation matrix

- Samples

  - The "Load" button in Global->Audio has been renamed to "Browse"
  - In the file browser you can now copy whole directories between internal Flash and USB/SD storage.

- MIDI 2.0

    - High-resolution Velocity, Poly Aftertouch, Controller, Wheels and Channel Pressure
      - Supported e.g. by Logic and Cubase on macOS Sonoma or Sequoia.
    - All internal processing of these now with 32 bit floating point precision
    - Transformed and received to/from via USB Midi Host & Device (Controller & Computer ports)
    - MIDI 2.0 support can be deactivated on Global->MIDI->USB
    - Configuration page for USB Midi 2.0 in Global->Midi->2.0
      - Currently only Management CI is supported
    - MIDI 2.0 Support
      - Use macOS Sonoma or Sequoia, Microsoft is working on MIDI 2.0 support for Windows.
    - The fact wether MIDI 2.0 mode is actually used is decided by handshake with the partner device i.e. DAW oder controller.

Bug Fixes:

- Graphic glitch fixed when loading audio files longer than 2 minutes in Global->Audio editor
- FS#1909 - Boot Up Precess Crates a Midi Mapping - 119 OSC1 Type
- FS#2107 - Parameter sequencer will no longer advance. This has broken saved patches.

====== MIDI 2.0 ======

MIDI 2.0 is the future and it is starting now. It is a technology which enables a wide range of new features of which some are very interesting to us.
When a company talks about supporting MIDI 2.0 it is always important to understand what in detail is supported. It could be out of many things.
In the following I am describing what this means for Quantum / Iridium instruments.

1. New USB MIDI 2.0 Protocol

We implement MIDI 2.0 capabilities on both USB ports: Device ("Computer“) and host („Controller“).

When connected to another MIDI 2.0 supporting gear, they can agree to use 2.0 otherwise they fall back to MIDI 1.0.

You can verify wether an 2.0 connection has actually established in Global->MIDI->USB

You can disable 2.0 support in Global->MIDI->USB individually for both ports.

The other side could be another musical device like a controller or a computer. Currently macOS Sonoma and Sequoia are supporting MIDI 2.0.

Microsoft is eagerly testing MIDI 2.0 for Windows and I am expecting support some time later.

For the experts: We are implementing UMP message types 1 (MIDI 1UP), 2 (System), 3 (SysEx) , 4 (Channel Voice) and 15 (Streaming Messages: Endpoint & Function Block Discovery, Stream Config Request).  We have also started with CI, but for now only Management CI is supported. You can enable CI support in Global->MIDI->2.0

2. High-Resolution Data

On the DAW side Logic Pro and Cubase on macOS are supporting MIDI 2.0 high resolution data like for velocity, aftertouch, pitch-bend, wheels and controllers.

Depending on the data type, MIDI 2.0 transmits those data in 16 oder 36 bit resolution. All internal processing in quantum / Iridium is in 32.bit floating point.

In Logic you have to enable 2.0 support in Setting->MIDI as well as display of high-resolution values in Settings->View. You can edit and view high-resolution data in the event list as well as in some places in the piano roll editor.

In Cubase it is similarly visible and editable.

We are also working on increasing our keybed scanning resolution for quantum MK2 and Iridium Keyboard. But it is not included in beta 1 since it needs further internal testing.

3. Per-Note Messages

We are supporting in beta 1 receiving per-note pitch bend messages in a similar way like in MPE mode. It has its own range setting in Osc->Pitch&Tools (for all 3 osc same) and is a new source in the modulation matrix.

We plan to support per-note controller messages in upcoming betas.

It has to be remarked though that at the time being, none of the DAWs support sending per-note messages. Cubase would have already with Note Expressions already the UI part done, but it is not sending them as MIDI 2.0 per-note messages to external devices.

You can of course use polyphonic pitch-bend with Ableton’s MPE capabilities.

4. CI Property Exchange

We have looked into this and started testing our implementation. But it is not included in beta 1. Please stay tuned.

5. … more to come, we have some ideas.

Właśnie się ukazała kolejna wersja beta nowego systemu czyli beta 2 dla systemu 3.3.0.
Nie jest to duża zmiana ale wprowadza nowy ciekawy element do matrycy modulacji a oto co dokładnie nowego:

3.3.0 Beta 2:

New Features:

- Modulation Matrix:
  - New source "Release Velocity"
- Macros:
  - More screens to select from for "Show Screen"
- Global:
  - Improved Support Log esp. for freeze errors

Bug Fixes:
- Fixing PolyAT Calibration
- Removing "Rec Level" from Global->Audio for Iridium instruments as it only is functional for Quantums
- Fixing situations when no MIDI is received on macOS Sonoma with "local off" and MIDI 2.0 mode for some applications like Live.
- FS#2503 - Typo 'nuber' in save patch 'please select a slot' popup