Firmware v. 1.6 available
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 8:13 pm
I'm releasing firmware version 1.6 today. If you have an early version installed on WARBL, the Configuration Tool will now tell you that an update is available. You don't have to install the new firmware, but some new options in the Configuration Tool will be disabled until you do.
The instructions for installing firmware are in section 8 of the User Manual. Please let me know if you have any troubles. I realize that for some people it can be a bit confusing the first time you update the firmware.
I've updated the User Manual and the online help in the Configuration Tool to reflect the additions and changes.
The changes and additions in v.1.6 are as follows:
- Added an extended Gaita fingering chart that allows playing a third octave.
- Added the ability to assign a button combination to begin autocalibration (please see the caveats for using this in the User Manual).
- Added custom GHB and Northumbrian vibrato, designed for closed fingering systems. Turning on the "Custom" switch with GHB or Northumbrian fingering will now assign holes R2 and R3 for vibrato use, and raising either or both fingers from their closed position will sharpen the note, assuming that raising them doesn't also trigger a different note in the fingering chart.
- Added XOXXXX Bb, XOXXXO Bb, OXOXXX C, and XXOXOX G# to tin the whistle/Irish flute fingering chart
- Added X XXO XX-- G# to recorder chart, where the "-" holes are ignored. Also added X OOO OOOO C#.
- Added fingering for the Chinese Xiao
- Added the ability for the bell sensor to close off the pipe using any fingering pattern instead of just uilleann. Now, with any fingering pattern, closing all holes and the bell sensor will stop the sound, unless the bell sensor is instead being used to control the register.
- You now have the option of using the "custom" vibrato simultaneously with "slide"
- Modified default settings for the vented mouthpiece slightly
- Changed NoteOn velocity calculation slightly, add some weight to the velocity on the initial note after silence (tonguing a note). This brings it closer to the subsequent velocity used for legato notes.
The instructions for installing firmware are in section 8 of the User Manual. Please let me know if you have any troubles. I realize that for some people it can be a bit confusing the first time you update the firmware.
I've updated the User Manual and the online help in the Configuration Tool to reflect the additions and changes.
The changes and additions in v.1.6 are as follows:
- Added an extended Gaita fingering chart that allows playing a third octave.
- Added the ability to assign a button combination to begin autocalibration (please see the caveats for using this in the User Manual).
- Added custom GHB and Northumbrian vibrato, designed for closed fingering systems. Turning on the "Custom" switch with GHB or Northumbrian fingering will now assign holes R2 and R3 for vibrato use, and raising either or both fingers from their closed position will sharpen the note, assuming that raising them doesn't also trigger a different note in the fingering chart.
- Added XOXXXX Bb, XOXXXO Bb, OXOXXX C, and XXOXOX G# to tin the whistle/Irish flute fingering chart
- Added X XXO XX-- G# to recorder chart, where the "-" holes are ignored. Also added X OOO OOOO C#.
- Added fingering for the Chinese Xiao
- Added the ability for the bell sensor to close off the pipe using any fingering pattern instead of just uilleann. Now, with any fingering pattern, closing all holes and the bell sensor will stop the sound, unless the bell sensor is instead being used to control the register.
- You now have the option of using the "custom" vibrato simultaneously with "slide"
- Modified default settings for the vented mouthpiece slightly
- Changed NoteOn velocity calculation slightly, add some weight to the velocity on the initial note after silence (tonguing a note). This brings it closer to the subsequent velocity used for legato notes.