Firmware v0.7 is here — a big update spanning the last six weeks of work. The headline changes are a full web-based scene editor (inspect, download, reorder, and configure scenes from your browser), a major touch reliability pass (stuck pads are quarantined and recovered automatically), and a ground-up action system reorganization that makes every touchpad assignment clearer and more powerful. Underneath that sits a pile of new musical tools — Shepard tones, note tracking, CV/MIDI triggers, randomization, and more.
You can update to v0.7 and the latest asset bundle at https://ss.kabaragoya.com right now. As always, you can track progress on GitHub.
With v0.7 finally out the door, I am shifting gears back to the video manual. There is method to my madness; I realized that even with the live view of the device, it's often easier to follow configuration steps when you can see it in a web view. I remain committed to device/web UI parity so anything you see me do in a browser will work on the device with no computer in sight. I appreciate your ongoing patience as I learn video editing in real time.
Top 10 upgrades
- Web scene editor — Browse your full scene list, inspect any scene's settings at a glance, download scenes as ZIP files for offline editing, revert changes, and reorder scenes — all from the browser while connected to your device.
- Rock-solid touch response — Stuck touchpads are automatically quarantined and recovered; false triggers during scene changes are suppressed. The surface should feel noticeably more dependable in live use.
- Actions, reorganized — Every touchpad action now uses a clean variant model (Hold, Cycle, Toggle, Modify, and more) across presets, tempo, transport, LFO, RTG, sample & hold, and everything else. Less confusion, more expressive options.
- Shepard tone generator — A new RTG mode with rising or falling infinite glissandi, multi-voice layouts, and several crossfade styles for hypnotic, never-ending pitch sweeps.
- Note Track — Map incoming MIDI notes to control changes and other parameters, with configurable note range, channel, and filter modes — turn your keyboard into a performance controller.
- On-Transport timing & downbeat resync — Schedule actions to fire when transport starts at the downbeat, and reset bar/beat position on demand for tight sync with your DAW or clock.
- MIDI CC triggers — Assign actions to incoming MIDI CC messages directly in a scene, with on-device menu pages for channel and input setup.
- CV Trigger mode — Fire actions from CV input using configurable threshold and debounce — your modular rig can now trigger scene actions.
- Richer Note actions — Play chords (1–4 voices), optional bass octave shift, random root notes, and tempo-synced aftertouch swell on held notes.
- Randomization everywhere — Random BPM (with min/max range), random LFO parameters, and random note roots for generative, never-the-same-twice performances.
Bonus round
- Inspect Scene — Pull up a scrolling on-device summary of the current scene's settings.
- Fractional BPM — Set tempos like 120.5 or 87.3 BPM, not just whole numbers.
- Pedal picker in the web editor — Choose pedals from a catalog when building scenes, with warnings when changing assignments.
- Factory vs. user scenes — Built-in presets and your own creations are clearly separated in both the web UI and on-device menus.
- User pedal library — Upload and manage your own MIDI device definitions, with duplicate detection to prevent accidental overwrites.
- Transport controls in the browser — Play, stop, and record from the web UI, synced with device state.
- Param Stream / CC retargeting — Actions can dynamically retarget CC output streams for more expressive modulation routing.
- Engine Modify — Runtime overrides for RTG and Sample & Hold rate, glide, and probability without rebuilding the scene.
- Theme settings — New on-device menu page to customize the UI color palette.
- Three new LFO waveforms — Bin, Glider, and Stray join the modulation toolkit.
- Touchwheel return speeds — Configurable snap-back after tempo nudges and aftertouch release (instant, fast, medium, or slow).
- User content survives firmware updates — Scenes, custom pedals, and personal assets live in dedicated storage that persists across updates.
- Stuck-note prevention — Improved MIDI note tracking and cleanup when changing scenes or entering programming mode.
- Smoother screen transitions — Module switching no longer flickers when changing performance screens.
- Device Authoring guide — Documentation and tooling in the web UI for creating custom MIDI device definition files.
ps. There are two new Factory Scenes in the latest asset bundle. You can use them to capture eerily perfect Young Folks and Fabienk loops with a Chase Bliss Blooper.