S2400 Firmware Updates

2021-07-15 Update

Fixes

  • Fixed truncated or missing files when resampling after saving a slice of a new sample
  • Fixed click when muting/soloing
  • Fixed pause when committing LiveLoop record buffer
  • Fixed LiveLoops only recording when Run/Stop pressed, not when Rec/Edit+Run/Stop pressed
  • Fixed graphic glitch when entering fine pitch with number keys
  • Fixed bug changing sign of fine pitch not setting pitch immediately
  • Fixed bug when pressing play from sample analysis screen
  • Fixed bug with gated notes during a pattern copy
  • Fixed pattern copy not copying tempo or name
  • Fixed not allowing override button for filter/pitch/level to be pressed while viewing settings
  • Fixed reset of gated when changing sample
  • Fixed transposed pitch wrong after resampling
  • Fixed cumulative pitch bug in step edit when track is transposed
  • Fixed song not correctly following external clock
  • Fixed tempo change at end of song repeat group bug
  • Fixed playhead not being drawn after exiting song mode forum link
  • Fixed Tap/Repeat key exiting file browser forum link
  • Fixed bug when saving a small slice from a large sound and assigning it to same pad forum link
  • Fixed all faders affect pitch in multi mode bug forum link
  • Fixed bug in step edit that affected parameters of more than the selected step forum link
  • Fixed bug in waveform editor when start and end are both zero for long sounds forum link
  • Fixed clicking sound on some samples forum link
  • Fixed F8&F9 LED bug when stopping pattern in waveform editor forum link
  • Fixed playhead not being drawn after exiting song mode forum link
  • Fixed new sample play start point forum link
  • Fixed swing not set correctly until pattern switch forum link
  • Fixed LED error when pressing run on an empty song forum link

Changes & New Features

  • Song Mode
    • Songs can now have swing change events
    • Added song copy feature, including copying a song to a pattern (press the Copy key in Song mode)
    • Added popup notification when adding pattern to song from pattern mode (F2)
  • Sampling
    • All sampler settings are visible without scrolling (Enter=Tab as usual)
    • New samples now play on the same channel during editing as the sampling input monitor. forum link
    • Pressing Sample key from waveform editor closes both the editor and sample screens
    • Added sampling-specific input mon settings to main inputmon menu
      Previously only viewable by pressing Input Mon key from sample mode
  • Waveform Editor
    • Loop reps is now on-screen, not in a popup
    • Fader lock changed to F8 for consistency
    • In multi mode, the location of other slices is shown on the scroll bar
    • Back+Pad now resets points to what they were when the editor was first displayed
      This is useful for undoing changes after unintentionally moving a fader.
    • When saving a slice to a new project, name now defaults to original file name, not Sample001
  • Swing
    • Swing is now per pattern
    • When recording, notes now play in time with swing
    • Note Repeat is now in time with swing
    • Live erase of notes is now in time with swing
  • Quick Settings
    • Hold Swing key and use Arrows/Encoder to change pattern swing without going into menu
    • Hold Quantize key and use Arrows/Encoder to change default quantization without going into menu
  • Double-click top row keys for quick access to most common setting or action, without navigating through the menu
    • Metronome: toggle the metronome on/off for current mode (running, recording, sampling)
    • Settings: display the Organize Tracks screen
    • File: display the File Browser
    • Sync: toggle the clock source between internal and the last selected external source
    • Input Mon: toggle monitoring on/off
    • Pan: auto-pan
  • Pattern Copy
    • Patterns can now be copied while playing
    • Added feature to copy a pattern from another project
    • Can now duplicate pattern events from pattern length screen (in addition to copy screen)
  • Step Program
    • Gated notes now fully supported, including in TR mode
    • Added only play current measure (F5), measure follows cursor
    • Added play from cursor position (Shift+F5)
  • Step Edit
    • Now showing pad number forum link
    • Added a numerical view for editing all parameters (press F2 to toggle views)
    • Added nudge step function
  • LiveLoops
    • LiveLoops are now toggled with F4 (not F7), because the LiveLoop bank is D and Bank+4 goes to bank D
      Apologies to anyone with F7 muscle memory.
    • LiveLoop Record Buffer level added to Input Mon screen (can be set to zero/silent)
    • Added LiveLoop record mode: Latched, Momentary, and Fixed-Length
    • Added LiveLoop arm record feature, recording starts when pattern starts
  • Added display of total length of loaded samples to settings menu
  • Added cutoff, resonance, level, and loop/slice settings to their respective mode settings screens (Shift+A/B)
  • Added only play current measure function (F5 from Pattern or Step Program mode)
  • Added playback override for level
  • Added Auto-Pan F9, pans channel pairs left and right if there are any stereo tracks and no mono tracks on those channels
  • In the text editor, long-press F1 to clear (no longer Shift+F1)
  • Pressing Back+Pad (track reset) in Multi Mode now resets the eight multi parameters for the current fader mode forum link
  • Shift+Back (stop samples) also does a MIDI panic when a MIDI bank is selected
  • Added brief popup confirmation of track erase (Erase+Pad)
  • The Rec/Edit key now blinks during count-in
  • Added Stop&Save option to the “Cannot Save While Running” message
  • Added stop on mute track setting
    Now short sounds can optionally finish their decay when muted. Defaults to off if the sound is less than one second.
  • Improved filter cutoff knob curve
  • Improved dynamic pad response
  • Added dynamic pads minimum level percent global setting (previously hard-coded at 12%)
  • Added preview sound output settings (press F5 in file browser)
  • Added new Organize Tracks feature which replaces the old Track Move/Copy feature
  • Added Undo/Redo for pattern editing
  • Sync
    • Note numbers in Sync settings can now be entered with the numeric keys
    • Added MIDI control port (in addition to channel)
    • Added MIDI CC/NRPN control of all track parameters
    • Added slice per note MIDI mode for sample tracks
      The configured note plays the main slice, the eight notes above that play a multi slice
  • MIDI Tracks
    • Up to four banks, set in global settings
    • Press Shift+Pad to configure tracks
  • USB Audio
    • The S2400 outputs 10 channels of USB Audio. The first two are a stereo mix (like the headphones), and 3-10 are the eight individual channel outs (not through the classic analog filters).
    • Input Mon allows monitoring of stereo USB Audio from a computer
    • Input Mon (from jacks) can be routed to USB audio
    • Sampling allows recording of stereo USB Audio from a computer
    • LiveLoops can record USB Audio from a computer
  • On-screen Help updated and expanded
  • MIDI Implementation Chart created
  • User Manual updated and expanded
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