Pa2X Operating System ver. 2.0 - < Download page >

Pa2X Operating System version 2.0 adds new features and fixes some bugs.
Note: After installing this new Operating System, please also load the new Musical Resources (2.0). This is mandatory with this OS version. If the User area contains custom data, please save them to a storage device (by using a Save > All operation) before loading the new resources.

New features

Various Modes

Four Quarter Tone SubScale (SC) Presets

Quarter Tone SubScale functions assignable to the switches and footswitch

Search window

On-the-fly TXT loading possible, when no lyrics data is contained in the Standard MIDI File or linked to a SongBook entry

Style Play Mode

Lyrics page added

Style Record Mode

Channel After Touch can be recorded

New Cue modes for Fills and Variations

Expression leveling

Import/Export SMF Separated by Markers

Song Play Mode

Score View pages

SongBook Mode

Score View pages

Sequencer Mode

Key Signature event can be edited

Sound Mode

Defined Nuance Control (DNC) parameters

DNC functions assignable to the joystick, switches and footswitch

Global Mode

Scale page modified

New Locks added

Balance slider can be programmed as the Acc/Seq-RT Volume control

Pedal/Footswitch Calibration page revised to add some calibration functions

The MP3 Player can be output from the Sub Outs 1 and 2

Write Quarter Tone SC Preset command added

Musical Resources

New Styles

New Performances based on DNC Sounds

New DNC Sounds

Improvements

Various Modes

A new polyphony algorithm improves the overall performance with a sophisticated real time control, which also takes psychoacoustic parameters into account. Even with denser arrangements, it is less likely you will hear cut notes now.

"Lyrics & Marker"is now "Lyrics / Score"

Zoomed slider and Tempo display do not appear in the Lyrics/Score page.

Context-sensitive Write Global

Chord Recognition

Chord abbreviations are now easier to read, by following the standard suggested by "Standardized Chord Symbol Notation (A Uniform System for the Music Profession)" by C. Roemer and C. Brandt.

Bug fixes

Sampling

Exporting a multisample as a .KMP file resulted in the Loop and Reverse parameters not being read correctly by the Triton

Media

When erasing a single Style from a .SET file on a storage device, it was also deleted from the internal memory (SSD-S)



Pa2X Operating System ver. 1.11

Pa2X Operating System version 1.11 fixes some bugs.

Bug fixes

MP3 Recording

MP3 Recording could unexpectedly stop working. To restore normal operations, a restart was needed.

Harmony Track and Latch On/Off

When any Player (Ply) track was selected as the Voice Processor's Harmony Track(1), and the Chord Harmony Mode was selected for the Voice Processor(2), the Latch On/Off parameter was not turned off, and notes where still taken from the last chord played on the keyboard(3). See the following scheme:

(1) Song Play > Preferences > Track Settings > Harmony Track --> set to any Ply track

(2) Global > Voice Processor Preset > Harmony > Harmony Mode --> set to Chord/Notes

(3) Global > Voice Processor Preset > Harmony > Latch On/Off --> set to On

Now, when the above conditions (1) and (2) are true, Latch On/Off (3) is automatically set to Off, and notes are only received fron a Player track. Latch On/Off can be set to On only when Global is selected as the Harmony Track (1).



Pa2X Operating System ver. 1.10

Pa2X Operating System version 1.10 adds a new feature, improves some features and fixes some bugs.
Note: After installing this new Operating System, please also load the new Musical Resources (1.10). This is mandatory with this OS version. If the User area contains custom data, please save them to a storage device (by using a Save > All operation) before loading the new resources.

New features

Sound Edit > DrumKit > Sample Setup

The Reverse option is now editable on RAM Drum Samples.
This function is immediately available to new samples (i.e., those created with OS version 1.10). To make it available to existing samples, you must first convert them to the new format, by using a simple procedure. Load the .SET folder containing the old samples. Go to Sampling mode. From the Record page, choose the existing sample to convert. Without any editing, choose from the page menu the Write command, and save the sample over itself. In case the sample is stereo, please don't forget to convert both the L(eft) and R(ight) side of the sample.

Voice Processor > Setup

Low Cut control added. Cuts away pops and rumble below the selected frequency. Can be set to 60, 80 or 120 Hz.

Improvements

Global > General Controls > Interface > Background Color

The names of background colors have now been changed to numbers.

Voice Processor

Better clipping handling on the audio input signal.

Reduced noise floor when a microphone is connected to the MIC input.

Improved EQ musicality and clarity.

Improved Voice Processor Presets and Global parameters. Warning: By loading the new Musical Resources, all custom presets will be deleted. Before upgrading, save them to a storage device, then, after having loaded the new Musical Resources, load them again one at a time into the available locations.

Bug fixes

Musical Resources

The MoreMid Bass recalled a RAM Multisample.

A few Drum Kits had wrong Exclusive Group numbers assigned.

Song Play > Preferences > Track Settings

Even with the Harmony Track set to one of the Player settings, harmony notes were still received from the keyboard. This only happened when the Harmony Mode parameter (in the Global > Voice Processor Preset > Harmony page) was set to Chord.

SongBook

When assigning a Song to Player 2 from a SongBook entry, the Voice Processor Preset was changed even if locked (Global > General Controls > Lock page).

Global > Voice Processor Setup

The "DryOff" label was shown when the value of the Level parameter was turned to zero. This has been removed (no DryOff condition exists in Pa2X).

Global > Voice Processor Preset

After using a footswitch or an EC5 switch to turn the Delay effect off, it could not be used to turn the Delay effect on again.

Sound Edit, Style Record, Media Load and Erase

Sometimes, Styles, Pads and Performances could not be overwritten or deleted.

Sound Edit > Main

Now, physical sliders do change Realtime Control values.

Sampling

Under certain situations, after a series of Import, Load and Slice operations, the Pa2X was no longer able to boot up.



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