Version 1.3.5 of our Evolution engine is now available!
One of the most notable improvements is the new dynamic fretting mode. This option allows the fretting position to move as needed to provide more realistic string/fret choices.
We also added several much-needed improvements to the strumming pattern editor, including a dedicated button to quickly change the direction of strums. The dynamic of performance FX can be adjusted now, just like with strums.
Here's a complete list of the changes:
- Breaking change: Setting locking options will reset to their defaults, but now use a better, more future-proof approach.
- Improved: Dedicated strum direction button added to strumming pattern editor.
- Improved: Performance FX in strumming patterns now allow dynamic adjustment, just like strums.
- New setting: “Fretting Mode”
- New setting: “Position Change Delay”
- New setting: “Starting Channel”
- Improved: “Auto Fret Noise Volume” renamed to “Position Change Noise Volume”
- Improved: Channel-based strings setting now has “Custom” option for specifying your own MIDI channel string assignments.
- Improved: Channel-based strings modes now limit notes to their playable ranges instead of reverting to other strings, making its behavior more obvious.
- Improved: Manual string selection keyswitches now override channel-based string modes.
- Improved: Fixed sluggish reverb pedal updating.
- Improved: Automatic keyswitch allocation more reliably prevents unintentional overlaps.
- Improved: While still monophonic, vibrato assigned to aftertouch now responds to polyphonic aftertouch and not just channel pressure.
- Improved: Fixed certain Evolution Clawhammer Banjo patterns which were playing at half speed.
- Improved: Tuning improved for Evolution Classic Rick Bass’s fingered palm muted articulation.
If you're subscribed to our emails and own any Evolution-based instrument, you should have already received an email notification with the update.
You can always get the very latest version by re-downloading the instruments from your account, too. However, if you have more than a couple Evolution instruments, using the update bundle will be faster and require much less data to download.
If you haven't received the email or have any questions, please get in touch with our support.
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