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Release notes 1.3.7: - Small tablets can now optionally be used with tablet or phone interface. This is still an either / or option. On the fly switching will become available when we managed to get some fundamental changes implemented. - Some startup performance improvements with ICS devices featuring lots of network interfaces. - Keyboard stores user set base note - Support for Sony Acid and Vegas - Preliminary option to change titles on generic buttons in tablet interface. This is a temporary solution to fulfill user requests and will change in future versions. Find instructions in the commented default midi map - Velocity preference bug on XY screen fixed - Button titles and text displays in MIDI mode can be changed via SysEx. To do so send SysEx to the 2nd connection's input when in MIDI mode, following this message layout: F0 - SysEx start 7D - Non commercial / experimental ID, humatic does not have a vendor ID and can't afford one either 74 64 61 77 - app identifier, this is "tdaw" in ascii 00 41 - 2 byte command identifier, 0x41 sets component titles 00 - channel number, zero based 08 - component identifier, see below 04 - text length 74 64 61 77 - the actual title to set ("tdaw" again here) F7 - SysEx close So in total: F0 7D 74 64 61 77 00 41 00 08 04 74 64 61 77 F7 - this would write "tdaw" to the upper text display over channel 1 Component IDs are as follows: 0 - VPot 2 - Arm button 3 - Solo button 4 - Mute button 5 - Edit button 8 - Upper text display (max. 7 characters) 9 - lower text display (max. 7 characters) Missing numbers are for VPot-press, fader and levelmeter, which obviously can not show text. An example SysEx file can be found here 1.3.6: - Android hardware diversity catch-up release. Contains layout adaptions for low res tablets, 4:3 screens with questionable density settings, some oversized gadgets and more - Workaround for Ice Cream Sandwich bug ID 24748 - Added two octave option for keyboard screen on non-xhdpi phones - Option to disable standing notes on launchpads added 1.3.5: - Supports MIDI over ADB (requires TouchDAW thru 1.3.5) - Tablet MIDI mode takes MIDI input and any number of channels (stepable) - Added internal mapping that turns MIDI mode into an 8 channel MCU extender - App can be moved to external storage (App2SD) - HUI timecode refresh issue and wrong note on "Output" function key fixed. - Tablet optionally uses "traditional" colors for arm, edit and mute buttons - Jog / Nav combination can be switched to either pure jogwheel or navigation cross. - Axis inversion option added to XY Pads - Volume rocker may be used for navigation and calling up floating controls - Additional layouts for smaller size HC and ICS tablets 1.3: - Tablet interface, full 8 channel control surface with user defineable MIDI mode - Fully multitouch on Xoom class Honeycomb / ICS tablets (given hardware supports it) - Slideable keyboard w/ polyphonic or channel aftertouch & more controllers - Separate MIDI channels for all MIDI controllers - Supports wired LAN connections and ralink WIFI interfaces - updated REAPER support to work with Klinke extension version 0.8 - Honeycomb / ICS specific energy saving mode added ("Wifi Lock", which should enforce the Wifi radio to stay active when the device enters sleep mode). - Navigation cross exchangeable with Jog wheel on phone interface - DNS additions improving support for Bonjour free environments (multicast capeable device required) and iOS peers - Those who show allergic reactions to orange can now change the app's color scheme - Enhanced value display when flipping encoder and fader assignments. Small arrows will show the original (unflipped) position of both controls (Not used with all DAWs / editors)  - Updated versions of TouchDAW thru No new DAWs added this time, just one note concerning Logic: Previous versions of the manual recommended to add TouchDAW as a Mackie Control in Logic. Version 1.3 adds support for Logic's autodetection features and will be detected as a Logic Control. This may conflict with existing setups. 1.2.5: - Fixes problems with Honeycomb devices defaulting to link local IPv6 addresses - Support for SAWStudio and Digital Performer (7.2.+) - (NO tablet layout yet and possibly further Honeycomb incompatibilities remaining. Tablet support is scheduled for next update) Notes on DAWs newly supported: SAWStudio: - SAWStudio's handling of plugins is unclear to us. At what points the plugin editor button opens the FX patch windows and at what it does not remains enigmatic. - Even at normal (non reduced) encoder resolution it takes a lot of spinning to change some parameters in a significant manner. Sadly flipping of fader and encoders is not supported by the DAW. Digital Performer: - It is strongly recommended to update DP to at least 7.2. if you plan to use it with TouchDAW. Control Surface assignment in older versions is a PITA, relying on some very most advanced features in OS X's MIDI setup that make it short before being inpracticable with network MIDI systems. If you absolutely need to use older versions, see Digital Performer mode in M-Audio's ProjectmixIO manual as a startpoint. That explains how it works with a wired MIDI controller, you're on your own from that point onwards... - DP's Mackie control implementation is fairly complex and as such not entirely reproduceable on TouchDAW's one channel view. - Please be aware that DP is kind of slow with controller feedback at points (it may take up to a second before buttons light up etc.). As this is also mentioned in hardware control surfaces' documentation, we believe that's just the way it is. General:: Please note that we are not frequent users of the newly supported DAWs (holds true for most of those added in the previous version, too) and may miss some concepts in their handling. If you have suggestions on better function placement, do not hesitate to contact us via the website or by email. 1.2.: - Bluetooth and USB networking support (limited on OS X) - Support for REAPER, Reason, Studio One and Samplitude - New dialog based MIDI configuration - New Kaosspad like controller on XY controller screen - MIDI controllers may be used with DSMI - Screens that will remain to exist in upcoming tablet versions have been adjusted to make more sense with large screens (2 octaves on keyboard, more launchpads). Note that apart from this TouchDAW still is an app for phones, will not scale correctly on tablets and may not be fully Honeycomb compatible. Notes on DAWs newly supported: REAPER: The Mackie implementation in Reaper is incomplete and TouchDAW can not fix this. Please keep that in mind should you feel the need to send complaints in our direction. There is an MCU plugin coming with the DAW, Windows users may want to install the MCU_Klinke plugin from stash.reaper.fm and use that instead. It goes much further. TouchDAW will detect the Klinke plugin during its initialization sequence (when the "NC" display is pressed), alternatively switch to the "Send" editor, Reaper's return will tell the app that it works with the extension. (Note: There is a new version of the Klinke extension in the making and discussed on the Cockos forum. This changes a number of things and we currently recommend to stick with the 0.6.9 version that's on stash.reaper.fm for use with TouchDAW). Known issues with the standard MCU plugin: - No other editors than basic Pan are implemented - flipping does not properly work and therefore is disabled - Reaper has the nasty habit to select multiple tracks via MIDI and then have one fader control them all in a weird relative fashion. TouchDAW will attempt to reduce the selection to the current track, but that may occassionally go wrong and you may have to reset the selection using encoders in selection mode (or the mouse). Known issues with the MCU_Klinke extension: - No zero-reset for level meters - When flipped, fader input appears to be interpreted in an inverted fashion - Initial reset may occassionally not go to channel 1 but stop at channel 2 (use shift and down navigation to move the channel block down entirely) - Somewhat enigmatic control assignments and display updates with plugins. REAPER may occassionaly go berserk in plugin editor and send endless repetitions of useless data at high frequency. When requesting the plugin editor for a channel that has no plugin set, weird things may happen. - Both plugins may at any time stop sending name and parameter strings when using loopback drivers, this is probably a problem between those drivers and the DAW itself. - Reaper uses a number of time formats that are not defined with the Mackie protocol. There is no clear format indication unless the time format is SMPTE (H:M:S:F in Reaper). Timecode displays may not update or not be formatted correctly with the alternative formats and switching formats via MIDI may cause enigmatic behaviour Reason: There appears to be a difference between Mac and PC versions of Reason in terms of how some editors are addressed. This might be a bug in the Mac version. TouchDAW's Reason support has been written against the Windows version which behaves as documented in Propellerheads' manual. Reason is very sparse in sending name and value display updates. Often those will only change when you actively tune a parameter and besides this how and when displays are changed is pretty much different from device to device. As users can change device names there is no way for TouchDAW to reliably detect devices. All together this makes it pretty hard to map Reason's Mackie implementation to TouchDAW's one-channel view. Operation may be a blind flight at times. Studio One: MCU support in the DAW is very limited. - No editors aside from Pan are implemented - No audio levels are sent - You can't set markers and locators, etc - No timecode format indicators are sent and the format can not be changed via MIDI Samplitude: Well thought out and well implemented MCU support except that it only properly works when you select a Logic Control (NOT a Mackie Control) as control surface. 1.1.5: - Support for FL Studio - Big time display with 8 channel recording controls added Some usability improvements: - Shutdown menu added - Back button no longer takes you out of application - Controller mute option in XY pads - Launchpad base notes now editable - Some layout adjustments for qHD screens 1.1: - Support for Sonar and Pro Tools |
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