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What's new in Groove OS.

Every release, newest first. Updates install from the Install page over USB, and your saved projects carry over.

  1. Groove OS · Newest

    1.2

    Keys that play the moment you press them, and free sound packs with drum kits.

    New · 8

    • Sound packs and drum kits
    • Hold the key you just wrote and turn K1 to K4 to set its note, velocity, length and chance.
    • With chord pads, hold the pad and turn K1 to K4: the whole chord moves.
    • On the drum grid, hold SEL and press a drum to put its hit on the cursor step.

    and 4 more in the full notes

    Improved · 6

    • Keys play instantly
    • PERFORM to MIX in one turn: the SELECT wheel goes TRACKS, MIX, PERFORM, KEYS, PROJECT.
    • OCT- / OCT+ leave the preset browser open, so you can try a sound in another octave.
    • A new track starts on INIT VOICE, ready for the sound you pick.

    and 2 more in the full notes

    Fixed · 5

    • No more stuck notes after fast playing or a MIDI note-off.
    • A long pad is no longer cut short when another track plays the same note.
    • A VA sound from a bank shows its own name, not the name of the factory sound it is built on.
    • An effect's value turns again after a PERFORM throw held it.

    and 1 more in the full notes

  2. Groove OS

    1.1

    Smoother beat-making, a sound pack, pad mutes and the tempo from any screen.

    New · 6

    • The sound pack: 63 VA sounds in nine styles, each with a demo song, added from the Sounds page.
    • Pad mutes on PERFORM: hold SEL and tap white keys 1 to 8.
    • The tempo from any screen: hold PLAY and turn K1.
    • Hint lines that take turns, so each page shows its hidden moves.

    and 2 more in the full notes

    Improved · 9

    • SHIFT keys act at once: a key pressed with HOME down is a SHIFT key straight away.
    • Levels, sends and macros move one step a click; hold SEL for ten.
    • Each chord pad plays the chord on its own letter.
    • The mix effects switch on and off without a dip.

    and 5 more in the full notes

    Fixed · 3

    • A held KIT step key no longer toggles its hit away: a tap toggles, a hold moves the cursor.
    • The PAD menu reopens on the row you left, by its name.
    • RENAME starts a new name with the first key.