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NOTE: This release changes parameters!

Every per-engine knob was given a new internal address, so presets and saved sessions from 0.7.x will load with the engine knobs back at their defaults. Pitch, wet/dry, the pedal range, the subs, the trigger and all modulation settings are unaffected. This is a one-time break done deliberately at a beta version jump boundary.

New

• Rewrote Spectral from scratch on a phase-gradient heap integration algorithm, replacing the old phase vocoder / sine reconstruction. Chord tracking at low frequencies is much better and transients hold together properly. It is higher latency than the old engine in exchange for substantially better quality shifting. Spectral hits under 25ms flat and upshifted, and passes 35ms when downshifting past an octave.
• Alongside the new spectral engine are 3 algorithm parameters:
  • Fizz - introduces spectral garbage, particularly messy when playing lower pitched notes
  • Dissolve - adds phase randomization for a smearier textural sound
  • Cull - keeps only the most important harmonics of your signal and discards the rest
• Clean has a new feedback mode that lets you inject your shifted signal back into the shift path for instant cascading pitch effects. Expect this control to move around a bit as I figure out what works and what doesn't.

Changed

• Some algorithm controls have been renamed and their positions adjusted slightly for clarity and consistency.
• The blend parameter has been removed in place of feedback. In theory it shifted the OLA search and replace algorithm from PSOLA to WSOLA but in practice because it was pretty audibly mild and just caused a slight degredation of chord clarity, so it's been removed and defaulted to the best OLA Splice style algorith by default in Clean mode. For a more monophonic sound you still have Broke for classic whammy tones and Vintage for a pure dual delay approach.

Added

• SEQ modulation mode: a per-slot step sequencer (up to 16 steps) alongside CURVE and RND. Type a semitone offset per step, with per-step glide (slide) and rests (click a step's number to mute it). Runs on a clock (free Hz or tempo-synced) or advances one step per trigger (Step, in the rate selector). Draw a sequence by dragging across the steps or edit with the keyboard (arrows move/nudge, type a value, wrapping at the ends); an audition tone previews each pitch and a live playhead shows the active step. Includes a randomize button.

Added

• MIDI trigger input: any MIDI note fires the trigger, the same as pressing PEW. Runs in parallel with audio detection, so it works in every mode.
• Sidechain trigger input: an optional second input bus can drive the trigger, picked with the IN/SC toggle.

Changed

• Reworked the trigger panel. The section now has a labeled TRIGGER on/off, and turning detection off greys only the detection controls (knobs + IN/SC) while the meter and PEW stay live. PEW fires on press instead of release, and flashes once on any MIDI note.
• Clearer modulation on/off. Each mod slot shows its own on/off square, unused slots read as disabled, and the global MOD footswitch greys the whole section.

Fixed

• The trigger floor line no longer snaps back when dragged to its minimum, and stays visible at its maximum.

• First public beta.