Orchid Firmware Update

Loops

• Long press Loop dial to Save, Load and Delete loops
• Hold Bass Voicing + press Loop to hard exit from a loop
• Loop count-in corrected for 6/8 time

Secret Chords

• New chord combinations accessible via chord type button combos, configurable in Options (Off / Simple PlayStyle only / All)
  

Performances

• Two new patterns
• Improved quantize for Strum, Slop and Harp

Key Mode

• Long press Key dial and then press a keyboard key for quick Key selection. Press minor and keyboard keyboard key for a minor key.

Play Styles

• Advanced PlayStyle allows “Note then Chord Type” and “Note then Chord Type then Extension” order
• Patterns correctly follow velocity sense setting when off
• Advanced button releases behave consistently
• Free PlayStyle no longer audibly alters extensions if no chord type buttons are pressed
• Pattern stays in correct octave when all chord type buttons are released
  

Pistil Beta Compatibility

• Compatible with Windows + Pistil v0.3.3
• User Sound save from Pistil shows confirmation on Orchid display
• Voicing changes from Pistil refresh Orchid display
  

General

• Audio pop at shutdown removed
• Bass note no longer sent on Chord MIDI channel
• Visual display of where your voicing split is
• Improved bass volume reactivity in certain Bass Sounds
• Bass On/Off display corrected
• Better handling of multiple chord type button presses
• Options → Upgrade Firmware no longer uses QR code and exits properly
• Fixed 9th note occasionally playing an octave higher
• Fixed lack of audio when changing chords while Bass Solo & Bass Off

Pistil connectivity

• Ten new Sounds
• Improved Mac USB connectivity
• MIDI Clock Output
• Quantize available in Options menu
• Pattern velocity now scales with keypress velocity
• Press Sound for navigable list of Sounds
• Long press Sound to save current Sound+Performance+Effects as a User Sound
• Cutoff effect available in FX menu
• Long press BPM to access time signatures and Beats
• 6/8 time signature added
• Press-and-turn BPM to adjust Metronome/Beat Volume
• Press BPM to toggle/mute the current metronome or beat, with timing retained within Loop
• Beats play during Loop
• Drum FX added to FX menu, with Reverb Type, Reverb Mix, Saturator Type and Saturator Mix
• Correctly retrieving saved Bass behaviour
• Key included in Reset
• Bass volume slightly louder
• Pressing Voicing to change Single Note option now has a status indicator
• Chord names correctly heed transpose setting
• Strum/Harp MIDI notes end correctly
• Bass note no longer sent to Chord MIDI channel
• Clearing a Loop while still Overdubbing cancels the overdub
• Improved Loop Overdub Undo
• Keys pressed during boot no longer prevent MIDI function with Macs

• Releasing Mode & Extension simultaneously while arpeggiating in Simple play style no longer alters the notes being played.
• Improved handling of encoders, particularly for rapid spins
• Improved note selection and chord naming when adding 7th extensions within Key mode
• Improved USB connection detection (particularly for Macs).
• Orchid no longer charges computers when in sleep mode.
• Battery bar graphic
• Faster battery and volume updates
• Longer battery page duration

• 10 new sounds.
• Ensured effects present on all Sounds.
• Improved Loop menu response and navigation.
• More robust loop overdubbing.
• More robust loop undo.
• More accurate loop undo note off events.
• Loop undo action indicator.
• More reliable loop clearance.
• Improved looping timing.
• Better handling of empty loops.
• Improved battery charging from laptop USB-C ports.
• Charging from a laptop USB-C source can commence at power up.
• Improved battery capacity measurement and display.
• Improved charge percentage scale.
• Orchid won't auto power off after idle time if charging.
• Options > Auto power off setting added.
• Options > Audio Output now persists after power off.
• Improved in-key note selection and enharmonic naming.
• Improved extension addition when arpeggiating two octaves.
• Repeatedly adding and removing an extension no longer causes erroneous noise.
• Improved MIDI note off messaging when arpeggiating.
• Harp off works like regular play.

• Bass volume boost.
• More accurate in-key note markers on keyboard.
• Overdub appears in Loop menu.
• Better handling of negative transpose.
• Better display of transpose on startup.
• Slightly higher low voltage thresholds.