MOTM

There is a *BETA TEST* of new firmware for the MOTM-650 MIDI-CV converter at

www.synthtech.com/m650

It is a SFI file, that uses the WinXP updater.zip program to flash in new 
firmware over your MIDI port.

The firmware is internally called 127.20 but on the LCD will say V1.1RC1

Please download and test this code. If you see any strange behavior, lockup, 
glitches, etc please email me (not the list) with a *detailed sequence of 
events* so that we can reproduce what you are seeing.

If it turns out that this code does indeed fix the items below, then the code 
will reissued as an official V1.1 and this version will be shipped out to *all* 
remaining backorders. A OSX version is in the works, no time set for completion 
but we are working on a solution.

Note that not only did bugs get fixed, but several *new features* were added.

Speaking of backorders: the plan is to ship *all* MOTM-650s on order this month. 
The RoHS deadline and my sister's health (she is doing a lot better) has slowed 
down delivery of MOTM-650s. I have some Frac VCAs to ship by Wednesday, but 
after that I plan to start back on MOTM-650 shipping.

I will have a full "state of the Union" address Monday (I do this every year 
about this time).

Happy bug hunting.
Here are the release notes:

127.20
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* NOTE: Internal patch format changed with this version.  Upgrading
  to this version will restore factory default settings!  Likewise,
  downgrading to earlier versions will also restore defaults.
* NEW FEATURE! Solo Note Priority.  See "Priority" menu item under
  "Global Options" to select Last, Low, or High note priority.
* Fixed multiple sustain pedal release bugs.
* Bugfix - Sustain pedal mow works for arpeggiators.
* Bugfix - DAC no longer glitches on CV4.
* Bugfix - Midi messages no longer randomly dropped after External Clock
  or Midi Clock sync selected.
* Bugfix - Arpeggiator, Note, and Voice Allocation code no longer randomly
  change External Clock interrupt priority.
* Bugfix - Beat LED now works for External Clock if Midi Clock Transmit
  option isn't set.
* Bugfix - Beat LED now works for Internal Clock on startup if Midi Clock
  Transmit option isn't set.
* New Feature - Changed menu items found under Group Clock.  Instead of
  External, there is Ext. Reg and Ext. Irr.  These are External Clock-Regular 
Pulse and External Clock-Irregular Pulse,
 respectively.   Previously, the firmware assumed there was a regular pulse if 
Midi Clock
  Transmit was also enabled.  Clocking features, such as clock divisors
  and midi clock transmit, will work only if there is a regular clock
  pulse.  These features and their submenu items are disabled when the
  Ext. Irr. clock is selected. If you are using a LFO to drive EXT CLK, that is 
a 'Regular Pulse'. I
you are using say drum triggers, EG outputs, etc that is 'Irregular Pulse'.
* Bugfix - If Midi or Ext. Reg clock selected, then the arpeggiator will
  now work in the absence of a clock.  It will run at the clock rate it
  last saw from the external or midi clock source.