David García Goñi released a new version of Elektroid, a sample and MIDI device manager for devices by Elektron, Arturia, Eventide, Moog, and Novation.
The project started out as a FOSS alternative to Electron Transfer, then the developer merged code from from his other projects, MicroDude (Arturia MicroBrute librarian) and phatty (Moog Little Phatty librarian).
Arturia MicroFreak support
This paraphonic synth by Arturia is 5 years old, but it still has its dedicated following. Much of that is thanks to Arturia’s policy to release major annual updates adding new features: new oscillators, custom wavetables and samples, granular engines, and an increase in the number of presets you can store on the device.
Elektroid made a pretty good use of that: you can upload both presets (zipped and unzipped), wavetables, and samples. Wavetable uploading is new for the application, so David also added minor new features like renaming wavetables and samples. This could be even more useful when support for more devices by various manufactureres starts landing eventually.
Digitakt II support
This version also features support for Digitakt II, a rhythm machine introduced by Elektron in April this year.
Other changes
There are various UI improvements and other changes in the release:
- Improved waveform zoom limits and better sample visualization for small samples.
- Sample information can now be displayed in the remote browser that list files on the device.
- Improved visualization of the audio system in the status bar.
- The status bar now uses Unicode symbols to show if the expected backend is actually running or not.
- MIDI Sample Dump Standard code received various improvements.
- A very basic Preferences dialog has been added.
The new version is about to land to Flathub, source code is available on GitHub.
The next version is likely to bring support for Elektron Machinedrum (originally released in 2007 and now discontinued), initial code has been available in a git branch for a while.
It’s entirely possible that David will release Overwitch 1.2 next. This is a JACK client for syncing Elektron devices (the original software by Elektron is called Overbridge). The new version will bring GTK4 port, SysEx support, and various improvements.
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