Encoders Can Now Wrap Around
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Firmware 9.8.6 lets an encoder carry on past the end of its range instead of stopping.
Turn past the end
Until now an encoder stopped at 0 and at 127. That gets in the way with parameters that have no real end, such as hue, phase or step selection, and several of you asked about it.
Switch on Wrap around and an encoder that keeps turning past 127 starts again from 0. Turn the other way and it goes from below 0 back to 127.
- You switch it on for each encoder and each bank separately.
- It works with MIDI NORMAL and Program Change, and also with the second CC you send by pushing and turning.
- If you narrowed the range with the cut-off in Global Variables, it wraps inside that range.
A shorter encoder card
The encoder card in the Configurator had grown long as settings were added one by one. The ones you change less often (push and turn, invert direction, Wrap around and the 1ES2K LED Ring Style) are now together under Advanced at the bottom of the card.
Anything you have switched on shows as a small label next to Advanced even while it is closed, so when an encoder behaves differently you can see why at a glance.
To switch on Wrap around, open config.parkstool.com, expand Advanced on the encoder card, tick Wrap around and press APPLY.
How to update
- Download the latest ParksTool Uploader from the releases page.
- Run it, connect your device over USB, and press Auto Update.
Updating from any 9.8 version keeps your settings.
Several of you asked for this one. If there is something you wish your encoders did, write to us.