Version History for the Operating System in Roland HPD-15

I've posted this same information to the Roland HandSonic Yahoo Group , too.

I e-mailed the Finnish Roland tech support asking what was fixed in the OS version 1.06. I got the version history since 1.04 and they responded within a few hours. I was also told that version 1.04 is the first public update to the initial v 1.0 release. And I used to say Roland tech support was bad :)
Anyway, here's the info:

Version 1.0:

• The initial releasse.

Version 1.04:

• The following bugs have been cured.
  
• During loop recording, real-time modifying operation may sometimes be executed on the wrong object.
  
• The first note is not sounded if Tap replay is tried during Pattern replay.
  
• The level (#CC7) and pan (#CC10) of the melody part have been changed so that they can now be recorded.
  
• A change has been made to enable recording when the sequencer's sync is EXT.
  
• A change has been made so that a closed-hi-hat tone can be generated in MIDI for a GM sound module.

Version 1.05:

• The following bugs have been cured.
  
• For recording from an external source, only 32 can be recorded when recording pad A1 and A5.
  
• Bulk data of "MIDI CH" and "SOFT THRU" cannot be received. After receiving bulk, the pad pattern does not produce the proper tone at the Transpose value.
  
• When switching Patch on MIDI after receiving AFTER TOUCH of MIDI from an external source, AFTER TOUCH information remains. Function when pushing group +/- button at Patch Write was not proper.
  
• Tap Play after Pattern Write causes a tone drop. When TrigMode sends Note Off with 9x xx 00, correction was made so as not to produce a tone when receiving 8x xx xx from an external source.
  

Version 1.06:

• The following bugs have been cured.
  
• When Preset Pattern 38 (Tabla-Med) is switched to 39 (Tabla-Slow) while the former is being played, sound which is expected to expand is shortened, and vice versa.
  
• When a musical performance is stopped while the first measure of Preset Pattern 83 (Night-Bird) is being played and is immediately struck up again, sound which is expected to expand is shortened.
  
• When the part is switched while sound of a long gate time is being articulated, the sound will not trail off immediately.
  
• When a piece of music is transposed and then stopped while sound of a long gate time is being articulated, the sound will not trail off immediately.
  
• When the trigger mode is set to Gate and then set to Trig while the pad is being held down, the first sound will not be heard.
  
• When the click is set to Rec/Play and then the tap pattern is selected while the loop pattern is running, the click continues ringing.

Where to Get the Updates

Here are the direct download links pointing to the Roland site:
HPD15 OS update 1.06
HPD15 OS update 1.06 readme
HPD15 OS update 1.05
HPD15 OS update 1.05 readme

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, drop me a line at mailto:vtatila@mail.student.oulu.fi

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