Curious as to why the SD card stable firmware updates for the Areos are not on the SingularSound site (support/downloads like most manufacturers logically do?), but rather on the forum where they won’t be found easily in the future without users asking (persist will usually come to the rescue with a link ) or the user lucky enough to find it in a search?
Even the BB downloads need some effort to find some content between two different locations which is annoying.
‘Downloads’ tab at page bottom has most stuff…
‘Premium Library’ for default content??? It took me a while to find this one day when I was looking for the drumsets
The beta releases would not be on the main website, because the beta releases are not intended for everyone. For actual non-beta releases, the automatic update feature of the Aeros is used.
I actually dislike the way other companies do updates. The Aeros process is much better.
[Back after playing with the update and can answer my own question.]
Export works, but import might have some minor bugs:
If you copy an exported song, it shows up in the song list, but opening, opens the original song you copied from.
Editing .meta file that has the name of the song in it, crashed upon first open. Upon reboot, it loads, but is blank (including the title. I know I’m pushing it. Would be nice to avoid the whole dependence on some Aeros Manager program to edit this metadata and manage songs externally. Used emacs which should not have messed with the file format. Would CSV or YAML be possible?
Also noticed that if you eject and reinsert the sdcard, the songs on the sd card no longer show up near the top of the list as recently used. This is a more valid bug than the one above.
The Aeros is definitely more polished, and the sync to loop is very nice. Definitely lets me focus on the music and not worry so much about button timing.
In quantized mode, can we get a numerical count down to the start of the loop after queing a record/stop/change part? Display 3, 2, 1 measures to go, perhaps count down beats in final measure? Sort of the opposite of the measure count up when recording.
Also need a way to cancel the queued stop of a song. That is, when you click stop on song that is loop synced, pressing stop again (before the start of the loop) should let the Aeros behave as if you never clicked stop. (Bonus points for making the flashing red and green elements a bit less intense.)
@DavidPackouz:
-What about the inputs/outputs/panoramics management? Is it planned on the roadmap?
-What about the play/stop setting to work on downpress?
This is only a beta so we will not post it anywhere but here just yet, but if you mean to add the most current version to our website for easy manual download by SD (if that is preferable to you), maybe that would be good to have available. We’re currently working on designs that optimize people finding our content easily, so we will keep your comments in mind! Thanks for the input!
The “don’t route main output anywhere” half-solves my biggest current complaint, I am wondering though if it would be possible to actually have direct control over the dry volume?
Thanks a bunch for prioritizing the fade in/fade out/crossfade functionality. With that the Aeros will do everything I’ve been waiting for in a looper. The rest to come will be wonderful gravy. I would encourage a look at the way the Pigtonix Infinity 2 allows for aging and fading out loops over time. That is a very cool and useful thing and Aeros certainly could do it. But, most of all, thanks for working on the basic fade out!!!
@Quad
" Would be nice to avoid the whole dependence on some Aeros Manager program to edit this metadata and manage songs externally. Used emacs which should not have messed with the file format. Would CSV or YAML be possible?"
+1
A .csv or .txt will be great, others loopers work with this. It will be great if we can load a backing track.
I tried using the new firmware today and something’s wrong.
I have a 64GB SanDisk Extreme microSD that I have an SD Card Converter for. I inserted the blank microSD inside of its converter in my MacBook. I then downloaded the Aeros-2.15.5.bin and renamed it to aeros.bin. I moved the aeros.bin to the SD card and I properly Ejected the disk.
I then inserted this card into the Aeros with it turned OFF. I made sure it was inserted all the way. I then turned the Aeros on and the aeros is still reading the previous firmware 2.13.2.
I tried this whole process twice just to make sure. The settings and entire Aeros software/firmware are exactly the same. No changes like said for 2.15. When I click on the Updates folder it says I’m still running 2.13.2
Am I doing something wrong??
Please advise me what to do. I would like to test this Beta and I won’t have much time later this week to do so.
Hi,
I like the new feature where loops on different tracks stay synchronized even when not quantized, but I do have a question. Say I record the first loop which I consider to be four measures. On the next track I only want to record something during measures three and four. So as I play the first track, as measure three comes around I select the next track and record my two measures. Now I want to stop recording on that track. When I press the Play button it goes to Overdub, but it is actually still recording on that track until four measures worth comes around. I know the tracks have to be multiples of the first track, but is there a way to stop recording on a new track before it finishes creating its full length? As soon as I finish playing measures three and four on the second track I want to start playing over the the first loop without recording what I play.
I hope that makes sense.
Hey, could you please specify which of the 3 new features you have on (end of loop/ sync start/ sync length)? This will help me answer your question a little better. That being said, you could overdub that line on m. 3 and 4, overdubs are not linked to the sync functions and can be placed anywhere.
Hi Brennan,
Thanks for responding! So I have:
Sync Tracks Length – On
Sync Tracks Start – Off
Quantize to Measure – Off
Change Song Part/Stop Song – Immediate/OEM
As I switch from the first track to the second track, it goes into record mode so starts recording right away on the second track. It seems to want to record one loops worth before it actually lets me go into Play or Overdub mode. The display changes the button name as I would expect right when I click on the button, but the track keeps recording until one loops worth has occurred.
) or the user lucky enough to find it in a search?
