
MODALapp
MODALapp is a free sound editor for Modal Electronics hardware. It allows precise edits for all synthesis and performance features and to install the latest the firmware updates.
As a multi-platform app it is available for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Windows computers and Android mobile devices. The additional VST3 and AU plug-ins keep you in the flow while producing music with any compatible DAW software, like Ableton Live, Cubase, Logic Pro X and others.
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Changelog
MODALapp v2.6.0 – MODALplugin v1.6.0
MODALapp:
- Support for COBALT8 polyphonic synthesiser
ARGON8:
Features:
- Preset auto load button added to settings
Fixes:
- Fixed ranges on envelope depth controls
- Updated LFO midi clock rate labels
CS2:
Features:
- Breath control buttons added to settings
MODALapp:
- Fixed manual links
- Improved stability when detecting new devices
ARGON8:
Fixes:
- ARGON8M and ARGON8X are now named correctly in the tab button bar
- Disabled the Midi Local, Aftertouch curve and Velocity curve controls when connected to an ARGON8M as these controls don’t apply to that unit
- It is now possible to alter the tempo by double clicking and typing in the desired BPM
- The selected patch bank is no longer reset to Bank 0 when switching between preset bank types
- Imposed restrictions on the enterable range for editable rotary sliders
- Text sliders can now be clicked to increment/decrement their values, click on the left side of the slider to decrement and the right side to increment
- MacOS: Ctrl clicking on the presets in the preset manager will now be equivalent to right clicking
- Streamlined some redundant communication with the device
- MacOS/Windows: Cmd/Ctrl selecting presets will no longer occasionally cause a mix up of names when exporting presets
- Fixed a graphical issue with the sequence/FX preset selectors whereby the save button would not correctly highlight when starting the save process
- Fixed anim lane parameters not greying out correctly after loading a sequence
- Fixed an issue where animation lane data would not be displayed correctly after exporting a sequence
- Fixed a case where it was possible to get spammed with an error message that no longer applied after hitting the ‘yes to all’ button
- Fixed controller change and program change midi messages from third party devices getting their channels set to the MPE master channel when in MPE mode and forwarding to ARGON.
- Fixed an issue where disconnecting another device would cause the MPE forwarding to no longer work until the MPE settings were reset or MODALapp was refreshed
SKULPT:
Features:
- Added new settings options, including: MPE controls, Global tuning and Touch sensitivity
- Added combo boxes for selecting mod slot sources and destinations, invalid options are no longer selectable
Fixes:
- Removed an invalid mod slot source->destination combo as an option – (LFO-1 to LFO-1 Shape)
CS2:
Features:
- Added new settings options, including: Midi Local, Arp Output, Midi In Octave and Global Tune
- Added combo boxes for selecting mod slot destinations, invalid options are no longer selectable
ARGON8:
Features:
- Complete overhaul to the sequencer section to accommodate the step sequencer. Animation lanes have been expanded to make control easier.
- New delay modes have been added to the FX page
- Chord invert has been added to the keyboard page. Chord button has been renamed Chord Latch to make a distinction between the two
- New envelope types are now controllable via the drop down menu in the top right corner of each envelope section
- Added ARGON8M and 8X variant manuals links
- Desktop: The settings page split into two pages with some controls have been rearranged to better group relevant settings. New settings include MPE, Joystick calibration, Headphone level and Gain boost
- Phone: The layouts have been overhauled to better group controls
Fixes:
- Fixed clock source not being updated when changing from the panel
- Prevented the argon update process from running in the background when performing another consecutive update of another product
- Seq length and seq quantise controls now update correctly when changed directly from the front panel
- Removed the preset modulation assignments from the selectable list for customisable modulation slots.
- Fixed crash when resizing the app window down to small sizes when on the update UI
- Added polychain to the settings page
- Exporting a preset, then cancelling no longer causes the export window to reappear when loading a preset from the preset manager
- Fixed mod slot enable / disable button states not being correct after refresh or ARGON connection
- Phone: Fixed FX sliders occasionally appearing on the wrong page
SKULPT:
Fixes:
- Midi channel is now properly updated in the settings section
General:
- Fixed crash on iOS devices when accessing the native bluetooth menu
- Fixed crash then disconnecting a Modal device while receiving MIDI clock from a third party device
Fixes:
- ARGON8 is now correctly identified as a modal device when using the report a problem button
- ARGON8 can now be disconnected by right clicking the tab icon the same way that Skulpt Synth/Craft Synth 2.0 can be disconnected
- Audio settings section resized to fit better on smaller resolution displays
- Improved the reliability of ‘firmware timed out’ warning messages which would occasionally wrongly prompt a reflash
- The report a problem button should work across a wider range of operating systems
ARGON8:
- UI: Linked sequence moved to the top bar and restyled next to patch gain
- UI: Keyboard octave controls added to the keyboard section
- UI: Added arp/seq out and in oct offset controls to the settings section
- UI: Added a sustain control to the keyboard section
- UI: Switched the mod and pitch controls around on the keyboard section
- UI: Added new aftertouch curve types to correspond with the new types introduced inv1.2 of the firmware
- Bugfix: Changing the audio->fx setting on the unit no longer causes the app to crash in certain cases
- Bugfix: LFO2 frequency sync rates have been corrected
- Bugfix: Changed the Diode RM wavMod on the app to “Shaped RM”
- Bugfix: Fixed text clipping off of the edges of buttons or being shortened to ‘…’ on lower resolution displays
- Bugfix: Changing the midi channel from the app no longer breaks communication with between the app and the unit
- Bugfix: Fixed mod slots displaying incorrect values on the app when a new source was selected that overlapped an existing mod slot combo
- Bugfix: Changing audio->fx via the app no longer sends out the previous sysex message
- Bugfix: Fixed joystick to pitchbend being set by the stored pitchbend out value on connection to the app
- Bugfix: Stopped the patch/sequence/fx preset buttons from being clickable before their save buttons were pressed
- Bugfix: Fixed LFO1 not displaying the frequency sync on/off title in certain cases
- Bugfix: Fixed XYLock not being reset on a patch change
CS2:
- Bugfix: Fixed the waveform slider not displaying the waveforms properly on Windows systems
Skulpt Synth:
- Bugfix: Animation lane parameter sliders now correctly only send out on the end of a drag operation
- UI: Added midi local and arp/seq out controls to the settings section
- Support for Argon8 polyphonic wavetable synthesiser
- Streamlined SKULPT synthesiser and CRAFTsynth 2.0 update process UI
- Support for CRAFTsynth 2.0
- Fixed network connection issue for Android 9
- Fixed selection of “none” audio device on iOS
Features:
- Audio / MIDI settings now stored between sessions- Control for SKULPT synthesiser sequencer quantise
- Added right-click “Disconnect” option on SKULPT synth tabs on desktop platforms
- Added Patch import and export feature to SKULPT Preset Page on desktop platforms
- Added double-click to rename presets to the SKULPT Preset Page
Fixes:
- SKULPT synth delay sync division slider fixes- Fixed SKULPT synth LFO sync division slider
- Fixed issue with Craft Rhythm kit page mouse position
- Modal device discovery improvements- SKULPT synth patch name length limiting when saving
- Fixed midi forwarding bug when changing midi channel
- Fixed SKULPT settings page text sizes
- Fixed incorrect SKULPT synth OCT++ spread text value
- Fixed issue with UI tabs getting out of sync when disconnecting a SKULPT, when multiple SKULPTs are connected
- Fixed issue with SKULPT preset names being incorrect after doing a bank move from app to SKULPT
Features:
- Audio / MIDI settings now stored between sessions
- Control for SKULPT synthesiser sequencer quantise
- Added right-click “Disconnect” option on SKULPT synth tabs on desktop platforms
- Added Patch import and export feature to SKULPT Preset Page on desktop platforms
- Added double-click to rename presets to the SKULPT Preset Page
Fixes:
- SKULPT synth delay sync division slider fixes
- Fixed SKULPT synth LFO sync division slider
- Fixed issue with Craft Rhythm kit page mouse position
- Modal device discovery improvements
- SKULPT synth patch name length limiting when saving
- Fixed midi forwarding bug when changing midi channel
- Fixed SKULPT settings page text sizes
- Fixed incorrect SKULPT synth OCT++ spread text value
- Fixed issue with UI tabs getting out of sync when disconnecting a SKULPT, when multiple SKULPTs are connected
- Fixed issue with SKULPT preset names being incorrect after doing a bank move from app to SKULPT
- Support for the Modal Electronics SKULPT Synthesiser
- Added option to enable / disable MIDI forwarding from non Modal Creator range devices
- App name changed to “MODALapp”
Features:
- Poly mode
- Midi Panic
- Incoming clock forwarding to Synth
- CraftApp Virtual Midi port
- Midi Device Refresh
- Refined firmware update process
Fixes:
- Improved Craft tab reliability
- Bluetooth pairing menu- Improved device discovery reliability
- Improved app data distribution
- Filter graph and box slider performance optimised
- Fixed bug where midi notes passing through the app would be interrupted by changing craft tabs