Yes I know it’s only been a few days since I released 0.58. I hit my 0.59 goals faster than I expected (though I’ve been rather hard at work at it). This version builds on the foundation of 0.58 which is another reason it was easy to add the wanted features. In brief, the features and changes are:
- Realtime Bit/Sample Crusher and Envelope Follower,
- Improved V/Oct Performance
- Attenuation for LFO and Follower
- New Volume Attenuation Mode
- Improved Knob Ramps
This release itself is a good foundation for what I want to do in 0.60, which is to expand the Envelope Follower a bit. I would like it to support internal audio as an option with being able to route the output either to the Step or Audio outputs. This simple routing enables being able to use other things with the follower. You can run the follower with external audio on CV with the envelope on the audio out while using the LFO on the step output, for example. Or you can use the realtime bitcrusher on the main audio and have the follower operate on the incoming audio and sending the envelope out the Step.
This is technically easy enough to do without making many internal changes. It’s handling the UI behavior in a way that is sensible which will take some thought and why I decided to release 0.59 since things seem to be in a good place.
And yes, I promise, I will get back to the feature that is the WaveBoy’s namesake (the Wave mode). The above features were ones I was getting requests for, including from my band-mate.
You can find more details on the features and changes in the manual.
If you want to pick up a WaveBoy, we have both the assembled and kit versions available!