Force 3.0.5 Firmware Update
Compatibility
This is a firmware update.
FirmwareThis release is for Force hardware.
Downloading the Update
To download the 3.0.5 Firmware Update, navigate to the Forceproduct page and click on Downloads to find the link:• FORCE product page
For instructions on installing the update, please visit our knowledge base article here.
Note : When upgrading to 3.0.5 preference settings will be reset back to the factory defaults.
New Features
Arrange mode
Arrange mode is a fully featured linear sequencer. You can now:
• Create an arrangement of a song against a linear timeline.
• Record your clip performance or live input (MIDI or Audio) into a linear timeline.
• Edit and arrange your song using Force’s powerful Arrange Edit commands.
• Mixdown your song to a stereo audio file or stem it as separate tracks.
• Experiment with different song ideas by launching clips against your linear arrangement.
• Edit a single track from your arrangement in Arrange mode's pull-up track editor, Grid or List
editors.
Arrange: Getting started
To enter the Arrange mode press MENU and choose Arrange. The event editor’s Arrange, Grid, Clipand List are displayed as tabs in the top left of the TUI to make it easy to jump between them.
To record a Clip performance into Force’s arrangement timeline the REC button needs to be
configured to point to the linear arrangement rather than the clip matrix. This can be set in twoplaces :• Pressing the REC button arms the transport ready for clip recording, holding SHIFT andpressing REC arms the transport ready for recording into Arrange.
• Push and holding the REC button brings up the Start Recording Selector, choosing To Cliparms the transport ready for clip recording, choosing To Arrangement arms the transport
ready for recording into Arrange. Your settings for recording can be accessed by choosing
Settings.
To record a clip performance, first go to Arrange mode so you can watch the recording as it's being
made, hold SHIFT and push REC to arm the transport, next trigger a clip or a scene to begin
recording. As clips are triggered the Arrange mode TUI will draw regions containing audio or MIDI
data into the track lanes.
• To replace a section of the arrangement with a new clip performance toggle the Loop f-key
On. Next, set the Loop Start and Loop End by dragging the beginning and end of the Loop

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Region in the timeline, dragging in the middle of the Loop Region moves both the Loop Start
and the Loop End at the same time. Press the SHIFT + REC and launch a clip or a scene. The
clip recording begins at the Loop Start and finishes at the Loop End making it easy to replacea section of the arrangement.
Pushing the PLAY button begins playback of the arrangement from 1:1:00 or if Loop is On
playback begins from Loop Start.
To begin playback from the current playhead position hold SHIFT and push the PLAY button.
To move the playhead tap the Playhead Position field in the toolbar to give it hardware focus
and then use the data wheel or -/+ buttons to adjust. You can also set the playhead position
by touching in the lower half of the timeline.
The Arrange mode has six user-configurable locate markers. Hold the SHIFT button to reveal
the Arrange mode's shift f-keys, you will see six f-keys labelled SET. Pushing any of the SET fkeys adds a locate marker at the current playhead position, pushing the f-key will jump theplayhead position to the position of the locate marker. To configure a locate marker in moredetail use the Locate popup.

Switching between the linear arrangement and clips• In Force a track can play a clip or it can play the linear arrangement but it can never playboth at once. When you play a clip the arrangement on that track will stop playing and viceversa. In Arrange mode a track will show a Back To Track button (a square with a play icon
inside it is located at the right hand side of the track lane) when either there is a clip playing
or the Stop ALL button has been pressed. To return playback of a track to its linear
arrangement simply push the Back To Track button. To return all tracks to the linear
arrangement go to the Arrange mode and push the Back To Arrange f-key.
• You can switch a track to play a clip or the linear arrangement from the Matrix mode orForce’s Launch pad mode. Hold SHIFT and press the LAUNCH button to bring up the Launch
Config popup, then tick the ‘Show arrangement in clip matrix’ option. The arrangement row
appears above the first clip row in the Matrix/Launch mode. Tapping the arrangement row
on a track will stop any playing clips on that track and play the arrangement. Tapping the
LAUNCH button for the arrangement row will play the linear arrangement for all tracks.
Editing your arrangement
To edit an arrangement, go to the Arrange mode and from the Toolbar push the EDIT button to bringup the Arrange Edit selector. From the selector choose the desired operation :• The Erase function erases all or part of a track.
• The Clear function erases all events from the arrangement.
• The Trim function trims events to the Bars value set in Arrange.
• The Delete Bars function removes a range of bars from the arrangement.
• The Insert Bars function adds empty bars to an arrangement at a specified point.
• The Half Length function will immediately halve the length of the arrangement (without
deleting any note events).
• The Double Length function will immediately double the arrangement and copy all eventsfrom the first half to the second half.
• The Copy Bars function copies a range of bars from the arrangement and adds them at a
specified point.
• The Copy Events function copies a range of events or selected audio track regions from thearrangement and adds them to another at a specified point.
In Arrange mode push hold on an audio track header to bring up a drop down menu of Track Edit
options :• The Clear function erases all note events on the current track.

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The Copy Track function copies the contents of one track to another.
The Copy Events function copies a range of events to a destination track at a specified point.
The Reset Channel Strip function resets a tracks channel strip to its default state.
The Bounce to Sample function renders the track as an audio sample and places it in the
project’s sample pool.
Flatten Track renders all the edits and regions within the current tracks arrangement to a
new audio file.
Flatten Track Elastique carries out the same operation as Flatten Track but renders any
time-stetching or pitch-shifting through Elastique Pro giving higher quality results with lessartefacts than Force’s inbuilt time-stretch algorithm.

In Arrange mode push hold on an Drum/Keygroup/Plugin/MIDI/CV track header to bring up a drop
down menu of Track Edit options :• The Clear function clears the events in the linear arrangement on the current track.
• The Copy Track function copies the contents of one track to another.
• The Copy Events function copies a range of events to a destination track at a specified point.
• The Double-Speed function halves the lengths of all note events on the track as well as the
distance between them.
• The Half-Speed function doubles the lengths of all note events on all tracks as well as the
distance between them.
• The Pitch Quantize function forces the pitches of note events into a specific scale.
• The Random Events function creates random melodic or rhythmic patterns on the current
MIDI track.
• The Bounce To Sample (not available for MIDI or CV) function renders the track as an audio
sample and places it in the project’s sample pool.
• The Bounce To Audio (not available for MIDI or CV) function renders the track as an audio
sample and places it on a new audio track in the project.
Arrange Bottom Panel Track Editor / Grid / List
When in Arrange Mode events from the current selected track can be edited using the bottom panel
Track Editor. In Arrange mode, from the bottom of the TUI push the arrow up button to reveal the
Track Editor. You can also open the editor by double tapping within a track lane in the mainarrangement view. To resize the vertical height of the editor drag the separator bar or the arrow. To
close the Track Editor tap the down arrow.
• The editing workflow for the Track Editor is similar to the GRID mode however the Track
Editor is fixed to edit the arrangement event list where as the GRID editor follows thecurrently selected Clip or Arrangement event list.
• At the top of the Track Editor there are two tab buttons GRID and AUTO. To edit automationpress the AUTO tab, the workflow is similar to editing automation in the GRID mode. To
return to edit MIDI events or Audio regions press the GRID tab.
• The Grid and List editors edit the selected clip or arrangement on the current track. To edit a
track from your arrangement using the Grid or List editor first from Arrange mode make surethe arrangement is playing and selected (you can check this by making sure the Back to
Track button is not displayed on the selected track). Now go to the Grid or List event editor
to edit the arrangement track.
The Locate popup
To open the Locate popup double tap the Bar Beat Tick field on the Toolbar. The popup is divided
into two tabs - the Time tab and the Locators tab.
From the Time tab:
• Pushing the STEP < > buttons moves the playhead position by the Timing Correct (TC) value.

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Pushing the BARS < > buttons moves the playhead position by a whole bar and rounds to thenearest bar.
You can hardware focus the component parts of the Bar Beat Tick field for precise
adjustment. Double tapping the Bar, Beat or Tick fields will bring up the TUI Numerickeyboard.
You can set Auto Record to Record From Loop Start. This setting is handy if you arerecording an instrument such as a guitar and you want to automatically jump into record as
the arrangement loops.

From the Locators tab :• Pushing the SET button creates a locate marker at the Arrange playhead’s current time
position.
• Once a locate marker has been created you can edit the Color and Name of it using theKeyboard and Color Dropper icons.
• Touching the X button deletes a locate marker.
Mixdown or stem your arrangement
Press the SAVE button to bring up the Save popup, from the popup select the Audio Mixdown
option.
The Audio Mixdown is divided into different sections :• Use the Audio Length section to set the region you want to mix down. The Start Bar and End
Bar set the beginning and end of the mixdown, the Audio Tail parameter adds a number of
seconds to the mixdown after the End Bar to capture the tail of ringing notes or effects, forexample the tail of a reverb effects plugin.
• From the Render Source section tick the Stereo Output option to create a stereo audio file of
the arrangement, tick the Separate Tracks option to render the arrangement as stems.
• Use the Render Options section to set advance mixdown options.
• Go to the bottom section of the popup to configure the mixdowns audio file's settings. From
here choose the File Format (WAV/AIFF/MP3/FLAC/OGG), Bit Depth and Sample Rate.
You can now export the Force arrangement as a clip row to an Ableton Live ALS project. Push the
SAVE button to bring up the Ableton Live Set Export popup and from here tick the Export Arrange as
Clips option. To recreate the arrangement in Ableton Live simply copy and paste scene 1 from theSession View to the Arrangement View.
The Arrange mode track headers show Record Arm, Mute, Solo, Track Automation and Crossfader
Assign state (Note this requires vertical zoom to be adjusted so there is enough space to show thesecomponents).
In Arrange mode use a pinch to zoom gesture to zoom in or out on your arrangement.
In Arrange mode the Loop region is now always displayed regardless of whether Loop is On or Off.
Drum pad headers have now been improved in Grid / Clip and the Arrange Bottom Panel Editor.
Push and hold on a pad header to get a drop down menu, from the menu you can Mute or Solo a
pad and quickly get to Pad Color mode.
The Arrange Edit options that have first bar / last bar parameters to set an input range are now
automatically set by the Loop range.
MIDI Multi
Force becomes the ultimate MIDI sequencing studio centerpiece. In Force 3.0.5 you can now
connect and route all the MIDI gear in your studio to and from your Force standalone.
USB MIDI input and output

You can now use any class compliant MIDI device with your Force standalone. Plug in your USB
keyboards, MIDI interfaces, and USB to CV modules to dramatically increase the I/O of your Forcestandalone (Note: To use multiple USB MIDI devices with Force use a high quality powered USB
hub).
To configure your MIDI inputs and outputs go to Preferences > MIDI / Sync.
The Input Ports section displays all available MIDI ports in a list. Use the keyboard icon to rename aport to a custom name, this is particularly useful when using a USB MIDI interface that has multiple
MIDI keyboards or sound modules connected to its ports as you can rename the ports according to
the device they are connected to. Force will then use your custom MIDI port names across the TUI.
Next to each MIDI port are the Master and Track buttons :• Enable Track to add the port to the list of MIDI inputs available to a track.
• Enable Master to send MIDI from the port to the current track ignoring its monitor state.
The Force Pads are an example of a device that is set to Master.
The Output Ports section displays all available MIDI output ports in a list. Use the keyboard icon torename a port. Next to each MIDI port are the Sync and Track buttons :• Enable Sync to send Sync to this port. MIDI sync messages will be sent according to the typeset in the Sync Send > Send preference.
• Enable Track to add this device to the list of MIDI outputs available in a track.
• By default, the Track Enable Ports When Discovered preference is set to On so that when a
MIDI device is plugged in the Track option is automatically enabled and its ports can bechosen from the track MIDI Input or Output fields in the TUI.
To configure the MIDI input and output for a track :• To configure a tracks MIDI input and output, in Matrix mode double tap on a track header
and from the Track Settings popup scroll down to the MIDI Routing section.
• From the Mixer mode, go to the I/O tab.
You can now send MIDI from one track to another to layer two or more sound generators. To layer
two plugin instruments create two Plugin instrument tracks. Next, on Track 1, go to the Mixer > I/O
Tab, from the Send To field choose Plugin 002. Now any note input or MIDI from Track 1 will be sent
to the second track giving a quick and easy way to layer two sounds.
MIDI tracks now have an input Monitor button with four monitoring states :• Off - Never monitor the track's MIDI input. Playback of events from the track is heard. Thissetting is useful when using keyboards where local is set to On.
• In - Always monitor the track's MIDI input regardless of the track's Rec Arm state. Playbackof events from the track is not heard.
• Auto - Monitor the track's input when a track is record armed. Playback of events from thetrack is heard.
• Merge - Always monitor the track's input regardless of the track's Rec Arm state. Playback ofevents from the track is heard.
• You can configure the default monitor state from Preferences > Sequencer > Rec Arm field.
You can now record multiple MIDI or Audio tracks at the same time. There is now a preference toconfigure the Record Arm behavior to Single or Multi (this affects both MIDI and Audio tracks). By
default the preference is set to Single (exclusive arm), and as you change track Force automaticallyrecord arms the current track, unarming any others. The behavior is designed to feel similar toprevious Force releases. When set to Single it is still possible to record arm multiple tracks, set the
button row button group (Mute/Solo/Rec Arm/Clip Stop) to Rec Arm, next hold SELECT and thenfrom the bottom row press multiple tracks record arm buttons to toggle them On. When doing a lot

of multitrack recording a better workflow is to use the Record Arm = Multi setting. Go to Preferences> Sequencer > Recording and set the Rec Arm field to Multi. Record arm no longer follows thecurrent track and turning any record arm button On adds it to the group of record armed tracks.
Program Change
On a MIDI Track you can now send a program change message when launching a clip or whenplaying your arrangement. Hold EDIT and tap a Clip to bring up the Clip Settings popup. Scroll down
to the Program Change section. To send a program change message when launching a clip set theProgram Change field to From Clip. Use the Program Change and MIDI Bank LSB and MSB fields to
input the desired program/bank change. When set to From Track launching a Clip will use theprogram change message set in the Track settings popup.
Program change messages added to a clip can be recorded into the arrangement like otherautomation parameters by setting the automation button (in the Pull Down component) to Write.
MIDI Monitor now contains port names.
MacrosForce is now the ultimate control surface for interacting with automation parameters from yourproject. You can now assign multiple parameters to all the main sections of Force’s control surface knobs, pads, touchscreen and crossfader.
• Create a DJ wash out effect by adding three insert effects - High Pass Filter > Delay > Reverb- to a submix and control their parameters with a single knob.
• Use the four quadrants of Force’s touchscreen so that each quadrant controls a different
insert effect.
• Assign effects parameters and mixer mutes to be triggered by pressing the Force’s pads.
• Assign automation parameters to the crossfader.
You can now use the new Envelope Followers and LFOs to modulate any of Force’s automation
parameters.
• Use an Envelope Follower to assign a kick drum from a drum program to modulate a filter's
cutoff parameter.
• Take an instrument signal such as a guitar, pass that through an envelope follower and thenuse that control signal to :o Modulate the cutoff of a filter plugin to create an autowah effect.
o Modulate multiple automation parameters for more complex effects like ducking
delays/reverbs.
• Use an LFO to modulate insert effect parameters to create more movement and interest in asynth part.
Knobs mode has been renamed Macros and now contains tabs for:• Knobs• Crossfader• XY Pad• Pad Grid
• Env Follower
Knobs
Each knob in Force can now be used to control multiple automation parameters, each parameter
assigned to a knob can be edited to have its own input and output range and toggle behavior. To
edit a knob press Menu and then choose Macros, from the Macros mode go to the Knobs tab, or
hold EDIT and tap a Knob. Note that holding EDIT and pushing KNOBS also takes you to the Macros >Knobs tab.

You can learn multiple parameters to a knob in all the user configurable Knobs modes :• Track• Project 1• Project 2• Track FX Rack
Learn modes• To learn multiple automation parameters to a knob, go to Macros, Knobs tab and from thetoolbar set the Knobs Mode field to Project 1. When in any of the user assignable Knobs
modes the Learn and Momentary buttons will be present in the top right hand corner of the
TUI. Click the Learn button On, by default the drop down field next to Learn will have theAdd option ticked, the Knobs OLED screen will show the message LEARNING. Now navigate
to a mode such as Track Edit that contains the parameters you want to learn and move theparameters via the Track Edit TUI. The TUI displays feedback that your learn operation has
been successful. To protect your assignment return back to Knobs mode and tap Learn again
to turn the feature Off.
• To Learn a single parameter to a knob so that any new assignment will replace the previous
one, press the drop down arrow next to the Learn button and untick Add.
• To use a single knob to mute/unmute multiple tracks you can learn multiple parameters as
toggles to speed up the assignment process. Press the drop down arrow next to the Learn
button and tick Toggle now any parameter will be learnt with the Toggle parameter set to
Toggle.
• To Learn a parameter and set its range during the learn process press the drop down arrownext to the Learn button and tick Range. Now when Learn is On the range of the parameter
learned will be set according to the range you move a parameter by.
• A macro control can be configured to send a scene of parameters values such that moving
the control sends the maximum value of each assigned parameter. Press the drop downarrow next to the Learn button and tick Trigger now any parameter will be automaticallylearned with the Toggle parameter set to Trigger. When the Toggle parameter is set to
Trigger the assigned parameter will always send the maximum value that has been set in the
Parameter Range section.
Momentary modes
To set a macro to have momentary behavior in Macros mode set the Momentary button (next to the
Learn button) to On, now when releasing a knob, pad, or XY Pad positions the macro control will
return its assigned parameters to a previous value. The type of previous value is set in theMomentary drop down :• When Previous is ticked the assigned parameters will return back to the values they were set
to before the control gesture started.
• When Minimum is ticked the assigned parameters will return back to the minimum value set
in the Parameter Range section.
Editing a control's assignments• To edit a knob's assignments from Macros >Knobs use the left hand component to select theknob you want to edit. The right hand panel is split into two areas: the upper part displays
the parameters that have been learned to the control, the lower area is the parameter
inspector which displays the settings for the currently selected learned parameter. To edit a
parameter's settings from the right hand panel touch a parameter to give it selection(indicated with the light grey selection highlight). Use the Control Input range to set thepercentage of the control that will be active, use the drop down menu to set its response to
Linear, Logarithmic or Exponential curves. Use the Parameter Range (Output) to set theminimum and maximum values that will be sent when adjusting the knob across its full

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range. Lastly the Toggle field sets the behavior to: OFF = moving a control sends acontinuous range of values, Toggle = moving a control toggles between the Parameter Range
min and max values, and Trigger = moving a control sends the max value.
You can rename a knob in one of the user assignable knobs modes by pressing the keyboard
icon in the toolbar.
To manually add a parameter assignment when in any of the user assignable Knobs
configurations push the + button in the right hand side of the TUI and navigate through the
hierarchical list of automation parameters.
To remove a parameter assignment use the Trash can icon

Crossfader
You can now learn any of the automation parameters from within your project to Force's crossfader.
To learn a synthesizer parameter to the crossfader, with Force not in playback select a plugin track
and then go to Track Edit mode, now hold down either ASSIGN A or ASSIGN B and move any
parameter in the Track Edit TUI. The TUI displays feedback that your learn operation has beensuccessful. Learning a parameter to Assign A assigns the parameter with a minimum value to the leftof the crossfader and a maximum value to the right. Learning a parameter to Assign B reverses the
min and max values. Holding EDIT and tapping ASSIGN A or ASSIGN B will take you to the Crossfader
edit tab. Here make detailed adjustments for any learned parameter.
There are 16 crossfader scenes. To change scenes go to the Macros mode, Crossfader tab, then fromthe top left of the TUI go to the Mode drop down menu. Change the crossfader scene from the
hardware by holding the Assign A button and pressing Assign B to increment the scene or holding
Assign B and pressing Assign A to decrement.
XY PadLearn any of the automation parameters from within your project to one of Forces four assignable
XY pads. From Macro mode push the XY Pad f-key to go to the first XY Pad, pushing the XY Pad f-key
again increments through Force’s four XY pads. Use the Full Screen button to make the current XY
pad full screen. An XY pad internally works like a collection of different macros where you can assign
parameters to the X axis, Y axis, a column, a row or even a different quadrant. Use the Mode drop
down menu in the top left of the TUI to set the section of the XY pad you want to assign yourparameters too, the Learn process then works like other control types.
Pads
Learn any of the automation parameters from within your project to Force's pads. Assigning
automation parameters to the pads gives a more performative way to control effects and mixer
parameters. For example you could assign pad A01 to mute a group of tracks and pad A02 to toggledelay, reverb and filter insert effects on and off.
Hold EDIT and press KNOBS to go to Macros mode, from here go to the Pad Grid tab (Note : If
Force’s pads are set to use macros then holding EDIT and tapping a pad takes you directly to the
Macros mode, Pad Grid tab). The left of the TUI displays the Pad macros in banks of 16 pads. Use theMode drop down menu to access banks A-D. To make it easier to perform with a bank of pads push
the Full Screen button to increase the size of the TUI Pad Grid to fullscreen.
You can also access the Pad Grid on the Force's hardware pads :• Hold SHIFT and push KNOBS to set Force's pads to display the Pad Grid macros.
• Hold down KNOBS and push LAUNCH to split the Force's pads between launching clips andtriggering the Pad Grid macros.
• Hold down KNOBS and push NOTES to split the Force's pads between playing notes andtriggering the Pad Grid macros.
• Hold down KNOBS and push LAUNCH and NOTES (at the same time) to split the Force's pads
between launching clips, playing notes and triggering the Pad Grid macros.

Envelope Follower / LFOs
You can now use an audio signal such as a kick drum or LFO as a control signal to create envelope
follower, side chaining or modulation effects. From Macros mode go to the Env Follower tab, there
are 16 assignable envelope followers which can be accessed from the Mode drop down menu.
• To use an audio source as a control signal, go to the Envelope Source field and from there
choose a track/submix/return or master. Now the left hand panel displays a smoothingenvelope and its accompanying parameters which can be used to shape and gate the control
signal. Note : If you choose a track that has a drum kit on it you also get the option to choose
audio from a specific pad (this makes it easy to use a kick from a drum track as a control
signal).
• To use an LFO, go to the Envelope Source field and from the drop down menu go to the LFO
section and choose a shape. Use the Frequency, Phase and Level parameters in the left handpanel to configure the LFO.
Once you have chosen the envelope follower source then use the right hand side of the TUI to assign
the parameters it will modulate.
Other Macro features
To copy an existing macro assignment, from the Macros mode go to the tab that contains thecontrol you want to copy an assignment to. From the right hand side of the TUI push the + button tobring up the Parameter menu, scroll to the bottom and choose Copy Existing Macro, then use theReplace or Merge hierarchy accordingly, then navigate to the macro you want to copy and chooseit.
The hardware buttons SELECT, COPY, DELETE, EDIT can be used in conjunction with macro controls.
Hold one of the hardware buttons then tap a single knob, for the crossfader tap ASSIGN A or ASSIGN
B, for the Pad Grid mode tap one of the pads. For copy you will also need to first tap a macro for thesource of the copy and then tap a macro as the destination (note you can copy between macro types
i.e Knob to Crossfader). To perform a cut/paste operation hold SHIFT + COPY and then press thesource macro knob/pad/ASSIGN button, then whilst still holding SHIFT + COPY press the destination
macro.
New Knobs modes:• Knobs mode MIDI - A selection of MIDI performance controls. Use Knobs mode MIDI inconjunction with the Notes pad mode to control modulation, pitch bend, sustain and othercommon MIDI messages as you play notes.
• Knobs mode Project 2 - A second project mode.
• Knobs mode Track FX Rack is a new mode that works in conjunction with FX Rack presets.
Other Features
Import Ableton Live projects
You can now import Ableton Live projects into your Force. On Force press LOAD and from theBrowser navigate to the drive that contains your Ableton Live projects. Select an Ableton Liveproject (.als file) and then press Load. Note for a Live project to be successfully imported with all theassets you must have used the Collect All and Save option in Live to collect all of your project
resources together.
Force will attempt to import and convert the following:• Launch Matrix Tracks/Clips to Tracks/Clips.
• Arrangement View Sequence to Arrange tracks.
• ALS Colors to Force Colors for pads.
• Audio Clips to Audio Clips (with Looping points, names, warp, volume, pan, pitch
adjustment).
• MIDI Notes to MIDI Notes at 960 PPQ units, with looping points and names.

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Basic conversion of ALS Drum Rack to XPJ Drum Kit. Only one “Selection” is handled. A
maximum of four velocity variations per instrument.
Basic conversion of ALS Impulse Instrument to XPJ Drum Kit.
Basic conversion of ALS Sampler to XPJ Keygroup. (128 keygroup limit). Only one “Selection”
is handled.
Basic conversion of ALS Simpler to XPJ Keygroup.
Plugin instrument tracks are converted to Force MIDI tracks.

From Sample Edit you can now use the Force pads to audition samples and input slices. From the
TUI toolbar press the Pads icon to put the Force pads into sample audition mode. When Sample Edittab is set to Trim the bottom left quadrant of pads are set to audition the current sample fromdifferent points. When Sample Edit tab is set to Chop you can use Force pads to add slices to thecurrent sample or trigger existing samples. If the current track is a Drum Program then the Sample
Edit tab can be set to Pad now the pads audition the current sample on the current pad in a similar
way to Notes mode.

Timing Correct has now been tweaked to have a dedicated On/Off setting that is separate to the TC
Division parameter. This makes it easy to maintain a favourite TC division and quickly toggle
between TC Off / On when recording depending on whether you want input quantisation or not.
You can now flatten an audio clip, rendering all the edits and regions within the clips bounds to a
new audio clip with a single audio file. First make sure you have stopped transport playback, selectthe audio clip that you want to Flatten. Next, go to Grid mode, from the top right of the TUI push theEdit button and from the selector choose Flatten Clip. Choose the Flatten Elastique option to render
any timestetching or pitch shifting through Elastique Pro this will give higher quality results with lessartefacts that Force’s live timestretching algorithm.
Pull Down Menu
You can now easily access key Force parameters in any mode using the TUI Pull Down menu. Dragfrom the top middle of the TUI to show the Pull Down menu. The Pull Down menu can be set to two
different heights, pulling down the menu a small amount snaps it to the TUI toolbar height so that
the Automation and Learn buttons can be used in conjunction with Mixer, Insert edit and Track Edit
modes without obscuring any of the automation parameters. Dragging the Pull Down menu further
reveals more parameters and meters. To dismiss the menu simply swipe it upwards.
You can now record automation using the Global Automation button. From the Pull Down menupressing the Global Automation button toggles the global automation state between Read andWrite. Holding SHIFT and pressing the automation button sets it to Off.
Mixer / Pad Mixer improvements• The Mixer now has a separate Effects and I/O tab.
• If an insert slot is empty tapping the empty slot takes a user to the insert selection screen.
• If an insert slot already has an effect tapping the slot goes straight to the Insert Editor for theeffect.
• The Insert Editor now contains a trash can icon to remove an insert effect from a slot.
• The Inserts button at the top of the channel strip opens the old insert overlay.
• The Mixer now contains dual level meters, press the Settings f-key and from the Mixer
Config popup go to the MIDI / Audio Track Input Monitoring sections to configure thebehavior for the new input meters.
• MIDI Tracks now have level (CC7) and pan (CC10) controls.

Track FX Racks
A Track FX Rack is a container for creating custom signal processing chains with dedicated realtime
controls assignments. Instantiate up to four insert effects on a track mixer strip and then assign key
parameters from them to the accompanying Track FX Knobs mode to control them in new andinteresting ways. Saving a Track FX Rack preset stores both the individual effects and the Track FX
knobs assignments into a single preset that can be recalled on a track.
• You can now save or load FX Racks from a mixer strip. Press MIXER and go to the Effects
tab. From a mixer strip push the Insert button to open the insert overlay. The overlay now
contains three new buttons Load Factory FX Rack, Load User FX Rack and Save FX Rack.
• Force now comes with a library of Factory FX Rack presets organized by type.
• Force now has a dedicated Track FX knobs mode (See the Macros section for more details).
• You can now load Track FX user presets from the Browser mode.
File Browser enhancements• The file browser now supports recursive searching. Press Load to go to the Browser mode,
from the search box type in a word, by default Force will now recursively search yourstorage device for files that match the search term.
• You can now see the size, date created, date modified for each file in the Browser. Press thesettings icon and enable the options you wish to view.
• You can now order the file browser list by column type by tapping the header of any column,
tapping a second time reverses the order. In the column header the light grey triangle shows
the column that controls the file list sorting.
• Tracks are now saved with the arrangement from the track. To load a Track with its
arrangement hold Shift and make sure the Load Arrange f-key is On.
Further enhancements:• You can now disable multiple Mute/Solo/Record Arm buttons by holding down delete andtapping one of the bottom row buttons.
• In a drum or key group track you can now automate the Slice parameter.
• You can now create your own progressions. On a melodic track type, record a chord
progression into a clip, go to Clip or Grid mode, from the top right of the TUI press the EDIT
button from the Grid/Clip Edit selector and choose Convert To Progression. To perform yournew progression on a plugin track go to Notes mode, press Shift Notes to open Note Config,
set the Type to Progressions, lastly select your progression from the Progression field.
• When the MASTER button is pressed you now get a temporary message on the TUI to informyou wether the pads are showing Master Tracks or Tracks.
• You can now exclude a track from a row launch, this can be a great way to leave an
accapella playing on a track whilst trying out different arrangement ideas by launch different
rows. From the Matrix TUI mode, double tap on a Track Header to bring up the Track
Settings popup, now scroll to the bottom of the popup and set the Row Launch field to
Exclude from Row Launch.
• The TC field in the Arpeggiator popup is now a radio button to make it easier to use.
• Retrospective Record - Force now captures MIDI events in the background. After playing
some notes, select an empty clip or the arrange event list, then from the Pull Down menu
push Retrospective Record to add the events to the current tracks arrangement or create a
new clip.
• You can now merge the samples and settings from two drum tracks together. On a trackwith a drum program, go to Clip or Grid mode, then from the EDIT button choose Merge
Pads.
• You can now configure the brightness of the Force pads. Go to Preferences > Hardware anduse the Pad Brightness slider to decrease the pad brightness.

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You can now copy pads between drum programs. On a track with a drum program, go to
Clip or Grid mode, then from the EDIT button choose Copy Pads from here you can copy apad, a range of pads or a bank of pads from one drum program to another.
You can now select single or multiple events using the Step Sequencer pads. Press MENU
then choose GRID so that the TUI shows the grid editor, next press the STEP SEQ button to
go to the step sequencer pad mode. Enter some steps using the pads, to select an event
hold the SELECT button and press one of the pads that has an event on it. To select multiple
events hold SHIFT + SELECT and press the pads with the events you wish to select.
You can now use classic MPC 16 Levels functionality with a drum track. Create a Drum
track, push NOTES to go to Notes mode, push NOTES a second time to go to the new 16
Levels pad mode. The pads are split into four quadrants, the bottom left quadrant plays one
bank of drum pads, to change the pad bank hold SHIFT and press OCT -/+. The other three
quadrants play the current pad (shown in white) with 16 levels of variation. To configure the
16 Level parameter for each bank hold SHIFT and press NOTES to bring up the Notes Config.
From here use the Bottom Right, Top Left, and Top Right fields to set a quadrant's 16 Level
parameter to Velocity, Tune, Filter, Layer, Attack, or Decay.

Stability and reliability
Ableton Link
• Akai Pro Force & MPC units will now recognize eachother via Ableton Link
Automation• Automation data no longer erases itself if an adjustment is made at the start of an event list
• Clear Auto no longer generates excessive Undo History entries
Browser• Factory Plugin presets are no longer missing• Project data folders are no longer referred to as "system folders" in the Options popup
Clip Edit• MIDI Clip Reset View button now resets horizontal zoom level
CV Tracks• Gate values no longer stick at +5v if no note off message is sent
Drum Track Edit
• Effects tab does now updates the All On/Off state correctly when switching between pads
• Changing pad selection will no longer make Zoom/Scroll OLEDs disappear
Grid View• Nudged MIDI events no longer ignore clip Loop Start value• It is now possible to move horizontally when Loop Length is less than Loop Start
Looper•

Exporting from the Looper with no tracks in the project no longer causes a crash

MIDI Sync• MIDI Clock stability when commencing playback has improved
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Pitch Bend values sent via MIDI output ports are now correct

Multi-touch Behavior• Redoing the creation of a track no longer causes its name to change
Popups•Toggling fixed length recording via the hardware shortcut now generates correct feedback
message

Sample Edit
• Reverse is now applied correctly between sample start/end points• Description text in Function popup has been improved
Sampler• Sampler and Looper now receive audio correctly when Input 1 is selected
Saving and Loading• Projects from previous releases containing plugin tracks now load correctly• Project from previous releases now load their samples correctly
Time Correct• Using the QUANTIZE hardware button now correctly applies current TC setting to events
Undo/Redo• It is now possible to redo modifications of MIDI events after undoing the copying of a clip
• Undoing and redoing MIDI event entry in a copied clip no longer causes a crashr