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About my preset sharing

 I have been forced to cut down my plans for offering presets here. So, I am now re-posting  the "Uncle David's Presets" bundle again, with some adjustments and in a much easier format to use. They are now in Artipreset format which makes it's easy to pick and choose which ones you load and do it simply. If you got what you wanted from the earlier version there is no need to use the new (unless you think it may be useful in the future). I had intended to create a new bundle to demonstrate the unsupported things the devices could do but I realised that "Uncle David's Presets" did that function already so it was better to just re-bundle that and save myself a load of work. There will be a December bundle in due course as planned. I will try to add add one or two small bundles when I can. There are a few things that I have in hand or are in progress so I will let them out to those who may want it in due course. Here is the new version of "Uncle David...
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There is a new bug around?

 A while ago I read about a bug that affected the Orba 3. Artiphon released a firmware update to address it before they went into administration.  But as well as the new influenza and Covid bugs some of us have been experiencing Orba 2 and Chorda users may be experiencing a similar problem as the Orba 3, although it doesn't seem to be quite as bad as the Orba 3 one. It seems to show up when playing high frequency notes, showing up in some chord presets as a "wolf" frequency and sometimes making Lead presets play incorrectly in the high ranges. Although it can make the devices crash and reboot it doesn't seem to disable them and it doesn't need an updated firmware to recover, which is just as well as there will not be a new firmware to fix it. (I have not been testing things on the Orba 2 much because it is easier to use the Chorda for that. I have not seen this bug so much on the Orba 2.)
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A FAQ for the Orba 2, 3 and the Chorda

 (I've got bored answering questions about Apps and content for these devices.  I can't help at all for the Artiphon Instrument and the Orba 1.  If anyone has good firmware files for the Orba 2 and the Orba 1 I would happily add them for others if I think they are viable ie: someone has used them successfully. I can't test them myself. Content for the Orba 1 might also be useful.) No versions of the apps for mobile devices have surfaced at the time of writing. I believe iOS is blocking and/or deleting the app. The Android app is no longer on the store. Firmware: The latest version of the firmware for the Chorda can be loaded. There was only one update for the Orba 3 as far as I am aware - it was a fix for a bug which could stop the device working, so it should be used. These are included in this package, with instructions. It includes the PC and MacOs Apps. The apps are also still available at Artiphon.com if you prefer. Here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/yh4zj6xx5...
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The November set of presets are now available

 The link to get them is: https://www.mediafire.com/file/qr5o09as7xpmg73/Alternative_Presets-November25.zip/file December is mostly prepared but I want to add a couple of things to make it more exciting first. After that I will stop trying to keep a monthly schedule, but in the meantime I am planning two bonus sets. One will be to demonstrate what can be done with Pitch-Bending and the other different uses of the Drum mode (apart from drums).
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The October preset set is now available

 This set has a stringy bias, but there's also a different sort of  percussion set ("drum kit" would be being rather too generous a term). It's here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/mlyn1u7jxtyp7c2/Alternative_Presets_October25.zip/file I forgot to put my own images in. If I remember I will do that later, but it doesn't matter much, they often don't show up anyway.
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Major and Minor on Windows

 I've recently noticed that I can't change from major to minor keys on Windows with the 1.0.670 version of the Connect app. I don't know if this is some strange problem of my own or affecting others. If it's a bug or bad coding it's not likely to get fixed so the fix, I have found, is to go back to 1.0.651 or even 1.0.608. (I slightly prefer the older style of 1.0.608, but there may be real benefits to go with 651.) Just thought I would let you know in case ........
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The September set of Alternative Presets is ready to download

 Five presets. One for each mode and an extra Lead preset donated by the taciturn but lovely GabbiMX. Here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/1h76magmx3kyufx/Alternative_Presets_Sept25.zip/file (October's set is in consideration already.)
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