Tasty Chips Electronics has released a major update to its GR-1 Granular Synthesizer, adding new features, updates, and bug fixes.

Here’s what’s new in GR-1 version 3:

New Features:

• Save popup for quick internal storage and naming of all entities: sample, patch, performance, multi, using just a single screen. Only the sample data type will defer to the filechooser.
• The performance list allows you to easily load and save performances internally, without browsing with the file chooser.
• Named performances.
• Boot up with your last used performance.
• Ability to store patches and samples internally.
• File manager: rename, copy, delete files, and create new folders.
• 4 Multi Timbral (MT) presets per performance. When [Play] is off, use [Shift] + [Bank1234] to change MT preset.
• Factory reset – restores default performance, reset system settings, and deletes _all_ user data
• System menu – Shutdown button to safely shutdown and avoid any possible data corruption.
• Are you sure? popups for practically all destructive actions.
• “Busy/working” popups for loads and saves, and “xx% done” popups for copying large amounts of files.
• Text edit – Use horizontal fader to move through alphabet.
• Text edit – Shift + Encoder push to enter space.
• Text edit – Shift + Escape to delete character.
• Mute while loading and saving performances.
• File chooser – Select USB stick + [Shift] + push (Select) -> unmount
• File chooser – shows file sizes.

Changes:

• Performance menu ([Shift] + [Perf]) now leads to 3 sub menus : a list of performances, system settings, and the file manager.
• System settings are now saved separately and system-wide, instead of inside each performance.
• Harmonized look for all menus: all selectable widgets can have a white rectangle around them to select.
• High contrast color scheme, and bigger fonts in menus: much improved readability without sacrificing looks.
• Samba file sharing now has to be enabled manually in System menu. This is done to avoid corruption.
• File chooser speedups.
• Removed incremental saves, as inquiry amongst users revealed this feature is rarely used.
• Slightly faster loads of patches and performances.
• #1039 separately loaded patch can now be undone by pressing preset. only after save will it be permanent.

See the Tasty Chips site for details.