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#31

Announcements / iOS 27

Last post by arlo - September 09, 2026, 09:19:51 PM

iOS 27 will be released on Sept. 14. The only issues I've seen with BandHelper when building for iOS 26 are incorrect colors on buttons and fields that make some text unreadable. I'm planning to release an app version that fixes those in time for the iOS 27 release.

To support the new iPhone Duo, I'll need to build for iOS 27. That creates more serious bugs that I'll need to fix first.

Building for iOS 27 also requires raising the minimum system requirements to iOS 17. That means the following devices, which top out at iOS 15 or 16, will no longer get app updates or bug fixes:

   iPhone: 6, 7, 8, X, SE 1st gen
   iPad: 5th gen, Air 2, Mini 4, Pro 12.9" 1st gen

I don't like dropping support for old devices. On the other hand, these devices are at least 8 years old, so their time was coming!

#32

Repertoire Help / Re: chords not displaying prop...

Last post by arlo - September 06, 2026, 11:52:49 AM

This is fixed in the new app version 2026-09-04 released today.

#33

Repertoire Help / Re: Question about recording p...

Last post by arlo - September 06, 2026, 11:18:10 AM

The new app version 2026-09-04 released today has a Queue Recordings function that will play a series of recordings seamlessly. Instructions are here:

https://www.bandhelper.com/tutorials/advanced_audio.html#queueing

#34

Other Help / Re: Automation Suggestion

Last post by arlo - September 06, 2026, 11:17:24 AM

The new app version 2026-09-04 released today has a Queue Recordings function that will play a series of recordings seamlessly. Instructions are here:

https://www.bandhelper.com/tutorials/advanced_audio.html#queueing

#35

Repertoire Help / Re: AUv3 support

Last post by arlo - September 06, 2026, 11:08:35 AM

Inter-App Audio seems to have become unreliable, so I came back to the AUv3 approach. The new app version 2026-09-04 released today includes audio units for each audio output channel, as an alternative to Inter-App Audio. You don't have to turn anything on to use it, just install the update and connect to the audio units from another app. More info is here:

https://www.bandhelper.com/tutorials/advanced_audio.html#interapp

#36

Repertoire Help / Re: Feature Request: multiple ...

Last post by Christoph - September 04, 2026, 03:48:01 AM

This should be possible with two separate OSC messages. More than one argument per message is possible in the OSC spec, but very uncommon. Have you tried:

/ch/06/insert/on 1(i)
/ch/06/insert/fxslot 7(i)

For all X-Air mixers the channel insert assignment is coded as:

|/ch/01/insert/fxslot|i|0-8|OFF, Fx1A, Fx1B, Fx2A, Fx2B, Fx3A, Fx3B, Fx4A, Fx4B|

#37

Repertoire Help / Re: Midi PC and Tempo Data

Last post by arlo - September 03, 2026, 01:39:14 PM

In that case, another option is to go to Repertoire > MIDI Devices, edit the Fractal device and turn off the Active switch. But I don't know if that's significantly faster than adding and removing the app control action.

#38

Repertoire Help / Re: Midi PC and Tempo Data

Last post by apofire - September 03, 2026, 12:51:59 PM

I'm sending tempo using the Send MIDI Beat clock

#39

Repertoire Help / Re: Midi PC and Tempo Data

Last post by arlo - September 02, 2026, 08:28:55 PM

Are you setting the tempo on the Fractal by playing a tempo in BandHelper with the Send MIDI Beat Clock setting turned on, or are you doing that with some other MIDI message in your MIDI presets?

#40

Repertoire Help / Midi PC and Tempo Data

Last post by apofire - September 02, 2026, 12:50:50 PM

I'm currently sending a simple midi PC and tempo data to my Fractal Audio FM9 guitar rig that triggers when a song is selected in band helper. When it (the fractal) receives the midi it selects the appropriate preset for that song and sets the tempo...all is good. I'd like to be able to disable the PC but keep the midi tempo active so I can use a single preset on the fractal when appropriate. The challenge is that the only way I found to achieve this is to go to SETTINGS> APP CONTROL> SEND MIDI and delete the action "SONG SELECTION". Then I have to reverse the steps to reactivate the function when I want to use multiple presets on the fractal. Is there any way to streamline this operation? Can custom layouts be created that WON'T SEND MIDI PC's but still send tempo data? I appreciate any suggestions. I originally tried to duplicate the songs in Band Helper and omit the midi presets on one copy but having hundreds of songs with the same name is very cumbersome even with multiple accounts and it causes strange behavior within BH.  Thanks for your help!