HX Effects Firmware 2.8

rossyamaha

WiresDreamDisasters said:

I've not managed to install the beta yet, just been too snowed under at work since I got back!

I don’t have it yet. Just played a unit with the beta loaded. Sounded great. 

gibsongretschfan

"Not happening today; sorry, guys. We're hoping to have a release candidate (a rev that, with a lot of luck and no blocker bugs found, could become 2.80) by the end of this week."- Digloo

fretmeister

Digital Igloo:

"I've said it before, but we NEVER know a firmware update's release date until about 10 minutes before it's released. Works like this: Build release candidate, shoot for a 1pm (or whenever) release, find last minute bug(s), cancel the release, fix the bug(s), build a new release candidate the next morning, shoot for 1pm (or whenever) release, find last minute bug(s), cancel the release, rinse and repeat. 2.80 is no different, but we're not at release candidate yet. ....

 

At this point, we simply don't know if 2.80 will be out before the 21st. Some days it doesn't look good; other days it does. We're not going to provide play-by-play.

The hotkey templates are fun as hell, that's for sure. Played Portal 2 with my feet last night. The night before, I tracked dozens of guitar takes in Logic without ever touching a mouse or keyboard."

It will be ready, when it's ready.

fretmeister

I never update on release day anyway.

Wait for news of any massive problems first!

WiresDreamDisasters

46 hours before the end of play today, just haven't had time to dig in. But I really want to! Maybe during lunch I'll have a quick play, coz I wanna checkout those Revv amp models.

fretmeister

Bollocks to that - fire up the SVT4!

PFAllen2

For all the clock watching and comments in other places, you would think that Helix doesn't actually work until 2.8 comes out! 

TimmyO

I'm so bored of the 2.8 speculation that now I want to know what models they are working on for 2.9 :-) 

ewal

Have I missed something? Is v2.8 of the firmware released? Is it worth investigating?

octatonic

ewal said:

Have I missed something? Is v2.8 of the firmware released? Is it worth investigating?

Yeah it is out now.
Pity my Helix is boxed up ready to be loaded onto a boat.

JMP220478

relic245 said:

WiresDreamDisasters said:

We've released stuff on a Friday before. It's dumb. Just do it on the Monday.

A friend of mine works in IT for a major international parcel company. 

They were shifting data centers and,  at the same time, moving to a different IT services company. Many mission-critical systems had been rebuilt from the ground up. 

Management could not seem to understand that going live the week before Christmas was a bad idea.

Its staggering how much risk is taken by major organisations - people process and technology all need to be aligned to drive change correctly - otherwise its a clusterf***