MOD OS 1.14 is out for the Dwarf, the Duo X and the Duo. It is also the first release made through the new, open way we build MOD OS. Instead of being finished behind closed doors, it went through six release candidates in the TESTING channel, open to anyone. Community members installed them on their own devices, reported what broke, and some sent fixes of their own. Many of the improvements below come straight from those reports.
If you want to know more about how this works, read about the new release flow and about Starless, the community OS that inspired it.
Here is what changes for you.
Tone3000, right on your device
Tone3000 is where players share their amp and pedal captures and impulse responses. Until now, using one on a MOD device meant finding it on your computer, downloading it and transferring it.
With 1.14, the NAM loader, the cabinet simulator and the IR loader have a “Browse tones” option. Log in to Tone3000, pick a capture or an IR, and it downloads straight into the plugin. NAM models of all sizes work, including A2.
The tone you want to try is a few clicks away instead of a few steps away. This integration was made possible by our friends at Starless.
Once your tones are on the device, they are also easier to find. The file picker in the NAM, cabinet and IR loaders now opens folders inside folders, as deep as you like, so you can organise a growing collection of captures and IRs the way you think about them.
Swap a plugin without rewiring
Drag a plugin from the sidebar onto one that is already on your pedalboard and it replaces it, keeping all its connections. Comparing two drives or two reverbs in the same spot of your chain now takes seconds, not a rebuild.
Easier to read, easier to use
Plugins that group their controls now show them grouped and colour-coded in the plugin settings, so plugins with many parameters are much easier to find your way around.
Easy Spin: FV-1 programs on MOD
1.14 adds support for Easy Spin, and Mark Melvin of Audiofab has already released it. Easy Spin emulates the FV-1 chip behind many boutique delays, reverbs and modulation pedals, so one plugin runs any FV-1 program, including your own. It opens a whole family of effects on MOD devices.
Found something? Tell us in one click
The web interface has a new Report a problem button. It copies your system details, ready to paste on the forum. A report with those details is far easier to act on, and this is already how 1.14 was tested and validated.
How to update
On the Dwarf and the Duo X, the update is offered in the web interface. On the Duo, it is installed by hand. Your device needs to be on 1.13.5 first. All the details, files and instructions are in the release announcement on the forum.
What’s next
Work on 1.15 has started, and its release candidates will go through TESTING the same way. If you want to help shape it, join us on the forum.
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