New Features and improvements: - New Backup Browser: Open backups to browse, preview, bounce, and restore, any portion of the backup including scenes, groups, patterns, and samples. - Change Pad Settings for multiple pads at once. - Chop a sample across pads in lazy, equal, or transient modes - Copy copy pads from the Pad Group screen - Assign multiple samples to empty pad spots from the Sample list - New multi-sample editor: split the sample into regions and make finer adjustments to crop and loop points - Convert any sample, recording, or video into a multi-sample, auto-split into notes on supported hardware - In-app documentation, under App Settings → Documentation Fixes: - Pick the recording input from the recording input - Trim markers sometimes snapped back after a drag - Waveform markers froze near where they were picked up - Bank Snapshot pads were unconstrained on macOS - iCloud-only bounces and MIDI files stalled on tap instead of downloading - Projects with only a looping sound wouldn't preview - Undo banner couldn't be dismissed - Changing play mode matches envelope release with hardware changes

New Features and improvements: - Real-time bouncing that captures offline-incompatible sounds like Supertone and effects. All bounces are MIDI sync'd so dropping them in a DAW will line up. - Record audio as a new sample - Improved keyboard support in iPad and macOS. Use arrows to navigate, space to preview or select, enter to edit, and shift to multi-select. - Built-in tuner added to Pad Settings - Bank Snapshots now include Supertone Fixes: - Samples could corrupt if hardware was in Sample mode - Info banners covered iPad and macOS toolbar buttons - Default MIDI channel was set to 1 instead of off - Moving Supertone on Pad Group changed the Supertone slot - Supertone momentary performance effects would crash hardware if Supertone was sounding

New Features and improvements: - Duplicate a sample from one slot to another -- long press on the Sample List page - See all patterns for a group - iPad and MacOS support Logic Pro-style Musical Typing to play Chords - Select several samples from the Sample List and convert it to a Bank Snapshot - Improved wav rendering when zoomed in - See slot number and sample name on the Scenes screen - iPad and MacOS Sample Lists now support active pad following - Bounce fader selection hides irrelevant faders - Move the playhead on bounced audio - Moved MIDI Channel and BPM to Chords header and reorganized Chords Settings menu - Pre-build the cache for the active project for performance improvements Fixes: - Bounce ignored recorded pitch bends and modulation automation - Bounce attempted to export Supertone, which is not possible, and could crash or fail the bounce - Bounce previews took a long time to load and were truncated after 15 seconds - Bounce rendered some pitch changes sharp - Offline-created Bank Snapshots trimmed samples to 0 length, so no audio would play - Dragging to delete samples from Pad Groups or Bank Snapshots made selecting the bottom pads difficult - Dragging to rearrange pads in Pad Groups or Bank Snapshots would sometimes appear to be reverted - Scene Fader Automation visibility wasn't retained - Scene Song Mode could interpret additional scenes as part of the Song - Hardware memory wasn't updated after deleting samples

New Features and improvements: - New Offline Library. Build Kits and Bank Snapshots, import and bounce Backups, and manage your library all while disconnected from your hardware. - New MIDI Importing. Import any MIDI file, map its notes to pads, and record to your EP. - Duplicate and edit Bank Snapshots. Add new samples, delete existing ones, reorder pads, and edit samples in any of your Bank Snapshots. - Streamlined editing across the library. Tap any text to edit its name. Tap icons to update them. - Scene notes accurately reflect swing on off-grid notes. - Improved MIDI mapping from MIDI bounces. Now viewable in the Library. - Toggle Fader FX off or on when bouncing. - All static Fader FX values are drawn in Scenes. - New samples are autoassigned to its slot range. - Improved backup and restore performance. Fixes: - Bounces ignored Legato Play Mode, causing mono notes to stack - Pad Settings and Fader FX conflicted in bounces, causing issues with pitch, level, and time stretch - Bounces with multi-samples only used the first region - Pad Groups showed outdated pad assignments - EP-40 connections were unreliable - Onboarding text was truncated

New Features: - See all of your sequenced notes and fader automation lanes across any Scene or Song. - Export multi-track audio stems of your Scenes or Song directly from the hardware. Every single pad is isolated using the REAL samples and data, all WITHOUT AI separation. - Make your own chord presets in the MIDI Controller. - Split the Keyboard into zones for easier alternate chords positions. - Add the lower octave to your chord. - Extract Projects from your System Backups - Audio Previews of your Project Backups - A brand new Library for managing and arranging your Backups, Bank Snapshots, and Bounces - iCloud support that automatically backs up and syncs Best Friend across all of your Apple devices - Automatic key detection of your samples - Animated onboarding guides for every screen Fixes: - Backups could fail when encountering a corrupted sample - Undo wouldn't fire when deleting Bank Snapshots or Backups - MIDI Controller could crash the hardware with too much data

New Features: - MIDI Controller with a Chord Builder plus pitch, modulation, and velocity parameters - MIDI arpeggiator with 4 modes, synced to the hardware clock - Octaver effect to add an octave up or down layer to your sample - Navigation double-tap shortcuts that toggle between: individual Pads settings and Pad Groups; Samples browse and select mode; and Backups and App Settings. - Increased the compressor attack range from 2ms to 10ms Fixes: - Wav displays made vertical scrolling difficult, especially on multi-sample editing - Pad Performance mute and mute groups animate opacity instead of pad colour - The compressor distorted audio previews

Just bug fixes this time! - Drag and drop pads to rearrange is now reliable for both samples and Supertone - Sample name is now displayed on Sample Edit page - Last imported location can now be manually set - Performance improvement for pad playing animation - Drag and drop samples to far slots is now reliable - Pan knob filled from the left instead of the centre

New features and improvements: - Refreshed design and dedicated device themes - Universal iPad and MacOS support with improved landscape screens for iPhone - Mute and unmute individual pads - Apply performance effects to individual pads: mute, pitch up, pitch down, reverse - Drag and drop pads to reassign them across groups - Drag pads to reorder Bank Snapshots - Drag and Drop support for file importing - Skip a file during multi-import so you don't need to discard the entire batch - New Preferences Screen Fixes: - Last opened folder was forgotten when importing samples - Delay XY Grid drag response was delayed

New features and improvements: - Stem Splitter. Extract drums, bass, vocals, guitars, and other instruments from your samples then use them in isolation or blend them together in a new mix. - Improved Preview playback peformance. Preview will no longer stop when changing fidelity, repitch, normalize, and other values. Fixes: - Compressor attack and release ranges were off by a decimal point. Now attack = .1ms -> 2ms; release = 40ms -> 1000ms. - Double tap effects faders to reset. - When sample was reversed playhead played backwards, which was technically showing forward play. Now playhead always begins from the left. - Deleted samples no longer re-appear after delete. - Prevented backup attempts across devices, which could fault the memory.

New in v2.4: - Brand new effects! EQ, Compression, Distortion and Saturation, Phaser, Chorus, Tremolo, Delay, and Reverb New in v2.3: - Create Project and System backups. Restore directly from Best Friend. Import your pre-existing backups to keep everything all in one place. - Converted .epbank to an archive file. On your computer, rename it to .zip, unzip it, and get access to the wav files. - Sample List playback performance improvements - Data transfer performance improvements - Audio, .pak, .ppak, and .epbank files will prompt to open directly in Best Friend - Reset waveform zoom between sample changes

New features: - Create Project and System backups. Restore directly from Best Friend. Import your pre-existing backups to keep everything all in one place. - Converted .epbank to an archive file. On your computer, rename it to .zip, unzip it, and get access to the wav files. Fixes: - Sample List playback performance improvements - Data transfer performance improvements - Audio, .pak, .ppak, and .epbank files will prompt to open directly in Best Friend - Reset waveform zoom between sample changes

New features: - Long-press to load a sample from the Sample List Screen directly to the active pad Fixes: - Improved live pad setting performance - Sample display fixes: cycle region was too eager, now long-press to move; edge markers were too narrow, now easier to grab; render performance could become choppy with large files; Sample canvas hijacked scroll with multi-samples. - Moving samples was restricted to existing bank range - keyboard was intermittently inaccessible on Sample Edit screen

New features: - Multi-samples! Import a series of samples to combine them into a multi-sample (only available on EP-1320 and EP-40) - EP-40 support with loop mode, Supertone, and multi-samples - Share, save, and backup Bank Snapshots - Native iOS actions: long-press or swipe on Sample rows or Bank Snapshots to rename, share, or delete; haptics on UI controls; improved accessibility labels Fixes: - Improved cache performance - Improved wav zooming, trim handle snapping, and more predictible cycle grabs - Prevent upward scaling fidelity artifacts - Edit sample could get stuck on a previous sample - Moving multiple samples could crash the device - The pad label was incorrect

New features: - Save Bank Snapshots to quickly reload a previous bank of samples. - Move, delete, and share multiple samples from the Sample List screen. - See all loaded samples per Bank. - Zoom into samples. Pinch to zoom in. Double-tap to zoom out. While zoomed in, swipe to pan around the wav. While zoomed out, move the cycle region by tapping the centre of the highlighted region. - Support for firmware v2.5: Previews play through USB Audio; 40s sample time for mono; Lo/Med/Hi sample rate options; reverse playback in Time Mode. - Trigger Previews in Import and Edit Sample by cycling through the Bank Pads. - Revamped icons. See your selected project on the Pad screen icon. Fixes: - Disconnecting your sampler no longer requires app restart to reconnect. - Improved wav render performance. - Improved sample caching performance.