NEW FIRMWARE UPDATE: REV 2.7 BETA is here!
Hey friends,
I have a big ol update available for you to try! I would love to hear your feedback and see what else we can do to make this the best portable music making device on the planet!
NEW FEATURES:
- Mixer Mode — New mixing mode for the 6-track looper! After you record a loop, head to Mixer mode where you can mute, solo, and change the volume of each Looper track.
- 4 USER Preset Save/Load — Expanded from 2 to 4 preset slots (P1-P4) with save/load fix
- Slash Chord Double-Press — New double-press function for slash chords; slash chord octave and volume adjustments (only works for Batch 4 units)
- Menu Button Double-Press — New double-press function on menu buttons (press yellow twice to scroll to next sound, red twice to scroll to next mode)
- Sample Fade Out — Fade-out on sample playback
- Shorter Release on Repeat — Faster release envelope in repeat mode
- Companion App Arp Mode — Design your own arp patterns
Bug Fixes:
- Click Fixes — Multiple rounds: audio clicks on filter toggle, sample playback, joystick
interaction, general click reduction
- Filter Click Fix — Eliminated clicks when toggling filter on/off
- Sample Click Fix — Removed click artifacts on sample start/stop
- Theory Fix — Corrected music theory calculations for the non-default scales
- Battery Fixes — battery monitoring overhaul
- Looper on/off fix
- A bunch of small GUI, streamline tweaks
To come soon:
- TRS MIDI for Batch 4
- Just in the final stages of compatibility testing with all TRS Type-A midi devices
- Mic recording in mixer mode
- MIDI input, to turn HiChord into a sound module controllable by other controllers
- iOS/Android Companion App + Updater
- USB Audio + MIDI Output at the same time over USB-C (currently one at a time)
Head to updater.hichord.app to try it out!
Posted Mar 8, 2026, 5:59 PM UTC