GR-MEGA firmware 1.7.5 release notes

Minor features & bugfixes

release date: 24 July 2026

new features:

- single fx presets can now be saved to a designated slot, copied and pasted. 
  - 1.7.5-a2 - save dialog 
- #1735 op encoder menu - set start+end to zoomed. 
- #1798 matrix menu - mod source 'aux env' displayed 

changes:

- single fx preset '---' is retained.
- #1848 - pitch finetuning now adds on top of coarse (1.7.5-a2 adds changes)

bugfixes:

- paste patch - now also patches sequencer data
- #1782 macro side panel now displays all modulatable fx parameters
- #1753 slice mode - no slice = first slice, play button now plays first slice. 
- lock display against users that (accidentally) switch virtual terminal with their usb computer keyboard 
- #1769 clamp sequencer transpose to [-48..+48]
- 1.7.5-a2 - scrolling rec - fix grains scrolling out of view, wrong scan speed at end of recording.
- 1.7.5-a2 - record - op menu - scrolling rec - now responds directly.
- 1.7.5-a2 - file chooser - fixed required initial double arrow down when expert file chooser is off
- 1.7.5-a2 - effects menu - fixed touchscreen snap back on dry/wet widgets
- 1.7.5-a2 - fixes for hypothetical crash on NRPN 486
- 1.7.5-a2 - #1069 seq bpm encoder - external bpm displayed when external beat clock is on.
- 1.7.5-a2 - phasevoc freq shift parameter bipolar again
- 1.7.5-a3 - single fx preset '---' now only shown when a fx preset is actually tweaked
- 1.7.5-a4 - #1866 hardened against freeze and silence after 25 hours of continuous droning
- 1.7.5 avoid issues with upgrading from ancient versions.