Experience with SoundTower plugins (Sound Editor and PlugSE) for Take 5

[lewisfrancis]

FYI: The 1.7.0 version of the standalone editor is posted.

Gave the update a quick run-through and find that the janky filter control knob tracking has been addressed, at least on the Mac version, but we still can't load saved sysex into bank positions in the Program Banks screen using the right-click method.

[lewisfrancis]

Noticed that the 1.4.2 PlugSE version has been pushed live -- fixes two of the issues I've been tracking; inverted envelope delay and muted output on instantiation. Woot!

[six6sixwitch]

The v1.51 has been released.
I don't know what are the fixes as there are no release notes.

Took me a YEAR to figure this out - but you have to make sure the synth is set to accept and send program changes in global settings. Hope that helps

[lewisfrancis]

I see there's what looks like a patch fix release of the standalone version -- Version 1.7.1 - October 29 2025 -- anyone know what it addresses?

[lewisfrancis]

I see there's what looks like a patch fix release of the standalone version -- Version 1.7.1 - October 29 2025 -- anyone know what it addresses?

I'm guessing this is a maintenance release for the latest T5 firmware? It doesn't fix any of the bugs I've been tracking but introduced a new bug where when in the Program Banks view, if you load single programs using the mouse right-click popup menu then nothing appears to happen although the T5 display shows a sysex download operation.

In 1.7.0 the loaded patch is sent to the edit buffer, which itself a bug, according to SoundTower. The expected operation is for the loaded patch to be automatically written to the selected bank/program slot.