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Exquis keyboard

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Update 2.2

From macOS 11.0
From Windows 10
How to update the Exquis keyboard?
Hold down the click of the first rotary encoder while you plug Exquis to your computer: it should appear to stay off. Then launch the update utility (Updater), and click Start Update; the end of the update will be indicated by the message “Update Success.” You can then close and delete the utility.
Content of the update 2.2.4
Freeze mode :
– Hold notes, then click briefly on the 4th encoder to lock them with their XYZ position.
– Function usable in combination with the arpeggiator.
– Function soon available on the Exquis app.
– New default layouts stored in memory, including 4×4 and rainbow
– Optimization of MIDI score display, on the scale in Exquis layout, and lighting of octave buttons if notes are outside the keyboard
– Display of the tempo value
– Improvement of sensitivity curves, and better handling of off-center presses
– Display of the Firmware number
MIDI THRU (CC received on MIDI IN forwarded to MIDI OUT and USB): CC#64 (Sustain pedal (standard)), CC#11 (Expression pedal (standard)), CC#65 (Portamento on/off), CC#67 (Soft pedal)
Do you already have the right version?
Since version 2.2.0, when the keyboard is not connected to the Exquis application, hold then also to display the firmware version number, represented by the number of green hexagons from top to bottom (X.X.X = major.minor.patch = top.middle.bottom).

How to use

Without the Exquis app

Exquis app

Customize your keyboard and compose with sound plug-ins

Installation / Update 2.1

Download (macOS)
From macOS 10.11
Download (Windows)
From Windows 10
Content of the update 2.1
– Memory management fixes (sensitivity curves, scales, layouts)
– 215 new Factory presets for the Pendulate plug-in
– 7 new drum presets for the Decent Sampler plug-in
Do you already have the right version?
The version number is indicated in the bottom right corner of the app.

Sound plug-ins (recommended)

To use the +400 Factory presets directly in the app, install and scan these free plug-ins in the app at least in VST3 format.
Vital
 Version 1.5.5 (Early access) or above
Decent Sampler
 Version 1.13.5 or above
During the installation of the Exquis application you will be prompted to install presets for the paid plug-ins of the plug-in bundle (Atoms, RANDOM, Abyss and SOUNDBOX), but also Studio Drums and SWAM. Install and scan these plug-ins in the application at least in the VST3 format.

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