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GeoShred 7000.383.1.497 Aug 23 2026

  • Fixed GeoPizzBass going silent and reverting to "not purchased" even after Restore Purchases
  • New — Three new playing surfaces. A preset can now be saved with one of four keyboards: the Isomorphic grid, the Piano Keyboard, the Uniform Keyboard and the Janko Keyboard. Pick the type at the top of Menu > Keyboard.
  • New — All playing surfaces now support Touch Velocity! Touch Velocity uses iOS/iPadOS device's Accelerometer to measure how hard you tap a note. How hard you tap a note is directly converted into MIDI velocity.
  • New — All the new playing surfaces support MPE. This means that the Piano Keyboard is an MPE keyboard, the Uniform Keyboard is an MPE keyboard and the Janko Keyboard is an MPE keyboard
  • New — Asymmetric pitch bend range is now supported for all playing surfaces. For instance, your pitch bend range up could be 24 semitones and your pitch bend range down could be -12.
  • New — GeoJamTrax backing tracks including: Ode To Pink (Uniform Keyboard), Dirt_Blues, Todd Is God (Piano Keyboard), Tribal, Easy Street, Be-Whole(Janko Keyboard)
  • New — Three new factory setlists — PKB Keyboard, UKB Keyboard and JANKO Keyboard — 50 presets each one for each instrument type and MIDI Out type
  • New — Multi-select import. The import file picker now lets you select many presets and setlists and import them all in one go.
  • New — MIDI Visual Feedback of incoming-note indicators now show both expression axes at once: vertical (CC74) motion moves the indicator up and down while pressure brightens and darkens it — the two no longer fight over the display
  • New — The Naada plucked-string keyboard presets have a Mono button for legato playing, so you can switch without opening Performance Settings.
  • New — Strum zones can be turned on and off individually. Double-tap to enable or disable each of the Chords, Strum and Keyboard zones; the remaining zones resize to fill the space, and re-enabling restores your original layout exactly.
  • New — The standalone GeoShred Studio window is resizable, holding a constant 4:3 aspect ratio as you drag it. Launch and resize flicker are fixed, and the keyboard no longer lays itself over the chord and strum zones after a resize.
  • New Connect Send can keep the sending device's audio on — a MIDI configuration option, so you can hear both instruments
  • GarageBand tip: for recording the new keyboards, use the MPE Channel Mode MIDI configuration — and make sure GarageBand's Support MPE setting is turned on (recent GarageBand updates turn it off).
  • Fixed for MPE. Chords on the manager channel are now rendered polyphonically per the MPE spec.
  • Fixed — Importing setlists now improved.
  • Fixed user setlists could disappear — several internal cleanup paths could delete a healthy setlist (especially with iCloud Drive on, where the deletion spread to all your devices); all of them are now guarded
  • Fixed turning iCloud Drive off no longer silently leaves behind files that had not finished downloading — GeoShred now requests their download and tells you exactly which files are still in iCloud
  • Fixed hammer-on/pull-off from external MIDI controllers (e.g. LinnStrument): pull-offs now sound — previously only the hammer-ons did
  • Fixed — Big improvements for the LinnStrument and similar controllers in "Channel Per Row" / per-channel MIDI configurations. Sliding a note while holding another note on the same row now plays as one smooth, continuous slide — the controller's quantized "Smart MIDI" slide steps are now decoded — instead of stuttering re-triggered notes
  • Fixed an incoming MIDI note outside the keyboard's visible range now flashes its string yellow instead of being drawn at the wrong position
  • Fixed rapid same-row trills through the MPE Channel Mode configuration (LinnStrument and similar) — new notes no longer play silent when the controller sends a momentary zero pressure
  • Fixed Improved Legato Behavior for all instruments
  • Fixed monophonic GeoSWAM presets now show incoming MIDI notes on the correct rows (previously just a repeating yellow flash)
  • Fixed Improved MPE behavior for recording to a DAW
  • Fixed GeoShred Control no longer displays MOTD in a plugin host
  • Improved volume levels for the Naada Oud, Naada Acoustic Guitar and Naada Acoustic Bass
  • Fixed Correct tuning for the resonator for the Naada Rudra Veena and Saraswati Veena presets
  • Fixed Sustain pedal: releasing the pedal no longer cuts off keys you are still holding, other improvements for Sustain
  • Fixed changing the guitar instrument no longer resets your customized Release Time and related settings, and the previous instrument no longer keeps ringing through the switch
  • Fixed Control-surface picker menus are now grouped and ordered, with duplicates removed.
  • Fixed Incoming MIDI pitch bends now correctly follow the selected temperament
  • Fixed MPE pitch-wheel and member-channel bends now combine correctly
  • Fixed the Store and close (X) buttons overlapping in the main menu
  • Fixed missing pan controller for the GeoSWAM instruments
  • Fixed Naada tremolo playing while in the preset editor
  • Fixed Naada coarse tuning being disrupted by a global tuning change and restore
  • Fixed tuning errors for SWAM and Naada instruments on microtonal scales (Hijaz, Byzantine)
  • Fixed Pitch bends now stay in tune during tempered slides on SWAM and Naada instruments
  • Fixed Corrected bad tuning (ET-diff) values in the scale library, including two broken Balinese scales
  • Fixed Custom temperament editor: 3-decimal ET-diff precision, with editing correctly locked in quarter-tone mode
  • Fixed user setlists not restoring correctly when reloading a DAW project
  • Fixed GarageBand (iOS) not persisting the preset/setlist across a project reload
  • Fixed MIDI configurations now stay put across preset changes in the iOS/iPadOS plugin
  • Fixed hammer-on/pull-off (HOPO) note handling
  • Fixed the Review button in Help
  • Fixed issue where pitch bend range was incorrect for the plugin
  • Fixed — GeoShred Control could trap you on the intro page with no internet connection. The page's only button opens the store, which needs a network, so with no connection there was no way into the app at all. Tapping More... offline now explains that the store needs a connection and takes you straight to the playing surface — you can visit Menu > Store to upgrade once you are back online.
  • Fixed — The GeoShred Control AUv3 plugin no longer shows the upgrade page every time you reload a host project. It also can no longer take the plugin down with it: tapping More... in a host used to switch to the standalone GeoShred Control app, which backgrounds the host and left AUM (and others) reporting "Audio Unit plugin invalidated".
  • Fixed — Notes no longer die mid-phrase when iOS interrupts a touch. When the system withdraws a touch — palm rejection when two fingertips merge on one key, or a system gesture like a multi-finger swipe — GeoShred used to silence every note you were holding and could leave stray touch indicators ("stars") stuck on the keyboard. Now only the interrupted touch ends, exactly as if that finger had lifted: your other held notes keep sounding and nothing is left behind on screen.

GeoShred 7000.327.1.436 Jun 15 2026

  • Fixed a pitch glitch when playing SWAM instruments via MPE
  • Fixed a licensing issue where a suspended duplicate license could disable your active license
  • Presets with invalid microtuning offsets (ET-DIFFs) are now automatically repaired when loaded
  • Custom Scale editor: added in-app help, clearer explanations of the constraints on each cell, and restyled to match the new menus
  • Fixed user setlists not restoring correctly when reloading a project in your DAW (the plugin's Setlist parameter)
  • GeoVariFlute variants now load the correct per-brand factory preset
  • GeoShred Studio (Mac): the update notice now waits for your first menu tap instead of interrupting launch; refreshed the store support guide
  • GeoShred Studio direct-download: added a launch-time update check and shows the build and date in the account portal
  • Rebaked the factory preset layouts after a preset-conversion padding fix

GeoShred 7000.293.1.401 Apr 17 2026

  • New Polkadot quarter-tone key style with on-device renderer
  • Polkadot Pattern designer: free-form color picker, sticky preview, stroke/drop shadow, label circle size, help
  • Import/Export of Polkadot patterns for sharing
  • New QT (quarter-tone) Keyboard Presets
  • Added Shred Lead QT to Favorites
  • Quarter-tone vertical guide lines through key centers, with "Show 1/4 Tones" Settings toggle
  • Fixed Seaboard / MPE: two channels no longer fight on the same string
  • Fixed per-channel strum controller send for Naada effects
  • Updated Settings help
  • Revamped main menu
  • Improved handling of mono mode intervals/poly expression/arpeggiator for MIDI in
  • Proper indication of connect send/receive state after reloading DAW projects
  • Optimized plug-in performance for multi-instrument projects in DAWs
  • Fixed custom scale temperament truncation when shift exceeds 50 cents
  • Fixed mouse hover crash in VST3/AUv2 plugin wrapper
  • Fixes to echo looper machine state
  • Fixed grid change detection on temperaments with large etdiffs
  • Backing track now plays in GeoShred Studio upon request via MIDI in
  • Fixed MPE manager channel expression routing in Pad Mode
  • Fixed octave rounding note-off mismatch
  • Fixed Naada strum resonance strings playing wrong key on root change
  • Fixed SWAM coarse tune reset on scale change
  • Fixed stuck note handling improvements
  • Fixed expression pad visual cursor not updating on MIDI input
  • Fixed Connect/Receive preset changes not persisting in DAW project saves
  • Fixed Connect/Receive MIDI configuration reverting to AU MPE on project reload in Ableton Live
  • Per-track MIDI configuration support
  • All MPE presets now respond to CC2, CC4, CC11
  • Disabled legato button for SWAM/Naada instruments
  • Added Reset button to backing track
  • Fixed Music Library access alert text
  • Disable Edit button in MIDI mapping view when Learn mode is active
  • Improved help system for web and in-app

GeoShred 7000.213.1.323 Jan 18 2026

  • Added preset help for Naada and GeoSWAM instruments
  • Fixed problem with initial expression on Naada instruments
  • Fixed problem with help bubbles not going away
  • Add disclosure graphic to preset and setlist buttons
  • Indicators to show ownership of presets
  • CC80/81/82 show octave, auto octave, mini control surface changes on MIDI-In. CC82 only for iOS
  • Better handling of app store review

GeoShred 7000.201.1.311 Dec 5 2025

  • Better fix for preset/setlist association in the plugin

GeoShred 7000.198.1.308 Dec 2 2025

  • Fixed problem with preset/setlist association in the plugin
  • Fixed in plugin with poly mode and single channel MIDI configuration
  • Improvements to Naada IV presets and new Naada library

GeoShred Version 7000.180.1.290 Nov 16 2025

  • Support for Naada Collection IV instruments and presets
  • Fix for Turkish Hijaz Maquam
  • Fixes to the meditation presets
  • Two new GeoJamTrax from Jordan Rudess
  • Fix for recording problem in Garage Band
  • Fix some errors in scales
  • Updates to Arabic and Turkish Scales
  • Fixed issue with HOPO (Hammer On Pull Off) not working in Pad mode
  • Fixed display problem with "backside details" on stomp boxes
  • Improvements to coarse tune RPN handling - it was too simple

GeoShred Version 7000.155.1.265 Oct 6 2025

  • All "Meditation" presets have Drone enable on by default.
  • Fixes for course tuning
  • Added AUv2 for GeoShred Studio for legacy DAWs

GeoShred Version 7000.149.1.261 Sep 30 2025

  • Remember channel pressure on each MIDI channel
  • Global Scale/Root now returns to preset's setting
  • Improvements to MIDI mode 3 handling for MIDI output
  • MIDI input visualization on GeoShred keyboard
  • Fixes to RPN handling, use time-stamped MIDI messages
  • Improvements to Naada library.
  • Better language translation in help
  • Support for beta VST3 plugin wrapper
  • Better scales and help
  • Better pitch bend handling in MPE mode
  • Better voice allocation handling for SWAM plugins
  • Better handling of out of bounds touches

GeoShred Version 7000.100.1.211 Jun 27 2025

  • Added 3 new drones to the custom chords
  • Tracing improved for multi threading
  • Include sample rate, samples per block in problem report
  • Switch naada to mono+polyphony in plugin if in single channel midi config
  • Zivix promo support
  • Got rid of course tuning for the Veenas, but provided a single preset for each Veena with a course tuning stepper
  • Improved MPE documentation
  • Updated Naada Library
  • Improvements to loading time for Naada presets

GeoShred Version 7000.92.1.192 May 5, 2025

  • In MPE Mode, CC messages send to the Manager Channel are now correctly forwarded to all Member Channels.
  • In MPE Mode, the pitch bend sensitivity for the Manager Channel is now 2 per the MPE Spec.
  • Some MIDI Out presets were not sending RPN 6,0,1,2. This is fixed.
  • GeoShred was sending CC-123 was in some cases, causing target synths like Ravenscoft to preempt envelopes.
  • MIDI Clock for virtual MIDI is now working correctly coming from some apps.
  • MIDI Out Ul Stepper is now correctly using it's Lookup Table (aka Curve, aka LUT)
  • Support for JUCE 8
  • Updated SWAM models
  • Updated Naada models
  • MIDI in pitch bend glitch (eg: velocity keyboard -> SWAM)
  • Disallow out of range MIDI channels on input
  • MIDI in triggering of sympathetic resonator
  • Stuck note problem on single channel MIDI in for Naada instruments
  • Fixed ramp on Expression pad mappings
  • MIDI in pitch bend problems fixed on Roli Rise
  • Fixes for sustain pedal
  • Fixes for legato and sliding
  • Fixed MIDI channel confusion for some mono mode presets
  • Added 12-string strumming.
  • Automatically add CC 73 to midi mapings for strum.
  • Better handling of MIDI channels and pitch bend
  • Send CC 123 in some cases where it wasn't being sent
  • Better tracing in plugin
  • Store opens from plugin again.
  • Fixed some threading problems that were sometimes causing a crash
  • Disallow out of bounds touches (was causing chirps)
  • Updates to some scales.
  • Fixed SWAM hopo problems
  • Lowered Naada ensemble levels
  • Optimized preset load time for Naada instruments, ensemble size now changeable on the fly
  • Fixes for MIDI mode 3 out (poly mode)
  • Fixed various touch problems in Naada

GeoShred 7000.87.1.187 April 20 2025

  • Numerous stability fixes

GeoShred 7000.30.115 Dec 8 2024

  • AU parameter improvements around initial values and persistence.
  • Stability improvements when switching presets, crashes much less.
  • Expression handling fixed: orphaned notes retain expression

GeoShred 7000.8.1.69 - Oct 29 2024

  • MIDI configuration persistance handled better.
  • Curves update on control surface knobs in response to MIDI In.
  • MIDI configuration not written unless changed.
  • Strum Chord Hopo works again.
  • Consolidation of single channel MIDI configurations and better remapping for foot controller, expression and breath
  • Now responds to RPN 0, RPN 1, and RPN 2 on MIDI In.
  • Fewer crashes when switching presets in plugin.
  • Numerous preset fixes and rationalization.
  • Removed redundant MIDI configurations.
  • Fixed problems around Expression Y MIDI Controller mappings.
  • Better onboarding for GeoShred Control.
  • Fixed problems in Naada with mono mode.
  • Added Polyphony to Naada instruments.
  • Added trace for bank select and program change on MIDI In.
  • Fixed redraw of keyboard when octaves switch.
  • Bullet proof against writing of NaN into GeoShred presets.
  • Better Naada legato handling from single channel MIDI controllers.
  • Better handling of iCloud Drive synch.
  • Fixed MIDI program change from stepper.
  • Selecting instrument on the guitar inspector works better.
  • Added tremolo controls to many Naada presets that did not have it.
  • Fixed out of real-time bouncing, major rework of audio callback.
  • Better handling of MIDI out and temperaments.
  • Better low strings on Naada Carnatic Violin.
  • Fixed problem with imported curves not sticking.
  • Removed irrelevant macOS menus, wired up help menu to GeoShred help.

GeoShred 7000.7.1.30 - Sep 24 2024

  • Updated help, new "Quick Start" videos at launch and other improvements.
  • Improved store.
  • Guitar scrape now works properly again
  • Better handling of 3D touch and legato
  • Fixed problems with MIDI out ranges on sliders/knobs/steppers
  • Fixed recording problem with SWAM woodwinds.
  • Improvements in legato handling.
  • Improvements to MIDI configuration editor and MIDI device handling.
  • Open in Browser button in help and other help improvements.
  • MIDI configurations handled separately between plugin and standalone.
  • MPE MCM message handling improved.
  • Fixed a problem with curves not tracking input properly.
  • Fixed a problem around animation timer not being properly turned off.
  • Fixes around Channel Pressure (Channel Aftertouch) in some factory presets.
  • Flying sliders now work fter closing the control surface editor.
  • Fixed some search problems in the preset/setlist menus in the plugin
  • Pinch harmonic on release now respects coarse tuning.
  • Whammy semitones now added if source is not whammy.
  • Fixed off-by-one MIDI channel problem around pitch bend on ending note.
  • Fixed problem with strum view obscuring other views.
  • Fixed a problem with restore purchases that was causing a crash.
  • Report problem now asks user to export the zipped report from Files
  • then email it to moForte support.
  • Fixed problems with RPNs not being sent to MIDI out.
  • Fixed problem with steppers not working properly.
  • Fixed problem with guitar coarse tune.
  • Fix for Linnstrument and Rise voice allocation.
  • Fixed problems in factory presets with duplicate controller assignments
  • Allow poly expr on any channel in mono mode.
  • Fixed problem with channels fighting on MIDI input.
  • Fixed window resizing problems in the plugin.
  • Show scroll bars on preset and setlist editor.
  • Some problems fixed in Naada Duduk
  • Improvements in suppressing "weasel/badger" notes.
  • Problems fixed with MIDI out ramp and set value on release.
  • Faster preset switching and better iCloud sync.
  • Improvements to preset picking in setlist editor.
  • Scale pick sent to MIDI out, but limited to first 127 scales.
  • Root pick sent to MIDI out.
  • Fixed problems with multiple delays stacked on a control surface button.
  • Fixed problem around CC-74 that surfaced with the Tibetan Bowl preset.
  • Fixed problem with octave rounding and midi out.
  • Fix cosmetic problem in Key Step editor.
  • Removed SWAM MIDI channel 1 restriction.

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Thank you for your support and interest in GeoShred which includes In-App-Purchases (IAPs) for the GeoSWAM and Naada Instruments.

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About the GeoSWAM and Naada Instruments

  • The GeoSWAM and Naada models that are integrated into GeoShred as In-App-Purchases (IAPs).
  • The GeoSWAM instruments are expressive multidimensional instruments. Because the MPE protocol was designed for controlling multidimensional instruments, the GeoSWAM instruments can be performed from the GeoShred Keyboard or MPE controllers only.
  • The Naada instruments are expressive multidimensional instruments. They may be performed from the GeoShred keyboard, MPE controllers, Conventional MIDI controllers and Wind Controllers.
  • The following 11 GeoSWAM Instruments are integrated into GeoShred as IAPs: GeoTrumpet, GeoBassTrombone, GeoBassFlute, GeoPizzBass, GeoViola, GeoViolin, GeoCello, GeoTenorSax, GeoFlute, GeoClarinet and GeoOboe.
  • The following 22 Naada instruments are integrated into GeoShred and are available as IAPs: Bansuri, Bass, Bass Clarinet, Carnatic Violin, Cello, Dizi, Duduk, Erhu, Guan, Gaohu, Nadaswaram, Pan Flute, Pipa, Rudra Veena, Sarangi, Saraswati Veena, Sarod, Shehnai, Sitar, Suona, Viola and Zhonghu
  • The GeoSWAM and Naada instruments are offered for sale as IAPs. For GeoShred Pro, Play and Control they are $14.99 USD each. For GeoShred Studio on the Mac they are $50.00 USD each. There are also discounted Collections available.
  • Note: All prices are in US Dollars (USD). Apple sets the local territory price and may add additional local charges such as VAT, GST, HST. Prices may vary on a daily basis due to market driven international exchange rates. Always check the store in your territory for the local price.

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