New firmware provides simpler parameter menu organization

The GliGli upgraded firmware uses a patch parameter menu based on the number pad for changing things like vibrato, additional LFO options, envelope shapes etc. Most users find menu diving a nuisance. Since there are more than 10 parameters in the firmware upgrade and only 10 number buttons (0...9) the firmware even needed two "pages" of parameters. A double press of each number accesses an additional parameter. What's more, the location of parameters on the number pad was not completely systematic, e.g. pressing "2" would access the Vibrato Speed, but pressing "2" twice was accessing the LFO Range. A cheat sheet from Synthgraphics (list of parameters and their location) does help, as does the fact that the parameter name is scrolled through the display. Overall, not ideal but still not something one can't live with.

The new 2022 firmware version to be published soon has even more parameters so that two pages are not enough. Therefore a different concept was needed in order not to make it even more confusing und frustrating by just adding yet another layer for menu deep diving. In the new firmware the parameters are therefore organised in groups. Each number represents a group of related parameters and you cycle through them by pressing that number once, twice or three times. The more commonly used parameters come first. In that way you only need to remember the patch parameter group per number (see new cheat sheet): LFO, VIBrato, MODulation, ConFiGuration (OK, you need to remember what's in there, most importantly pitch control setting, free/semi/octave), ENVelopes, BeNDer, PeRFormance (such as note priority, glide, etc), OSCillator (such as detune, vintage spread, etc.), VELocity and CLocK (aka arp/seq speed or external clock divide).