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0.11.8

2026-10-14

New DAW setup: PedalCues on its own track. With the VST3 version on a cue track, preset changes were lost: a VST3 plugin can't receive Program Changes, so the DAW dropped them on the way out, while scene changes still worked. How to connect and the user guide now set up cue tracks with no plugin on them, and a separate PedalCues track that sends its MIDI to them (so the play buttons still work). If your cue tracks have PedalCues on them, take it off there (or bypass it) and add the PedalCues track. On a Mac, the AU version on a cue track also passes preset changes.

0.11.7

2026-10-11

Fix (Quad Cortex): the Scene Mode and Stomp Mode tiles were swapped: Stomp Mode switched the QC to Scene mode and the other way round. They now follow Neural DSP's manual (CC#47 = 1 Scene, 2 Stomp). If you've reordered the footswitch modes on your QC, the hover text explains why they'd swap. Clips you dragged before keep the old numbers, so drag them again.
Clips with one message are just that message: a scene, tuner or tap clip used to send a second, harmless message 1/16 later, which only Ableton Live needs (it refuses a clip with no length). On the Quad Cortex that extra message kept the tap tempo screen open in Reaper. Now only Live gets it: the plugin sees when it's running in Live, and in the standalone app you pick Ableton Live under How to connect > Your DAW. Drag your Tap clips again to get the new version.

0.11.6

2026-10-10

Fix: long descriptions in the shortcut lists (Draw and Song Builder) were cut off with "..."; they now wrap onto a second line.
Draw: right-click a line to pick it, so Line shape in the menu changes that line (before, it only worked on points you'd already selected).
Song Builder shortcuts: the ? button moved to the right end of the arrangement's header, the ? key opens it too, and Keep it at the bottom keeps the list open under the tracks (Hide puts it away).

0.11.5

2026-10-09

Loop a move (new): a ↻ button next to the play button on every move tile (treadle and expression moves, drawn moves) plays it again and again at the song's tempo, so you can try it with both hands on the guitar. Click it again to stop.
Song Builder: scroll past the song's end: the arrangement shows a few bars after the end, with the rest of a backing track's waveform, and a cue dropped there makes the last section longer.
Song Builder: a longer backing track plays to its end: when the recording runs past the song's end, Play keeps going until it ends instead of stopping at the last bar, and the backing track's WAV (dragged into your DAW or in a song package) isn't cut off either.

0.11.4

2026-10-09

The right key names on every system: the Snap switch and the songs list now say Option and Cmd on a Mac, Alt and Ctrl on Windows and Linux.

0.11.3

2026-10-09

Shortcuts, easy to read: a ? button on the Draw pad and in the Song Builder opens every shortcut as a short, grouped list, with each key next to what it does. The larger Draw editor shows the list under the pad, and the hover texts are short again.

0.11.2

2026-10-08

Fix: with a backing track loaded, the metronome kept clicking for about a second after you stopped the song.
Backing track settings (Song Builder): ... on the Backing track opens one panel with the file (replace, remove), the volume, where bar 1 is in the file (type it or nudge it by 10 ms) and the song's length. The waveform's right-click keeps "Bar 1 starts here" and fitting the tempo.
Long backing tracks aren't cut off: when a recording runs past the song's end, PedalCues offers to add the missing bars to the last section.
Song position: click or drag along the click lane, like the bar numbers, or grab the violet line and drag it when the song isn't playing. The click lane's count is now on right-click, and the ruler shows the Grid's steps.
Tempo changes: a "Gradually transition to the next tempo" tick box instead of a drop-down.
Draw: freehand drawing (⌘ / Ctrl-drag) puts a point on each grid line the stroke crosses, so a shaky hand still gives clean 1/16 steps. Hold Shift too to draw off the grid.

0.11.1

2026-10-08

Early by for Whammy treadle moves (new): the Whammy's pitch shifting takes a moment, so bends can sound late. Pick 10-50 ms in the Treadle moves header and every move plays that much earlier inside its clip; you still drop it on the beat.
Tempo changes anywhere, like Reaper's tempo markers (Song Builder, beta): a new Tempo lane under the bar numbers shows the tempo line. Double-click it to add a tempo change at any beat, even partway through a bar (the bars don't move), then drag it up or down for its tempo and left or right to move it, like an envelope point; drag the line to change a stretch's tempo. Any change, or a section's start, can change gradually to the next tempo for a ritardando or accelerando. Play, the click, the backing track and the exported tempo map all follow it.
Song import is exact: every tempo change in the file comes in where it is (Guitar Pro's tempo changes partway through a bar too), and a section that stops partway through a bar ends with one exact short bar instead of being rounded, so the bars and cues never shift. Tempos read as the file means them (225, not 225.001).
Fix: in the Song Builder's songs list, ⌘ / Ctrl-click on a selected song now deselects it.
Curve a line without a key: point at a line in Draw and drag the diamond in its middle. Picking Bezier gives the line a curve right away.

0.11.0

2026-10-08

Backing-track creator in the Song Builder (beta): - Metronome and count-in (1 or 2 bars). Each section counts the way you choose in the new Click track lane: beat, 1/8, 1/16, triplets, bars only or off. - Click...: beep, click, wood block, cowbell or your own samples; an accent on the first beat; the volume. The output can put the click on one side and the backing track on the other (in-ears / front of house). Changes are heard right away while the song plays. - A backing track (MP3, WAV, AIFF, FLAC) under the tracks. Drag its waveform to line it up with bar 1, or set where a bar starts and fit the tempo to the recording. - Tap a section's tempo. - Export a song package for a backing-track player: cues MIDI, click WAV and backing WAV, all starting together. Export one song or the whole setlist, with or without the count-in. Or drag the click and the backing track into your DAW as WAVs. - Practice: mute and solo tracks, play from a section, loop a section, and play the setlist in order with a gap between songs.
Song Builder editing: - a grid with snap, zoom (- / +, Alt + wheel) and track height (⌘ / Ctrl + wheel or - / +, or drag a track's edge); - any time signature (37/8, 15/16...) and 10-960 BPM; - select several songs in the list to copy, paste, duplicate or delete them.
Drawing moves, like a DAW envelope: - click to add points, drag points and lines, and pick a curve shape for each line; - select several points to move, scale, tilt or invert them, draw freehand, and undo / redo; - a grid, and a Larger editor window; - the pad shows TOE (127), HALF (64) and HEEL (0). Wave... opens above the pad and closes on a second click.
Hover texts everywhere: the Song Builder, its dialogs and the larger editor now show their tips, long ones in full. Export's choices list the files they write.
Fix: the export's count-in switch couldn't be turned on when the song card had no count-in.
Fix: browsing (another song, preset or view) no longer counts as a change, so your DAW doesn't ask to save a project you only looked through.

0.10.0

2026-10-07

Song Builder (new, beta): build a whole song once. Click Song Builder at the top right: sections along the top (name, bars, time signature, tempo), a track per device, and cues dragged in from the Amps & Modelers and Effects & Pedals tabs (or .mid clips). Copy, paste and duplicate cues, play the song to your rig, then drag it into your DAW as one MIDI file with the tempo map, time signatures and section markers, or export one file or a file per track for a backing-track player.
A channel per track: put every cue on a track on one channel, and duplicate a track to give the same changes to a second player's rig.
Song files and import: save a song as a file to keep or share, and import songs from song files or from a MIDI file (with its cues, or just its markers, tempo and time signatures).
Saved automatically: the MIDI strip shows when your changes are saved. The standalone app now saves a moment after every change, not only when you quit; the plugin tells your DAW the project changed.

0.9.3

2026-10-06

Improved texts across the app.

0.9.2

2026-10-06

Knobs instead of Expression on the Strymon Compadre, the Walrus Audio MAKO D1, R1, M1 and ACS1 and the Source Audio Nemesis: their MIDI charts have no expression CC, so that view turns the knobs (time, mix, decay...) and is now called Knobs.

0.9.1

2026-10-06

Import MIDI... in Draw (new): load a move from a MIDI file, like a treadle bend or an expression swell you drew as CC automation in your DAW, and reuse it in any song. Click Import MIDI... next to Wave... (or drop the .mid file on the card): it keeps the clip's timing, then saves it in My drawings. In every Draw mode: the Whammy, the Quad Cortex, Kemper and modeler expression, and your own devices.
Moves up to 8 bars: Length now goes to 6 and 8 bars.
Import from HX Edit (new): on the Helix, HX Stomp and HX Effects pages, read preset names, setlists and snapshot names and colours from an HX Edit export (.hls, .hlb or .hlx). It only reads the file.
Read preset names from the unit (new, beta): Strymon TimeLine / BigSky / Mobius, Boss DD-500 / RV-500 / MD-500 and the GT-1000, Axe-Fx III, FM9, FM3 and VP4 devices can fill in their preset names over MIDI. PedalCues only sends read requests; nothing on the unit changes. Not tested on hardware yet: please tell us if it works.
54 new pedal pages (new, beta) on Effects & Pedals, built from the makers' MIDI charts: Strymon (TimeLine, BigSky, Mobius, TimeLine MX, BigSky MX, Volante, Sunset, Riverside, Compadre, Iridium, cloudburst, the V2 series, Brig, Olivera, Ultraviolet, Zelzah), Boss DD-500, RV-500, MD-500, Meris (Mercury7, Ottobit Jr., Polymoon, Enzo, Hedra, LVX, MercuryX, Enzo X, Ottobit X), Chase Bliss (MOOD MKII, Blooper, Dark World, Thermae, Habit, CXM 1978, Preamp MKII, Gen Loss MKII, Lossy, Brothers AM, Onward, Clean), Walrus Audio MAKO D1 / R1 / M1 / ACS1, Source Audio Nemesis / Ventris / Collider and EHX POG3 / Oceans Abyss. Presets, controls, loopers, expression moves on every knob, and model / type lists where the maker documents them. Not tested on hardware yet: please tell us what works.
New templates: Eventide H9 and H90, Boss RC-500 and RC-600 (you assign the CCs on the pedal; the preset tiles work right away).
Delete your devices from the list: an x next to each of your MIDI devices (or right-click), with a check first. Clips already in your songs keep working.
Effects & Pedals always shows a device: new setups and deleted pedals show the Whammy V again instead of an empty tab.
Fuller pages, checked against two sources: every pedal and device page now covers its whole MIDI chart, checked against the maker's manual and the midi.guide community charts: footswitch press tiles (press and release, like your foot: Strymon A / B / Tap, Boss CTL, HeadRush FS), every parameter on the Expression view with its real range (Boost 0-60, Smear 0-18...), per-machine settings, more blocks on the Fractal pages, transport and knobs on the Helix Stadium, the drum machine on HeadRush, dips on Chase Bliss... About this unit lists the sources and what's still left out.
Strymon type knob tiles: the TimeLine, BigSky and Mobius pages have Type 0-11 tiles on Models (the machine / reverb / effect type knob, CC#19), and the BigSky MX has them for reverb 1 and 2. Strymon's manuals give the numbers but don't say which number is which machine, so the tiles are numbered and an amber line says so: try them on your pedal and tell us what you find.
The Blooper says Loops: its list, its add button and its display call its programs loops, not presets.
Views scroll when a page has more tiles than fit, so nothing gets squeezed.
Removed the looper Clear tiles (Helix Stadium, Anagram): PedalCues doesn't send commands that erase anything.
Pedal faceplates: every effect pedal page has a faceplate in the pedal's own enclosure colour (from the maker's photos), like the Whammy, with the loaded preset in its display.
Pages show only the views they have: no greyed-out Looper or Expression buttons, and utilities sit right under the switches.
How to connect: one cue track per device, "add the next one the same way".
Fix: on pages without scenes (effect pedals, the Nano Cortex), on/off tiles no longer load a preset first.

0.9.0

2026-10-06

No more MIDI Setup tab: each page now has a strip at the top with its device's MIDI channel, a Test button and How to connect. How to connect opens one window with how your devices are connected, the cue tracks to make in your DAW (with your devices as examples), your DAW, the wiring guide and, in the standalone app, the MIDI port. A MIDI port you plug in while it's open shows up by itself.
Every device keeps its own MIDI channel: the Quad Cortex, QC Mini, Kemper, each Fractal / Line 6 / HeadRush / Darkglass page, each of your devices, the Whammy V and the Whammy DT. Switching devices never changes another one's channel. The channels are saved with your setup (Export setup, Save as default). Your songs and older setups keep the channels they had.
New setups start with No pedal on Effects & Pedals, so you only see the devices you pick. Setups and projects that use the Whammy keep it.

0.8.8

2026-10-05

Two tabs, Amps & Modelers and Effects & Pedals (new): the first tab is your amp modeler, the second a pedal next to it. The second tab still shows the Whammy V / DT, and its new ▾ lets you pick another pedal, one of your MIDI devices (a delay, a looper...), or No pedal if you only have one device. Each pedal keeps its own MIDI channel. Each list only shows what belongs there (pedal templates like the VP4 are on the second tab), and a device's ... menu moves it to the other tab. Your Whammy setups and songs are unchanged.
Line 6 DL4 MkII and HX One (new, beta): ready-made pages on the Effects & Pedals tab. DL4 MkII: presets A-F and 7-128, note value, bypass, tap, Classic Looper mode, routing, the looper, expression and knob moves, and every delay and reverb model. HX One: presets 000-127, ON / FLUX, engage / bypass, tap, tuner, the looper, expression and parameter moves. From Line 6's manuals, not tested on hardware yet.
Whammy V and Whammy DT are separate devices in the Effects & Pedals list (the switch on the Whammy page is gone). Same page, same songs; the DT adds Drop Tune.
A simpler MIDI Setup: one row per tab with the device and its channel, and a note that the Quad Cortex and Whammy are only examples until you pick yours. With two devices, choose how they're connected (each on its own output, or one cable through the first one's MIDI Thru); with one, there's nothing to choose. The daisy chain now says up front that it needs a MIDI cable into your amp modeler, not USB, and what your unit does with USB MIDI. The steps name an amp modeler track and a pedal track, with your devices as examples. Pick your DAW to see where it sets a track's MIDI output. In the standalone app, switch on the devices to check and click Test selected to test them all at once.

0.8.7

2026-10-05

Quad Cortex Looper X (new): a Looper view on the Quad Cortex page (and the QC Mini): record / overdub, play / stop, undo / redo, one shot, reverse, half speed, duplicate and punch in / out, plus quantize, duplicate and clock-start settings and opening the looper screen. Drop a tile where the looper should act, like pressing its footswitch. The preset needs a Looper X block on its grid.

0.8.6

2026-10-05

Neural DSP Nano Cortex (new): pick it under Neural DSP in the device list. Your 64 presets, the slots (gate, capture, cab/IR, FX 1-5) on or off, tuner, tap and expression moves. The Nano has no MIDI Out, so the wiring guide shows a second pedal on its own output.
Darkglass Anagram (new, beta): presets 01A-42C, scenes A-C, footswitches A-C, tuner, Preset / Stomp / Scene mode, the looper, and moves on the expression pedal and knob bindings. From Darkglass's KosmOS 1.17 manual; if 01A doesn't load or the scenes don't switch on your Anagram, please tell us.
Darkglass Microtubes Infinity template (new, beta): distortion modes, cab sim and control tiles, and expression moves on Drive or any control. Darkglass doesn't publish its MIDI chart, so this one comes from a community chart (the card says so). Its MIDI jack is TRS Type B.
Darkglass Infinity 500 Combo and Exponent 500 (new, beta): pages for both amps: presets 1-5, bypass and mute, the Combo's effects, drive modes and IR slots, the Exponent's footswitches, and expression moves on every control (drive, EQ, Quick-Pots, master volume...). From their manuals' default MIDI mapping.
Clips for units that use CC#0 as a control (the Darkglass amps, the Infinity's compression) no longer get a spare CC#0 added for Ableton.

0.8.5

2026-10-04

Wave... in Draw (new): generate a sine, triangle, square or saw instead of drawing by hand, like Reaper's CC LFO. Set how many waves, the phase, the shape, the range (low / high), and let it grow (build up or die away) or speed up / slow down across the move. The wave lands in the drawing pad, so you can still fix it by hand or save it in My drawings. On the Whammy treadle and every expression pedal (Quad Cortex, Kemper, Fractal, Line 6, HeadRush, custom devices). Thanks for the idea!
Drawings are smoother: twice as many points. Your saved drawings convert by themselves.

0.8.4

2026-10-04

Older Macs: PedalCues now runs on Intel Macs from macOS 10.13 High Sierra (it needed macOS 11 before). Apple Silicon Macs need macOS 11, as before, and nothing changes for them. Not tested on an older Mac yet: please tell us how it goes.

0.8.3

2026-10-04

A Windows installer (new): download PedalCues-Windows-Setup.exe and run it. The VST3 goes to the standard plugin folder, the app to Program Files with a Start menu entry, and a newer installer replaces the older version (it asks you to close PedalCues or your DAW if they're open). Uninstall it from Settings > Apps. The zip is still there if you prefer copying by hand.
Linux: one-command install: the zip now has install.sh. Run ./install.sh to install or update (VST3, LV2 and the app, with a menu entry), or ./install.sh --uninstall to remove it.
The app's Update button now downloads the installer on Windows, and explains the install.sh step on Linux.

0.8.2

2026-10-04

The device list is in a clearer order: Neural DSP, Kemper, Fractal Audio, Line 6, HeadRush, Boss, then your own MIDI devices.
The quick tour's first step after the welcome is now Choose your device: it shows where to pick what you play through, from a Quad Cortex to any MIDI device.

0.8.1

2026-10-04

Boss GT-1000 / GT-1000CORE template (new, beta): pick it in the device list. Preset tiles follow the GT-1000's PROGRAM MAP (BANK1 PC#1, PC#2...), the Expression view starts on CC#11, and switch tiles send CC#80-83 on / off. About this unit says what to set on the GT-1000: MAP SELECT, the PROGRAM MAP and an ASSIGN for each CC.
Any device with its own MIDI mapping: units where you set up the MIDI yourself are now marked template in the device list (Axe-Fx III, FM9, FM3, VP4, Boss GT-1000), and the guide and website explain how templates and your own devices cover any MIDI gear.
About and the website now say that all product and company names are trademarks of their respective owners.

0.8.0

2026-10-04

HeadRush (new, beta): pick your unit from the device list. Core, Prime and Flex Prime get a page with your rigs (by their MIDI PROG number), scenes, block on/off toggles, tuner, tap, rig and footswitch modes, looper and expression moves. Pedalboard, Gigboard and MX5 get rigs, blocks, tap and looper. Built from HeadRush's user guides and not tested on hardware yet: About this unit tells you what to set on the unit.
Quad Cortex Mini (new): pick Quad Cortex Mini in the device list. Its scenes and footswitches show as A-D on Page I and Page II, like on the Mini (Page II is the big QC's E-H, the same MIDI), plus Page I / Page II tiles. The wiring guide mentions its small TRS MIDI jacks.
Expression moves for any MIDI device (new): on a custom MIDI device, switch from Tiles to Expression for swells, fades, wah, Set to tiles and your own drawn moves on the CC you pick (CC#11, the MIDI standard Expression, by default). Great for a Boss GT-1000 or anything with an assignable expression CC. The CC is saved with the device when you share it.
Fixed: some single-message clips were sent twice. To give a clip a length for Ableton, PedalCues repeated its message 1/16 later. For messages that toggle, that undid them: a Tap clip tapped twice, Line 6 footswitch and tuner clips pressed twice, Fractal Next / Previous scene skipped two scenes, and custom CC tiles were sent twice. These clips now end with a harmless bank select instead. Drag those clips into your DAW again.
Fixed: with the MIDI channel reminder showing in a small window, scene tiles could get too short to show their names.
GitHub Sponsors is now in the app's Support PedalCues window, next to the other (optional) ways to support it.

0.7.0

2026-10-04

Fractal Audio and Line 6 (new, beta): pick your unit from the device list. Helix Floor, LT and Rack, HX Stomp, HX Stomp XL, HX Effects, POD Go, Helix Stadium, Axe-Fx II / XL / XL+, AX8 and FX8 each get a page like the Quad Cortex: your presets (with setlists or banks as the unit shows them), scenes or snapshots named per preset, footswitches or blocks, tuner, tap, looper and expression moves. Everything is built from the manufacturers' manuals and not tested on hardware yet: each page says so, and About this unit tells you what to check.
Axe-Fx III, FM9, FM3 and VP4 (beta): these have no default MIDI numbers, so they come as editable MIDI devices: preset tiles ready to use, and scene, tuner and looper tiles with suggested numbers to set on your unit.
A searchable device list: the arrow on the first tab opens a list you can search ("helix", "axe"), with the Quad Cortex, Kemper, Fractal, Line 6 and your own MIDI devices.
Quad Cortex tap tempo (new): a Tap tile in Utilities (CC#44). One tile is one tap: drop one on each beat.
MIDI Setup is simpler: the device is picked from the same searchable list as the first tab, and Whammy program numbering moved to the Whammy page (the ... in the Modes header).
Switch to the preset's setlist is now on the Quad Cortex page, under the preset list, like on the Helix, POD Go and Stadium pages. Hover it to see what it does.
Fixed: clicking the Whammy or MIDI Setup tab could open the device list.
Fixed: a preset clip could send its Program Change twice (the second one, 1/16 later, gives the clip a length for Ableton), and some units reload the preset when that happens. Now the clip ends with a bank select instead of a second Program Change.

0.6.3

2026-10-03

Search your presets (new): type in the box above the preset list to find one fast. It's forgiving: letters in order (drpc finds Drop C Heavy), one typo (hevy), several words, or a location like SL2 or 3B. Return opens the best match, Esc clears. The Kemper's performance list and custom MIDI devices have the same search.
Send setlist is easier to find, and clearer: it's now called Switch to the preset's setlist and sits in MIDI Setup > Your pedals, right under the Quad Cortex channel (it was in Advanced).
The window keeps the keyboard until you click into a search box, so your DAW's keys (like the space bar) keep working.

0.6.2

2026-10-03

Fixed: presets from another setlist didn't load. PedalCues only sends the setlist when Send setlist is on, and it was off by default, hidden in MIDI Setup > Advanced. Sync from QC now turns it on (a new switch in the sync window, on by default), and the Quad Cortex page shows a Setlists not sent: turn on button when your presets are in more than one setlist. Drag preset clips you made before into your DAW again: clips keep the settings they were dragged with.
Setlist numbers in Sync from QC: the Quad Cortex doesn't report its setlist numbers over USB, so the sync window now says clearly that it guesses them, and remembers the numbers you set, so you only fix them once. Numbers go up to 32.

0.6.1

2026-10-03

Any MIDI device (beta, new): not on a Quad Cortex or Kemper? Choose New MIDI device... under the ▾ on the first tab, and make your own tiles for a Fractal, a Helix, a Boss, a synth, a looper, or anything else that takes MIDI. Name your groups (presets, scenes, snapshots, switches...) and tiles; they drag onto the timeline like every other tile.
Guided tile editor: pick each message (Program Change, Control Change or bank select) and set its numbers with − / +, or start from Preset, Bank + preset, Switch on/off or Set a value. A line in plain words says what the tile sends, and Test on the device tries it before you save.
Notes and sharing: write down why a device is set up the way it is, on the device and on each tile. Export device saves it all as a file, so one person sets it up and everyone with the same gear imports it.
Wiring guide for any setup: it now shows three setups: one device on its own, a daisy chain with a second device on its MIDI Thru (for example a Whammy), and separate outputs. The user guide explains wiring the same general way.

0.5.1

2026-10-03

Gig View On / Off (new): two Quad Cortex tiles in Utilities open and close the QC's Gig View screen (CC#46). The Preset, Scene and Stomp Mode tiles are still there for the footswitch mode.
Set your MIDI channels first: every clip keeps the channel it was dragged with, so until you confirm your channels, a reminder above the pages takes you to MIDI Setup. Click My pedals use these channels there once to hide it.
Long utility tile names now fit their tile.

0.5.0

2026-10-03

Kemper support (new): the first tab now works with a Quad Cortex, a Kemper Profiler (Head, Rack, Stage and the other Profilers, in Performance mode) or a Kemper Player. Click the ▾ on the tab (or MIDI Setup > Amp modeler) to pick yours; the tab is named after it.
Kemper page: your performances with their five slots, like QC presets and scenes. Slot tiles load their performance first, or switch a slot of the performance already loaded. Effect tiles switch modules A–D, X, MOD, Delay and Reverb on or off (with or without tails), plus Tuner, Tap x4, Morph and Rotary tiles.
Kemper pedal moves: swells, fades, wah rhythms or your own drawing on the Kemper's Wah, Pitch, Volume or Morph pedal, tempo-synced. No physical pedal needed. Built from Kemper's MIDI documentation; if you try it on your Kemper, please tell us how it goes.
Wiring guide follows your unit: with a Kemper it shows the Kemper's cables. It also makes clear that the Whammy needs a MIDI cable from an interface (it has no USB MIDI), and that neither the QC nor the Kemper passes USB MIDI on to its MIDI Thru.
macOS installer: if the PedalCues app is open, the installer now asks you to quit it first, so it's never replaced while running. A short welcome page reminds you to quit your DAW too (plugins it has loaded keep the old version until it restarts) and to remove old zip installs.
Your amp modeler and the Kemper preferences are part of your setup (Save as default, Export / Import). The quick tour shows where to pick your unit.

0.4.29

2026-10-03

Whammy DT support (new): pick Whammy V or Whammy DT with the new switch on the Whammy page. On the DT, a Drop Tune view adds Shift Up and Shift Down tiles: 1 to 7 semitones, an octave, and octave + dry, on or bypassed, so you can drop or raise your tuning right where a song needs it. The Whammy modes and treadle moves work the same on both pedals. The tab is now called Whammy V / DT, and the quick tour has a step for the DT.
The Whammy model is part of your setup (Save as default, Export / Import).
MIDI Setup is only about setup now: the Show quick tour and Open user guide buttons are gone (they're in the ☰ menu, or the Help menu in the standalone app).

0.4.28

2026-10-03

Fixed: setlists were one off. With Send setlist on, PedalCues sent the setlist one lower than the QC expects (the QC counts the Factory Presets as 0). Setlist numbers are now exactly as the QC shows them, and Sync from QC numbers them that way. If you added 1 to your setlist numbers to work around it, set them back.
Fixed: some tiles wouldn't drop into Ableton Live (a scene with Load 1A first off, the tuner and the other utilities). Those clips now have a length Ableton accepts.
Guide: scenes exactly on the beat. Load 1A first sends the scene 1/16 after the preset, so the QC has time to load it. The guide now shows two ways to land exactly on the beat: drop the tile 1/16 early, or switch Load 1A first off inside a song.

0.4.27

2026-10-03

macOS installer (new): download PedalCues-macOS.pkg, open it and click Install. The app goes to Applications and the VST3 and AU plugins to /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/, with no Terminal step and no copying. The first time, macOS asks you to allow it in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway (PedalCues isn't notarised by Apple). The zip is still there if you prefer copying by hand.
On macOS, the app's Update button now downloads the installer.
Coming from a zip install? Delete the old copies in ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/ so your DAW doesn't list PedalCues twice.

0.4.26

2026-10-03

Fixed: on macOS 27, PedalCues could quit while connecting to the Quad Cortex over USB the second time: syncing again, or reading scenes, colours and stomps for every ticked preset. Each sync now starts a fresh USB connection.

0.4.25

2026-10-02

Your setup now includes your playing preferences: the Whammy's Chords, Load bypassed and Heel first, Return to heel / Back to heel after move, and Expression's Load 1A first. They come along with Save as default setup and Export / Import setup.
Export setup also carries your wiring choice (Daisy chain or Separate outputs) and My drawings, so moving to another computer brings everything over. Computer-specific settings (the standalone app's MIDI port and tempo, update checks) stay on each computer.

0.4.24

2026-10-02

My drawings (new): save your drawn moves by name and reuse them in any song. In Draw mode, Save keeps the drawing, the My drawings list loads one to use or edit (the tile says edited until you save again), and … saves a copy, renames or deletes. The same list works for Whammy treadle moves and Quad Cortex expression moves, and clips take the drawing's name (Whammy Big Bend 1 bar).
Your drawings are saved on your computer, so every project and the standalone app see them and updates keep them. Export setup now includes them; Import setup adds them to your list.

0.4.23

2026-10-02

Scenes header: the Load 1A first / Current QC preset buttons are now one Load 1A first switch, the same as in Expression. Off means scenes and stomps act on the preset the QC has loaded; the header says which way it's set.

0.4.22

2026-10-02

Expression: Load 1A first (optional). Tick it and every expression clip first loads the preset you have open, then makes its move a 1/16 later, so it lands on the right preset even if one was changed by accident on stage. Off by default, because the QC may cut the sound for a moment when it reloads a preset. The guide has tips for staying on the right preset and scene.

0.4.21

2026-10-02

Quad Cortex expression automation (new): the Quad Cortex page has a Scenes & Stomps | Expression switch. Expression moves whatever you assign to Expression 1 or 2 on the QC (CC#1 / CC#2): volume swells, fades, a wah rhythm, a delay mix that opens into the chorus. Ready-made moves (Swell In, Fade Out, Rise & Fall, Slow Rise, Wah Rhythm, Rise to Bar), fixed positions (heel, 25%, half, 75%, toe), or draw your own. Tempo-synced, and no expression pedal needs to be plugged in. The guide has a volume-swell example.

0.4.20

2026-10-02

The user guide, What's new and Help now have their own pages on the website, instead of opening files on GitHub. The guide has a contents sidebar and Copy buttons for the Terminal commands.
☰ > What's new (Help > What's New in the standalone app) opens the list of changes in every version.
☰ > Report a problem (Help > Report a Problem) opens a short form with your PedalCues version and computer already filled in. There's also a form to suggest an idea.
Wording: the guide and site no longer read as if PedalCues only works in Reaper.

0.4.19

2026-10-02

Clearer wiring pictures (website, guide and the app's Wiring guide): links are labelled "to interface", "MIDI cable" and "QC USB", so it's obvious which connection is the QC's own USB port.

0.4.18

2026-10-01

Linux (new): VST3, LV2 and the standalone app, for Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12, Fedora and similar (x86-64). Sync from QC works too, after a one-time USB permission rule (see the guide). Not tested on every distro yet, so feedback is very welcome.
Website: the download counter and version now load on any network.

0.4.17

2026-10-01

Sync from QC now brings scenes too: scene names, scene colours and stomp (footswitch) names. Always for the preset that's loaded on the QC, and optionally for every preset you import ("Also read scenes, colours and stomps for every ticked preset"). That option loads each preset in turn (the audio cuts), then goes back to where you were, and won't start if the loaded preset has unsaved changes.

0.4.16

2026-10-01

Sync from QC (USB): read your setlists and preset names (with bank and slot) straight from the Quad Cortex, instead of typing them. Pick which setlists to import. It only reads; nothing on the pedal changes. Needs the QC's USB port connected and Cortex Control closed (the sync window reminds you in bold); your cues can still use any MIDI cable.

0.4.15

2026-10-01

Not just Reaper: MIDI Setup now says DAW tracks, with a hint for where the MIDI output is in Reaper, Ableton Live, Cubase and Logic. The guide lists which DAWs are tested.
Test Whammy steps through Oct Up, 5th Up and 2 Oct Up, so you always see the LED move, even if the Whammy was already on 2 Oct Up.

0.4.14

2026-10-01

MIDI Setup is simpler: Your pedals (channels, with Advanced folded away) and Reaper tracks, with your wiring chosen right in its header. The cable instructions moved to a new Wiring guide (Help menu, or "How should I wire my pedals?").
Standalone app: a Test your pedals card with Test QC and Test Whammy buttons that tell you what they sent. They're greyed out until you pick a MIDI port, and "No MIDI devices found" shows when nothing is connected.
Your setup in one place: the ☰ menu (the File menu in the standalone app) saves your setup as the default for new projects, loads it, and exports or imports it. It now includes your MIDI channels and options, not just the names.
The ? button is now a ☰ menu button.

0.4.13

2026-10-01

Standalone app: MIDI only. No audio setup any more and no microphone request. Pick the port your pedals are on in MIDI Setup > Test output or Options > MIDI Output, then click any tile's play button.
Standalone app: real menus. On macOS, the PedalCues menu has About and Check for Updates, Options has MIDI Output, and Help has the quick tour, user guide and support. On Windows the same menus sit at the top of the window.
Standalone app: set the tempo. Click the BPM pill to type, drag or tap your song's tempo, so treadle moves last as long as they will in the song.
Settings is now "MIDI Setup", with only the MIDI and setup options.
The Whammy page logo reads WHAMMY V in one font.
Update check works on busy office or venue networks too (it used to say "Couldn't check"). New look: a green tick for Up to date, and round arrows to check again. Turn automatic checks on or off in the ? menu.

0.4.12

2026-10-01

Update notice: the header shows your version and whether a newer release is out, with what's new and a Download button.

0.4.11

2026-10-01

The Support window closes with an X in the corner.

0.4.10

2026-10-01

Every setup now uses two cue tracks, QC Cues and Whammy Cues. The setup options are called Separate outputs and Daisy chain via QC.

0.4.9

2026-10-01

Clearer rig setup: three ways of connecting the pedals that work, and one that doesn't (QC on USB with the Whammy on the QC's Thru).
The website has more screenshots, and you can click them to enlarge.

0.4.5 to 0.4.8 (2026-10-01)

Documented the known Quad Cortex limitation: its MIDI Thru doesn't pass on MIDI received over USB.
Optional Support PedalCues window (Buy Me a Coffee, PayPal, Revolut), with the story behind the app.

0.4.4

2026-09-30

The mode tiles are in the order Preset / Stomp / Scene.

0.4.3

2026-09-30

Scene and stomp tiles clearly show which preset they act on: Load 1A first (default) or Current QC preset. New quick-tour step and guide section.

0.4.2

2026-09-30

Fixed: the Scene Mode and Stomp Mode tiles were swapped.
Stomp tiles can load their preset first, like scenes.

0.4.0 to 0.4.1 (2026-09-30)

Draw your own treadle moves with the mouse.
A properly signed universal macOS build, and clearer first-open steps.

0.3.0 to 0.3.2 (2026-09-30)

The Whammy V page is laid out like the pedal, with Detune modes on their own row.
Two setup options, a shared logo, MIT license, and example rig names.

0.1.0 to 0.2.2 (2026-09-29 to 2026-09-30)

First release: drag-and-drop MIDI cues for the Quad Cortex and Whammy V, Windows and macOS builds.
Pedal-themed UI, first-run quick tour, user guide with screenshots, app icon.