Just friends not so slow anymore

cocco88 · 2018-02-07T10:16:40.572Z

Hi everyone,
since i updated my JF to the last firmware (btw now best module of my life) i find that in cycle/shape mode JF is not super slow as before.
Do you have the same problem? i remember super slow lfo cycles, but now i can’t make it anymore.

AlessandroBonino · 2018-02-07T10:34:45.020Z

There are two versions of the firmware:

WHIMSICAL RAPS

JF: Latest Version

Just Friends: Version Three It's new, but mostly not. Expand your friends' digital literacy Upon first release, Just Friends was finished. There was considered to be no path toward 'firmware upgrades' and a bootloader was very nearly left off the...

Use JF v3.0.4_slow if you want the super slow modulations of the original firmware.

Ciao

photofractal · 2018-02-07T13:12:33.169Z

How can you tell which firmware you have? I got mine used and don’t know.

bjarlstedt · 2018-02-07T14:07:13.598Z

What’s defined as slow with the firmware you’ve got installed? I think that I’ve got the same firmware installed as you do, but as this module is a new friend in my life I really don’t know…
And with the super slow modulations that Alessandro is mentioning, am I losing anything else if that is installed instead?

AlessandroBonino · 2018-02-07T15:28:06.041Z

Here, from the horse’s mouth:

"Just Type" Beta Testers

Heard reports that some folks missed the slower speeds of the original firmware, so there’s a new v3.0.4_slow which is closer to the original ramp times of the original firmware.

The overall pitch range of v3 is slightly narrower (it was too difficult to tune without a FINE control), so it won’t get quite as slow, but something like 15 second cycles in shape mode, down to slower than 1 minute with negative CV into TIME. That’s for IDENTITY out, so you can get down to 6minutes from 6N…

rikrak · 2018-02-07T15:29:12.259Z

I seem to remember something about the faster times in the new firmware being linked to tighter tuning - but I can’t find the post.

You can use the new firmware and send a negative offset into the Time input to get slower cycles.

bjarlstedt · 2018-02-07T16:18:18.462Z

Thanks! I just noticed in a mail from the seller that he said it’s got the slower version installed, but I think it’s not that slow as mentioned in the description above. Well, still great!

n-So · 2018-02-08T06:32:59.324Z

Remember, when he’s saying those ranges, he’s probably incorporating negative (and positive) CV offset patched to the Time input.

dansimco · 2018-02-09T12:21:43.351Z

You can push a negative cv into the time v/o jack to slow it down again right?

eblomquist · 2019-08-14T13:50:34.208Z

Not sure where to post this.

I updated the firmware on my JF last night and everything seemed to go well until the very last step.

I used my iPad Air v1 as the playback device, so I assume it was operating at the required 48khz.

The last step says: “ 3N will light temporarily and then Just Friends will restart anew!”

So, 3N did light temporarily, but after that all the lights just started flashing in a fast and seemingly random fashion.

I’m not sure what it was supposed to do when restarting anew in this configuration.

The sound/cycle seems to go much lower in pitch than before, and the speed of the pulsing lights seems slower…

Are there any steps I can take to try to determine if it’s working correctly?

Thanks!