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Wait... what's this?
GoXLR doesn't get updates, this can't be right...
Let me see...
Yeah cool, it updated, but I bet they didn't add...
OH MY GOD THEY DID IT.
It's, uh, been a long time since the GoXLR and GoXLR Mini received a software update.
Much of the original team who worked on the project parted ways with TC Helicon and Music-Tribe,
and they've struggled to maintain support for what is otherwise a phenomenal product
for the streaming market.
But yet here we are, finally getting a software update.
This is meant to be a "step 1" to their continued updating efforts for the product, so don't
feel discouraged if the update you wanted isn't included this time, they might be working
on it.
Consider joining their discord to keep up to date and chat about upcoming features,
beta test, and so on.
So what does this new update entail?
Well, for starters, you can FINALLY set the GoXLR App to minimize on startup, meaning
no more full screen blockage caused by the app.
This has been requested since day 1 and I'm stoked to finally see it implemented.
Even if it's pretty simple.
There's now an entire tab in the application dedicated to the "Cough" button - the hold-to-mute
button on the right side of the big GoXLR below the bleep button - which now allows
you to fully customize what it does - letting you choose between a hold or toggle mute - useful
for those who want to re-assign the microphone fader to something else, which should be most
users - as well as controlling whether it mutes to all outputs, or just specific outputs
such as voice chat.
Handy!
For those who keep the mic fader, you could then have the fader mute button mute your
mic outright, while the cough button just mutes to voice chat so you can chat with your
stream without annoying your game squad.
This is awesome.
You can now control the output level of the Line Out 3.5mm audio jack, and assign it to
a physical fader if desired.
This is probably most useful for dual PC setups.
A color wheel has been added to the Lighting customization so you can fully customize the
exact color look you want on your GoXLR, and it saves recently-selected colors to help
save you time.
Bug fixes for the Headphone and Line Out faders make it show audio properly in Meter mode,
this was apparently not working before.
Lastly, we get a slew of Quality of Life improvements:
Double-clicking a band in EQ resets it to 0.
Right-clicking on one of the device areas in the app takes you to the lighting section
for that part of the device.
The GoXLR Mini now lets you select Mic, Chat, and Music devices on all channels - this was
an annoyance for many Mini users.
The "Global Settings" menu now has a checkbox to determine whether enabling "Voice Chat
Mute All" also mutes your mic going to voice chat - making it a bi-direcitonal mute akin
to "Deafen" in Discord.
EQ fixes have been implemented both when loading from profiles and for the Mini itself, which
had some weird behavior.
Overall, maybe not a revolutionary update - though many have been begging for the "Minimize
at Startup" option for sure - but seeing progress being made towards supporting this awesome
product and keeping it alive after a slump of little momentum is exciting nonetheless.
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I also wanted to note that, in case you missed it, TC Helicon did announce that production
ramped up again for both the GoXLR and the GoXLR Mini earlier this year to meet demand,
as COVID and their restructuring had meant that the products have been tough to get ahold
of for the past year, but the Mini has for sure seen multiple waves of restocks on Amazon
the past couple months - join our Discord server to see when we post about those.
What updates, quality of life boosts, or fixes do you want to see added to the GoXLR and
GoXLR Mini?
Comment below.
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