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The new firmware and new manual can be downloaded now.
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It looks like the most significant firmware change for me is in the channel number reassignment.
They moved the "bass management" functionality from the previous 7/8 location down to the 3/4 location. The original channels were 1-LF, 2-RF, 3-LS, 4-RS, 5-C, 6-SW, 7-LB, 8-RB. In order to utilize the "bass management" feature which was on 7/8, you had to do I/O reassignment to move C/SW from their original 5/6 over to 7/8, moving LB/RB from the original 7/8 over to 5/6.
Well now they've changed the defaults, to conform to SMPTE/ITU recommendations: 1-LF, 2-RF, 3-C, 4-SW, 5-LS, 6-RS, 7-LB, 8-RB with "bass management" functionality now on 3/4. And the default location of C/SW on 3/4 means no I/O reassignment is now needed.
PRIR files are unaffected by this channel reassignment because the channels are addressed by "label" rather than by "number". EDIT: I think I may stand corrected here (by Lorr), but haven't yet gotten the new firmware loaded so that I can double-check to confirm for myself. Lorr says the mix-block settings to implement bass management ARE ALSO BY CHANNEL LABEL... rather than by channel number. So it may turn out that I do NOT have to re-create my bass management presets after all, but rather that the settings I've currently got implemented will simply automatically follow the new channel number assignment. But it is still true that I will need to move cables around from my receiver to the Realiser, to conform to the new channel assignment assumptions.
However...
It means that the 8 cables running from my receiver's preamp outputs to the Realiser's inputs will need redoing again.
Also, it means that I will need to redo the setup/configuration for "bass management" on my presets, since those steps are performed by channel "number", not by channel "label". EDIT: Again, after Lorr corrected my misunderstanding on this, it may turn out that I do NOT have to re-create my bass management presets after all, but rather that the settings I've currently got implemented will simply automatically follow the new channel number assignment. However the cable re-doing will still have to be done, to conform to the new channel assignment assumptions.
Personally, I don't expect a 2-user firmware version released anytime in the very near future. And don't forget, even if you wanted to "share the Realiser" with your significant other, they'd need to go get their own calibration to truly do it right.