My point is not Apodising which I totally agree should be FOC since it has been promised.

At the same time FW updates are for M also bugfixes - read the speccs on earlier FW updates.
An example is the Trifield width issue which still is not solved.
This is not acceptable and M should solve these issues - and of course they should be FOC.
They are faults and should be amended-MUCH faster then today.

My understanding for the reason to why FW upgrades were pulled was that they have been tweaked by "trigger happy" users. I agree that M pull the Warranty.
The sad result is that normal users do not get an overview and clear way to correct faults in the FW.
Example plopping sounds in div setups - my own included.

Again normally HW mods also ends up with defaulting your Warranty - albeit this is not a cut and dry sitiuation...
SW/FW mods to gear is OK in my book, but I have full understanding the M does not facilitate for support that - This is not open source and they are tweeked by M - and there is a BIG problem if you can not restore to defaults.
I would love to see it made open source and with restores, but until the leave it to M

Appologies for my wording paranoid - BUT I still believe M is and should be carefull and try to have as stable a product line as possible.

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