2026-04-20
PocketDAW v0.4.61 — Spatial Nav + JT Synth v4 + Plugin Presets
PocketDAW v0.4.61 — Spatial Navigation + Plugin Presets
We are excited to release v0.4.61, a major update bringing true 2D spatial navigation to plugins, a rebuilt JT Synth v4, and preset banks for all synthesizers.
SDK v4.5 — Omnidirectional Spatial Navigation
The big feature this release is true 2D spatial navigation on plugin pages:
- True 2D spatial nav — D-pad navigates by geometric nearest-neighbour, not linear index
- Universal cursor — mouse clicks hit-test the same regions as D-pad
- Unified Control framework — Pad, Sequencer, Sample Edit, MIDI Edit, Mixer all migrated
- PdControlReg — plugins register interactive regions for spatial nav
Plugin Scope Filtering
- New PD_SCOPE_MIXER / PD_SCOPE_MIDI / PD_SCOPE_SAMPLE flags
- JT Sidechain restricted to Mixer context only
JT Synth v4.0 — Complete Rebuild
The JT Synth has been rebuilt with new features:
- 2-column layout — OSC1 and OSC2 side-by-side
- Built-in Reverb — Schroeder-style (4 combs + 2 allpass)
- Built-in Delay — stereo delay with ping-pong offset
- 15 → 22 params — 7 new FX params (Reverb, Delay controls)
- 28 factory presets updated with tasteful FX defaults
- Toggle cells for boolean params — A-button toggles ON/OFF
Plugin Preset Banks
- FM Synth — 24 presets across 6 categories
- Wavetable — 24 presets + wave-name readout
- Granular — 24 presets
- Drum Machine — 16 kits (808 Trap to Boom Bap)
Fixes
- Plugin Page 0 blank/text-less regression fixed
- Overlay input-isolation fixed
- Mixer mute/solo reachable via controller/mouse