Try Herder 1.1 before it reaches the App Store.

Version 1.1 has a cleaner layout on every screen.

• Screen titles Each screen's title is in the top row, next to PANIC. On the Presets screen, the Settings button (the cog) is in that row too.

• Clock Tap the big tempo number in time to set the tempo. Hold it to type an exact tempo on the number pad. Start is one wide button. The −10 to +10 buttons are gone.

• Routings Route everything to everything is the first button on the Routings screen. Hold a routing and drag it to change the order. Each routing card lists its steps by name.

• Steps Give each step a name, such as "Record transport". Hold a step and drag it to change the order, or swipe it left to delete it. A new step opens as soon as you add it. Learn is in the From and To headers.

• Add a step All eleven kinds of step are on one page. Touch and hold one to see what it does.

• Presets Full preset names, a details button on each preset, and New, Duplicate, Import and Share buttons. Share opens the iOS share sheet.

• Backup In Settings, you can back up all presets and settings to one file. Restoring the file replaces all presets and settings on the phone.

• Devices Pull the list down to refresh it.

Fixed#

• Tap tempo: in 1.0, the Tap button was missing from the Clock screen. In 1.1 you tap the tempo number.
• Numbers: in 1.0, the − + buttons ignored a quick tap. In 1.1 they are menus.

The manual on the Herder page describes version 1.0. The chapters below work differently in 1.1. Everything else in that manual is true for 1.1 too.

The screens#

Each tab shows its title in the top row, with the red PANIC button at the top right. You open Settings with the cog next to PANIC on the Presets tab.

Devices#

• The Refresh button is gone. Devices still appear on their own. To scan again, pull the list down.
• Route everything to everything moved to the Routings tab.
• Quick route, Bluetooth MIDI, Network MIDI and Virtual ports work as in 1.0.

Routings#

• Route everything to everything is the first button on the Routings tab.
• The Reorder button is gone. Hold a routing and drag it to change the order. Swipe a routing left to duplicate or delete it.
• Each routing card lists its steps by name. A step without a name shows its kind, for example "Controller Remap".

Routing editor and steps#

• Add filter or transform opens Add a step, which shows all eleven kinds on one page: the transforms first, then the filters. Touch and hold a kind to see what it does. The new step opens as soon as you add it.
• Each step has a Name field. The name shows in the chain and on the routing card.
• In the chain, hold a step and drag it to change the order, or swipe it left to delete it.
• Settings with numbers are menus instead of − + buttons.

Controller remap#

• Learn is in the header of the From box and of the To box.
• Output channel is in the To box.

Clock#

• The big tempo number is the tap tempo button. Tap it in time to set the tempo.
• Hold the number to type an exact tempo on the number pad.
• Start is one wide button. It changes to Stop while the clock runs.
• The −10 to +10 buttons are gone. The slider is still there.

Presets#

• Each preset shows its full name. The details button on a preset opens its details.
• Below the list are four buttons. New adds an empty preset. Duplicate copies the loaded preset. Import brings in a .herder file. Share sends the loaded preset through the iOS share sheet.
• Swipe a preset left to delete, share or rename it.
• The backup of all presets moved to Settings.

Settings#

• Back up presets and settings saves every preset and every setting in one file.
• Restore from backup replaces all presets and settings on this phone with the ones in the file. Herder asks before it restores.
• Restore from backup can also read a backup made in 1.0 with Back up all presets. That file has no settings, so only the presets are replaced.

1. If you use version 1.0, back up your presets first. On the Presets tab, tap Back up all presets and keep the file. You need it only if you go back to 1.0 later.
2. Install Apple's free TestFlight app from the App Store.
3. On your iPhone, open the Herder beta invitation and follow the steps in TestFlight.

TestFlight installs the beta in place of the App Store version, and your settings and presets stay. A beta can have new bugs. Each beta build works for 90 days. When a newer beta is ready, TestFlight offers it.

• Take a screenshot in Herder, tap it, tap the share button and choose Share Beta Feedback. Add a few words about what you see.
• Or open TestFlight, choose Herder and tap Send Beta Feedback.
• Or use the Herder feedback page. Write that you use the 1.1 beta.

If the beta crashes, TestFlight can send the crash report. The privacy policy explains what TestFlight sends.

Known problem in this beta#

If you tap a backup file in the Files app, Herder says "Could not import". Open Settings and use Restore from backup instead.

1. Delete the beta from your iPhone. This also deletes its presets and settings.
2. Install Herder from the App Store.
3. To get your presets back, tap Import .herder file on the Presets tab and choose the backup you made in 1.0.

Version 1.0 cannot read a backup made in 1.1 with Back up presets and settings. Only a backup made in 1.0 works there.