Will the DS MKII ever see more development? Is this something Ted could do on his own as paid updates?

[pmotz]

One aspect of the DS Mk II that I’m sure Paul will not miss is the auditioning of new firmware and picking the “winner”. Originally, Paul, Darren and sometimes others (but not Ted) would be doing the auditioning, but the last two Mk II firmware updates (Massive and Mt. Blue Sky) were done by Paul alone. Here is what he said after auditioning Massive in January 2024:

@Paul

Yeah, I had to listen to 50 different versions of this (literally) to find the best-sounding firmware. So, I got really good at installing new firmware. I had 5 USB sticks, each with ten different compiles of this same firmware. At the end of the process, I considered either killing myself or dunking my head in a bucket of cold water—having heard the same few tracks fifty-something times. Instead, I went home and took a nap.

He did it again for Mt Blue Sky, but there were only 20 versions to audition …