EMU Release Notes

RELEASES

PREVIEW – EMU 26.0.1 EMU 25.1.0 – Mapping

EMU 26.1.0

EMU, Evolved

See what’s new with EMU and
how creating light shows just got better.

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REVAMPED UI

Rebuilt from the ground up so creating light shows feels as good as the shows themselves.

ATTRIBUTE MANAGER

A better way to edit and customize every fixture.

GDTF IMPORT

Import GDTF files directly into EMU and build your own GDTF library.

Step-by-set process:

Sign up to

gdtf-share.com

if you haven’t already.

Click on

Find Fixture

and find your fixture.

Underneath the Revision table, click on the

Download

icon, and go to EMU

Select

Path

and in

Channel View

GDTF Library

click on

Import GDTF

Happy importing!

Audio Input

Define unlimited custom trigger zones with the new equalizer UI, and let EMU keep time for you with automatic BPM detection.

Audio input in EMU

Lights using the Capture software

Quality Of Life (QOL)

Small improvements that add up.

Notifications

In-app updates

Automatic device discovery

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Preview Releases

Incremental updates shipped between major releases.

Version 26.424.2-preview

Fixed

  • Oscillators applied to mapping-page scene parameters now pulse symmetrically around the parameter's value.
  • "Show list of devices at startup" toggle now takes effect.
  • License activation now shows a specific error message when a voucher fails.
  • An invalid voucher no longer replaces your active one.
  • No more repeating "Update check failed" notifications when your channel has no builds.
  • Update channel now defaults to match the installer you downloaded.

Version 26.420.5-preview

Reliability and polish across the Updates tab, saving, feedback, and first-launch dialogs.

Improved

  • Renamed the "Beta" update channel to "Preview" throughout the app. Your current channel choice is kept automatically — nothing to do.
  • Cleaner Updates tab — release notes now focus on New, Improved, and Fixed items, with no extra sections cluttering the view.
  • Refreshed the legacy-install migration dialog with a cleaner layout and two clear choices: "Remind Me Later" and "Remove Old Version".

Fixed

  • Ctrl+C in any text field no longer crashes EMU. Clipboard copy/paste works correctly throughout the app.
  • Oscillators could lose their assigned faders after saving and reopening a show. Your mappings are now preserved across save and reload.
  • Updates tab now shows only the release notes for your selected update channel. Previously entries from every channel were listed together.
  • Feedback dialog's description field now starts at the top of the box as expected, rather than floating in the middle.

Version 26.419.1-preview

Major Attribute Manager and Patch Page Overhaul

New

  • Updated UI
  • Perpetual Licensing
    • Yearly subscription now grants perpetual license and one year of updates
    • Monthly subscription now grants perpetual license after 12 consecutive months of subscription
  • Attribute Manager Enhancements
    • Color Picker now supports Cyan, Magenta, UV, Lime and Amber
    • Added missing fixture attributes from attribute manager
    • Gobo wheel with gobo images
    • Prism and Animation wheels with images when they are available
  • Patch Page UI
    • New and improved UI for patch page, with better UI have devices bindings over multiple universes
    • Drag device directly onto universe patch to patch all available universes
    • Create your own layout with dockable groups
  • GDTF Library
    • Import GDTF files directly into EMU and build a GDTF library
  • Audio Interface
    • Define unlimited amount of custom trigger zones
    • Equalizer UI to easily define trigger zones
    • Automatic BPM detection
  • Installer and Release Notes UI
    • Popup notification on major updates
    • Structured release notes in Settings with expandable versions
    • In-app updates for seamless updating

Improved

  • When adding a new fixture, defaults are loaded properly
  • Scene parameters on mapping page can directly have Oscillators and Audio effects applied to them
  • Fixtures without dimmer channels now have virtual intensity
  • Mapping scene selection now saves view choice between tile and list
  • USB device discovery performance improvements, now usb devices don't need rescan to be discovered
  • Fixture selection correctly propagates through the app
  • Performance improvements to fixture lookup and searching
  • Duplicating a fixture, places it in the next available address from the selected fixture
  • MIDI learn attribute manager without having to have fixtures selected
  • ENTTEC USB devices will automatically notify when there is a firmware update available

Fixed

  • Restoring attribute manager UI would restore the wrong channels
  • Inverted channels would revert when selecting non inverted channel
  • Snapping to points on the Mapping page which would collapse all selected points to the snap target

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