Good morning,
Physis firmware 1.14.14 was released yesterday; it corrects some problems of previous versions.
In particular, the USB communication problem of the Physis Editor on Windows 10 is corrected, making the use of the Editor stable and avoiding the Editor crashes.

I tried it with my notebook with Win 10 and I didn't notice a crash. Previously it crashed almost every time I tried to "link organ".

You must go to www.viscountinstruments.com and select the English language. Updates are published first on the "international" site while the national pages are updated later.

This is the direct link where you can download it:

http://www.viscountinstruments.it/media/..._01-14-14_A.phy

Of course, it is recommended to have downloaded the latest Windows updates.

Good morning.
Yes, the big time required for the update is perfectly normal, about half an hour. During update, the display indicates the progress with various information messages, exactly like the ones you have indicated. 1.14.14 firmware corrected only two bugs that were inadvertently introduced with 1.14.13B and reported by me. The first is a bug that freezs some organ functions after about an hour of use, promptly fixed. The second problem concerned the editor crash on Windows 10; it was a problem due to the incompatibility of the Win10 drivers with the organ's USB port codes and this problem was also corrected.

About info file: the information file may be updated in the future, but in any case it is not important. Only the biggest improvements are written and many small improvements aren't mentioned. For example, it is completely normal to introduce small improvements in hardware management (like dac's, dsp etc.) between updates, which are not displayed in the information file; these improvements can increase the audio quality, even if they are often only small and apparently imperceptible between one firmware and another. However, if you were to upgrade to a very old version with the latest one, the improvements would be perfectly audible. I recommend however not to install an older version because this could delete all additional data (new stop voices installed with editor, etc.) and return the instrument to the factory settings. The calibration data of the expression pedals would also be lost, and it would be necessary to enter the service menu to recalibrate them. It is a very simple operation, but it is better to avoid if you are not sure.

I am glad that these infos is useful for the forum.
I know a engineer who works at Viscount, and I often have pleasant chats about Physis technology, and generally about electronic organs.