Good morning,
yes, the new firmware can be downloaded from the italian site.
They are small software corrections, in particular for custom versions.

As I wrote in another post, the new updates will probably concern small corrections: there will hardly be new big updates.
I also asked for information at the factory, and it has been confirmed to me that the engineers are actually working on a new Physis 2.0.
It is a new set of organs and at the moment what we can know is this:

1) The hardware has been totally redesigned.
2) the software has been totally redesigned for the new hardware.
3) the physical models have been totally redesigned for the new platform, to obtain unprecedented realism, and new possibilities.
4) Physis 2.0 has no backward compatibility with current Physis models. The hardware is totally different and therefore it is not possible to load the new Physis 2.0 voices on the current models.
These are totally new instruments.

For this reason I assume that the current Physis models will not undergo major software updates: the engineers are dedicating a lot of their time on the new models, given that the current models have software that is considered mature.


However, the engineers remain available to provide custom modifications and corrections (if anything needs to be corrected) to all current Physis 1.0 models.
In fact, I asked for some customized software changes to my Sonus 60, and they told me that these are possible. At the moment the factory is about to stop for summer holidays, but in September I will probably have the changes I asked for.

I'll keep you up-to-date!

...ich sehe schon förmlich die Gehirnrädchen rotieren...

Yes, the "old" Physis 1.0 line will still remain active even in the presence of the new Physis 2.0, at least for a certain period. However, hardware and software support will always be guaranteed even after the cessation of production of Physis 1.0.

In principle, for hardware upgrading, everything is possible, but costs have to be assessed. Even replacing the entire hardware group (motherboard and slave cards), we do not know how the new system is structured, so it is currently impossible to understand if it is possible to update the hardware of Physis 1.0 with 2.0.
Maybe there could be compatibility with the present commands (keyboards, tabs or draw knobs), but we don't even know if the new instruments have old tabs... if the new tabs have displays or e-papers to view the stops change using the various styles, the old tabs would certainly be incompatible.
Even for the internal amplification, it is not yet known how it will be designed, so it is difficult to understand if the old amplification will be compatible.

Many of these elements are still being evaluated in the production department, so we don't know if it will be possible to replace the old hardware with the new one.
What is certain, these are completely new redesigned organs...

I personally have a lot of curiosity to know what will be the news on the new organs, but I must also say that my current Physis instruments fully satisfy me for the study needs, so I will hardly buy a new organ!

Interessant...... interessant........ , da hat mein gegenwärtiger "Evaluationsdrang" gerade einen "Bremser" erhalten.

Natürlich gibt es Physis-Alternativen (z.T. bereits getestet) - aber diese Infos schaffen doch eine neue Ausgangslage für mich.

Fazit: ich genehmige mir erst mal ein Berner Oberländer - geniesse den herrlichen Sommerabend - und harre der Dinge, die da kommen werden.

Ich glaube, die Berner Langsamkeit bewährt sich einmal mehr......

LG
Martin

I also doubt that we can update the old Physis hardware with the new one. As Michael wrote, they are two totally different platforms. Without knowing the details of the new Physis 2.0, one cannot know what should be changed.
Assuming that you need to change all the hardware including amplifiers, reusing only the wooden cabinet, the operation would prove very expensive, and with questionable results. It would be better to sell the old organ and buy a new one, with all the advantages (quality control, guarantee, assistance, etc.).
If instead is sufficient to replace only the motherboard with the slave cards - assuming that the amplification and speakers, connectors for keyboards, tabs, controls, etc. are identical and compatible to Physis 1.0 -, the intervention would be theoretically possible, being able to reuse a part of hardware. But personally, I think it's impossible.