Sound Devices 8-Series firmware v11.00

Sound Devices · Released Jun 11, 2025 · First seen Jul 20, 2026

v11.00 is not the latest firmware for the Sound Devices 8-Series: the current version is v11.01 (September 24, 2025). Go to v11.01

What's in this update

8-Series v11 + CL-16 | New Waveform View Overviewa

New

CL-16​ Waveform Display and Advanced Navigation Tools

CL-16 Fader Calibration

Added +/- 32x speed shuttling. Enter Scrub mode and select +/- 32x speed

Added more CL-16 Channel Color options.

Changes

It is no longer possible to enter an empty Project or Custom folder name to avoid potential file system errors.

Channel PFLs now continue uninterrupted when transitioning between play transport states

Fixes

Rare lockup resulting from accessing the Menu when going between playback, stop and record no longer occur.

Rare issue where takes would not appear in the Take List no lon​ger occur.

Rare instances of erroneous "Problem with (SSD, SD1, SD2) during record" pop-up no longer occur.

Scorpio no longer locks up when Auto-Mute Options are activated for Dante Outs 17-32.

The 8-series home screen now updates the Scene name correctly when Scene Increment is activated from the CL-16 with Next Take Latching enabled.

Only valid Controller Mapping files are now shown in the Menu > Controllers> Mapping > Load popup.

A CL-16 fader now always goes to –infinity at the bottom of its throw.

CL-16 now displays ARX16 sources in the FAT Channel Source field (middle encoder 2).

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