Sound Devices Astral Mini firmware v8.30

New

Ability to power on an Astral TX or Astral HH with RF muted.

Changes

Faster lock of receiver to transmitter

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Astral Mini v8.20 Firmware Released: October 02, 2025

Fixed

Added ability to wirelessly update Astral Mini firmware from an Astral receiver

Changes

Astral Mini LEDs now alternate between blue, red, and green when being ID’d.

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Astral Mini v8.10.02 Firmware Released: June 05, 2025

Fixed

Supplementary fix to address the elimination of rare audio artifacts when using balanced input (Astral TX only)

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Astral Mini v8.10 Firmware Released: April 23, 2025

Fixed

Fixed an issue where Astral Mini's timecode would drift.

Fixed an issue where TC LED may inadvertently start flashing after being powered down for several hours.

Fixed an issue where RF and audio are not disabled upon connection to a PC. They should be disabled.

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Astral Mini v8.00 Firmware Released: December 04, 2024

New

Ability to unlock restricted frequencies from Astral receivers that have the necessary Frequency Authorizations installed. Appropriate licenses required.

Firmware Update Guide (HTML) Firmware Update Guide (PDF) Astral Mini v7.70 ​Firmware Released: July 17, 2024

New

Added 3-Wire Lav Mic Type audio input option.

Fixed

Astral TX ePaper display now always updates battery level upon battery insertion

Very low frequencies no longer cause rare audio clicks.

Astral TX now reconnects more reliably with Astral Remote after putting the app into the background then reopening the app.

The possibility of corrupting recordings when reaching the 4GB limit is now eliminated.

Astral Mini v7.64 Firmware Released: May 21, 2024

New

Add support for T&M (Test and Measurement) modulation.

Fixed

Timecode drift after pulling battery or powering down is now fixed.

Auto-resumed recordings after a prolonged period of the transmitter being powered down, no longer result in an invalid timestamp.

Astral Mini does not always power on with Lav connection, is now fixed.

Various system improvements.

Astral Mini v7.62 Firmware Released: February 20, 2024

New

Faster NexLink power on/off

Fixed

The Auto-Resume Record when Powering On function now works without having to power down the transmitter first.

Astral Mini v7.60 Firmware Released: November 16, 2023

Astral Mini v7.51 Firmware Released: August 10, 2023

Fixed

Various system improvements

Astral Mini v7.50 Firmware Released: July 25, 2023

New

Added Privacy mode

Astral Mini v7.40 Firmware Released: May 16, 2023

New

Astral Mini now resumes prior power state upon battery insertion.

Fixed

Up to one frame timecode drift after a power cycle is now fixed.

Improved NexLink range when both Astral ARX16 and Astral Remote are active.

Astral Mini v7.30 Firmware Released: April 12, 2023

Fixed

Improvements to reduce the likelihood of the flashing red LED low battery warning occurring with a fully charged NP-BX1.

Astral Mini v7.21 Firmware Released: February 27, 2023

Fixed

NexLink connection improvements after Astral Mini and Astral ARX16 have been powered down for a while.

Astral Mini v7.20 Firmware Released: February 14, 2023

Important: After installing the firmware, it is essential that Astral Minis are unpaired, then re-paired with the Astral ARX16.

Note: To ensure best performance, always run the latest version of Astral Mini with the latest version of Astral ARX16 and Astral Remote.

Changed

Orange, red, and flashing red battery colors come on at slightly higher percentages to provide more notice for low battery state.

Fixed

Rare momentary audio corruption no longer occurs.

Occasional NexLink communicat​ion errors with Astral ARX16 due to non-unique pairing IDs no longer occur.

General performance improvements and bug fixes.

Astral Mini v7.10 firmware Released: December 21, 2022

Note: To ensure best performance, always run the latest version of Astral Mini with the latest version of Astral Remote and Astral ARX16.

Fixed

Fixed a sporadic occurrence where a 2 mW setting performed normally but 10, 20, and 40 mW settings exhibited poor range.

Power state no longer changes when a USB-C charging source is connected.

1 frame timecode offset between Astral Mini and Astral ARX16 no longer occurs.

Astral Mini v7.00 Firmware Released: November 29, 2022

Note: To ensure best performance, always run the latest version of Astral Mini with the latest version of Astral Remote.

New

Support for the Sound Devices Astral ARX16 8-, 12-,16- channel digital receiver

Support for NexLink 2.4 GHz long distance wireless control.

Astral Mini Firmware 6.10 Released: October 31, 2022

New

Support for the A20-BatteryDoubler accessory.

Fixed

Jamming to a non-integer frame rate no longer sets the frame rate to the nearest integer frame rate.