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2 Changes in Sonic Visualiser v3.3 (May 2019) since the previous release 3.2.1:
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4 - Add support for reading the Opus audio codec on all platforms
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5
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6 - Add support for WMA and AAC formats on 64-bit Windows. (AAC was
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7 already supported on macOS.) Note that AAC support on Windows does
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8 not support "gapless" import, i.e. removing the encoder gaps at
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9 start and end of the stream
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10
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11 - Add ability to choose the field separator when importing CSV and
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12 CSV-like files, if more than one possible candidate separator is
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13 found in the file
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14
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15 - Fix crash when closing session or starting a new session while
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16 calculating alignment of multiple audio files
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17
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18 - Fix crash when running certain plugins that call for
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19 frequency-domain input at non-power-of-two block sizes
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20
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21 - Fix wandering left edge of measure-tool rectangle while dragging
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22 out the area
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23
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24 - Ensure that plugin stderr debug output is logged to the SV log file
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25
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26
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27 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 3.2.1 (Jan 2019) since the previous release 3.2:
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28
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29 - Fix failure to record from built-in microphone on macOS 10.14
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30 (caused by lack of microphone permission request text)
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31
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32 - Fix crash when closing SV or starting a new session during recording
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33
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34 - Fix crash on exit in some builds that disable OSC support
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35
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36 - Fix flashing effect when scrolling certain configurations of colour 3d
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37 plot layer leftwards
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38
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39
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40 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 3.2 (Dec 2018) since the previous release 3.1.1:
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41
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42 - Add ability to zoom closer than one sample per pixel, so as to see
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43 the interpolated signal level between samples
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44
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45 - Add oversampling control to the spectrogram and spectrum layers
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46
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47 - Highlight and label frequency peaks in the spectrum as the mouse
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48 rolls over them, when enabled in the parameter area
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49
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50 - Add feature to convert and import audio from a CSV data file
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51
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52 - Add some new colour maps, and restore the old Blue on Black one
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53
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54 - Speed up spectrum rendering at high resolutions
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55
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56 - Fix failure to pass Nyquist bins correctly to
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57 frequency-domain-input Vamp plugins in some circumstances
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58
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59 - Fix sometimes incorrect shortcut associations for new-layer menu
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60 items
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61
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62 - Various other rendering improvements and bug fixes
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63
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64
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65 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 3.1.1 (Aug 2018) since the previous release 3.1:
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66
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67 - Fix failure to record correctly into an empty session with certain
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68 audio drivers
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69
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70 - Fix failure to run LADSPA plugins at all, except with some unusual
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71 path layouts
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72
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73 - Fix failure to silence sonified notes when rewinding backwards or
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74 jumping back from a loop endpoint
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75
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76 - Fix macOS .dmg image so as to use older HFS+ filesystem for compatibility
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77
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78
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79 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 3.1 (July 2018) since the previous release 3.0.3:
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81 - Add Plugins tab to Preferences dialog, from which you can review
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82 the plugin load paths and see which plugins were loaded from which
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83 locations, and also customise load paths (though the various path
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84 environment variables are still supported)
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85
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86 - Stream the export of audio data and other CSV data so that
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87 very large exports don't hang the UI or run us out of memory
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88 (thanks to Lucas Thompson)
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89
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90 - Ensure vertical scale appears for auto-align layers when there is
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91 nothing else to auto-align them to
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92
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93 - Fix another long-standing Windows-platform wide-char/utf8
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94 conversion problem, with environment variable naming and contents
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95
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96 - Improve handling of incomplete session loads, i.e. situations where
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97 the audio files referred to by a session could not be found -
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98 previously the session could be re-saved immediately thus losing
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99 the audio reference; now at least we disable Save (enabling only
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100 Save As) and show a warning
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101
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102 - Update pane and layer menu shortcuts so that the
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103 waveform/spectrogram/etc shortcuts (Shift+G etc) operate on the
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104 source model in the currently-selected pane rather than the main
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105 model. This is a backward-incompatible change but is a far more
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106 intuitive way for the function to work
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107
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108 - Use dark background for bright colours in time-value/note/etc
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109 layers as well as e.g. waveforms - this is how it was always
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110 "intended to" work, but it is a backward-incompatible change
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111
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112 - Make "Select All" select the whole span of everything that exists,
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113 not just the main model
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114
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115 - Add horizontal scale to Spectrum layer
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116
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117 - Improve spacing and labelling of vertical log scales
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118
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119 - Update build system for better Cap'n Proto version support and to
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120 use Repoint for code management in the repository
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121
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122 - Various other bug fixes
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123
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124
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125 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 3.0.3 (May 2017) since the previous release 3.0.2:
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126
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127 - Improve decisions about where and how to label vertical scales
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128
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129 - Update build support material and documentation to reflect the
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130 official release of Cap'n Proto 0.6 (which we can now use rather
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131 than depending on git builds)
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132
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133
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134 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 3.0.2 (Mar 2017) since the previous release 3.0.1:
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135
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136 - Fix crash when changing parameters for spectrum view
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137
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138 - Fix incorrect measure tool crosshairs in spectrum view
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139
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140 - Update Russian and Czech UI translations (thanks to Alexandre Prokoudine
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141 and Pavel Fric respectively)
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142
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143
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144 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 3.0.1 (Mar 2017) since the previous release 3.0:
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145
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146 - Fix crashes with MIDI devices and speedup/slowdown control on Windows
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147
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148 - Update MIDI input driver layer
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149
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150
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151 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 3.0 (Mar 2017) since the previous release 2.5:
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152
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153 - Add ability to record audio, and ability to change the audio device
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154 for playback or recording in the preferences
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155
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156 - Add complete support for high-resolution (Hi-DPI or retina)
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157 displays, including for layer data rendering as well as UI controls
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158 and icons. This makes the biggest difference when using a retina
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159 Mac, on which previous versions did not render layer data at retina
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160 resolution, but it also improves scaling and rendering of UI
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161 elements on Hi-DPI displays on Windows and Linux
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162
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163 - Add ability to export scalable (SVG) image files
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164
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165 - Run plugins in a separate process, so that if a plugin crashes, it
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166 no longer brings down Sonic Visualiser with it. In every other
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167 respect the behaviour should be unchanged
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168
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169 - Scan plugins on startup in a separate process, and report on any
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170 that crash or won't load
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171
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172 - Add ability to open, display, and analyse very long audio files (of
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173 more than 2^32 sample frames)
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174
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175 - Change mp3 file loading so as to compensate for encoder/decoder
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176 delay and padding (using "gapless playback" logic). While this is a
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177 real improvement, unfortunately it does mean that the initial
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178 padding in mp3 file load has changed from previous versions, which
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179 may mean some sessions saved in previous versions are no longer
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180 correctly aligned. It's not a great idea to use mp3 as a file
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181 format of record, because of differences like this between
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182 decoders. The previous behaviour is still available as a preference.
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183
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184 - Add new Hybrid normalisation type for spectrogram and colour 3d
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185 plot layers. This normalises each column to its peak value and then
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186 scales the normalised values by the log of the peak in order to
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187 restore some distinction in scale between columns with different
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188 levels. It can provide quite visually clear results.
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189
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190 - Add function to subdivide time instant layers into regular
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191 intervals (and its inverse)
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192
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193 - Add new preference for default colour scales
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194
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195 - Add a basic ability to zoom (in the frequency axis) to the spectrum
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196
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197 - Switch to using combined level/pan controls in layer property boxes
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198 and for the main volume control
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199
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200 - Make CSV file reader better able to handle files with varying
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201 numbers of columns
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202
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203 - Fix a number of problems on Windows with loading and saving some
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204 file formats to filenames not representable in system codepage
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205
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206 - Add "What's New" dialog
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207
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208 - Finally switch the Windows build to 64-bit by default (with
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209 adapters to run either 32- or 64-bit plugins)
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210
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211
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212 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.5 (Oct 2015) since the previous release 2.4.1:
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213
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214 - Add unit-converter dialog, for converting between various pitch and
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215 timing units
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216
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217 - Fix failure to reload note layers from session file
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218
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219 - Use a more sensible scale for the play-speed dial
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220
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221 - Fix crash when importing very wide CSV files
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222
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223 - Fix generation of wrong layer type from some CSV files
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224
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225 - Fix failure to export last instant in a time-instant layer
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226
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227
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228 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.4.1 (Oct 2014) since the previous release 2.4:
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229
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230 - Fix a crash when rendering certain colour 3d plot layers
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231
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232
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233 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.4 (Sep 2014) since the previous release 2.3:
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234
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235 - Add support for left/right scrolling using a two-finger touchpad
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236 gesture (where available)
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237
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238 - Make the octave numbering into a configurable option, and change
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239 the default. Previously Sonic Visualiser labelled middle-C as "C3";
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240 now it labels middle-C as "C4", a more common standard in the world
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241 outside MIDI sequencer software. The previous system is available
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242 as an option in the Preferences. This affects only the visible
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243 labels: there is no change to analysis or to the file format
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244
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245 - Sonify time-value layers. Any time-value curve whose scale unit is
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246 set to Hz will now acquire a playback toggle control; this control
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247 is off by default, but if it is switched on, the curve will be
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248 played back using a variable-frequency sound generator
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249
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250 - Add support for playback of note layers with non-MIDI frequencies
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251 (formerly the note playback was limited to exact MIDI pitch)
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252
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253 - Change the default playback sample for note layers from piano to an
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254 electric piano with sustain. The piano sample is still available,
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255 and any sessions saved using it should continue to use it
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256
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Chris@867
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257 - Add a cancel button for Vamp plugin processing: currently,
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258 cancelling a transform results in a part-complete layer rather than
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259 removing the results
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260
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Chris@790
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261 - Add keyboard shortcuts to cycle the current layer (in addition to
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262 the existing ones to cycle the current pane)
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263
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264 - Fix various bugs related to layer ordering: layer tabs re-ordering
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265 themselves randomly when new layer added, layers being ordered
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266 randomly when saving and reloading a session
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267
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268 - Fix incorrect interaction with non-Unicode usernames when creating
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269 temporary and template directories on Windows
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270
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271 - Shade the start and end of the main audio file, to make them easier
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272 to see for files that start or end in silence
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273
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274 - Speed up rendering and scrolling in time-value layers
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275
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276 - Make it possible to import CSV files directly into Note layers by
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277 adding Pitch as a data type in the CSV file import dialog
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278
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279 - Fix play pointer jump to wrong frame when clicking on row in the
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280 layer edit dialog
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281
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282 - Fix problems with keyboard shortcuts when using Qt5 on OS/X. This
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283 is the first release in which the official builds use Qt5 for all
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284 platforms.
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285
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286
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287 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.3 (Dec 2013) since the previous release 2.2:
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288
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289 - Add a startup welcome dialog that also explains what SV makes
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290 network connections for and allows user to forbid them
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291
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292 - Add "Export Audio Data" feature
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293
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294 - Show piano keyboard scale in note and time-value layers as well
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295 as spectrogram, where vertical scale is log Hz; also show
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296 numerical scale in note and region layers when not auto-aligned
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297
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298 - Speed up CSV file import and avoid showing crazily wide window
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299 for CSV file format dialog when file has lots of columns
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300
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301 - Fix incorrectly saved window geometry when exiting from maximised
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302 state
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303
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304 - Reduce number of timer wakeups when idle
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305
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306 - Add American English translation and make choice of translation
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307 into a preference (defaulting to system locale)
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308
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309 - Permit installation to non-default location with Windows installer
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310 build
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311
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Chris@608
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312
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313 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.2 (July 2013) since the previous release 2.1:
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314
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315 - Build with support for hidpi ("retina") text on OS/X
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316
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Chris@608
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317 - Fix very slow analysis when using Ogg or FLAC files decoded
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318 via libsndfile
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319
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320 - Fix inaccurate scale auto-align between time-value layers and
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321 others
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322
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323 - Fix failure to open files specified on command line (or via
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324 Open With) on Windows
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325
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326 - Reset cyclical counters and switch back to navigate mode when
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327 a new session is started
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328
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329
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330 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.1 (May 2013) since the previous release 2.0.1:
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331
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332 - Fix incorrect handling of FixedSampleRate outputs (Vamp SDK fix)
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333
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334 - Make it easier to see results from transforms that return a single point
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335
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336 - Make labelling clearer on time-value layers
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337
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338 - Add discrete-curve mode for time-value layers (for curves with gaps)
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339
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340 - Update code to build against Qt5
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341
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342
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343 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.0.1 since the previous release 2.0:
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344
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Chris@523
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345 - Fix incorrect samplerate in reading m4a files on OS/X
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346
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347
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348 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.0 (July 2012) since the previous release 1.9:
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349
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350 - Support 64-bit builds on OS/X (using CoreAudio instead of
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351 obsolete QuickTime audio file reader)
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352
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353 - Simplify RDF reading and fix some bugs. Now requires Dataquay
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354 (http://breakfastquay.com/dataquay/) rather than using Redland
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355 directly. Release builds use Sord/Serd rather than Redland
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356
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357 - Add a fullscreen mode on the F11 key
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358
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359
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360 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.9 (Oct 2011) since the previous release 1.8:
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361
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362 - Add session templates; save session as template; apply template to
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363 session
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364
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365 - Tidy up the file open logic so as to remove the dialog asking how
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366 to open a file, where possible
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367
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368 - Various bug fixes.
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370
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371 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.8 (Apr 2011) since the previous release 1.7.2:
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372
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373 - Sonic Visualiser now registers as a file type handler on OS/X,
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374 providing better integration with the desktop generally (Dan Stowell)
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375
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376 - There is a new function to toggle all Time Rulers at once (key #)
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377
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378 - The CSV import dialog has been overhauled, allowing more flexible
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379 selection of purpose for each column
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380
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381 - Text overlays are now easier to read on dark backgrounds
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382
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383 - Hidden layers are now ignored when exporting an image (Dan Stowell)
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384
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385 - A crash when starting a new session or exiting the application
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386 after loading a session with saved alignment data has been fixed
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387
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388 - The duplication of right-button menu functions when multiple files
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389 were loaded has been fixed
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390
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391 - The layer-add menu functions now have shortcuts (Dan Stowell)
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392
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393 - The codebase has been reorganised into libraries and a configure
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394 step added. It should be easier to build and maintain on OS/X and
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395 Linux than previously, although it won't make much difference on
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396 Windows.
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397
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398 - A Czech translation is now included (thanks to Pavel Fric).
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399
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400
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401 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.7.2 (May 2010) since the previous release 1.7.1:
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402
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403 - The time-value layer now has an origin line and an option to
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404 show derivatives (change from one point to the next) rather than
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405 raw values
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406
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407 - A static initialiser race has been fixed, possibly fixing an
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408 occasional crash on startup in Windows
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409
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410 - A crash when pressing Play straight after New Session has been
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411 fixed
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412
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413
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414 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.7.1 (Oct 2009) since the previous release 1.7:
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415
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416 - The RDF importer does a better job of assigning labels to layers,
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417 layers to panes, and values to labelled regions
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418
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419 - Interactive editing in the Text layer benefits from the same
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420 improvements as made in 1.7 to Note and Region layers
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421
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422 - The layer data editor window has a text search feature
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423
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424 - The main window status bar now shows the last label to have passed
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425 the playback position in the current layer, at the right end of the
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426 status bar
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427
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428 - The Russian translation has been updated (thanks Alexandre)
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429
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430
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431 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.7 (Sep 2009) since the previous release 1.6:
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432
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433 - A new "Insert Item At Selection" function on the Edit menu
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434 can be used to create Note and Region layer items whose time
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435 extents correspond to the current selection(s)
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436
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437 - Interactively editing points in the Note and Region layers
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438 now works much more smoothly
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439
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440 - SV can now import MIDI files that use SMPTE timecode for event
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441 timing (importing MIDI files using with the more common
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442 timebase-based timing was already supported)
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443
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444 - Time values throughout the display may optionally be shown in
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445 seconds and frames at various frame rates
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446
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447 - A crash on exit in Windows has been fixed
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448
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449 - A very unobtrusive user survey is now included
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450
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451 - Various other bug fixes.
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452
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453
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454 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.6 (Jun 2009) since the previous release 1.5:
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455
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456 - The Colour 3D Plot layer now supports logarithmic vertical
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457 scale and linear interpolation options.
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458
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459 - A new colour scheme (High Gain) has been added for spectrogram
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460 and Colour 3D Plot, which improves readability for some data.
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461
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462 - Further performance improvements have been made to Colour 3D
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463 Plot.
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464
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465 - Various other bug fixes.
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466
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467
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468 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.5 (Mar 2009) since the previous release 1.4:
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469
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470 - You can now insert time instants, time values, and notes using
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471 a MIDI device during playback. If a time value or note layer is
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472 current it will be used for insertion (giving a value equal to
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473 the pitch class, or the played note, respectively); otherwise an
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474 existing or new time instants layer will be used just as it is
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475 when inserting instants using the PC keyboard. Using a MIDI
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476 device should give better timing than using the PC keyboard.
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477
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478 - There is a new Activity Log window with a (purely informative) list
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479 of events and user interactions that happen while SV is running.
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480
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481 - The spectrogram has somewhat improved graphical scaling, and
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482 this is now the default (being much faster than the 4x oversampled
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483 method). The previous default is still available as a preference.
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484
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485 - Visualisation of very dense colour plots (such as spectrograms
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486 calculated by plugins) is substantially faster in this release.
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487
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488 - Spectrogram display is now faster in many circumstances.
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489
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490 - Alignment using the MATCH plugin is faster on OS/X than before.
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491
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492 - SV will take into account RDF plugin descriptions, if available,
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493 in order to make somewhat better decisions about display of plugin
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494 outputs (for example, placing segmentation data into a layer with
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495 segmentation plot type).
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496
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497 - You can now switch layers by clicking on the spare area at the left
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498 end of the pane that is also used for the current pane indicator.
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499
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500 - The vertical black lines dividing segments in the time value
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501 layer's segmentation plot style are now optional.
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502
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503 - Several widget layout bugs on OS/X have been fixed.
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504
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505 - Several serious crashing, deadlock, and data corruption bugs have
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506 been fixed.
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507
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508
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509 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.4 (Dec 2008) since the previous release 1.3:
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510
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511 - SV now has a Region layer type, used for display of features with
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512 durations. It also supports Vamp v2.0 plugins that provide durations
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513 for features.
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514
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515 - Layer data can now be imported from RDF described using the Audio
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516 Features Ontology, as well as from the existing text file types. SV
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517 can also export annotation layer data to RDF/Turtle, although in a
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518 somewhat simplistic manner at present.
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519
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520 - You can search for transforms by text in the new "Find a Transform"
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521 dialog. This searches both installed plugins, and plugins that have
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522 not been installed but that have descriptions available on the
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523 semantic web.
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524
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525 - You can now zoom and scroll vertically in the time-value, note,
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526 and colour 3d plot layers.
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527
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528 - Sonic Visualiser can now load sessions from uncompressed XML files
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529 as well as its own compressed-XML .sv format. Files with extension
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530 .xml that contain suitable session data will be loaded as sessions.
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531 Note that .xml extension files still do not show up in the default
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532 file load filter. This is intentional, as there may be any kind of
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533 data in them -- if you want to load uncompressed session files from
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534 XML, you need to know you're doing it.
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535
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536 - Several crashes and other bugs have been fixed.
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537
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538
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539 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.3 (Jul 2008) since the previous release 1.2:
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540
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541 - There is a new spreadsheet-style data viewer and editor for
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542 viewing and editing the data in some types of annotation layer.
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543
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544 - Alignments are now saved to the session file.
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545
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546 - The spectrogram layer is usually somewhat faster than it was.
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547
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548 - You can now hold Shift while dragging to move an item, in order
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549 to override the initial drag resistance introduced in 1.2.
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550
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551 - The gross mis-labelling of time lines in the ruler has been fixed.
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552
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553 - There is a new, somewhat provisional PulseAudio output driver.
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554
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555 - Several other bug fixes.
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556
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557
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558 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.2 (Feb 2008) since the previous release 1.0:
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559
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560 - SV now supports time-alignment of multiple performances of a work
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561 loaded at the same time. This option is enabled when the MATCH Vamp
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562 plugin is installed. When alignment is switched on and more than one
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563 audio file is open, SV will assume that all open files are
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564 differently timed performances of the same work, and will calculate
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565 time alignments for them. Playback will then play only a single file
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566 at a time, and the playback cursors in other files will track at the
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567 varying speeds to try to ensure that each is at the same point in the
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568 underlying score. This enables effective comparison of several such
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569 files, as well as a meaningful way to switch from one performance to
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570 another during playback (ensuring that the switch happens at the
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571 correct point in the performance being switched to).
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572
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573 - There is a new Image layer, which can display images from the
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574 local filesystem or retrieved via HTTP or FTP.
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575
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576 - A new measurement tool has been added. With the measurement tool
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577 selected, dragging in a pane draws a rectangle labelled with the
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578 scale values for its start and end corners and its size. You can
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579 have any number of measurements present at once; they are associated
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580 with the top layer, their scale values depend on the scale for that
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581 layer, and they are only shown when that layer is at the top and the
|
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582 measurement tool is active. Measurements are saved and reloaded in
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583 the session file. Drawing measurements can be undone and redone, and
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584 a measurement can be deleted by hitting Del when highlighted. Note
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585 that the measurement tool shows the scale values associated with the
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586 pixel positions of the mouse when dragging, not any values associated
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587 with actual features present in the audio or its analysis (e.g. the
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588 values are not rounded to the nearest spectrogram bin).
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589
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590 - You can double-click using the measurement tool in the spectrogram
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591 to get an instant measurement rectangle for a feature. This is a
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592 purely graphical feature that works by calculating the boundary of a
|
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593 contiguous region of pixels "similar to" the one you double-clicked
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594 on; it does not use audio analysis. Adjusting the gain and colour
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595 scheme etc of the spectrogram will (by design) affect the
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596 measurements obtained this way.
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597
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Chris@394
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598 - The spectrum can now optionally show frequency estimates of peaks
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599 aligned with a piano keyboard along the horizontal axis (this needs
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600 some refinement).
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601
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602 - The harmonic cursor in the spectrogram has moved from the Select
|
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603 tool to the Measurement tool. There is now a similar harmonic cursor
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604 in the spectrum. Both of them show more information as text
|
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605 alongside the cursor than previously.
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606
|
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607 - There is a new Erase tool for erasing individual points from an
|
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608 editable layer.
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609
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610 - Several keyboard shortcuts have changed -- all of the Alt+key
|
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611 shortcuts now either use Ctrl or a plain keypress with no modifier,
|
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612 to avoid clashes with window manager shortcuts and to make them
|
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613 easier to use and remember
|
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614
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615 - The playback controls are now in a Playback menu as well as the
|
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616 toolbar.
|
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617
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618 - There is a new key and mouse control reference under Help (or press
|
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619 F2).
|
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620
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621 - You can double-click on a pane in navigate mode to jump to a time.
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622
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623 - All of the single-colour layers (waveform, time values etc) now
|
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624 allow you to define your own colours as well as using the built-in
|
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625 set. The colour of a layer is now shown next to its name on the pane.
|
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626
|
Chris@394
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627 - When you add a new single-colour layer it will use a default colour
|
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628 that is not yet in use in another layer (if there is one).
|
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629
|
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630 - Single-colour layers can now optionally have black backgrounds (with
|
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631 a set of lighter colours in the default colour palette that use black
|
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632 backgrounds by default).
|
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633
|
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634 - There's a new Printer colour scheme in the spectrogram with only a
|
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635 small number of grey shades.
|
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636
|
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637 - Vertical zoom in a log-scaled spectrogram is much more intuitive;
|
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638 it now leaves the point that was in the centre of the visible area in
|
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639 the centre after zoom, instead of the point that was in the centre of
|
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640 the linear range corresponding to the visible area.
|
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641
|
Chris@394
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642 - You can now turn a colour 3d plot layer upside down by clicking the
|
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643 Invert Vertical Scale button.
|
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644
|
Chris@394
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645 - There's a new Layer Summary window which shows the panes and
|
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646 layer data in a tree layout. This is very simplistic at the moment.
|
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647
|
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648 - Each pane now has an [X] button at its top left, which removes that
|
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649 pane when clicked.
|
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650
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651 - There's a new Solo play mode toggle button; when active, only the
|
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652 currently selected pane is played. This is also the default when
|
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653 time alignment is in use.
|
Chris@394
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654
|
Chris@394
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655 - Rewind/ffwd now stay confined to the selection if Play Selection is
|
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656 enabled; also, the rewind and ffwd "one step" buttons are now enabled
|
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657 even if there is no time instants layer for them to align to (they
|
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658 align to the time ruler instead and so jump in steps of a size
|
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659 dependent on the zoom level).
|
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660
|
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661 - You can now export note layers to MIDI.
|
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662
|
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663 - MIDI note velocity is partially supported. Note velocity is
|
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664 retained when importing and exporting MIDI and is used in playback,
|
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665 but it is not yet shown in the display and cannot yet be edited.
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666
|
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667 - You can now drag-and-drop files (of whatever type) onto SV from
|
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668 other programs such as file managers or web browsers.
|
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669
|
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670 - mp3 files (and Ogg, but they aren't supported on Windows at the
|
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671 moment) are now decoded in a background thread so you can see the
|
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672 start of the track without waiting for the rest to decode.
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673
|
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674 - Mac builds of SV can now load AAC/mp4 files and anything else
|
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675 supported by QuickTime.
|
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676
|
Chris@394
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677 - There is now an option to resample audio files on import if they
|
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678 don't match the samplerate of the first file loaded. By default this
|
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679 is switched off, as it affects the visible waveform. The default
|
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680 behaviour is unchanged (play at the wrong rate). There is still no
|
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681 option to handle multiple rates "correctly" (i.e. by resampling
|
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682 on playback and showing the waveforms at different resolutions
|
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683 according to each one's underlying rate) and there probably never
|
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684 will be.
|
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685
|
Chris@394
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686 - SV can now open .m3u playlist files, though it's a hazardous thing
|
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687 to do as it simply loads all the files in the playlist at once.
|
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688
|
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689 - SV now has various options for how to number tapped time instants
|
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690 (bar/beat, plain counter, time in seconds, tempo etc).
|
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691
|
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692 - The official builds use Qt 4.3, which fixes some nasty
|
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693 bugs in the file dialog that the version 1.0 builds suffered from.
|
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694
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