What's New in Resonic (Player & Pro)

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A formatted version of this log is available at https://resonic.at/whatsnew

0.8.9b (2017-08-02)
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This release updates both Player and Pro, and introduces the first set of Pro
features for batch
processing ('Batch Targets'), a what-you-hear recording feature (record button),
it improves
the musical spectrum, adds metadata support for MIDI files, adds basic CART
metadata support
for radio automation users, lets you start different copies (not instances) of
Resonic
at the same time, and comes with many bug fixes.

New Features:
- Pro: Batch Targets feature (batch processing.)
Fixed copy/move/decode/convert target folders can be created in the new right
sidebar
(which can be toggled with F6, analogous to the left sidebar and F4) by dragging
folders
onto the 'Targets' tab.
Each target can receive files and folders for whatever action is assigned to it.
Additional conversion options are available through the right-click menu, ranging
from
simple copy/move to audio decoding (to .wav), sample format conversion (bit
depth,
sample rate, channel count).
Targets are accessible from the (new) right sidebar (through F6, or the button in
the status bar),
which is shown by default on first start of a fresh installation.
More features are to be added in future versions.
See https://resonic.at/docs/bach-targets for more information.
- Pro: Recording feature ('what you hear'.)
Press the record button (transport bar) to record what is currently being played
through Resonic,
including pitch shifting, volume, seeking, live looping, and slice triggering
via keyboard keys.
Recorded audio is stored as .wav files in the 'Recorded Audio' folder in the
Resonic user
profile (in user 'Documents') which is also directly accessible through the
browser.
Click the status message after recording to start playing the file directly.
This feature is intended to be used for sound design, creative idea finding, or
as an audio sketch pad.
To use recording you must use either a WASAPI or ASIO device for playback.
- Pro: Musical spectrum and its note/octave estimation have been reduced to a more
useful range of keys (C0..G8), bar scaling has been updated, bars are now
colored
by average intensity, and fading peak hold has been added.
- Pro: Standard MIDI files are now fully integrated into the Resonic meta core,
estimating MIDI file duration, reading copyright, timed markers with labels,
musical key (first key signature change), track count (non-empty tracks),
MIDI format (0, 1, or 2), pattern count (for format 2 files), PPQ, and tempo
in BPM.
 If there are multiple tempo changes in a file an average tempo will be displayed
in the file list, and the BPM will be put in brackets.
As a special feature Resonic also displays the number of unique instrument
patches
used in the MIDI file in the 'Instrument Count' column.
- Pro: Added 'Cropped Audio' to browser to quickly access this standard folder in
the
Resonic user profile (in user 'Documents'.)
- Pro: Crop progress display in status bar,
for both the "Crop selection" and the "Crop selection and play" feature.
- Pro: Added right-click menu to A-B button for a few selection commands.
Note that the Play, Stop, and Headphones buttons also have their own right-click
menus.
- Pro: The current mouse-selected region in the waveform is now automatically saved
before
it is modified or cleared, which means you won't accidentally lose the the
region.
The last region can be restored by right-clicking the A-B button, or through the
marker
button menu, using "Restore last selection."
If a region already exists and a new one is created this feature toggles between
the last one and the current one.
This feature is also available as a global hotkey.
- Pro: Much improved behavior of "Crop selection and play" feature (renders the
selected
waveform region to a new audio file and starts playing it):
Before the new (cropped) file starts playing the selected waveform region is
cleared,
the current pitch settings (semitones/cents) are cleared, and the loop button
is enabled (repeating the new file.)
Note that the last selected region can now also be restored through the marker
menu, or by right-clicking the A-B button ("Restore last selection".)
- Pro: New global hotkey for "Loop on/off", which toggles single-file repeat.
- Pro: AIFF metadata improvements, and reading comment chunks.
- It is now possible to run different copies of Resonic Pro and Player at the same
time
as long as the database paths are different.
You could for example start a portable Player, a portable Pro, another portable
Pro,
and a regularily installed Pro in parallel.
Starting the same copy multiple times is not supported yet; it was removed
during the Alpha to Beta rework for database stability reasons.
- You can now CTRL-C the version information when the about dialog is open.
- Headphones crossfeed presets (BS2B); right-click the headphones button
to access them. (#1224)
- New item in column popup menu to quickly hide the clicked column.
- Pro: Metadata support for compressed AIFF files (.aifc).
- Added indication of floating point files in bit depth column (using an 'f', e.g.,
"32f")
- Pro: Additional metadata support for AES CART chunks.
Available via columns: artist, title, category, cut id, client id, comment.
- Pro: Metadata support for Scott Studios (SS32) Wave files, used in radio
automation
and broadcast systems.
Available via columns: artist, title, cut id, comment.
Available via waveform: intro end position, segue position.
(requested: G. Zlot)
- Pro: Segue (track transition in radio automation), intro markers, and other CART
triggers
 are now read from CART/SS32 metadata and displayed in Resonic's waveform as a
dashed line.
- Pro: Addtional metadata support for BSI Wave files (Broadcast Software
International),
used in radio automation and broadcast systems.
Available via columns: recording year, agency (as copyright), copyright / record
label / publisher
(as publisher), copy / notes (as subject), genre, music key, composer, album,
tempo in bpm,
and track number.
Available via waveform: hook start position.
- Pro: Added new broadcast columns "Cut Number ID" and "Client ID" (CART).
- Essential fixes from the last Pro release were ported to Resonic Player.
- Utility feature to resize main window to a fixed size, offering a selection of
preset sizes,
which assists in making videos or screenshots of a certain size.
(see 'Menu | Advanced | Resize main window'.)

Improvements:
- File list items appear faster when pasted (using the CTRL-V shortcut.)
- Faster startup with bookmarks that point to mapped network drives, or network
locations.
- Folders can be moved and deleted more reliably as they are unlocked more
intelligently
when necessary, e.g., during drag and drop move in browser.
- More detailed information in column popup menu.
It's also easier to find the clicked column and its metadata group
which both now appear in bold.
- Opus decoder updated to libOpus 1.2.1 for reduced CPU usage during decoding.
https://people.xiph.org/~jm/opus/opus-1.2/
- MIDI renderer now more resilient in handling invalid XG sysex messages.
- Some file list copy/paste improvements and fixes.

Corrections:
- Pro: Playback of REX2 mono files. (reported: the3ug3reeder)
- Fixed taskbar quick controls (buttons) disappearing after a while on Windows 10.
- Aborting a metadata scan in folders with lots of files could make one CPU core
hang
at a hundred percent usage. (reported: A. Tchernychov)
- Corrected several drag & drop related issues in the browser.
- Pro: Fixed error message shown on every key press when ''Map temporary slices to
letter keys''
is enabled (for fast slice auditioning) and there are no temporary slices set.

0.8.8b (2017-05-09)
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This major Pro update introduces Propellerhead REX/RX2/RCY support with slice
display,
visual track length indicators for the file list, font size settings for file list
and browser, and improved metadata support (including Soundminer and NI.)

New Features:
- Pro: Now plays sampled loops and grooves in Propellerhead REX2 and REX format
(.rx2 .rex)
as well as ReCycle document files (.rcy).
While we reduced loading times a bit please note that .rx2 is not a streaming
format,
i.e., files have to be fully loaded into memory prior to playback.
 This is not the case for .rex and .rcy.
Optimized code is used to speed up .rx2 metadata scans.
Metadata is also imported from .rex and .rcy files.
Slice markers are imported and can be used to set loops or extract slices.
Unused REX memory is periodically released to keep memory usage low.
- Pro: 'Visual Length Indicators' visualize the relative duration of files you are
working with
using a horizontal line of varying intensity below the file name.
This feature is intended to be used to visually separate short samples from long
ones
and is limited to 30 seconds, which equals full width.
- Pro: Marker labels are now displayed on top of the waveform, when available.
Labels are read from Wave and AIFF files. (#1159)
- Context-sensitive menus added to browser and file list tab bars (the big arrows.)
- 'Font Size' presets (small, medium, large, x-large, xx-large) let you pick a pre-
defined
font size for both file list and browser, separately. (#225)
- 'Display Density' presets (compact, cozy, comfortable) let you pick a pre-defined
row height for both file list and browser, separately. (#226)
- When text is cut off in a file list column mouse hover will now show the rest of
the line
in a floating hint window. (#1204)
- Pro: Additional command-line options for unattended installation and
uninstallation.
See online documentation, 'Installation'.

Improvements:
- Pro: A lot of additional content is now available to the file list columns,
e.g., Soundminer and Native Instruments metadata. More info on this in a bit.
- 'Vertical waveform zoom' is now 'Waveform peak scale'.
- Unofficial test builds will now show a watermark on top of the waveform.
- Made it harder to accidentally drag folders onto other folders, i.e.,
mouse cursor needs to be moved further to actually initiate a drag & drop
operation.
- Showing additional diagnostic error messages now instead of just 'Resonic could
not
initialize its storage paths' on certain systems where Windows fails to report
its system paths properly.
- Changed the way start menu and desktop shortcuts are created by the installer
(standard style shortcuts) which potentially improves application startup speed,
depending on the system.

Corrections:
- Newly added folders could appear twice in browser. (reported: TJ)
- Restore last played folder on startup.
- Message boxes not centered properly during startup.

Remarks:
- The Resonic website was updated to be responsive, in case you want to look up
the latest changes, some shortcuts, or the documentation from your phone,
tablet,
or that good old low-resolution backup laptop.

0.8.7b (2017-04-19)
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New Features:
- Pro: Playback and metadata support for RF64 Wave files (MBWF, BWF Wave, Broadcast
Wave).
 RF64 Wave files are RIFF Wave files (both are .wav) that can go past the 2GB
file size limit, but cannot be read by legacy players.
These files are typically created by modern applications that need to be able
to create very large files, e.g. Steinberg Cubase automatically creates
RF64/MBWF
.wav files on export if the file size exceeds 2GB.
- Pro: Now reads and plays BWF Wave files with .bwf extensions.
- Pro: Project, Scene, Take, and Tape columns that correspond with
iXML metadata embedded in audio files. (#1187)
- Pro: Heavily improved support for Soundminer metadata embedded in
WAV, AIFF, and MP3 files.
- Resonic now supports WavPack hybrid correction files (.wvc).
In hybrid compression mode WavPack creates pairs of .wv/.wvc files,
and while the resulting .wv file is lossy the accompanying (but optional) .wvc
file
can be used to complete missing information for lossless playback.
Resonic will look for a .wvc file in the .wv file's path.
Thanks to the author of WavPack, David Bryant, for pointing this out!
- Auto-closing popup menus now also fade out.
- Browser now automatically expands collapsed folders after a short delay
when dragging something onto them.
- Browser now automatically scrolls while dragging something into it.
- Pro: Create temporary slices from slice metas,
i.e. from slices stored in the metadata of certain filetypes, when available.
- When using WASAPI as output device (recommended) and the active device is
disconnected
or disabled Resonic will first shut down playback and then the device itself,
and finally show a warning.
- A transparent overlay is now shown between main window and dialogs (e.g.
preferences)
and message or input boxes to focus the attention.
This feature can be disabled via 'Menu | Interface'.

Improvements:
- Bigger and more readable fonts for waveform playback position (orange),
and waveform/analyzer/spectrum/level meter mouse position (blue). (#1165)
- Pro: Showing detailed timecode while making selections (SHIFT),
and when snapped to markers, slices, or the loop start/end positions.
- Flac decoder updated to libFlac 1.3.2, fixed previous release's issues.
- Popup menu fixes and usability improvements.
- Drag & drop improvements.
- Pro: Raised level meter channel limit to 64. (#1173)
- Much faster loading of large MIDI files (e.g. 'Black MIDI')
- Pro: Reading additional meta data for several formats, e.g. tempo column (bpm)
is now calculated based on other available information if possible.
- Waveform drawing improvements for multichannel files.
- Pro: Bigger asynchronous file read buffer, worth the little extra memory use.
- Recently changed created/accessed/modified dates now show up more descriptively
as 'Today' and 'Yesterday'. (#1182)
- Browser is updated faster when creating new folders.

Corrections:
- Fixed track advance not working with DirectSound (DS) output devices.
(reported: OMG1908)
- Fixed broken file list column order in certain situations.
- Fixed file list issues when deleting files.
- Maximized main window was not being restored when exited in minimized state.

0.8.6b (2017-03-27)
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This releases introduces vertical waveform zoom, audio extraction improvements,

and several right-click menus (stop/play/pause) to Resonic Pro.
It also fixes a few pressing issues (track advance, tray, device selection)
in both Resonic Player and Pro.

New Features:
- Pro: Vertical waveform zoom.
Drag the button next to the volume bar ('1.0') up and down or use the mouse wheel
to change the vertical zoom factor; click it to reset the zoom.
- Popup menus now automatically close when you move the mouse away from them
for improved usability.
This option can be toggled via 'Menu | Interface'.
- Pro: New sample rate conversion (SRC) quality settings for audio extraction:
high/higher/maximum, or 64/128/256-bit sinc interpolation respectively.
See marker button menu 'Extraction format.'
- Pro: New sampling rate settings for audio extraction: 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz.
See marker button menu 'Extraction format.'
- Pro: New bit depth setting for audio extraction: 8-bit.
See marker button menu 'Extraction format.'
- Pro: Solid waveform background, which is the default Pro style now
(see 'Menu | Visualization | Waveform style').
- Resonic can now be closed regardless of the 'Close to tray' setting (force close)
by using CTRL-ALT-F4, in addition to the regular ALT-F4.
- Info bar now shows additional information for DSD files (.dsf/.dff).
- Pro: Right-click menu for stop button.
Lets you fade out and stop the current track, or disable fade outs on stop
for immediate stop behavior. (suggested: PHM) (#434)
- Pro: Right-click menu for play/pause buttons.
Lets you disable fades on pause for immediate pause/unpause behavior,
and disable the temporary dimming feature accessed by holding down the SPACE key
while playing which makes it more reactive. (#999)
- When the filter panel is open (CTRL-F, or F3) the F3 key can now be used to cycle
through the filtered results just like in a text editor.
Use SHIFT-F3 to reverse the cycle order.

Improvements:
- Pro: Default sample rate conversion quality set to maximum (256-bit sinc.)
- Subtle highlighting of black keys in musical spectrum.
Note that the Pro version shows the key names (e.g. 'C# 3') on mouse hover as
well.
- Pro: Showing lines separating individual channels ('channel lines') by default
(see 'Menu | Visualization | Waveform style').
- Pro: Improved text visibility for pitch buttons.
- Selected audio devices are saved immediately upon selection now.
(reported: noisyjohn)

Corrections:
- Automatic track advance sometimes failed when using a WASAPI output driver.
- Track would not advance automatically after seeking when player was stopped.
- Fixed 'Minimize to tray' and 'Close to tray' not being saved correctly,
two casualties of last version's configuration system rework.
(reported: Gazonga)
- Wave files with AC3 header and content were not being played properly on Windows
7
and Windows Server. (reported: E. Olla)
- Waveform display issues with FLAC files on certain systems.
Temporarily reverted back to previous version of FLAC plugin/decoder (the new
plugin
can be selected manually in the setup version of Resonic.)

0.8.5b (2017-03-16)
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This release is a milestone on the way to advanced features:

the file list filter lets you visually filter what's displayed in the file list by
filename
(artist, title, album, or any other available metadata in the Pro version.)
Resonic now has an often-requested double-click mode for the file list,
improved drag & drop handling (does not restart files),
and a fully reworked configuration system.
We've also let go of Windows XP support in favor of faster progress and features.

New Features:
- Visual file list filtering.
Press CTRL-F, or F3, or use the filter button on the status bar,
to toggle the filter panel, then click the settings button on the right
to change which columns (metadata) you wish to use for filtering.
Note that the Player version only filters by filename while the Pro version
supports
all available meta columns (both visible and invisible), e.g. description, or
album.
While the filter panel is active use the 'aa'/'Aa' button (or ALT-C) to toggle
between caseless and case-sensitive matching,
use the menu button (or ALT-S) to open the filter settings menu.
- Resonic now supports file list double-click behavior, an often-requested feature.
To enable it go to 'Menu | Playback'.
Single-click behavior will instantly play a file once you click it,
and will restart the file when double-clicked (by default).
Double-click behavior will only play a file when you double-click it,
and will restart the file when double-clicked.
- Resonic no longer restarts the active file on subsequent clicks,
which is very useful for frequent drag and drop users.
To change this behavior mode go to 'Menu | Playback'.
This feature can be combined with double-click or single-click behavior.
- Support for high-resolution DSD audio files compressed with WavPack,
i.e. compressed DSF/DFF in .wv files.
Note that while DSD-in-WV saves quite a bit of space (in our tests 35-50%) it
also
takes a bit longer to decode (e.g. to prepare the waveform.)
- File list header popup (right click any column header to see it) now stays open
when you click certain items, which allows you to check/uncheck multiple items
easily.
The same applies to the filter popup menu.
- Pro: Slices can now be erased the same way they can be created, with ALT-click,
as long as the mouse cursor is snapped to them.
- Page switching in preferences dialog with CTRL-TAB and SHIFT-CTRL-TAB.
- Added 'Browse to containing folder' to file list popup menu which points the
browser
to the file's parent folder.
This item is only visible when the current list contains files from more than one
source,
e.g. when you scan folders recursively (ALT-click on a folder in browser.)
- Made file list columns accessible via 'Columns' submenu in file list popup menu.
- Added 'Safely remove this device' function to browser context menu popup
when a removable USB disk is right-clicked (tested with USB sticks so far.)
- Added eject and close CD/DVD drive tray functions to browser context menu popup
 when an optical drive is right-clicked.
- Holding down SHIFT-CTRL-ALT while Resonic is starting up now allows you to reset
Resonic's preferences if neccessary (a warning will be shown.)
- Pro: 'Select all' for waveform (CTRL-ALT-A) that toggles between all/selection
(preserves the current selection.)

Improvements:
- Pro: Current ASIO device sample rate is now used for playback by default.
- Resonic now always defaults to WASAPI as standard output device as it is the most
stable.
ASIO is still experimental (you might get buffer repeats on slow systems.)
DirectSound is no longer recommended, as it is the lowest quality output system,
and might be dropped in a future version now that XP is no longer supported.
- MOD/MIDI renderers now use the output device's native sample rate to achieve
the expected quality, and to avoid unnecessary resampling.
- Reworked the application-wide configuration system to support complex setting
structures,
which is an essential requirement for many upcoming features.
Settings are no longer stored in the 'config-*.db' database files,
but stored in a text file called 'Preferences.json'.
A backup is automatically saved to 'Preferences.bak' on exit.
- Slightly higher file list rows, easier to look at. Font size options are in the
works.
- Several micro optimizations, e.g. for file list and browser drawing,
and for theme loading.
- File list items disappear faster when deleted (using the DEL key.)
Please note that we use the operating system's delete functions.
Files are always recycled, never permanently deleted,
i.e. they are moved to Windows' own 'Recycle Bin' from where they can be
restored.
- Improved fast-restore of last-played folder in browser, improving overall start-
up speed
again because not all parent folders have to be scanned.
Only the last active folder is initially shown.
Folders that are not fully expanded on startup will use italic fonts.
You can click them to fully expand them.
- Playback now stops instantly when you delete a file.
Press ENTER to continue playback with the next file in list.
- The 'Keep playback position' feature (formerly known as 'Maintain position')
now also works when a playing file is deleted.
- Some items in the file list popup menu are now hidden when not applicable,
e.g. no "Clear selection" when there is no actual selection. which keeps the
menu
more compact and dynamic, and tailored to the actual context.
- Pro: Sample rate conversion quality can now be changed for drag & drop and slice
extractions,
see marker button menu 'Extraction format'.
The lowest quality interpolation setting can be useful for sound design,
for example when you pitch audio down and you want to capture that certain crisp
unsmoothed low-fidelity in the output.
Please note that this does not apply to the crop buttons.
- More reliable folder delete (waveform and meta scans are stopped.)
- Pro: Higher quality interpolation (SRC) for MIDI playback and rendering.
- More visible markings on files that have been cut to clipboard (CTRL-X).
- Light and Dark (Pro) theme color changes.
- WavPack decoder updated to 5.0.0
- Flac decoder updated to libFlac 1.3.2
- Opus decoder updated to libOpus 1.1.4
Corrections:
- Optical drives could disappear from browser when media was ejected.
- Fixed issue with CTRL-UP and CTRL-DOWN in browser (always plays sequentially
now.)
- A handful of browser crash issues.
- Faster and more reliable application shutdown.
- Pro: Fixed occasionally wrong value displayed when dragging pitch buttons.

Remarks:
- Please note that you'll have to re-configure some of your settings (e.g. hotkeys)
because of heavy internal configuration system changes.
- Windows XP is no longer supported by Resonic.
There are several reasons for this move, one being that writing compatibility
code
for XP has been holding back development.

0.8.1b (2016-11-06)
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This is an important bugfix release for both Player & Pro that deals with several
visual glitches,
soundcard selection, and occasional startup crashes of the 0.8 major release.

New Features:
- Resonic now supports native playback of OptimFROG Lossless (.ofr) and OptimFROG
DualStream (.ofs)
compressed audio files, and comes bundled with the latest library (5.100);
see http://losslessaudio.org/ for more information.
File information and metadata is currently not read, but will be added in a
future version.
- Pro: New snap indicator for waveform.
When the cursor is moved on a snap element (cue, marker, meta transient,
locators)
it turns white and shows the full timecode at the snapped position.
- Double-click the empty area in the middle tab bar to maximize the middle section,
i.e. the file list (currently the same as pressing F4).
- Volume is now faded in for two seconds when Resonic starts with track resume.
And here's a reminder that you can disable track resume by holding down the CTRL
key
while Resonic is starting up.
- Command line option 'start-ramp-duration' that lets you override the fade in
duration
in milliseconds (e.g. 2000 for two seconds);
see https://resonic.at/docs/command-line
- Pro: Cursor now snaps to selection start/end positions.
Click the selection start to play the loop from the beginning.
Click the selection end to start playing from where the loop ends.
- Pro: Option to hide the browser icons for a minimal look.
You might want to try this with the dark theme!
- Pro: New launch mode 'Prepare, but don't play' that puts Resonic in a cue ready
state where files are loaded, prepared, and paused, but not actually played.
Playback will start on a subsequent click, on ENTER, on SPACE, or on seek.
The default behavior is 'Play immediately', i.e. the first click loads and plays
files.
- Pro: 'Select all' added to cue/marker button menu.
- Pro: Create 'Selection for tempo/beats' added to cue/marker button menu,
which lets you create a fixed-length selection for a certain tempo, beat and
measure count.
- Mouse wheel support for large popup menus to quickly scroll around.
- Pro: Added 'Playback speed' to pitch button popup menu to change playback
frequency,
with the most common frequency values available.
The file's original frequency is highlighted in bold text
and the currently selected playback frequency has a check mark next to it.

Improvements:
- Pro: Improved semitones and cents selection in pitch button popup menu.
- Several color tweaks and better sort column visibility.
- Refreshed Explorer icons for lossy and video types (setup version only,
and not included in portable versions which have no Windows Explorer
integration).
- Improved crash handling for better error reports.
Please keep sending us the mini dumps Resonic generates when it crashes! They
help us fix bugs.

Corrections:
- Fixed sound driver selection not always being saved.
- Fixed startup crashes with certain stubborn graphics cards.
- Fixed visual glitches with custom header/info/status bars when toggled.
- Some multimedia keys were not handled correctly when the main window was active.
This did not affect the use of multimedia keys as global hotkeys.
- Fixed status bar button cosmetic issues.
- Fixed fullscreen window restore behavior (F11).

Remarks:
- Unofficial builds, and official Player builds, will now show a one-time reminder
for each update.

0.8.0b (2016-10-16)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This major update brings several fixes and improvements,

e.g. an issue that might have reduced mouse wheel functionality for multi-monitor
users,
as well as updated support for user-provided Soundfonts for MIDI playback.
WASAPI support is now stable enough to be the recommended output system,
i.e. when you pick your soundcard in the preferences dialog make sure you try
WASAPI first.
Use DirectSound (DS) as a last resort only, or when your soundcards requires it.
For the Pro version this release introduces experimental ASIO support.

New Features:
- Pro: Experimental ASIO support.
Currently limited to stereo output, i.e. the first two outputs are used.
More features and options are planned. Please report any bugs you may find!
- Full support for ID3v2 tags embedded in AIFF (.aif .aiff) and Wave files (.wav).
- Reduced CPU use and power consumption when the monitor or display is switched off
(e.g. through Windows' power management) with the Resonic window open.
Graphics rendering (waveform, analyzer, and other heavy elements) is partially
stopped
until the monitor or display is switched on again.
- Remembering last selected page in configuration dialog.
- Displaying current output driver (DS/WASAPI/ASIO) in lower right corner,
which can be clicked to open soundcard settings.
- Option to automatically run sleep timer on startup with the last-set duration.
Click 'zZz' icon in status bar to access this feature.
- Options to automatically start the sleep timer when the lid (e.g. on laptops)
is closed and to abort the sleep timer when the lid is opened.
 Please note that the lid close option only works if the 'Lid close action' in
your
current Windows power profile is set to 'Do nothing' (see 'Control Panel' ->
'Power Options' -> 'Edit Plan Settings' -> 'Change advanced power settings' ->
'Power buttons and lid' -> 'Lid close action'), otherwise your system will
sleep
the moment you close the lid. (#1029)
- Resonic now periodically reports its activity to the Windows power management
and makes sure that the system does not go to sleep unexpectedly while
playback is still running.
Note that this feature intentionally does not affect monitor/display power
saving.
- New file list column 'Recording Year' ('Year')
which maps to standard year and recording year meta tags.
- New file list column 'Parent folder',
i.e. the name of the folder that contains the current item.
- New file list colum 'Path',
i.e. the full path of the folder that contains the current item.
- New file list columns 'Subtitle', 'Original title', 'Original album', 'Lyricist',
'Original lyricist', and 'Set/disc subtitle'.
These columns are associated with various types of meta data in files,
e.g. ID3v2, WMA, APE, MP4, iTunes, etc.
- Pro: New file list column 'Software',
i.e. the software that was used to create a file.
- File list columns are now grouped into categories in the file list header popup
for immproved usability (right click any column header to see it.)
A check mark next to the menu item indicates that a column is currently visible,
or a category contains a column that is currently visible.
Please note that many categories and columns of the Pro version are not available
in the Player version and appear grayed out.
- Added support for common sound banks.
If you want Soundfont files to be available to both Resonic Player and Pro and
Beta put them
in the 'Documents\Resonic\Common\Sound Banks' folder.
- Rescan your Soundfont files and update the sound banks list without having to
restart the program,
and open the sound bank folders (see 'Menu | Sound Banks').
- Active (used-selected) Soundfont is remembered and restored on startup.
While the Soundfont file is absent Resonic will default to its factory sound
bank,
but when it is available again it will be reloaded on the next startup,
which is useful when Soundfonts are stored on an external drive
(see 'Menu | Sound Banks').
- Menu item for active Soundfont is now checked (see 'Menu | Sound Banks').
- Tall popup menus that don't fit on the screen can now be scrolled via mouse
wheel,
or with the help of up and down buttons.
- You can now middle-click the visualization button (right of volume bar) to go
back to the waveform view.
- Added 'Refresh this folder' to browser context menu,
which rescans a single folder in order to reflect potential file system changes
that do not show up automatically.

Improvements:
- Improved rename and background monitoring in folder browser.
- Hiding portable devices (MTP/WPD) from browser view for the time being because
their data cannot be accessed properly at the moment.
- Changed window restore/minimize/maximize behavior/speed, and added multi-monitor
handling.
 Please report any issues!
- Right-click on header filename now toggles popup menu.
- File list row height is now affected by Windows UI scale, e.g. on Windows 10
tablets.
- Improved startup restore of last play state (playing/paused/stopped)
for both DirectSound (DS) and WASAPI drivers.
- Refresh file list (F5) now works for recursively scanned folders.
- Faster restoration of last-played folder in browser, improving overall start-up
speed
because not all parent folders have to be scanned.
Only the last active folder is initially shown.
- Improved usability in custom message boxes (arrow keys, shortcuts).
- Opus decoder updated to libOpus 1.1.3
- Improved sleep timer menu ('zZz' button).
- Reduced troll-like annoyance level of 'Auto-fit columns' message.
- Moved 'Sound Banks' menu from 'Menu | Playback' to its own item in 'Menu' for
quick access.
- Reworked file list column system and default widths for each column.
If for whatever reason your existing column layout looks weird right click the
column header,
select 'Restore defaults', and set up your columns again.
- Improved comment column display for tracker music files.
- Improved taskbar control buttons (next to thumbnail) to be more visible (#1037).
- Pro: Cue button menu opens faster and can be closed with a subsequent click.
- Pro: Volume presets in dBFS scale in volume bar context menu.
- Pro: More visible channel center line.
- Pro: Improved behavior of pitch buttons (semitones/cents).
You can use your mouse wheel on the buttons, you can click & drag them up and
down and
even pick up existing values when doing so.
Reset now triggers when you click it and release the mouse button.
An alternate way to reset the pitch is to CTRL-click them.
- Splash screen now always opens on the last-used display on multi-monitor systems,
and also fades out faster.
- Resonic now shows 'Portable' in the titlebar if it's running in portable mode.
- Light and Dark (Pro) theme color tweaks.
- Portable version can now be run from network shares.

Corrections:
- Fixed mouse wheel failing most of its functionality on multi-monitor systems when
Resonic
was being run on a screen left to the main screen.
This issue resulted in the malfunctioning of important usability features like
no-click
scrolling on both browser and file list, application-wide volume changing (e.g.
on waveform),
using the wheel on pitch buttons (Pro), etc.
- Fixed several visual glitches.
- Fixed scroll issue on USB device connect/disconnect in browser view.
- Fixed Twitter link (reported: Sarah)
- Header filename disappeared when trying to play an unplayable file.
- Pro: Fixed origin time column always visible by default.
- Fixed no sound being heard when playing MIDI files after audio device has been
changed
(reported: Andreasvb)
- Fixed user-provided Soundfonts not being found.
Please put Soundfont files (.sf2, .sf2pack) in the appropriate 'Sound Banks'
folder
in your version's 'Documents\Resonic' folder.
- Popup menus no longer crossing over screen boundaries.
- Resonic might crash trying to scan certain folders or files that are not
scannable
(reported: F. Wald)
- Fixed occasional problems related to saving/restoring columns.
- Fixed double-click on column splitter not automatically resizing the remaining
columns
when 'Auto-fit to width, if possible' is active.
- Waveform shape selection was a bit weird.

Remarks:
- Please note that the 'Play count' and 'Rating' columns currently reflect the
metadata
that is currently stored in the files that you play.
Neither information can be changed, or is updated, for the time being.
Meta editing will be introduced in a later version.
- Tools like 'StrokeIt' might cause problems with Resonic popup menu or control
behavior,
e.g. require two clicks to open a menu, or focus loss with certain elements.
This is most likely caused by the way these tools hook into Windows' mouse
handling.
In this case make sure you add Resonic to the tool's exception list.
(reported: Andreasvb)
- Meta/waveform data is currently still only partially cached,
i.e. after Resonic starts scans will always restart from the beginning.
Full disk caching is coming in the next release.
- Update check has been improved and is reenabled in this release.
- You will have to set up your file list columns from scratch in this build.

0.7.6b (2016-08-02)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This release accumulates all the Player and Pro changes and fixes since the last
official
0.7b Player release in December.
It also introduces experimental WASAPI support.

New Features:
- Experimental WASAPI support.
Currently limited to shared mode (i.e. multiple applications can use the same
soundcard,
like with DirectSound) and stereo output.
More features and options are planned. Please report any bugs you may find!
- New shortcut: ALT-MENU (or ALT-APPS key) opens the main menu.
- Bit depth column now shows a prefix for floating-point audio files (e.g. '32f').
- A new type of icon (four lines) is displayed in the file list now for lossless
and lossy Native Instruments STEMS music files.
Read more about file list icons here: https://resonic.at/docs/file-list
- Files copied (CTRL-C) or cut (CTRL-X) in Resonic can now be pasted in Windows
Explorer
on MTP USB devices like mobile phones, portable players (iPod), etc.
- Now showing user's 'Downloads' folder as direct-access item in Resonic browser.
- Resonic's built-in BS2B-based headphone crossfeed (headphones button) for the
reduction
of super-stereo listening fatigue is now available as a VST2 plugin for use
in your favorite DAW or audio editor:
https://resonic.at/tools/bs2br
- Pro: High quality version of the built-in sound bank for .mid rendering/playback
which grows the overall download size by about five megabytes.
- Pro: New global hotkeys for pitch shifting up/down one semitone/cent, and reset
pitch.
- Pro: Pitched duration label in header can now be clicked to reset pitch.

Improvements:
- Changed internal and external folder structure to be more straight-forward.
- New folder structure for the setup version:
All user data is stored in a folder called 'Resonic', located in your personal
documents folder.
Each flavor of Resonic uses its own dedicated folder
(i.e., 'Player', 'Player Beta', 'Pro', 'Pro Beta'),
so you can safely try Beta versions without messing up existing
configurations.
If you know what you're doing you can copy your old database files (.db)
to the 'Database' folder of the new storage location.
- New folder structure for portable version:
All user data in stored in a folder called 'portable', located in the
application folder.
Storage behavior is controlled by the 'ResonicBoot.ini' file.
- Improved startup user interface behavior in both fullscreen and windowed modes.
- Faster startup speed.
- Improved startup handling, especially when launching files from Explorer.
- Improved file list icons to be more visible.
- Improved status bar and behavior (click to hide messages).
- Improved header and info bar performance
- MacOSX resource fork files are now hidden from the file list.
- File format detection improved.
- Ogg files with different encodings are now properly detected,
e.g. Opus or Speex content with an .ogg extension, as created by some apps.
- Improved custom message boxes (keyboard and shortcut handling, button selection).
- More consistent copy/move behavior based on Windows Explorer:
holding CTRL during drag & drop will always copy,
holding SHIFT during drag & drop will always move.

Corrections:
- Fixed and improved version of startup restore (restoring the last-played folder).
- Fixed browser not updating nodes correctly in certain cases when an external
drive is connected.
- Fixed waveform display issues with clipped 32/64-bit audio files (reported: L.
Ulrich)
- Fixed mouse cursor not being shown on waveform after the A-B button is clicked
once.
Besides, you can set the selection end with a mouse click,
and you can alternatively press and hold the A-B button to create a selection.
- Some UI elements were not properly updated after moving the mouse off them.
- Fixed switch colors in global hotkeys configuration.
- Shut up 'Auto-fit width not possible' message on startup (annoying when
maximized)
(reported: S. Repp)
- Fixed F5 refresh bug when folders have been scanned recursively via 'Scan
subfolders'.
- Fixed a bug where certain settings were not remembered.

Remarks:
- Recent updates of 'Windows Defender' and 'Microsoft Security Essentials' cause
Resonic to start up very slowly, introducing lag and sluggish application
performance
(e.g. when switching files) prior to engine version 1.1.12805.0.
If you are affected please open your AV scanner's settings and add a folder
exclusion (exception)
for the folder that you installed Resonic in (usually 'C:\Program Files
(x86)\Liqube').
Adding an exclusion will in any case improve overall performance in Resonic.
Read more here: https://resonic.at/faq#slowstartup

0.7.5b (2016-05-19)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Corrections:
- Several minor corrections.

0.7.4b (2016-05-18)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

New Features:
- Pro: Dedicated application icon and updated Windows metro elements.

Improvements:
- Pro: Drag & drop audio extraction now keeps the input sample format by default to
ensure
maximum quality extractions straight from the start.
Output options can always be changed via the marker/cue button menu
('Extraction format').

Corrections:
- Fixed crash on startup when opening multiple files from Windows Explorer.
- Fixed main window going under taskbar on Windows 10 when maximized
(workaround for a Windows issue).
- Pro: Fixed missing sign on big time display when remaining time is shown.

Remarks:
- Pro: Updates can now be downloaded from the official site (www.resonic.at).
They will also be reported by the update check.

0.7.3b (2016-05-15)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

New Features:
- Pro: Sample format selection (bit depth, sample rate, channel count) for drag &
drop audio extraction.
Click the marker/cue button and see 'Extraction format'.
These settings do not apply to the two crop buttons which also extract,
but always use the same format settings as the input.
- Pro: Keyboard layout selection for instant mapping feature (Qwerty, Qwertz,
Azerty),
to be used in combination with the 'Map slices/files to letter keys' function
which lets
you quickly audition temporary slices (set with ALT-click), or files.
Click the marker/cue button and see 'Keyboard layout'.
- Pro: New 'Origin Time' column displays formatted Broadcast Wave (BWF) time
reference.
- Pro: New 'Master FPS' and 'Current FPS' columns display formatted Broadcast Wave
(BWF)
speed information in frames per second.

Improvements:
- Window placement is now remembered by default,
which can be changed using the option in 'Menu | Interface'.
- Reduced the chance of accidentally creating folder copies in browser
via drag and drop.
- Pro: Dark theme color tweaks.

Corrections:
- Corrected meta data displayed in comment column, ignoring junk comments
written by third-party applications (reported: F. Jolin)
- Fixed crash related to restoring the last-used folder on startup.
- Pro: Fixed rare visual glitch during license input.

0.7.2b (2016-02-27)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

New Features:
- Support for user-provided Soundfont files (.sf2 or .sf2pack).
Open your personal documents folder, 'Resonic', the subfolder for the Resonic
flavor
you are currently using, and place Soundfont files in the 'Sound Banks' folder.
Once you restart Resonic detected files will appear in 'Menu | Playback | Sound
Banks'.
- New ALAC decoder (Apple Lossless) adds support for 20-bit, 32-bit, and multi-
channel ALAC files.
- Thin custom border style.
- Improved stability of meta parser for common file formats and when handling
corrupted APE/OGG/MP3/MP4/WV files.
- Short fade-out when stopping/pausing playback.

Improvements:
- Opus decoder updated to libOpus 1.1.2
- Length column for certain file formats now uses millisecond accuracy.

Corrections:
- Fixed window repaint issues on Windows XP, and on Vista or higher with
desktop composition (DWM) disabled,
e.g. classic XP theme on Windows 7. (reported: P. Matias)
- Fixed window positioning issue, sometimes leading to empty-looking main windows
on multi-monitor systems. (reported: T. Le Doux)
- Fixed fullscreen issue on low-res screens (reported: K. Ward)

Remarks:
- New folder structure for setup version:
All user data is stored in a folder called 'Resonic', located in your personal
documents folder.
Each flavor of Resonic uses its own dedicated folder
(i.e., 'Player', 'Player Beta', 'Pro', 'Pro Beta'),
so you can safely try Beta versions without messing up existing
configurations.
If you know what you're doing you can copy your old database files (.db)
to the 'Database' folder of the new storage location.
- New folder structure for portable version:
All user data in stored in a folder called 'portable', located in the application
folder.
Storage behavior is controlled by the 'ResonicBoot.ini' file.

0.7.1b (2016-02-08)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This Resonic Player Limited Edition update shows off the dark user interface theme,
switchable in Resonic Pro, for the very first time,
 and is being promoted by our friends at MethLab Recordings in celebration of
their first EP release.
It will be the only dark-themed free version for the time being.
Please read the remarks before installing.

New Features:
- New window frame and caption, for all Windows versions.
- Added cut/copy/paste features to browser context menu.
- Pro: Detailed durations (hh:mm:ss,msec) for short files in 'Length' column.
Milliseconds part is only shown when non-zero.
- Introducing fullscreen mode:
press F11 to toggle fullscreen, mouse-drag the header bar to exit fullscreen.
- Added accent to highlight the active main element (browser, file list).

Improvements:
- Pro: Fine-tuned dark theme colors.
- Clipboard now cleared after successful move operations, e.g. when pasting files.
- Opus decoder updated to libOpus 1.1.1

Corrections:
- Pro: Dark/light theme switching did not update certain elements (ruler bar,
played area).
- Offline or broken bookmarks were not displayed in the correct color.
- Fixed and improved 'Paste here' in file list context menu.
- Squashed numerous smaller bugs.
- Occasional browser crash when creating new folders.

Remarks:
- Important: This release will replace your existing Resonic Player installation.
You can alternatively use the portable version.
- Some dialogs, e.g. preferences, are not fully themed yet.

0.7.0b (2015-12-20)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This long-awaited update introduces Resonic to the Windows 10 platform, comes with
much faster startup,
improved file and folder monitoring, much improved Explorer integration,
folder drag & drop from Resonic to other applications, and many more additions as
well as bug fixes.

New Features:
- Windows 10 is now officially supported.
- Browser handles deleted or moved folders more elegantly by focusing
the next available sibling folder.
If that's not possible it will fall back to the parent folder.
- 'Restore last played folder on startup' option (see 'Menu | Playback').
Turn off this option if you prefer Resonic not restoring the previously played
folder on startup, which may speed up plays from Explorer/command line,
depending on the way you're working.
- Improved background file monitoring (file list).
Files are no longer locked can be deleted while they are open in Resonic,
some even when they are playing.
This not only works when files are deleted inside of Resonic,
but also when files are deleted outside of Resonic, e.g. using Windows Explorer.
- Improved background folder monitoring (browser).
Sub-folders can now be deleted without receiving 'Access denied' errors from
Windows.
If the playing folder needs to be deleted the currently playing file needs to be
closed first,
which can be done manually by pressing CTRL-W.
However, playing folders can now also easily be recycled while staying inside of
Resonic
by pressing CTRL-SHIFT-DEL (see below).
- You can now recycle the folder that contains the currently playing file
by pressing CTRL-SHIFT-DEL.
Playback is stopped automatically, playing files are closed.
- The setup version (.msi) of Resonic, which is highly recommended because of its
neat
Explorer integration, now supports opening multiple files at once.
These files will be put into a 'From Explorer' playlist tab, which will disappear
when Resonic closes down.
- You can now drag & drop copy single folders from Resonic's browser to Explorer
and to other applications.
Hold down SHIFT while dragging to move the folder instead.
- Custom themed scrollbars.
- Custom themed menus replace slow standard Windows menus, intelligent submenu
behavior improves overall usability.
- You can use NUMPAD-3 to jump to the A-B region's left locator.
- File list column context menu now shows more descriptive column names (#887).
- You can now paste (CTRL-V) folder paths (text, e.g. from Explorer address bar)
when the browser has the focus (TAB) to change the location.
- You can now toggle hidden folders with CTRL-H, when the browser has the focus.
- New button (target symbol next to menu button) and global hotkey (e.g. WIN-ALT-L)
to locate the active file in browser and playlist, and to show the main window,
in one go.
- New buttons to play next/previous folder (small arrows next to menu button),
which are the same as the CTRL-DOWN/UP shortcuts.
- By default the Resonic window is shown and activated when a file or folder is
played
via Windows Explorer or command line parameters.
This behavior can now be changed globally through an option called
'Activate window on shell play' (see 'Menu | Advanced').

Improvements:
- Time display is now updated immediately on position changes.
- File list is now always focused on startup, i.e. arrow keys, etc.
can be used right from the start.
- Improved internal recycle/delete features to be more reliable.
- Disabled screen snap (to screen edges) on Windows 10 to work around
broken screen coordinate system APIs.
Thank you, Microsoft.
- Non-drives hidden from browser's drives section on Windows 10.
- Command line handling in portable version extended and improved;
see https://resonic.at/docs/command-line

Corrections:
- Several error messages when trying to open up multiple files with Resonic from
Windows Explorer.
This fix applies to the setup version.
- Playback no longer stops after the first file when opening files
via Windows Explorer, or command line.
- Stopping playback with NUMPAD-0 broke playback.
Playback is now stopped as intended with a short fade out, just like the stop
button does.
- Drag & drop of multiple files into Resonic's browser sometimes failed.
- Additional files showed up in file list when files were renamed externally,
or overwritten in some cases (e.g. by Ableton Live)
 (reported: A. Fodor)
- Some DSD audio files (.dff) not showing up properly in Windows Explorer.
- Several smaller fixes related to the integrated browser.
- Preferences window focus glitch.
- Improved Explorer integration, especially when Player and Pro, and/or
Beta versions are installed side-by-side.
- Relative paths passed via command line were not resolved properly.

0.6.3b (2015-07-08)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This release adds much improved drag & drop functionality, a rename bookmark
feature,
and fixes several bugs and issues.
You can now drag & drop copy and move single and multiple files onto Resonic's
browser
from within Resonic, from Windows Explorer, and from other applications.
You can also drag & drop directly to Skype or iTunes.
Please note that you'll have to re-configure some of your settings (e.g. hotkeys)
because of heavy internal changes. Your bookmarks won't be touched.

New Features:
- Much improved drag & drop support for both browser and file list.
Supports play, copy, and move operations.
The copy operation is the default, but copy/move can be toggled by holding down
the CTRL or SHIFT key while dragging.
- You can now drag & drop copy one or more files from Resonic's file list
onto folders in Resonic's browser.
Hold down SHIFT while dragging to move the files instead.
- You can now drag & drop copy one or more files from Windows Explorer
onto folders in Resonic's browser.
Hold down SHIFT while dragging to move the files instead.
- Bookmarks can now be renamed.
Right-click any bookmark in browser and select 'Rename bookmark'.
To restore its default name enter an empty name.
- You can create new folders in Resonic's browser.
Right-click on a parent folder, select 'New folder'.
or use the CTRL-SHIFT-N shortcut. which is the same
as in Windows Explorer.
- Improved startup folder restore speed by only restoring the last active folder
in the folder tree.
- Resonic now comes with custom tiles for Windows 8/8.1/10 users.
- Files can now be dragged and dropped directly into applications that previously
didn't accept the drop, e.g. Skype, Miranda IM, etc.
This works for both the file list and the header filename.
This includes explicit support for Skype.
- Window can now be moved by dragging the header bar.
- 'Turn off monitor' option for sleep timer.
Click the 'zZz' button in the lower right of the application window,
then go to the sleep type menu and select 'Turn off monitor'.
This option works for all sleep types that don't turn off the computer,
for example 'Exit' (and turn off monitor).
- A-B loops are now taken over to the next file when the 'Maintain position'
feature is enabled.
This is useful for listening to/comparing the same region in different files
or to quickly listen through a whole album.
- Experimental support for Audio CD files (.cda), although without waveform.
Please report any weird behavior or findings.
Improvements:
- Optimized visualizations (waveform, level meter, etc.)
for slightly less CPU use.
- Improved file drag and drop,
e.g. a file type icon is shown now where available.
- Updated all Explorer icons

Corrections:
- Volume bar sometimes did not repaint properly
(reported: S. Panin)
- Splash screen sometimes caused crashes when clicked rapidly
(reported: A. Ginhoux)
- Browser did not behave as expected during incremental search,
i.e. during quick-search via letters,
also ENTER starts folder playback as intended.
(reported: Shyman)
- Browser did not behave as expected when the header filename is clicked,
i.e. it did not scroll to the active file's folder.
Both browser and file list are now synced to the active file.
- Folders that use custom icons no longer appear hidden (transparent icons).
(reported: ExtremRaym, user of 'Rainbow Folders')
- Wave files with garbage 'fact' chunks could not be played back correctly
(reported: MrMichaelz)
- Files tab occasionally not showing up on first start.
- Mouse wheel not working in preferences dialog (hotkeys).
- Volume bar didn't repaint properly when compact mode is toggled
(reported: Andreasvb)

0.6.2b (2015-04-12)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

New Features:
- Basic sound card selection in preferences dialog.
DirectSound will eventually be replaced with WASAPI and ASIO (Pro).
Changes take effect on track change.
- Resonic now creates mini dumps when it crashes.
You are presented the option to open up your email application
and send us a bug report to help us fix the bug that caused the crash.

Improvements:
- Sound driver is now re-opened when needed, e.g. when it was blocked
by another application before.
- Advance mode button is highlighted when not playing sequentially

Corrections:
- Fixed occasional line jitter when moving mouse over waveform
- Fixed bug in update check

0.6.1b (2015-04-02)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is a maintenence release, it does not introduce new features.

Update only if any of the fixes apply to you.
You can install on top of your existing installation.

Improvements:
- More visible status bar notices
- Improved the way long paths are handled
Corrections:
- Application crashes during startup with certain system locales
(reported: wira)
- Application does not start on latest Windows 10 Pro Technical Preview
(reported: S. Mogilevtsev)
- Files in deep folder structures (long paths) will show, but won't play
(reported: A. Fodor)

0.6.0b (2015-03-28)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This huge release officially marks the start of Resonic's Beta phase.
All parts of the application have been rethought, reworked,
or rewritten from scratch.
Besides countless performance improvements this release introduces
an improved user interface, including all new waveform code,
a new file list, and a new browser with folder monitoring.

New Features:
- Major visual and functional user interface rework (buttons, tabs, colors, etc.)
- New powerful meta core with extensive support for a vast range of meta data
stored
in several important file formats.
This core paves the way for many upcoming meta-related features.
- Browser rewritten for overall improved performance,
no longer blocks interface while folders are being expanded,
which is especially noticeable on portable or slow devices (e.g. cell phones)
- Browser now supports folder monitoring,
i.e. external changes made to folders (create, rename, delete, etc.)
are reflected in Resonic's browser.
- Playback starts much faster now
- Window restore much faster and less jumpy, especially when maximized
- Folder changes much faster, less jumpy file list columns
- About dialog (see 'Menu | Help') with full list of credits
- Improved audio drop-out stability by reading/decoding files in parallel
- Number and size of selected files now shown in footer (#378)
- Tray icon and context menu (minimize to tray with ALT-M)
- In addition to 'Always minimize to tray' you can now also 'Always close to tray',
i.e. Resonic goes into system tray when you close it,
or when you press the window's 'X' button (see 'Menu | Interface').
- Playback advance now delays for a second after a file fails to play
- New percentage mode for time display, in addition to the classic timecode.
To enable it check the right-click context menu. (#473)
- New option allows you to toggle filename in main window title.
To access it right-click the filename in the header and use 'Show name in window
title'.
- Fast clicks on file list items are now registered properly (reported: M.
Lapierre)
- You can now use the mouse wheel on certain buttons (!)
like visualization type (next to volume bar) or advance mode
(sequential/random).
- You can now prevent notification messages in status bar from going away
automatically
by keeping the mouse on them
- New default waveform style: 'Solid',
a simple but elegant single-color waveform, as seen in many classic wave editors
(see 'Menu | Visualization | Waveform style').
- Waveform peaks are no longer scanned when the waveform is invisible
or when the visualization area is hidden (CTRL-F12).
 This results in a significant performance boost in situations where waveforms
are simply not required, for example:
You just want to browse or manage files without visualization.
You just want to use the analyzer.
- New shortcut: BACKSPACE goes up one level in folder tree, when browser has input
focus
- New shortcut: ALT-NUM* inverts the current file selection
- New column: 'Track #', track number read from file tags, e.g. ID3 (suggested:
trucmuch) (#157)
- New column: 'Extension', just the file's extension.
When the 'Extension' column is visible file extensions in the 'File name' column
are hidden.
- Bookmarks are now sorted by display name
- Most file format plugins are now loaded dynamically and when needed,
thus reducing the overall memory footprint
- Native PCM preview support for Direct Stream Digital (DSD) formats,
supporting .dsd and .dsf files and the following rates:
DSD64, DSD128 (double-rate), DSD256 (quad-rate), and DSD512 (octuple-rate).
- Seeking across files is now possible.
Near the end of a file a forward seek now moves on to the next file instead
of playing out the current file, which makes it easy to quickly jump
across multiple files (right arrow, mouse wheel on time display, etc.)
- ENTER or double-click on a folder now activated the file list,
i.e. sub-sequent use of the UP and DOWN keys will affect the file list.
To go back to the browser you can always press TAB.
- FLAC core decoder updated to 1.3.1
- Use ALT-WHEEL to seek in the track when mouse is inside visualization area
(on waveform, analyzers, etc.).
Note that ALT-WHEEL on the file list jumps between tracks.
- Use CTRL-ALT-WHEEL to randomly seek in the track when mouse is inside the
visualization area
(on waveform, analyzers, etc.).
- You can now click and hold the A-B button, then release it after a while to set a
loop.
- Update check, looks for new versions on the internet (can be disabled).
- Dim button next to mute button (and volume bar) lets you temporarily lower the
playback volume.
Note that you can also hold the SPACE key pressed to temporarily dim volume,
then release it to undim volume.
- Option to combine play and pause buttons into one (see 'Menu | Interface'),
which changes behavior from play/pause/restart to just play/pause.
However, you can now middle-click the play button to always restart the playing
track,
regardless of the play/pause buttons being combined or not.
By default Resonic Player now starts up with the buttons combined.
- New shortcuts: PAUSE/BREAK key toggles volume mute, ALT-PAUSE/BREAK toggles
volume dim.

Improvements:
- New default waveform style is now 'Solid'
- Much improved and correct representation of short audio files
- Improved overall application performance
- Improved file list code, supports playlists in future builds
- Improved overall playback stability and file list handling
- Browser icon support improved (libraries, etc.)
- Partial support for interface scaling on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1
- Improved text rendering in visualizations (#407)
- Taskbar progress no longer updated for short files
- Website: Online changelog (what's new) improved, and several other changes
- Play position no longer drawn in analyzer visualization for very short files
- Improved frequency value display for logarithmic and linear analyzers
- Focus is now set to file list on double-click or ENTER on a folder.
Hint: You can use TAB to switch focus between browser and file list at any time.
- Improved localization system (multi-language support) for faster loading
- Improved overall file list handling and selections
- Improved database performance and greatly reduced disk accesses when option
'Allow multiple instances' is disabled, which is the default setting.
- Last-playing waveform is restored with less delay on application startup
- Improved event rendering in event visualization (for module music)
- Icon column in file list (lossy/lossless/etc.) can now be moved
- Renamed 'Avoid horizontal scrollbar' option to 'Auto-fit to width' (columns)
- Fixed jumpy frequency display in analyzer when playback starts (and after stop)
- No more runaway track advances with very short sound files.
When you press stop, it stops.
- Use CTRL-WHEEL on file list to play the previous/next file (previously: ALT-
WHEEL)
- Use ALT-WHEEL on file list to play a random file (previously: CTRL-ALT-WHEEL)

Corrections:
- Fixed splash screen painting on top of startup error messages (reported:
ExtremRaym)
- Fixed hints sometimes interfering with popup menus
- Fixed playlist advance with unplayable files
- Fixed occasional endless loop in folders that contain only unplayable files
- Fixed playlist position not being updated properly after deleting files with
CTRL-DEL
(reported. P. Greiss)
- Fixed bug where standard Windows delete/copy/cut dialogs might disappear
and cause weird GUI behavior
- Fixed playback auto-starting in certain cases when ALT-TAB or TAB is pressed
(#406)
- Fixed 'Hz' column (sample rate) showing incorrect information (reported: S.
Quinn)
- Fixed next/previous folder shortcuts (CTRL-UP / DOWN) not working in certain
situations
- Countless other fixes and corrections, not mentioned here
- Support for additional ID3v1 genres

Removed:
- Removed classic Resonic Alpha waveform styles in favor of performance
- Removed experimental feature 'Focus indicators'

Remarks:
- Meta/waveform data is currently only partially cached,
i.e. after Resonic starts scans will always restart from the beginning.
Full disk caching is coming in one of the next Beta releases.
- The Sleep Timer was moved from main menu to a "zZz" button in the status bar
(lower right).
The timer's options can be changed any time, even while it's running.
The timer can be aborted with a click on the countdown time.
- The 'Events' visualization mode for module music is currently not implemented.
- Sound output options are coming in one of the next two Beta updates,
which will be smaller and more frequent.

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