What's new in GoldWave 6.80
Jan 23, 2024
- "Skip beginning" option in Split File
- Very long name support in FLAC plug-in
- Resizable Multi Device Recorder window
- Several fixes and improvements
New in GoldWave 6.78 (Jan 22, 2024)
- New Features:
- Replaced Infinity Link with GoldWave Link, which allows file transfers across the internet and between desktop versions and mobile versions
- FFmpeg Download button in GoldWave File Plug-in settings for supporting many audio file types
- Filename shown in main title bar
- Several fixes and improvements
New in GoldWave 6.77 (Aug 7, 2023)
- New Features:
- Tempo Visual (manual BPM counter).
- Reworked Multi Device Recorder for better stream recording.
- Several fixes and improvements.
New in GoldWave 6.76 (Apr 28, 2023)
- Updated startup splash screen
- Added keyboard functions for activating Sound windows
- Several fixes and improvements
New in GoldWave 6.75 (Mar 22, 2023)
- Updated languages
- Several fixes and improvements
New in GoldWave 6.73 (Mar 2, 2023)
- New Control menu
- Infinity Link (file transfer between desktop and GoldWave Infinity)
- Several fixes and improvements
New in GoldWave 6.72 (Jan 4, 2023)
- Updated languages
- A few fixes.
New in GoldWave 6.70 (Nov 29, 2022)
- Update languages
- A few fixes and improvements
New in GoldWave 6.69 (Nov 26, 2022)
- New drag-and-drop editing across files
- Increased vertical zoom range
- Resample command added to Batch Processing
- Updated FLAC plug-in
- Download button added to Language options
- Updated languages
- Several fixes and improvements
New in GoldWave 6.68 (Oct 26, 2022)
- Updated translations
- Several important fixes
New in GoldWave 6.67 (Oct 21, 2022)
- Logarithmic Y axis option in Spectrum visual
- Context menu for Playback Rate and Resample toolbar buttons
- Updated icons for Follow Playback
- Updated translations
- Realtime spectrum graph preview for Noise Reduction, Parametric Equalizer, and Spectrum Filter
- Several fixes and other improvemen
New in GoldWave 6.66 (Sep 28, 2022)
- Multiband Compressor effect
- Multi-Device Recorder tool
- Tempo setting in Time effect
- Snap to zero crossing selection setting in Batch Processing
- Blend At Marker in Batch Processing
- Several fixes and other improvements
New in GoldWave 6.65 (May 18, 2022)
- Language updates
- Fixed Effect Chain Editor issues
New in GoldWave 6.63 (May 12, 2022)
- Fixed Batch Progress window size and a few Effect Chain Editor issues.
New in GoldWave 6.62 (May 11, 2022)
- Default cue point colour setting
- Secondary Y axis setting
- Retained sizes of more resizable windows
- Several important fixes.
New in GoldWave 6.59 (Feb 9, 2022)
- New Features:
- New Stripe visual
- Artwork support in Batch Processing
- Lockable toolbar
- Ctrl+Stop and F7 to pause effect previewing
- Increased maximum sampling rate to 768kHz
- Numerous fixes and other improvements
New in GoldWave 6.58 (Jan 31, 2022)
- New Features:
- New Ring visual
- More colour options for some visuals
- More resizable windows
- News feed window
- Numerous fixes and other improvements
New in GoldWave 6.57 (Sep 17, 2021)
- More resizable windows
- Several fixes and other improvements
New in GoldWave 6.56 (Sep 15, 2021)
- New Features:
- New Channel Separation visual
- Playback indicator in sound window titles
- Menu button for improved accessibility in Speech Converter
- Trial extension option
- Several fixes and other improvements
New in GoldWave 6.55 (Apr 19, 2021)
- Improved 64 bit VST support
- Presets in Auto Cue.
- Several important fixes and other improvements
New in GoldWave 6.54 (Jan 15, 2021)
- Improved Compare Files tool
- Upgraded PION plug-in support
- Several fixes and other improvements
New in GoldWave 6.53 (Jan 7, 2021)
- New Features:
- Monochromatic toolbar icons theme options
- Restored older themes
- Preset controls in Find and Trim Silence commands
- 64 bit VST support
- Update downloader
- Improved sample accuracy with rounding
- Improved dynamic Spectrum Filter
- Several fixes and other improvements
New in GoldWave 6.52 (Sep 18, 2020)
- New Features:
- Dynamic mode in Spectrum Filter
- Replaced freedb CD database server
- Several fixes.
New in GoldWave 6.50 (Mar 5, 2020)
- Added more help for PION.
- Replaced OpusFile and OggFile plug-ins.
- Several minor fixes.
New in GoldWave 6.49 (Mar 3, 2020)
- New Compare Files tool
- Innovative Plug-in Over Network (PION) support
- Several fixes and improvements.
New in GoldWave 6.47 (Nov 12, 2019)
New in GoldWave 6.46 (Nov 11, 2019)
- Updated program icon and start screen
- Alternate clipboard commands (only available under Keyboard Options)
- Several fixes and improvements.
New in GoldWave 6.45 (Oct 25, 2019)
- Improved translations
- Several fixes and improvements.
New in GoldWave 6.43 (Oct 11, 2019)
- Improved translations
- Several fixes and improvements.
New in GoldWave 6.42 (Oct 10, 2019)
- Expanded some controls for improved language support.
- Added ability to translate preset names.
- Updated language files for French-Belgium and German (thanks to
- Pierre le Lidgeu and Kandelar).
- Fixed bugs: pause/error on exit, Crossfade and other missing
- language items, default preset, multichannel mixer.
New in GoldWave 6.41 (Jun 13, 2019)
- Improved French language translation
- Several fixes.
New in GoldWave 6.40 (May 17, 2019)
- Removed automatic language selection during installation.
- Added Microsoft Speech Platform support to Speech Converter tool.
- Added F3 and Ctrl+F keys for Language Editor searching.
- Fixed bugs: Crossfade error, Cue Edit preview time, spectrogram
- with scroll speed more than 1.
New in GoldWave 6.37 Beta (Jan 31, 2019)
- New Features:
- Language selection under Options | Language with 9 languages.
- Language editor under Options | Language, "Edit" button.
- A single-click installer with 9 built-in languages.
- Other improvements and fixes.
New in GoldWave 6.36 (Nov 20, 2018)
- Added Reduction setting to Noise Gate effect.
- Added Fade curve setting to Blend.
- Added 6 channel (5.1) support for M4A files (Windows 10 only).
- Added Apple Lossless M4A support (Windows 10 only).
- Added Finish/Length option in Set Selection.
- Added relative time to Set Playback Position.
- Added log file setting to Batch Processing Destination tab.
- Prevented GoldWave* native audio plug-in from being disabled.
- Added Windows 10 "OneCore" voices to Speech Converter tool.
- Added Windows 10 "OneCore" recognizers to Find (Text).
- Added "Undo after save" to Storage Options.
- Changed colour of Bar visual.
- Added LED Time visual.
- Integrated peak number into Analog Meter.
- Fixed bug: unique device name, device sort order with default first,
- VU Meter axis, Batch Insert Silence location, use current folder when no files opened, status bar information when tab closed,
- CD reader error.
New in GoldWave 6.35 (Aug 8, 2018)
- Fixed bug: crash related to cue point colour.
New in GoldWave 6.34 (Aug 7, 2018)
- Fixed bug: crash related to screen reader and auto scroll
New in GoldWave 6.32 (May 13, 2018)
- Added Crossfade to Batch Processing
- Added Playback Rate to Batch Processing (use Add Edit).
- Added check for Read Only attribute during Batch Processing.
- Added transparent colours to Crossfade preview.
- Added Location to Insert Silence.
- Included LAME MP3 encoder.
- Widened Amplitude Statistics window.
- Retained recording volume setting to work around defective device drivers.
- Allowed update checks for unlicensed users.
- Fixed bugs: move start/finish icon in toolbar settings, filetype extension wrong when changing types, default open file path, converted save on new file, freeze using "Open With" in File Explorer, help search button, Save window behind Main window after lower quality message, rewind at beginning, Time Similarity crash, mouse wheel while selecting audio.
New in GoldWave 6.31 (Sep 22, 2017)
- Recompiled using Embarcadero C++ Builder 10.2 Tokyo Update 1.
- Added Text search settings to Find.
- Added right-click precision context menu to up/down controls in Set Selection window.
- Replaced temporary filename with a similar filename when original file cannot be replaced.
- Fixed bugs: MP3 ACM setting, Loudness menu item for screen readers, trim while recording, VST noise, wheel zoom, rewind, Find progress.
New in GoldWave 6.30 (Jul 21, 2017)
- Fixed bugs: MP3 saving, MP3 ACM setting.
New in GoldWave 6.29 (Jul 20, 2017)
- Replaced ACM MP3 decoder with Media Foundation decoder.
- Added option to use old ACM MP3 decoder to GoldWave plug-in settings.
- Changed FLACFile plug-in to handle corrupt files with empty seek tables.
- Added Loudness effect.
- Added Amplitude Statistics tool.
- Fixed bugs: grid number colour in preview, save folder setting, Continue To End looping, Spectrum frequency coordinate, Find scrolling, Expression Evaluator channel output, VST stability.
New in GoldWave 6.28 (Jul 20, 2017)
- Recompiled using Embarcadero C++ Builder 10.2 Tokyo.
- Added Dial tone, Ring, Busy, Intercept, Vacant to Expression Evaluator.
- Added "Retain current view..." option to Window Options.
- Added cue point to file created by Speech Converter with text of speech.
- Added presets to Audio Attributes selection frame.
- Added Converted Save to File menu.
- Added drag-and-drop for reordering Sound window tabs.
- Added log to CD Reader.
- Fixed bugs: zero length MP4 chunks freeze, multichannel to stereo mixdown, VST trailing silence.
New in GoldWave 6.27 (Mar 2, 2017)
- Redirected remote links in help to default browser.
- Fixed bugs: Blend At Marker duration, Paste New zoom level, Table of Contents in the manual, cue index error, play very short selection, VST initial delay.
New in GoldWave 6.26 (Feb 2, 2017)
- Increased Blend At Marker time range.
- Fixed bugs: 6 digits after decimal, new cue point error.
New in GoldWave 6.25 (Feb 2, 2017)
- Added Blend At Marker to Edit menu.
- Added Cull button to Cue Points.
- Added "Time To Next" column in Cue Points.
- Added Trim submenu with additional trim commands.
- Changed Undo to undo changes to the view as well.
- Changed Set Start/Finish Marker to be enabled always.
- Added playback marker triangle to option to remove selection handles.
- Added db and idb to Evaluator.
- Added "Show full filenames in title" to Windows options.
- Updated Ogg Vorbis, Opus, and FLAC plug-ins.
- Added "Retain cue points" option to File Merger.
- Improved File Merger progress estimate.
- Increased waveform scan block size.
- Added automatic cue export to Batch Processing.
- Added average line to Spectrum visual.
- Changed default settings for Spectrum visual.
- Added "Ctrl click" option to Window Options.
- Added more folder options to Storage Options.
- Added "smp" notation to enter time in samples.
- Added red warning text when recording volume is low.
- Added new Frequency Blend effect.
- Added work-around for defective driver recording volume.
- Fixed bugs: Compressor/Expander error, scrollbar click without drag,
- default folder when last used folder deleted, filename extension,
- MP3 AVI, MP3 encoder overflow.
New in GoldWave 6.24 (Jul 4, 2016)
- Added coordinates to Spectrum visual when mouse is over graph
- Added support for more channels in custom Raw attributes settings
- Improved VST plug-in
- Fixed bugs: wheel zoom position, Noise Gate preview, corrupted
- Wave file, missing folder selection button, wide toolbar button
New in GoldWave 6.23 (May 17, 2016)
- Fixed bugs: high DPI, effect chain editor, misaligned toolbar icons, paste, mix, and crossfade in one channel.
New in GoldWave 6.22 (May 9, 2016)
- Recompiled using Embarcadero C++ Builder 10.1 Berlin
- Added drop-down menu to Chain toolbar button to list presets
- Added CSV attributes for saving Raw or Text types
- Expanded number of items in recent file list
- Added work-around for flashing toolbar when system changes are made
- UTF8 Cue File encoding is now the default
- Changed Voice Over to remove requirement of compatible clipboard audio
- Added small icon option to toolbar settings
- Lowered the minimum latency setting
- Fixed bugs: draw overview setting refresh, MS AMR decoding
- move nearest marker when markers at same time, Voice Over crash
- GWRemote stop recording, GWVST window size, idle and latency
New in GoldWave 6.21 (Mar 21, 2016)
- Fixed bugs: Save as M4A, mono playback on multichannel device, right channel Noise Reduction.
New in GoldWave 6.20 (Mar 4, 2016)
- Increased size of VU Meter in recording Test Device window
- Added Preview checkbox to File Open dialog
- Changed Cue Points window to resizable
- Removed mono setting for recording device
- Added duplicates filter to Auto Cue
- Fixed bugs: record test with more than 2 channels, ALAC, cue file MP3 type, UTF8 cue files, mouse wheel in tabs, auto save command line recording
New in GoldWave 6.19 (Jan 8, 2016)
- Added Noise Gate effect
- Added Multichannel Mixer effect
- Fixed bugs: Window menu list, theme problems, FLAC error mono playback, 1:1 initial zoom
New in GoldWave 6.18 (Dec 1, 2015)
- Disabled themes for Windows 10 build 10586.
- Fixed bugs: Media Foundation attributes, .3gp support, themed task dialog too small, preset buttons, supported types too long, themes when batch processing.
New in GoldWave 6.17 (Nov 20, 2015)
- Disabled themes for Windows 10 build 10586.
- Fixed bugs: theme error when screen reader active, high DPI.
New in GoldWave 6.16 (Nov 18, 2015)
- Recompiled using Embarcadero C++ Builder Seattle 10.
- Added more themes.
- Changed layout of Keyboard Options window.
- Added more keyboard functions, such as EditFindNext.
- Added descriptions to keyboard functions.
- Updated Ogg Vorbis plug-in.
- Used Marker preview duration for NavigationBeforeStart and
- NavigationBeforeFinish functions.
- Added option to enable marker preview when moving the selection
- markers with the mouse.
- Updated connection to GWRemote.
- Added Windows Associations to File Formats Options.
- Updated Noise Reduction and Spectrum Filter graphs.
- Fixed bugs: Zoom Up/Down keys when Control has focus, Pan colours
- and contrast, scroll view left/right amount, batch overall progress,
- Ogg picture metadata error, Noise Reduction clipboard with
- different number of channels, help when screen reader active,
- ALAC file description, system information version, help.
New in GoldWave 6.15 (Sep 1, 2015)
- Reduced default visual frame rate for screen readers.
- Fixed bugs: record stop button.
New in GoldWave 6.14 (Aug 29, 2015)
- Added up/down buttons in Toolbar options.
- Added up/down buttons in Effect Chain Editor.
- Added ability to remove any effect in the chain.
- Added keyboard functions for volume, balance, and speed control to Keyboard options.
- Added Overview height setting to Window Options.
- Added higher resolution program icon.
- Fixed bugs: Echo presets, file merger titles, save as with different number of channels, looped recording waveform update, batch processing multiple instances, license all users, undetectable types case, staff visual channel, insert silence in one channel, filenames listed in batch processing, do not allow file type/attributes changes, ACM decoding, high DPI.
New in GoldWave 6.13 (Jun 12, 2015)
- Added ViewZoomInSelection function to Keyboard Options.
- Fixed bugs: FLAC encoding.
New in GoldWave 6.12 (Jun 3, 2015)
- Fixed bugs: Batch Processing, Save As title.
New in GoldWave 6.11 (May 28, 2015)
- Recompiled using Embarcadero C++ Builder XE8.
- Added Music Staff visual.
- Added "Transfer Settings From v5" button to Setup window.
- Added Memory Store, Recall, Exchange settings in Batch Processing
- selection edit command.
- Updated FLAC encoder.
- Added transparent colours to Voice Over preview.
- Added logic to Batch Processing.
- Fixed bugs: cannot restore Overview graph after window maximized,
- CD read speed, Voice Over presets, gw-meta-data placeholder,
- preset error message, Spectrogram buffer overrun, Effect Chain
- Editor preset, visual buffer overrun with mono files,
- Pop/Click detection.
New in GoldWave 6.10 (Jan 19, 2015)
- Used web browser for help if screen reader is active instead of built-in help window.
- Disable Esc key for Batch Progress window.
- Added jump playback to next cue.
- Fixed bugs: update checking, LAME download, mouse wheel Scroll and Select mode, freeze when Control window docked.
New in GoldWave 6.09 (Dec 10, 2014)
- Sorted device lists.
- Changed Memory Storage to use Hard Drive Storage when memory is low.
- Added "Pop/click" to Find.
- Added more settings for Title in Split File.
- Updated help/manual.
- Updated GWVST icons.
- Fixed bugs: grid/BPM, spectrum peak, window list, record settings window, paste/replace one channel with mono, save when not all channels selected, interface error, cue triangle alignment, error on close, interface error, toolbar stability.
New in GoldWave 6.08 Beta (Nov 6, 2014)
- new mouse pointers for markers, new Edit | Find command, several fixes and improvements.
New in GoldWave 6.07 Beta (Oct 9, 2014)
- Added tethering support for remote control app.
- Updated status text as markers are dragged or moved.
- Added VST support through GWVST32 plug-in with 64 bit to 32 bit bridge.
- Added keystroke to search in Keyboard Options.
- Added Overlap setting to Colour Options and added better descriptions of other settings.
- Added visuals update when dragging playback marker.
- Added Apps to Options menu.
- Added support for GWRemote app.
- Fixed bugs: scroll/move marker at highest zoom level, message box position, slow processing, mono visuals, X-Y Graph, auto cue first silence.
New in GoldWave 6.06 Beta (Oct 9, 2014)
- Recompiled using Embarcadero C++ Builder XE7
- Sorted right-click effect and batch buttons presets menu
- Changed selection grip boxes to transparent
- Added option to remove selection grip boxes
- Improved Analog Meter visual clarity and processor usage
- Added tabbed Sound windows
- Replaced hardcoded scroll and marker movement keys with configurable ones
- Fixed bugs: open file types, batch processing comment 'c' key list of windows, excessive processing when Sound window maximized, custom save attributes, Match Volume clip setting CD reader alignment, batch progress bar, channel labels effect toolbar separators, paste mono distortion, memory not freed when large file open fails, Pop/Click filter
New in GoldWave 6.05 Beta (Jul 25, 2014)
- Added labels to channels.
- Fixed bugs: Decoding audio files, shift up/down changing volume.
New in GoldWave 6.04 Beta (Jul 25, 2014)
- Fixed bugs: mono recording distortion, pops saved in 5.1 channel
- Wave, preview buttons in Evaluator, default Opus 5.1 channel
- save attributes.
New in GoldWave 6.03 Beta (Jul 25, 2014)
- Fixed bug: menu accessibility.
New in GoldWave 6.02 Beta (Jul 25, 2014)
- Reduced minimum size of Sound windows slightly.
- Reduced size of overview graph slightly.
- Added old menu system for screen readers.
- Added cue at beginning of file for Auto Cue Mark Silence.
- Fixed bugs: mono recording mode, MP3 custom settings error,
- rewind glitch, waveform colour gradients, paste less
- channels, shift+up/down keyboard previewing.
New in GoldWave 6.01 Beta (Jul 25, 2014)
- Lowered default playback latency.
- Added an extra digit for Pitch change.
- Fixed bug: screen reader errors.
New in GoldWave 6.00 Beta (Jul 25, 2014)
- Recompiled as 64 bit, using Embarcadero C++ Builder XE6.
- Fixed 32 bit to 64 bit compatibility issues.
- Added multichannel support for up to 8 channels.
- Added automatic mixdown to play multichannel audio on stereo devices.
- Removed old ASPI and updated SCSI CD Reader code.
- Changed the way PCM values are converted to floating point.
- Added 6 more graph visuals and a setting to select the number
- of visuals.
- Added FFTSize and Minimum dB setting to Visual tab.
- Updated visuals to support new settings.
- Increased scroll speed of Envelope visual.
- Added colour fading to 3D bars visual.
- Changed appearance of some visuals.
- Remove old AutoTrim effect.
- Changed horizontal layout of Control window.
- Added channel selection controls to left side of Sound window.
- Changed playback to mute unselected channels.
- Improved visibility of edit markers by adding { and } boxes.
- Added splitter between overview and waveform to allow overview
- to be resized.
- Added highlights to overview to show zoomed area.
- Added drag-and-drop movement to playback cursor.
- Added channel selector window.
- Replaced old File Open/Save dialogs with new ones.
- Replaced Folder selection dialog with new one.
- Replaced and updated tool bar.
- Created over 150 new icons for toolbar and other places.
- Added "Options | Themes" command to select different themes.
- Replaced custom buttons with standard buttons for improved
- accessibility.
- Added drop-down menu to New toolbar button to list presets.
- Added drop-down menu to File toolbar button to list recent files.
- Added drop-down menu to Undo toolbar button to list recent changes.
- Changed the way file types and attributes are selected in Save As,
- Batch Processing, Default Save Format, Save CD Tracks.
- Added button to remove artwork from File Information.
- Added Date and Channel filters to Batch Processing.
- Changed Process list comment key in Batch Processing to "C".
- Added "Comment" Edit Command to Batch Processing.
- Replaced mono source radio buttons with drop-down list on Device tab.
- Replaced VCL Message Dialog with Windows Task Dialog for improved
- accessibility.
- Removed main window size setting in Window Options.
- Added single click mouse settings under Window Options.
- Replaced HTMLHelp with built-in help window.
- Renamed AutoTrim to "Trim Silence".
- Changed "Edit | Marker" to "Edit | Selection".
- Added more commands to "Edit | Selection" menu.
- Added more commands to "Edit | Cue Point" menu.
- Added "Select Channels" and "All" to "Edit | Channel" menu.
- Completely replaced built-in help with unified HTML manual.
- Started improving HTML manual.
- Removed all use of Windows registry.
- Moved all settings to XML file.
- Added "Hold & skip back" to foot pedal options.
- Added setup option to use one instance.
- Removed unused setup options.
- Renamed "Time Warp" effect to "Time".
- Created 64 bit Ogg Vorbis encoder/decoder from xiph.org source.
- Created 64 bit Opus encoder/decoder from xiph.org source.
- Created 64 bit FLAC encoder/decoder from xiph.org source.
- Updated LAME downloader and installer to 64 bit version.
- Fixed bugs: [-Exclude-] cue name, Spectrogram visual, missing prefix
- on CD track titles, UTF8 CD titles, HID footpedal joystick buttons,
- performer prefix in cue file, ask to stop recording when closing
- window.
New in GoldWave 5.70 (Oct 25, 2013)
- Optional audio notification after processing
- Support for older VST plug-ins
- Faster waveform drawing
- Increased recent file history on File menu
- Several other improvements and fixes
New in GoldWave 5.69 (Jun 1, 2013)
- Download signed with a digital certificate
- Greatly improved Analog Meter visual
- Support for sampling rates up to 500kHz
- Properties for Time and Status visual
- More options for Split File naming
- Several other improvements and fixes
New in GoldWave 5.68 (Jan 25, 2013)
- Loopback recording devices for easier stream recording
- Volume modulation in Flanger effect
- Improved quality for Similiary mode in Time Warp effect
- Improved volume in Pitch effect
- Grid/Snap-to-grid settings
- Opus file format support
- Improved playback and recording on multichannel devices
- Portable installation option
- Several other improvements
- Important fixes
New in GoldWave 5.67 (Mar 23, 2012)
- Several improvements
- Important fixes:
- This update fixes a memory access error that may occur during recording and monitoring.
New in GoldWave 5.66 (Jan 21, 2012)
- Improved audio I/O for Windows Vista/7
- Improved support for VST plug-ins
- Search box for Keyboard Options
- Invert option in Mix edit command
- Several other improvements and fixes
New in GoldWave 5.65 (Jan 21, 2012)
- New audio I/O for Windows Vista/7
- Improved support for M4A files (Windows 7 only)
- New Open URL command (Windows 7 only)
- Support for VST plug-ins (still in beta testing)
- New Stereo Center effect
- Artwork in File Information
- Redesigned Batch Processing window
- USB HID foot pedal support
- New Tone Meter visual (audible volume level meter)
- New Copy From File edit command option in Batch Processing
- New recording button for one click recording
- Many, many other minor improvements, features, and fixes (see WhatsNew.txt for detailed list)
New in GoldWave 5.60 Beta (Jan 21, 2012)
- Playback/Recording:
- This version of GoldWave contains significant changes to the playback and recording code. By default, the new Windows Vista/7 Core Audio/WASAPI is used. Previous versions of GoldWave used DirectX (DirectSound) for all audio input and output. However DirectX has been the source of many problems and has been deprecated on Windows Vista/7 where it no longer provides direct access to the audio hardware. DirectSound support is still included as an option in GoldWave and is used by default for Windows 2000/XP.
- Media Foundation:
- This version of GoldWave uses the new Media Foundation in Windows 7 to access system decoders to handle a wider range of audio and video files. Previous versions of GoldWave used DirectShow to access system decoders. That functionality has not been removed but it is used only if Media Foundation is unable to open a file or on older versions of Windows that do no have Media Foundation.
- iTunes M4A:
- GoldWave can now open and save iTunes M4A files through Media Foundation on Windows 7. Currently there appears to be a flaw in the way Media Foundation handles cover art metadata. Although cover art can be read from a file, any attempt to write cover art results in all metadata being wiped from the file. To avoid this problem, GoldWave only writes text metadata. Cover art cannot be saved in an M4A file for now.
- Covert Art:
- Cover art is shown under File | Information. Click on the image to replace the artwork with another image.
- Open URL:
- A new File | Open URL command has been added to open a file directly from a website using Media Foundation on Window 7.
- Window Layering:
- In previous versions of GoldWave, windows and dialogs could appear on top of other applications. Changes have been made to avoid that. However further testing is needed to ensure that windows and dialogs appear correctly on top of GoldWave's Main window and not behind it, which would make the program appear frozen.
- VST:
- The first beta version of the VST plug-in is included. However, there appear to be numerous stability issues with VST plug-ins. Many plug-ins violate the VST specification in a variety of ways and the specification itself has issues.
New in GoldWave 5.58 (Aug 26, 2010)
- Slightly reduced size of Control buttons
- Noise Only option in Noise Reduction
- Option to discard cue points when splitting a file
- Several fixes
New in GoldWave 5.57 (Jun 25, 2010)
- Larger Control buttons
- A third playback button
- Larger status and level visuals
- New Digital Time visual
- Improved keyboard assignments for Speech Converter tool
- Several other improvements and fixes
New in GoldWave 5.56 (May 21, 2010)
- New Speech Converter tool
- Additional Batch Processing settings
- Additional Spectrum visual settings
- Many fixes and other improvements
New in GoldWave 5.55 (Nov 6, 2009)
- Expanded right-click context menu for Sound windows
- Added more keyboard commands for changing the selection markers
- Preserved cover art when converting file types
- Several fixes
New in GoldWave 5.54 (Oct 6, 2009)
- Some fixes: MP3 metadata, cue points.
New in GoldWave 5.53 (Oct 3, 2009)
- Up/Down buttons in Batch Processing and File Merger
- Redesigned file plug-ins to support more forms of metadata
- One Year licensing option
- Range settings for Spectrum Filter
- Many fixes and improvements
New in GoldWave 5.52 (May 16, 2009)
- Work-around for Microsoft HHCTRL address range problem.
- Fixed cue points.
New in GoldWave 5.51 (May 9, 2009)
- Gradient Colour option
- Fixed invalid numbers related to decimal point
- Extended range of bars visuals
New in GoldWave 5.50 (May 8, 2009)
- Unicode interface
- Integrated GWVoice effects
- Faster processing for some effects using SSE and multiple processors
- Cleaner polyphase resampling
- Higher resolution frequency visuals
- Updated FLAC and Vorbis codecs
- Many fixes and improvements
New in GoldWave 5.25 (May 7, 2008)
- Changed device naming to work better with Vista.
- Fixed index out of bound problem on some Vista systems.
New in GoldWave 5.24 (May 3, 2008)
- Sortable columns in File Merger tool
- New fade curves for Crossfade
- Click-and-drag scrolling using middle (wheel) button
- Increased ranges in Parametric Equalizer
- Recognition of files with ID3v4 tags
- Replaced font in all dialogs (more readable in Vista)
- Several fixes and improvements
New in GoldWave 5.23 (Feb 1, 2008)
- Playback cursor appearance
- Option to hide cursor
- Window to set cursor (Ctrl G)
- Option to delete files in Batch Processing
- Minimize button on Batch Processing Progress window
- Realtime previewing of changes in Spectrum Filter
- New keyboard commands to set cue points (Q, Shift Q)
- "Select Between Cues" in right-click cue context menu
- Several fixes and improvements
New in GoldWave 5.22 (Oct 19, 2007)
- Fix for Vista open/save compatibility
New in GoldWave 5.20 (May 3, 2007)
- Updated FLAC and WMA file plug-ins
- QTFile plug-in
- "Check for Updates" feature
- Several fixes and improvements