Microstudio Changelog

What's new in Microstudio 4.001

May 14, 2007
  • New VU Meter Show Microphone Signal After Volume Adjustment - This visual yellow-green-red indicator allows you to see how loud your Microphone signal is. Along with the Tools menu Record Settings dialog, you now can easily set the Hardware Boost (if your audio card supports this), and a new Software Boost that insures you get a "hot" signal to record with the music.
  • Play From CD On-The-Fly - Now you can play CD Tracks within seconds without waiting.
  • Microphone Controls Now Use the Default Microphone - It was tricky to get the Microphone controls to work correctly, not how Windows wanted us to do it. Now you should be able to record the Mic without changing the Windows Play or Record Controls.
  • Add Tools menu "Record Parameters" command - This new dialog contains all the controls for recording including; the save to folder, hardware and software Microphone boost.
  • Volume Control Settings Now Persistent - When you change the Volume controls, the value you leave them at is used the next time.
  • Reduced Play CD Track CPU Requirements - On AMD processors, playing a CD Track was consuming 100% of the CPU cycles. Now it is in the 2% - 5% range.
  • Playing Last CD Track Stops Drive Spinning - Earlier, the CD/DVD drive would continue to spin, but now it stops when play stops.
  • Playing a CD Track No Longer Hangs When Play Ends -Earlier, when 0:00 appeared playing could hang and freeze some computers. This is fixed.
  • Set the Volume Control Panel "Volume Control" to 3/4, not 1/2 - This overall loudness controller was being set too low for some Microphones. This change boosts the overall mix loudness.
  • Added Tool Tips - Now when you hover the mouse arrow over a button, field, etc. a short text message (tool tip) appears, and within 10 seconds will disappear if you don't click the mouse elsewhere before then.