Mono-a-Mono Changelog

What's new in Mono-a-Mono 5.8

Oct 28, 2022
  • Improved click suppression.
  • Added soft limiting to reduce audibility of clipped samples.
  • Reduced target amplitude a little.

New in Mono-a-Mono 5.7 (Jan 2, 2020)

  • Reverted to original (more intuitive) equalisation scheme.
  • Revised preset equalisation parameters.
  • Reduced effects of filtering on the signal's group delay function.

New in Mono-a-Mono 5.6 (Nov 20, 2017)

  • Substantial speed-up of audio processing.
  • Added Unicode support for filenames.

New in Mono-a-Mono 5.5 (Jan 29, 2017)

  • Improved time registration between input and output files.
  • Modified click remover control, so setting slider to zero disables it completely.

New in Mono-a-Mono 5.4 (Dec 27, 2016)

  • Dramatic improvement in effectiveness of the click remover.
  • Small UI improvements.

New in Mono-a-Mono 5.3 (Aug 9, 2015)

  • Significantly improved “rejuvenator” function (suppression of distortion and general wear-and-tear). This also improved the de-mixing function. Updated help file to make it more user-friendly.

New in Mono-a-Mono 5.2 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Added noise removal and rejuvenator functions to left-only and right-only channels to match previous centre-channel processing.

New in Mono-a-Mono 5.1 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Fixed errors in equalisation presets.
  • Improved clarity.

New in Mono-a-Mono 5.0 (Mar 31, 2014)

  • Replaced the old “Vocal Remover” function with a full multi-channel “De-Mixer” (thanks to Terry Rosen for suggesting the idea).
  • Replaced equalisation filters with a “shelving” design with a controllable break-point (inspired by a comment from Steve Pike, many years ago).
  • Updated help system to a slightly more modern version.

New in Mono-a-Mono 4.1 (Aug 31, 2010)

  • Adjusted range of controls to be a bit more mutually-consistent.
  • Improved time resolution.

New in Mono-a-Mono 4.0 (Aug 24, 2010)

  • Improved operation of "Silence Enhancer" control
  • Improved operation of "Rejuvenator" control
  • Improved speed of operation and size of executable
  • Small redesign of GUI
  • Updated wxWidgets GUI library and NSIS installer

New in Mono-a-Mono 3.1 (Dec 29, 2009)

  • More sensitive click detector.
  • Better click suppression.
  • Added drag-and-drop for files to be processed.
  • Option to place output files in the same folder with the inputs.

New in Mono-a-Mono 3.0 (Dec 1, 2009)

  • Optimised ‘windowing’ in various signal processing algorithms.
  • Added option to keep signal level close to original input.
  • Added separate Playback EQ panel to Wizard screen.
  • Made slightly more modern browse-for-folder button.
  • Reordered and renamed Recording Category section.

New in Mono-a-Mono 2.14 (Jan 19, 2009)

  • Improved rejuvenator (distortion remover).
  • Adjusted default silence enhancer setting.
  • Better clarity.

New in Mono-a-Mono 2.13 (Nov 23, 2008)

  • Minor improvement and simplification of click detector module.
  • Extended ‘Presets’ dialogue and promoted it to ‘Wizard’ status.
  • Tidied up versioning code and other bits-and-pieces.

New in Mono-a-Mono 2.12 (Jul 27, 2008)

  • Minor improvement to silence enhancer module
  • Small (probably inaudible) bug fix
  • Updated external software (wxWidgets and NSIS installer)
  • Added version info to executable file

New in Mono-a-Mono 2.11 (Jun 8, 2008)

  • Added vocal remover function
  • Added preset control values
  • Added support for vertical-cut recordings
  • Added multiple file selections for preview and list removal

New in Mono-a-Mono 2.10 (Apr 22, 2008)

  • Slightly improved click remover.
  • Fixed bug creating new folders.
  • Updated compiler and other build tools

New in Mono-a-Mono 2.8 (Feb 26, 2008)

  • Identified and removed a long-standing mathematical error causing muffled sound. The processed sound is much clearer now.
  • Added control over the suppression of distortion and wear in poor quality recordings.
  • Minor bug fix.
  • Faster processing.

New in Mono-a-Mono 2.6 (Jan 3, 2008)

  • Added control of preview duration.
  • Improved handling of recordings including silent lead-in.
  • Updated NSIS installer.

New in Mono-a-Mono 2.5 (Dec 3, 2007)

  • Added preview function and equalisation controls.
  • Added a proper help button.
  • Improved default noise reduction parameter range.
  • Updated NSIS installer to fix potential problem with Win9x.
  • Updated wxWidgets library.

New in Mono-a-Mono 2.4 (Nov 11, 2007)

  • Improved click detection.
  • Introduced UPX executable packer (for smaller executable size).
  • Small bug fix (problem saving configuration information).

New in Mono-a-Mono 2.2 (Aug 20, 2007)

  • Added install / uninstall support.
  • Reined back over-enthusiastic improvements in version 2.1

New in Mono-a-Mono 2.1 (Aug 13, 2007)

  • Improved performance, especially at high frequencies.
  • Made default click removal and low-pass filtering less aggressive

New in Mono-a-Mono 2.0 (Jul 2, 2007)

  • Added support for Sun/NeXT (.au) audio files and adjustable low-pass filtering

New in Mono-a-Mono 1.9 (Jun 30, 2007)

  • Update to latest version of sndlib and bug-fix affecting WAV files

New in Mono-a-Mono 1.8 (Jun 9, 2007)

  • General tidy-up of code and licensing agreement

New in Mono-a-Mono 1.7 (May 18, 2007)

  • Bug fix for non 16-bit files, and added output level control

New in Mono-a-Mono 1.6 (May 15, 2007)

  • Changed default control parameters a bit more...

New in Mono-a-Mono 1.5 (May 7, 2007)

  • Changed default control parameters to avoid muffled sound