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LASTAR Portable Changelog

What's new in LASTAR Portable 1.9.3.1

Jun 4, 2022
  • Fixed : Error in 1.9.3 version packaging, album cover was not correctly saved

New in LASTAR Portable 1.9.3 (Apr 28, 2022)

  • New option to process all input files together as a single input file

New in LASTAR Portable 1.9.2.2 (Oct 13, 2020)

  • Italian translation updated (thanks to Roberto)

New in LASTAR Portable 1.9.2.1 (Oct 12, 2020)

  • Fix for manual release times settings

New in LASTAR Portable 1.9.2 (Oct 11, 2020)

  • Automated limiter release time when setting is 0
  • Several algorithm improvements

New in LASTAR Portable 1.9.1 (Jun 21, 2020)

  • Custom autoeq settings were not saved properly

New in LASTAR Portable 1.9.0 (Mar 15, 2020)

  • Improvements :
  • Auto equalizer can learn new profiles from input audio files
  • Graphical analysis display, showing spectrum and segments
  • Command line (batch) processing
  • Default ID tags (including cover image) can now be different for each preset
  • Quality of cover image can be adjusted
  • Analysis pass are redone only if necessary
  • Minor GUI improvements
  • Fixes :
  • Minor bug fixes
  • Internal software architecture improvements for better maintainability

New in LASTAR Portable 1.8.4.1 (Jan 12, 2020)

  • Italian translation updated (thanks to Roberto)

New in LASTAR Portable 1.8.4 (Jan 1, 2020)

  • Weighting can now be (de)activated in advanced parameters
  • Mastering with Auto Eq is done in 3 pass (RMS stats are recomputed applying the Auto Eq setting)
  • Auto Eq applied corrections are

New in LASTAR Portable 1.8.2 (Apr 23, 2019)

  • Fixed non ASCII characters handling in tags. Better tags handling in FLAC, OGG, WAV files thanks to taglib usage.

New in LASTAR Portable 1.8.1 (Nov 19, 2018)

  • Fixed :
  • Pre-listen function didn't start
  • Problem with msvc2015 runtime installation (installer version)
  • The last 150 ms (at 44.1 KHz) of audio were not processed
  • Light GUI improvements
  • Problem with version check
  • Added :
  • Button to reset artwork
  • Button to disable noise estimation

New in LASTAR Portable 1.8.0 (Nov 5, 2018)

  • In mp3 files, artwork image in input file is now copied in the output
  • Ability to define a default artwork for mp3 output

New in LASTAR Portable 1.7.1 (Jun 5, 2018)

  • Fixed:
  • Incorrect accent handling in mp3 tags
  • Problem in Noise Gate
  • Random problem in mp3 output

New in LASTAR Portable 1.7.0 (Jun 5, 2018)

  • New:
  • Automated equalization algorithm
  • Embedded version check
  • New embedded FFT algorithm. Dependency to FFTW removed.
  • Minor fixes and algorithm improvements

New in LASTAR Portable 1.6.1 (Jun 5, 2018)

  • Fixed:
  • ID Tag track number sometimes incorrectly read from mp3 files
  • Minor fixes

New in LASTAR Portable 1.6.0 (Jun 5, 2018)

  • New:
  • Output in flac and ogg vorbis formats available
  • Output tags available for all formats
  • Improvements:
  • A-Weighting filter for loudness estimation
  • Better error reporting
  • Fixed:
  • Regression in last version of AGC algorithm leading to unexpected results
  • Bug when dropping multiple directories on the window

New in LASTAR Portable 1.5.2 (Jun 5, 2018)

  • Improvements:
  • Some internal redesign of RMS amplifier and limiter with better behaviour in some situations, in particular when gain control is enabled
  • Ported to Qt 5.5 and now natively compiled with MSVC compiler, with better performances
  • Fixes:
  • Split function was not working correctly when trimming was enabled
  • Several minor corrections of potential crash or malfunction

New in LASTAR Portable 1.5.1 (Jun 5, 2018)

  • Fixes:
  • Random crashes while pre-listening
  • Incorrect exit sequence (no visible consequence)
  • Blank error message on system error while opening files

New in LASTAR Portable 1.5.0 (Oct 29, 2014)

  • New:
  • A "Trim output" function that suppresses start and end
  • silences of each processed track. See advanced parameters.
  • Progress bar for multiple files processing
  • Fixes:
  • Directory selector for selecting input or output directories
  • did not work properly on Win XP.
  • Several minor bugs in file management options

New in LASTAR Portable 1.4.2 (Oct 1, 2014)

  • Improved gain control on track end (special fade-out detection and overall noise threshold).

New in LASTAR Portable 1.4.1 (Oct 1, 2014)

  • Fix:
  • Problem opening wav files with accents in the name or path

New in LASTAR Portable 1.4.0 (Oct 1, 2014)

  • New features:
  • Improved gain control algorithm and directory tree processing.
  • Ability to process all the files of directory tree and save the processed files in another location keeping the same structure
  • When processing several files, ability to skip processing if destination file exists. This allows to update an output directory with only the new files. This option is selected by default when processing directories
  • 2 new factory presets "Mobile Pop/rock/metal" & "Mobile Classical/Jazz" to process a collection with automatic gain control.
  • Additional command line arguments for problem diagnosis
  • Fixes:
  • Process didn't exit properly when closing the windows while pre-listening
  • When process is interrupted, incomplete output file is removed
  • Several problems in the compression algorithm leading to distortion or bad amplification
  • Bad handling of filenames containing non ascii characters
  • ID3V2 Track number tag is now copied to the output
  • Parallel processing would hang in certain situations
  • (internal) : bad unsigned cast leading to distortion in mp3 reading if the program is compiled with recent g++
  • Others:
  • Ported to QT5 for future maintenance
  • Rewritten command line arguments management
  • vc redistributable integrated to the installer
  • upgraded intaller => better integration of uninstaller in Windows 8

New in LASTAR Portable 1.3.1 (Jan 21, 2012)

  • Added : integer 8 to real 64 bits support in Wav output. The bit depth of output is now the same as the input for Wav files.

New in LASTAR Portable 1.3.0 (Jan 13, 2012)

  • Added: 3 bands semi-parametric equalizer
  • Added: pre-listening function, with real-time parameters adjustment
  • Correction: issue in compression mode, which was leading to audible distortion when combined with multiband mode.
  • Correction: Noise gate release is now null
  • Updated and more detailed user manual
  • Access to PDF help from menu

New in LASTAR Portable 1.2.9 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • Added : adjustable noise gate on output

New in LASTAR Portable 1.2.8 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • Ability to add user settings

New in LASTAR Portable 1.2.7 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • Amplification is now made on 2 bands if min freq. = max freq. in parameters

New in LASTAR Portable 1.2.6 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • Output file type is now saved in settings

New in LASTAR Portable 1.2.5 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • Max. output peek parameter added
  • ID Tag window doesn't appear anymore for wav output

New in LASTAR Portable 1.2.4 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • Default Titile ID Tag is initialized with file name

New in LASTAR Portable 1.2.3 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • Tag window is displayed at processing launch when there are no input tags
  • Parameters tweaking

New in LASTAR Portable 1.2.2 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • When launched on a batch of files (nb>1), the last processed file is closed after processing.
  • Help tooltip added in File list.

New in LASTAR Portable 1.2.1 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • Correction: Better memory management
  • Correction: File not properly closed when some new are dropped in log tab

New in LASTAR Portable 1.2.0 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • More flexible output file management