What's new in Portable Practice# 1.5.0
Oct 5, 2012
- Fixed random crash/hang when loading recent files - DirectSound is not stable in NAudio, moved instead to WaveOut (XP) or Wasapi (Vista,7)
- Fixed speed and pitch track bar mouse behavior. Values are now rounded up properly and the ticks are 'sticky'
- Added a 'Show technical log' (F12) use-case. It is useful for viewing & sending the log if things don't work properly for some reason
- Fixed issue when loading files after an existing was loaded. There was a short playback of the old song. (SoundTouch buffers not flushed properly and had some left over samples). Not affecting stability, but annoying.
- New feature! Vocal Suppression (AKA Voice Removal or Karaoke), note: works on Stereo files only
New in Portable Practice# 1.4.1 (Feb 13, 2012)
- Presets (instead of 4)
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Added a new Use-Case: Preset Quick-Write (Using Ctrl+W)
- Improved look and feel (glass buttons)
- Changed pitch into accurate semi-tones intervals
- Fixed a minor bug with Loop reset to start
New in Portable Practice# 1.3.0 (Feb 13, 2012)
- Recompiled with new versions of NAudio and SoundTouch libraries
- Support for AIFF Playback
- Slight change of Graphics
New in Portable Practice# 1.2.0 (Feb 17, 2011)
- Improved slow down playback quality by fine tuning the SoundTouch engine. There is a significant improvement in sound quality when playback is slowed down, in particular for singing/speech parts but also for music.
- Manual settings are now used instead of the default automatic provide by Sound Touch.
- Added TimeStretchProfiles, to support custom tuning of the SoundTouch engine.
- Fixed minor bug with positionLabel handling: Clicking on it was not working in Pause mode
- Position Reset (Back to start) keyboard changed from Home (used by other TrackBars by default) to F5