Portable Practice# Changelog

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