Musewave Changelog
Version 1.4.0 - 2024-01-02
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Added fade in and fade out to export window.
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Added Log tab to crash window.
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Added DNS based update check.
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It should be pretty unintrusive, unlike past implementations.
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Just like back then it can be disabled by setting Musewave:CheckUpdateOnStartup to false.
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The button will still be available for manual checks on the About dialogue.
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Added Windows Registry settings support.
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If you're not on Windows or if Musewave.ini or MidiPlayer.ini exists in the same directory as Musewave.exe, file based settings will continue to be used.
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Added support for GZip compression of MIDI files.
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Added -Play argument to allow for playback without a UI.
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You can specify soundfonts using the -SF argument: -SF "C:\Path\To\Soundfont.sf2".
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You can specify speed using the -Speed argument: -Speed 1.5
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You can specify volume using the -Volume argument: -Volume 0.8
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Any unprefixed argument is treated as the target file to play.
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The program stops playback either if you press CTRL+C or when the file ends.
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Improved stability of single instance check.
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Made startup threading less complicated.
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Gave the changelog window a makeover and merged it with the about dialog.
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Also display Environment tab in error box in non-debug builds.
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Improved playback of "Black" MIDIs.
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Restored Speed slider and wind down on Windows 98 and Me.
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Made exports run in a separate process.
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This allows you to close the main window while exports are running and also improves stability in a somewhat superfluous manner.
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Improved wind down effect.
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Fixed changelog not showing after updates, if enabled.
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Can be disabled in the configuration by setting Musewave:ShowChangelogAfterUpdate to false.
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Moved device selection drop down to the main window rather than a separate dialogue.
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Made some buttons that normally open URLs as HTTPS use HTTP on versions of Windows before Vista.
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Windows Vista and up now use a modern folder picker.
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Drag 'n dropping a folder onto the Midi or Soundfont selection panel will make it use that folder.
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Attempt to do wind down effect when an error occurs.
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Fixed loop forcing the playback device back to default.
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Fixed crash when loading invalid soundfont file.
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Cleaned up the way native libraries are loaded.
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Fall back to No Sound if the selected Output is busy.
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Some fixes for running on Wine and Mono on Linux but it's still not ideal and probably will never be for 1.x.
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Fixed export process failing for no reason with particular midi files.
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onestop.mid bundled with Windows was a very convenient example of this.
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Removed live logging window flag.
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Logging has been reworked entirely and will just write to the same file.
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Removed remnants of automatic updating and error submission.
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Removed buggy "fast mode" from export window.
Version 1.3.0 - 2022-12-17
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Rewrote audio backend.
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This fixes audio playback in Windows 98/Me and adds proper support for running the program through Mono.
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Rewrote exporting backend.
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You can now specify additional parameters for the exported file as well as metadata tags.
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If you don't care for these extra steps, you can hold SHIFT while clicking Export to use your last settings and skip metadata.
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Added an unhandled error window with the ability to report the error and rewrote the logging system.
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Reporting requires manual action and thus won't happen without user consent.
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Persist Volume, Speed, Reverb/Chorus and Repeat state in the configuration.
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Added drag 'n drop support for opening files.
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Made playing music "wind down" on close, the player window will also gradually fade out during this.
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Added support for non-lowercase file extensions (Windows normally ignores casing).
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Added support for the SFZ format.
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Added support for the ".midi", ".rmi" and ".kar" midi extensions.
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Added output device switching.
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Added support for running Musewave under .NET Core on Windows.
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Soundfonts from soundfonts directory will now be automatically loaded if it has the same path as the midi.
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Player window will now remember its position between sessions.
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Replaced Frequency slider with a Speed slider.
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Minimum and maximum playback frequency are now properly detected on Win9x platforms.
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Play/Pause button now remains visually pressed while playing.
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Repeat and Reverb/Chorus checkboxes are now buttons.
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Fixed system locale affecting numeric values in the configuration.
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Expanded support for arm64 on Windows.
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Fixed stray pixel on icon.
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Fixed various concurrent operations that were causing issues.
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Rewrote build date system, no longer embedded in the version number.
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About window text is no longer embedded in the image.
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Native libraries are now loaded from platform specific subdirectories.
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Only show "Open in Explorer" on Windows NT derived platforms due to limitations on others.
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Attempt to restart to resolve libraries on Linux.
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Fixed filename ordering in the sidebars.
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Put error logs and old log files in subdirectories rather than flooding the root.
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On Windows, Musewave will now use Windows Notepad as a debug log rather than its own window.
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Fixed right clicking on sliders to reset their values not properly updating their positions.
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Command line arguments are now case-insensitive.
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Removed settings window.
Version 1.2.7550.32028 - 2020-09-02
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Fixed export progress bar.
Version 1.2.7262.8755 - 2019-11-19
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Fixed null reference.
Version 1.2.7262.30 - 2019-11-19
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Changed name from Midi Player to Musewave!
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Added settings window.
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Added forum link to the about window.
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Added app.manifest for better compatibility for Windows Vista and up.
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Added signature checking to the updater.
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Added option to disable automatic update check on startup.
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Added check to prevent running with KernelEx on Windows 98 and Me.
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Backported changelog and about window from v2 project.
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Backported improved export infrastructure from v2 project.
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Fixed some compatibility issues.
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Changed changelog window behaviour.
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Rewrote configuration handler.
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Renamed MidiPlayer config section to Musewave.
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Fixed slow net code.
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Fixed threading issues with the export process.
Version 1.1.7249.3707 - 2019-11-06
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Made the program single instance and added IPC.
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You can now specify a file as an argument.
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Updated URLs (https://flash.moe/musewave/ -> https://musewave.flash.moe/).
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Attempted to fix update checker getting stuck.
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Fixed crash when setting a soundfont while no MIDI file is loaded.
Version 1.1.7073.28578 - 2019-05-14
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Backported exception logging code.
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Display build date in about window.
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Fixed anchoring of the Repeat checkbox.
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Updated about window.
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Backported new initialisation code, startups should be somewhat faster now.
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Backported export selection window.
Version 1.1.7050.39377 - 2019-04-21
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Added simple update check without any built in downloading.
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Moved manual update button from the main UI to the about window.
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Fixed crash upon start with blank config.
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Removed auto updater.
Version 1.0.x - 2018-06-16
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Added repeat button.
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Added new resource loader.
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Made sure all windows get the correct icon.
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Fixed typo on about window.
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Rewrote Changelog and Export selection windows to be designerless.
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Removed some more leftovers from the old file tree code.
Version 1.0.x - 2018-06-15
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Rewrote the file browser panels entire.
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They now support a number of new actions, like pressing CTRL+C while a file is selected will give you its full path.
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Folders are loaded on demand which will reduce load times and they can be reloaded individually.
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On top of that there's also a new button which will open an Explorer window with the file or folder selected.
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Added processor architecture detection code (adding proper BASS libs soon, will also come with a new updater).
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Added position and duration text displays to the interface.
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Added checks to see if we're running on Windows before doing WinAPI calls.
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Use magic delegates everywhere.
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Rewrite Position and Length to use TimeSpan rather than position and length in bytes.
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Fixed small issue where labels in the file trees were editable.
Version 1.0.x - 2018-04-22
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Retarget to .NET Framework 2.0 from 4.0.
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Added native MP3 and OGG exporting support (requires external binaries, the program will tell you what to do).
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Added Reverb/Chorus toggle.
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Fixed two instances opening on startup update.
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Fixed updating on Windows XP.
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Make sure we're in the working directory of the Midi Player exe directory on startup.
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Fixed the UI thread being blocked by export operations (you can now also play a different midi while the export is going).
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Fixed anchoring of the Reverb/Chorus toggle.
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Exporting MIDIs is now instantaneous!
Version 1.0.x - 2018-03-17
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Added a button to manually show the changelog window in the about dialog.
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Changelog now shows up in a window, rather than notepad (or whatever is set to open .txt files).
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Changed update server domain.
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Thread safe text updating!
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Removed NewPlayer elements (cancelled main interface rework).
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Removed Index library dependency.
Version 1.0.x - 2017-10-22
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Fix typo.
Version 1.0.x - 2017-10-17
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You can now SHIFT+CLICK the refresh buttons to display the full path to either the midi or soundfont.
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Made the panel no longer hide selection after losing focus.
Version 1.0.x - 2017-10-08
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Handle Player related UI updates through event handlers.
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Fixed the last midi not being stored properly (and also an ObjectDisposed exception?).
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Reordered Info menu in new player ui.
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Bound play button events in new player ui.
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Moved update loop to Player class.
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Made MidiPlayer.NewPlayer always visible in the config.
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Restructured configuration file.
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Removed comment from Export window.
Version 1.0.x - 2017-10-07
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Completely rewrote audio backend.
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Show changelog after updates.
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New About window.
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Cleaned up some internals.
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Removed unused debug utils.
Version 1.0.x - 2017-10-03
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Created Changelog.
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Use SetMidi and SetSoundfont rather than manually assigning the variables.
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Fixed export only working while already playing a midi.
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Fixed the Export button still requesting a path when not Midi or Soundfont is selected and just doing nothing afterwards.
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Remove the dropped TXT file informing users about the bug.
Version 1.0.x - 2017-09-21
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Project started.