Soundboard Changelog

What's new in Soundboard 2.0.8 Beta

Aug 16, 2014
  • Added some basic row re-ordering to the cue table, as well as getting our error message windows to a more sane size.

New in Soundboard 2.0.7 Beta (Jul 21, 2014)

  • Corrected bug that was causing incorrect values to be written to the XML file and making shows unreadable.
  • Modified GUI layout to allow for the horizontal and vertical resizing of the cue table.

New in Soundboard 2.0.6 Beta (Jan 13, 2014)

  • Corrected bug that was causing the GUI to hang on a stop cue.
  • Corrected bug that caused the cue timer to continue to run after the cue had been stpped.
  • Corrected bug that was causing stop cues to wait for double the entered pre-wait time.
  • Corrected bug that caused status messages to change before the execution of stop cues was complete.
  • Changed pre-wait times to accept decimal values.
  • Changed cue sheet export to include cue number.
  • Changed cue table to auto-scroll to the next ready-cue as the show plays.
  • Corrected bug that was allowing existing files to be over-written in the Save As dialogue.
  • Corrected bug that was reporting error when cancelling out of Save As selection.
  • Corrected bug that was inhibiting auto-follow cues from creating necessary threads.
  • Corrected bug that caused fade timers to run after fade had stopped.
  • Changed behavior of Stop All button so that it no longer over-writes the status.
  • Added class for determining duration on wav files that lack duration header information.
  • Added more intelligent error handling for media files where the duration is not known and cannot be determined.
  • Added error handling code to check for bitrates that are too high for the Java sound api to handle.
  • Added (experimental) FLAC support.
  • Added ability to re-number cues and update their targets.
  • Corrected error in manual that ecluded the cue menu

New in Soundboard 2.0.5 Beta (Jan 13, 2014)

  • Corrected bug that prevented pan value from being set when cues start playing.
  • Added ability to fade pan values as part of fade cues.
  • Adjusted pan settings to be responsive to cue table data.
  • Changed GUI parameters so cue table is expandable.
  • Corrected typo in db to power level conversion formula.

New in Soundboard 2.0.4 Beta (Jan 13, 2014)

  • Added edit menu and functions (cut, copy, paste)
  • Revisions to manual to make it current.
  • Altered the "About" section so that it correctly displays the current version number.

New in Soundboard 2.0 Beta 3 (Jul 16, 2010)

  • Corrected bug that was preventing duration of mp3 sound cues from displaying properly on non-Windows systems.
  • Corrected bug that prevented addition of new cues to the table after the last cue had been deleted.
  • Corrected bug that caused the auto-selection of the wrong cue after a new cue is added to the table.
  • Corrected bug that prevented the auto-selection of the cue immediately preceding the cue being deleted.
  • Enabled selection of midi files for playback (presently they are supported by the JMF).
  • Corrected bugs that allowed playback controllers to propogate errors to the interpreter when used without data being written to the table.
  • Added cue numbers to error dialogues that referenced specific cues.
  • Added error dialogues to catch fades that did not have a cue number associated with them, rather than letting a NullPointerException be passed to the interpreter.
  • Added ability to package sound files and (updated) sound cue sheet into a directory for easy export.
  • Added check to make sure that cue files get saved with the .xml extension, and to add the extension if the user did not supply it.
  • Tweaked open function so that it will only clear the cue table if you actually choose a cue file to open.
  • Added support for ogg-vorbis playback via JLayer.
  • Corrected bug that was causing cues to be sorted in ASCII, rather than numeric order, and thus causing cue sheet files to load improperly.
  • Added some improved error reporting to help troubleshoot reported, but as yet not-reproduced by the author, problem of Soundboard silently failing to save changes to a currently opened file.
  • Added more improved error reporting to help troubleshoot reported problem of Soundboard potentially corrupting media files.
  • Corrected bug that would over-write media files with cue-sheet XML data.
  • This also corrects a reported problem with cue-sheet files saving properly.
  • Added ability to export cue sheet as an excel spreadsheet.
  • Added functionality to keep track of the media file directory, and to preserve this information in the cue sheet file.
  • Added ability to clear status messages with a Cmd-click.

New in Soundboard 2.0 Beta 2 (Aug 31, 2009)

  • Added support for mp3 playback via JLayer
  • Added feature to edit company name, designer name, and revision date in the cue file.
  • Corrected bug that was preventing proper deletion of cues from the cue table when only one cue was present in the table.
  • Corrected bug that was not clearing new header info when a new file was created.
  • Corrected bug that prevented header info from updating properly in the Edit show info menu.