Sonique .92 What's New

WHAT'S NEW IN SONIQUE .92 BETA

Revision History:
03.24.99 Sonique .92 Beta
03.05.99 Sonique .90 Beta
02.08.99 Sonique .75 Beta
11.16.98 Sonique .62 Beta

SONIQUE™ .92 BETA - 03.24.99

A pretty minor release - mostly just bug fixes - diskwriting & stream saving are big improvements though

Improved Streaming Support
Bug where CD Audio would only come out of one channel fixed
Bug causing sonique to litter sonEque.sqf files everywhere fixed
AMP knob actually works now
Setup Options screen modified to make bottom menu more obvious
Visual screen labels reworded for clarity
Proxy Support Added (Internet Tab in SETUP OPTIONS)
Diskwriting to .wav files added (allows you to decode your mp3s to .wavs)
Stream Saving option added (save streams to .wav files)
Hotkeys Finalized (click here to view list)
Vis selector becoming inaccessible in mid-mode fixed
mp3->cd->mp3->cd crashing bug fixed

SONIQUE™ .90 BETA - 03.05.99

The Big News of .90 - Streaming support. Now you can stream mp3 audio from just about any remote source.

URL Streaming Support - Click a link or enter URL into FILE OPEN dialog. Will save recently visited URLs.
Completely re-written audio system - faster, better & more compatible! (note: audio system and decoder are two different things)
Cyrix/K6 optimzations - See SETUP OPTIONS within Sonique to enable them
Improved frame code
Vis Plug-in support
Playlist Fixes - more random shuffle mode, 15 song bug fixed, misc fixes
Fixed spectrum 2.0
Vix fx now saves REVERSE
Saves current vis on exit
Default buffer size enlarged
ID3 tag handling enhanced (song name strings)
Title/URL scrolling in all modes
Open File dialog modifed, URL form added
Additional settings added to STARDUST screen
Mask calc removed - Sonique will start MUCH faster!
Hot Keys!! (see web site for details)
Mouse wheel support added
EQ settings can now be saved as presets
Knob overdraw problem fixed
Dexter added
Play once error fixed
Stream seek

SONIQUE™ .75 BETA - 02.08.99

Here's the LENGTHY list of additions/fixes from .62 to .75. They are listed in order of relative importance.
If you wonder why there was 3 months between .62 and .75, just notice that number one on the list is a
completely new MP3 decoder -- and that's only 1 of 24. There are actually many more fixes, but we
can't remember all of the hundred or so we've done since .62.

Added our own Completely New MPEG Audio Decoder (Stardust™). This fixes most of the crashing
problems from .62 and includes support for Xing AudioCatalyst™ encoded files, VBR files and also
just plain corrupted/badly encoded files. It plays all files and plays them better.
New version of Mikit™ Module Decoder. Module files sound better than ever.
Playsafe™ v1.00 implemented. This is a security system we've developed. See our website for details.
New INSTALLSHIELD™ Installer - Also with an UNINSTALLER.
Support for European characters added.
Additional visualizations - Added Spectrum 2.0.
Additional visualization effects - you can now apply smoke and zoom effects to the vis as well as blur.
Includes our Right On Time™ Visual System for fast, accurate visualization display.
CD-Player Replacement / Auto Insert Detection Added. Sonique can now be your default CD-Player.
We know have ID3 display support. If a file as an ID3 tag, the song title/artist will display.
WAV File player added/improved.
Added ability to switch from TIME ELAPSED to TIME REMAINING - Click on the time while playing a song to switch.
Equalizer Presets added.
Seek bugs fixed. At time of release, we are only player to support accurate seek in VBR files.
Antialiasing Fixes - Text and Graphics in Sonique look cleaner and smoother. No more black edges.
Playlist highlighting fixed visually and made more windows-like.
Fixed aliasing problems around edges of navigator (finally)
Added shadow to volume knob in mid mode (how did that get left out in the first place?).
Re-did some of the layout in the preferences, got rid of silly bounding boxes.
Got rid of file output info text in mid mode for now.
Added some information to the file info output text in enlarged mode.
Update info works correctly.
A bug where Sonique would crash if stop was pressed while song was paused is now fixed.
Pitch/Tempo settings are no longer saved.
Text break issue solved.
Hover Issue - Part One.
You can now drag and drop multiple files from a CD.
Various Playlist Bugs fixed - Added support for up to 999 files. Faster Load/Sort operations (MUCH MUCH Faster).
BEAUTIFUL new Splash screen.
These swooby new HTML pages.

SONIQUE™ .62 BETA - 11.16.98

Additions/Revisions for Sonique .62 Beta:

Improved audio output. This should work with all soundcard drivers.
Fixed annoying volume/balance bug.
Added support for drag 'n' drop of directories.
Added support for mp2, mp1 and mpx file extensions.
New icons.
Minimize to system tray enabled.
Added pls, m3u and pl to the list of associated filetypes.
Now can click on audio controls drawer and have it slide out from any screen.
Fixed & added status text for all buttons and hotspots.
Load & save balance & pitch.
Load & save last window position and state.
Load & save last playlist and current song.
Added "open file(s)" button to small mode.
Fixed window placement of open & save dialogs.
Changed format chooser in "open file(s)" dialog.
Added default extension ".pls" to playlist save dialog.
Made repeat mode button toggle in standard order.
Made the shuffle playmode more random.
Window position is saved between window states.
Double left click on "border" jumps up a state. Double right click jumps down.
Auto selects a file in playlist editor.
Remove option in playlist editor removes selected files also.
Can select a range of files in playlist editor holding down shift.
Selecting "add" from playlist editor will always append to list.
Fixed disabled track bug from enlarged mode track selector.
Added more command line support. -stop, -play, -pause, -resume, -removecursong, -clearplaylist, and -seekto <tracknumber>.
Fixed fade in playlist editor.
Fixed video for various video cards.
Next and previous song buttons wrap around when shuffle(all) is selected on.
Fixed "sonique.sgf not found" error during loadtime.
Registered files work from "run" dialog and "start" command.
Files with an extra '.' in them display correctly now.
Erratic ".mp3" removed from song name display.
Prompts user when overwriting an existing playlist.
Large arrows switch views in enlarged mode!
Launching several files at once from explorer with multiple instances turned off works.
Repeat and shuffle play modes save and restore.
Fixed glitch in sliding drawer.

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