Quartz Audio / Quartz AudioMaster Version History (starting V 4.60)

•	About the Help file

The help file provided with Quartz Audio / Quartz AudioMaster applies to all versions of the programs, thus, it might include topics about features you don't have in your version.
Features available only in some versions of the program are signaled by pre-defined symbols in the help file.
The Help file has been intentionally designed this way in order to let you see what features are available in higher or different versions than the one you own.
This will allow you to easily find the right answer whenever facing an unavoidable limitation in the program version you have.
Please note that the term "Quartz AudioMaster" is always used in the Help file to designate the program. So don't get surprised if you're using Quartz Audio (the audio only version of Quartz AudioMaster). Whenever "Quartz AudioMaster" is used just think as "Quartz Audio"...

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0023) - 4th Release Candidate

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0021/0022) - 3rd Release Candidate

-	Audio Source Reference Tempo management improved. A command in the "Navigator" window "Audio Sources" popup menu has been added in order to be able to change the reference tempo of a group of registered audio sources at once ("Change Reference Tempo") - see the help file for further information.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0020) - 2nd Release Candidate

-	Link to the "Getting Started" implemented.
-	The "Compression Quality" selection, while saving an audio track, is available in the File Selector.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0019) - 1st Release Candidate

-	The "Events" window / "Goto" function was not invoking the proper dialog box when the time display format selected for the window was different from "Music". This has been fixed.
-	The time formats use to display and edit the "Modify Audio Element" dialog "Position" area have been extended in order to include the time formats used by the other windows where this is selectable.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0018)

-	File Menu has been redesigned in order to ease use of the various file operation available 	now.

-	The "Save Sequence" command allows current sequence update as well as creation of a sequence initial version. It is thus only enabled whenever the current sequence has been modified in any way or when the current sequence has never been saved.
-	The "Save Sequence as" sub-menu only includes "New Version" and "Clone" commands - only regular sequence files (.SEQ) can be created using the "Clone" command. The sub-menu is obviously enabled only when the current sequence has already been saved.
-	All "Import / Export" commands (the commands which allow file operations which do not modify the current sequence file path) has been gathered in two sub-menus : "Import" and "Export".
-	The "Export" sub-menu includes two additonal commands to save the current sequence as a "Compiled Sequence". The File Selector invoked by these commands includes fields to type sequence information valid only for the file to be created (this doesn't change the sequence information of the current sequence), a track list to select the tracks to be saved and a Bit Rate list to select a compression quality for "Compressed Compiled Sequences".
-	The file selector invoked by the "Import / Midifile" command includes two check boxes.
The "Create New Sequence" check box when enabled results in a brand new sequence being created before the Midifile is loaded (normally the Midifile would only be "imported" in the current sequence - i.e would just replace the Midi part of the current sequence).
The "Keep Audio Tracks" check box when enabled results in the Midifile replacing the Midi part of the current sequence but the Audio tracks being preserved.
The two check boxes are obviously mutually exclusive.
-	The file selector invoked by the "Import or Export / Audio" commands includes two items in its "File type" list. There you can select either "Sound File" which relates to regular Windows sound files (.WAV) either "Mpeg Layer 3" which relates to MP3 files (.MP3).

Please note that MP3 features (Importing MP3 files / Exporting as MP3 / Exporting a "Compressed Compiled Sequence" / Exporting a "Compressed Track" are only available if a regular or a trial version of the Quartz Mpeg 3 Codec is installed.

	See the Help file for further information.

-	Midifile creation format problem has been fixed.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0017)

-	The "Last Record List" was not reset when loading a compiled sequence file. This could result in a program crash in some circumstances. This has been fixed.
-	Sometimes track names and Midi track sounds would not be properly updated. This has been fixed.
-	Mapping of tracks, following a sequence loading, was sometimes not properly achieved, especially with sequences coming from a different version of the program (Promise, Project, etc...). This has been fixed.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0016)

-	"Navigator" window "Clear Last Record List" message box mismatch has been fixed. 
-	Midi Tracks port assignments were not checked when loading a sequence. This could lead to a program fault when sharing a sequenc file beteween two different versions of Quartz AudioMaster. This has been fixed.
-	"Play Automation" state button was sometimes not updated after loading a sequence. This has been fixed.
-	"Keyboard Shortcuts" information area bug fixed.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0015)

-	"Navigator" Window "Mix Auto Audition" function was sometimes crashing the program.
	This has been fixed.
-	"Navigator" Window can now be refreshed using the F5 key.
-	"Tracks" Window : Moving a single audio element would sometimes not follow the mouse position properly.This has been fixed.
-	"Tracks" Window : Automation curves were not properly refreshed after adding or modifying an Automation event in the "Events" Window. This has been fixed.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0014)

-	Quartz MPEG 3 encoder/decoder improved. 
	Selection of various compression quality have been made available.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0013)

-	Track file Save/Load features implemented in the program - See the help file for more information (under "Open Track" and "Save Track as" command topics).

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0012)

-	A trial version of the Quartz MPEG 3 encoder/decoder (allowing MP3 import/export and QAC file save/load) is now provided with the program. It allows up to 20 encodings in a time limit of 30 days passed the first encoding.
To get the regular and non limited encoder/decoder version (available separately), please contact Digital Sound Planet :
http://www.digitalsoundplanet.com
http://www.digitalsoundplanet.com
or your local provider.
-	A bug which was sometimes preventing midi parameter changes while a sequence is running has been fixed.
-	Serialization process improved.
-	Problem of redraw when changing a track name - fixed.
-	Problem of redraw when maximizing the "Tracks" window - fixed.
-	Problem of font loading under Windows 2000 - fixed.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0011)

-	First Release candidate.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0010)

-	Fixed problem relating to DirectX mono output plug-ins.
-	Setup program size decreased in order to ease transmission.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0009)

-	Mono DirectX plug-ins now accepted in QAM.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0008)

-	Keyboard Shortcuts were sometimes made unvailable (Promise and Project versions) after loading a sequence file.
This has been fixed.

-	"Spacialization" Window MIDI Track icons (of tracks sharing the same channel) were not moving together when volume or pan of one of the tracks were modified (using the Mixer sliders for instance).
This has been fixed.

-	Last "Undo" memory was sometimes not cleared when loading a sequence.
This has been fixed.

-	Tool Boxes were not appearing in some special circumstances.
This has been fixed.

-	Toggling from "Small" to "Normal" Control Window would not preserve the window position.
This has been fixed.

-	Audio "Export/Tracking Using" check boxes have been replaced by a multi-selection list box to allow better visibility. In the same time some bugs related to these selections have been fixed.

-	Exporting as Mp3 would systematically show a non appropriate error message and dragging an Mp3 file from the Navigator to the "Tracks" window would generate wrong aliases.
This has been fixed.

-	The "Modify Audio Element" window was sometimes not updated after "Selection Start=Left Limit", "Selection End=Right Limit", "Left Limit=Next/Previous Zero Crossing" and "Right Limit=Next/Previous Zero Crossing" functions.
This has been fixed.

-	Tooltips have been added to Cue points in the "Tracks" window.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0007)

-	MP3 implementation completed. MP3 format is now for exporting and importing files + saving and loading new QAC files (QAS files including compressed audio sources). See help file.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0006)

-	The "Arrangement to New Sequence" function has been added. This function generates a new sequence using the list of arrangement parts (see Help file - "Arranger" Window).

-	The "Arranger" Window "Add" function has been slightly modified in order to ease arrangement part insertion. The new part created while using this function is now based upon the Locator current positions.

-	Last File List management improved.

-	A "Tooltips" check box has been added to the "Options" / "General Display" dialog. This allows to enable/disable the program various tooltips.

-	When moving a Midi Element in the "Tracks" window using the mouse, default behaviour is now to merge the events from the source Element with the events in the destination track where the Element is dropped. To get the same result as before (the event of the source Element replaces the events in the destination track) the computer keyboard SHIFT key must be down when the Element is dropped.

-	Number of Midi Out Ports set to 8 for pro version.

-	Event items, in the "Events" window list, are now coloured in order to allow better event type visibility.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0005)

-	It is now possible to import a Midi File from the "Launch" panel.

-	Tooltips have been added wherever relevant.

-	Keyboard Shortcut Configuration can now be saved to files (and reloaded later) in order to allow more than one configuration to be used while the program is running.
	See Help file for more information.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0004)

-	If a Tempo Change exists at position 0 in the Master Track, it is now linked to the Sequence Main Tempo (the reference Tempo at position 0 which is setable from the "Control" Window).

-	Track and Bus "Mute" button is now highlighted to indicate that the track or bus is ON.

-	Pre-Count was not working when the source Midi Timer was "Audio Port A".
This has been fixed.

-	Wherever possible, selection list boxes has been replaced by popup menus.

-	Selection of an audio track as the Active Track using the "Control" menu "Active Track" command was not possible.
This has been fixed.

-	Patterns can now be dragged from the "Navigator" Window and dropped onto a "Tracks" Window Midi track. If the pattern includes more than one track, they are pasted on consecutive Midi tracks starting with the track on which the pattern was initially dropped (please see help file).

-	The PC speaker metronome didn't properly work under Windows NT.
This has been fixed.

-	A "Mute" tool has been added to the "Tracks" Window which allows to mute Audio or Midi element individually (see help file for details).

-	"How To" command has been added to the "Help" Menu.

-	A new command has been added to the popup menu invoked when right-clicking an audio source in the "Navigator" Window.
The "Show Elements" command allows to display the elements sharing the last selected audio source. 
This is achieved in the "Tracks" Window by first, unselecting all elements, and then, selecting only those elements which share the audio source. 

-	"Tracks" window command bar has been redesigned and simplified (see Help).

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0003)

-	Master Volume and Mutes were not properly saved in Solo Mode.
This has been fixed.

-	In some special case Controllers and Program Changes as well as GS/XG messages were not properly sent.
This has been fixed.

-	Using the Midi low resolution timer could lead to strange program behaviour when setting the tempo to a non interger value (i.e a tempo value with a decimal part). This has been fixed.
However, please remind that the low resolution timer doesn't handle fractional tempo values.

-	Incoming Midi Data Monitoring, while a midi track is in a record-ready state, is now independant from the "Thru" option. Midi data is monitored in the track bargraph whatever the "Thru" state.

-	Selecting an audio file in the "Navigator" window while the "Mix Auto Audition" option was enabled would sometimes lead to a program crash. This has been fixed.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0002)

-	Several parts of the program have been redesigned.

•	Version 4.60 (Build 0001)

-	A bug was preventing the use of the 'Use Wave Out Port A as Timer' option (the option was selectable but not properly translated by the program).
This problem has been solved.
Please, remember to try this option, in the case of MIDI/Audio sync problems as, unfortunatly, some card drivers in certain circumstances badly interact with the system timers which become thus not liable for MIDI timing.

-	In the 'Tracks' window, moving a single audio element using the 'arrow' tool was supposed to be a 'free move' (i.e the cursor should have been staying wherever the user clicked - not going to the start of the element), but it wasn't working this way.
This has been corrected.

-	When loading an audio file in the program, in order to use it in a sequence, the waveform image was sometimes uselessly recomputed.
This problem has been solved.

-	A bug in the waveform timbral spectrum computation could, in very special cases, generate a program crash.
This has been solved.
		
-	A bug in the english version caused a crash when opening the 'Sysex' Dialog Box. This has been solved.	

-	Midi 'Cubes' (not the underlying events) were sometimes incorrectly erased after a midi recording. This has been fixed.

-	Sometimes, in very special circumstances, the actual sequence name was randomatically changed by the program to another name. This has been fixed.

-	Whenever a midifile was imported, the current sequence was renamed to the midifile name which is wrong as a midifile is not a sequence but only data imported in the current sequence.
	This has been fixed.
	Thus, saving a newly imported midifile, requires saving the current sequence.