- Added Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian translations. - Added special hotkey to play the selected file. - Soundpad remembers minimized state throughout application starts. Allows to start minimized in system tray when used with the interface option minimize to system tray.
- Added Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian translations. - Added special hotkey to play the selected file. - Soundpad remembers minimized state throughout application starts. Allows to start minimized in system tray when used with the interface option minimize to system tray.
- Allow hotkeys with the keys F13 to F24. - Hotkeys can now also be used with keys, for which there is no descriptive text in the system. These keys will be shown as Key + virtual key code, e.g. Key136. - Added special hotkeys to select the previous or the next file. - Fixed mouse wheel scrolling issue in the preferences window.
- Allow hotkeys with the keys F13 to F24. - Hotkeys can now also be used with keys, for which there is no descriptive text in the system. These keys will be shown as Key + virtual key code, e.g. Key136. - Added special hotkeys to select the previous or the next file. - Fixed mouse wheel scrolling issue in the preferences window.
The changes include: - New feature Play mode - New feature Auto Keys - New audio notifications - Revised hotkey handling - Fixes & improvements
Details
Play mode - The play mode determines whether a sound is played back on speakers, microphone, or both when you play it by hotkey, double-click, Enter or Play icon. - You can change the play mode in the status bar by left-clicking or right-clicking the very first icon or from the Play menu or by using special hotkeys. - The play mode only affects the next sound you play with the above mentioned actions. It doesn't change on-the-fly and doesn't affect a currently played sound. - When you play the first sound after application start and the play mode is not set to default (speakers and microphone), then you will be remembered by an acoustic notification about the active play mode. This notification can be disabled in the preferences by unchecking File ▷ Preferences ▷ Notifications ▷ Play mode ▷ Notify me when playing first sound after application start.
Auto Keys - This feature presses keys automatically when you play sounds (Thanks to Entity for suggesting it). - It is the A-icon in the status bar. You can enable or disable Auto Keys by double clicking this icon or by using special hotkeys. - Although the idea looked easy in the beginning, you'll see that it comes with a lot of options and conditions. You really should take some time to set it up properly, so keys aren't automatically pressed in situations you don't want to.
Hotkeys - There were many users struggling with hotkeys in certain games and the only solution was to run Soundpad as administrator or to start Soundpad after the game. That's not necessary now. We entirely revised hotkey handling and fixed problematic restrictions. - Hotkeys are more reliable now and should work everywhere even if Soundpad isn't run as administrator. - If a game deliberately blocks hotkeys, then Soundpad goes into a fallback mode and still processes them. - Hotkeys can now be entered easier, even if the hotkey dialog is not focused. It's particularly helpful when entering mouse hotkeys, as you can click anywhere on the screen. - Removed the obsolete options Use keyboard hook and Timeout of Numpad Hotkeys.
Notifications - Added notification sounds for different hotkey actions like starting or stopping a recording, enabling or disabling Auto Keys and switching play modes. - You can configure the notifications at File ▷ Preferences ▷ Notifications. - Special behavior for the recording notification: the recording will begin immediately after the notification sound was fully played, so it isn't recorded as well.
Others - Remember distinct directories of add sound files and load/save sound list. - The working copy of the sound list is now saved periodically every 5 minutes if there were changes and once on application exit like in previous versions. - Restoring scroll position and selected sound upon application start is now done independently of the preference Remember playback state throught application starts. - Fixed bad layout in several frames when the system's text and item size was changed from Smaller (100% default) to Medium (125%) or Larger (150%). - Fixed text color in device preferences to be derived from system's theme settings. - Fixed inaccurate Karaoke timing issue. - Fixed very short sound files not being played on speakers if Karaoke was set to a negative value between -124 and -1 and sound was issued to be played on speakers and microphone. - Updated installer to set more restrictive permissions on required registry keys and folders. This fixes the rare issue that block voice could only be changed when Soundpad was run as administrator. - Fix for notebooks with specific Realtek audio drivers designed by Bang & Olufsen and other specific Realtek audio drivers being shipped with WAVES' MAXXAUDIO. Both enhance microphone volume in a very late stage of audio processing and previous versions of Soundpad interrupted it.
The changes include: - New feature Play mode - New feature Auto Keys - New audio notifications - Revised hotkey handling - Fixes & improvements
Details
Play mode - The play mode determines whether a sound is played back on speakers, microphone, or both when you play it by hotkey, double-click, Enter or Play icon. - You can change the play mode in the status bar by left-clicking or right-clicking the very first icon or from the Play menu or by using special hotkeys. - The play mode only affects the next sound you play with the above mentioned actions. It doesn't change on-the-fly and doesn't affect a currently played sound. - When you play the first sound after application start and the play mode is not set to default (speakers and microphone), then you will be remembered by an acoustic notification about the active play mode. This notification can be disabled in the preferences by unchecking File ▷ Preferences ▷ Notifications ▷ Play mode ▷ Notify me when playing first sound after application start.
Auto Keys - This feature presses keys automatically when you play sounds (Thanks to Entity for suggesting it). - It is the A-icon in the status bar. You can enable or disable Auto Keys by double clicking this icon or by using special hotkeys. - Although the idea looked easy in the beginning, you'll see that it comes with a lot of options and conditions. You really should take some time to set it up properly, so keys aren't automatically pressed in situations you don't want to.
Hotkeys - There were many users struggling with hotkeys in certain games and the only solution was to run Soundpad as administrator or to start Soundpad after the game. That's not necessary now. We entirely revised hotkey handling and fixed problematic restrictions. - Hotkeys are more reliable now and should work everywhere even if Soundpad isn't run as administrator. - If a game deliberately blocks hotkeys, then Soundpad goes into a fallback mode and still processes them. - Hotkeys can now be entered easier, even if the hotkey dialog is not focused. It's particularly helpful when entering mouse hotkeys, as you can click anywhere on the screen. - Removed the obsolete options Use keyboard hook and Timeout of Numpad Hotkeys.
Notifications - Added notification sounds for different hotkey actions like starting or stopping a recording, enabling or disabling Auto Keys and switching play modes. - You can configure the notifications at File ▷ Preferences ▷ Notifications. - Special behavior for the recording notification: the recording will begin immediately after the notification sound was fully played, so it isn't recorded as well.
Others - Remember distinct directories of add sound files and load/save sound list. - The working copy of the sound list is now saved periodically every 5 minutes if there were changes and once on application exit like in previous versions. - Restoring scroll position and selected sound upon application start is now done independently of the preference Remember playback state throught application starts. - Fixed bad layout in several frames when the system's text and item size was changed from Smaller (100% default) to Medium (125%) or Larger (150%). - Fixed text color in device preferences to be derived from system's theme settings. - Fixed inaccurate Karaoke timing issue. - Fixed very short sound files not being played on speakers if Karaoke was set to a negative value between -124 and -1 and sound was issued to be played on speakers and microphone. - Updated installer to set more restrictive permissions on required registry keys and folders. This fixes the rare issue that block voice could only be changed when Soundpad was run as administrator. - Fix for notebooks with specific Realtek audio drivers designed by Bang & Olufsen and other specific Realtek audio drivers being shipped with WAVES' MAXXAUDIO. Both enhance microphone volume in a very late stage of audio processing and previous versions of Soundpad interrupted it.
- Fixed access denied issue when setting up Soundpad for a microphone even when running as administrator. - Fixed incomplete installation when Windows is not located in C:\Windows.
- Fixed access denied issue when setting up Soundpad for a microphone even when running as administrator. - Fixed incomplete installation when Windows is not located in C:\Windows.
- Added Spanish, Italian, Polish, Thai and Japanese translations (can be changed at File -> Preferences -> Interface -> Language). - Improved handling of long file names when downloading sounds to fit the systems path length limit.
- Added Spanish, Italian, Polish, Thai and Japanese translations (can be changed at File -> Preferences -> Interface -> Language). - Improved handling of long file names when downloading sounds to fit the systems path length limit.