Especially for Christmas, here is the final release of v5.6. This version includes a big features, that gamers will probably appreciate: MIDI input. Trigger jingles from your MIDI controller like Novation LaunchPad or other, Jingle Palette can learn MIDI codes
Another big feature is hidden is included, this is a surprise
Until new year 2025, catch the Christmas duck that appears quickly during the first minute after startup. Hurry hurry hurry ! Dowloads done after 31th December won't inlcude the duck
And like usual, a lot of good things added,changed, or fixed
Enjoy!
Changelog:
v5.6.2 MIDI (2024-12-25)
Added:
- ...Catch the x-mas duck before the new year 2025, to get the feature of v5.7, actually hidden
- Alt F4 shortcut on main window to close the software
- Button to recall original "Jingles per palette" option values in Settings/Interface
- Handling disabled support forum on Error report attempt, for rare cases where the forum is in maintenance
- Improved jingle search box to show found jingles in the search box (optional)
- MIDI input support, for jingle buttons, palette changing buttons, etc.
- Option to loop through the palettes list
Changed:
- Audio files saw with duration = 0 now marked as Invalid handle and not playable to prevent overflow error
- Display digits are now the real digit design of Gottlieb 80's pinballs
- Hitting Jingle Search button whil searchbox is already opened, now close it
- Holding Exit to shut down now acts even if button is not released
- Holding Exit to shutdown is now an option in the Settings
- Loading software sequence, resulting to a faster start of Jingle Palette on some machines
- Switching between windowed and fullscreen no longer requires to restart the software (Shortcut: F11)
- The installer now purpose the path from where it is running, in case of updating an existing installation from the software itself
Fixed:
- Answering Yes to Exit confirmation on closing Jingle Palette from taskbar button (right click, close) was not exiting.
- Audio "clicks" that can occur at begin of jingle on auto repeat
- Auto mix was not effective with jingles/tracks that has Auto-ducking enabled
- Deleting a palette if it was alone in the palettes list, was stopping playing jingles instead of leaving them finish, and not clearing the play mode LED if set
- Deleting a palette with Delete key, was not automatically loading the palette above in the list
- Error on dropping files that have no drop data (like directly dragging from a webpage or temp folder of zip, rare, etc. archive)
- Focus border appearing on Devices configuration controls
- Incoherent behaviors of some buttons (Play/Cue,Start pos, Loop In/Out) in Positions tab of effects panel
- Permanent error that occurs after more than one jingle color change, when Auto-Save is enabled
- Possible Invalid property value error on jingle buttons size
- Reset settings was adding again values to Hot Jingles rows and height dropdown menus
- Saving a new palette could replace a previous palette in some conditions
- Time of next play for Time announce was not always correct
- Tracks over than 2 mins was not affected by Auto mix if Auto-ducking was enabled (default)
Removed:
- "Cue" function from Effects panel. Use "Play" button near from Start position cursor