## What’s New in v1.4.2 This update improves playback fairness, makes settings easier to understand, and strengthens backup reliability. ### Smarter Playback - **Fairer clip rotation** Categories now avoid repeating the same clip too often, making playback feel more natural during games and events. - **Session-based playback control** You can now define how long a “session” lasts so clips won’t repeat until others have had a chance to play. - **Play everything before repeating (optional)** When enabled, all clips in a category will play once before any repeats happen. ### Clearer Settings - Playback and goal song settings have been clarified and reorganized to make them easier to understand and manage. ### More Reliable Backups - Backups are now more resilient and less likely to appear missing or broken. - Older backups remain compatible and can still be restored. - Clearer messages help explain issues if a backup can’t be accessed. Thanks for using RinkJam! This release focuses on making playback smoother, more predictable, and more reliable during live use.

## What’s New in v1.4.1 This update includes a series of small stability improvements and behind-the-scenes refinements to keep RinkJam running smoothly. No changes to your clips, tags, settings, or soundboard layout—everything works just as you expect. What’s improved: General performance and reliability enhancements Internal updates to support future improvements Minor refinements to the recording and logging systems introduced in v1.4 No action is needed after updating. Just launch the app and you’re ready for game day.

# What's New in RinkJam 1.4 ## Big picture This release focuses on making it easier to build and play your soundboard during games: deeper Apple Music support, more powerful clip creation/editing, improved goal-horn behavior, flexible soundboard layouts, and better organization tools so you can find and trigger the right sounds fast. ## User-facing features and improvements ### 1) Apple Music & library - Apple Music browse/picker views added and improved — browse charts and pick songs from your Apple Music account inside the app. - Full-library support: library items now show correctly (not limited to downloaded songs) and playback/automatic library sync issues were fixed so added tracks play reliably. - Apple Music tracks can be used as clip sources and work alongside local clips. ### 2) Goal horn + goal song - Custom goal-horn designer: design and save custom horn patterns. - Sequential goal-song auto-play with the goal horn (Apple Music supported) — trigger a horn then auto-start a chosen goal song. - Customizable goal-horn placement with progressive hold feedback — place the horn button where you want and get hold/feedback while triggering. - Stability fixes around STOP vs auto-play and the Now Playing panel for consistent behavior when interrupting or switching playback. ### 3) Clips, recording & editing - One‑page recorder workflow with re-record capability and added pitch and speed controls for recordings — record, tweak speed/pitch, and save quickly. - Audio recorder UI fixes (metadata form rendering) for a smoother record → save flow. - Removed an extra intermediate sheet in the Clips add flow for quicker clip creation. ### 4) Waveforms & clip trimming - Accurate waveform rendering implemented (AVAssetReader extraction + disk caching) so visual waveforms match audio. - Better clip trimming and scrubbing (visual feedback) — easier, more precise start/end adjustments when creating clips. - Added callout clarifying that per-clip fade controls apply to local audio files (not streaming Apple Music). ### 5) Soundboard layout & reordering - Customizable grid layouts for the soundboard with drag-and-drop reordering so you can arrange buttons to match how you play. - Rearrange mode integrated into the native title bar for a cleaner editing experience (plus animation/jiggle polish). ### 6) Tags & organization - Tag management improvements: clip counts shown per tag, press-and-hold clip lists, inline tag creation/suggestions, and ability to reorder tag groups and pick colors. - Automatic text-contrast for tag buttons and fixes for default tag visibility in the clip creator/editor. - Library item rows now include clip count indicators to help you see what’s inside at a glance. ### 7) Playback behavior & fades - Global configurable fade-in / fade-out settings so transitions between clips/songs feel smoother. - Improved playback coordination between local audio and Apple Music for more reliable switching and crossfades. ### 8) Import, backup & restore - Local audio file import added (copies files into app storage). - Safe backup & restore system with iCloud sync plus local fallback and fixes for backup-list loading — keep your clips and layouts safe across devices. ### 9) Search, navigation & discoverability - Search bar and improved search behavior (handles punctuation better

## Fixes - Improved search in Library and Clips: searches now ignore punctuation (like hyphens, apostrophes, and periods) so you’ll find matches even if punctuation differs.

RinkJam 1.3 — Goal Horns & Goal Songs! New Goal Horn Designer — create and customize multi‑layer synthesized horns or pick from built‑in presets (Classic, Foghorn, Car Horn). Goal Horn button on the soundboard — press & hold to play your selected horn (show/hide the button in Settings). NHL team goal horns — browse and add official NHL horns from Apple Music (Apple Music authorization required). Auto‑Play Goal Song — optionally play a song from your #Goal tag automatically after the horn finishes (toggle in Settings). Backups now include Goal Horns so your custom horns are preserved and restored. Improvements to Apple Music playback coordination, tag visibility, and overall stability/bug fixes. Enjoy — and keep the noise going!

Version 1.2.0 ## What's New - Tags now show clip counts so you can quickly see how many clips are associated with each tag. - Press and hold any tag to open a full‑screen clip list (with haptic feedback) — play/pause previews and tap a clip to edit. - Tag management improvements: tags are auto‑enabled/disabled based on clip availability and you can optionally show disabled tags for selection. - Library and clip UI updates: clip‑count badges in library rows, improved search behavior, and clearer sync/status handling for Apple Music items. - Audio & reliability: Hot Mic audio session now supports Bluetooth HFP for better device compatibility, plus a new backup management screen and various stability/performance fixes.

## Bug Fixes - Fixes a where when adding music from Apple Music, the picker would only show songs already downloaded to the user's device

# New Features - Backup and Restore You can now backup your entire soundboard, clips, tags, etc... # Bug Fixes - Fixed a bug where text would not show in high contrast on buttons on the soundboard -- so a white button for example would have white text.