■ Track rename on Player / Deck Track name editing on Player / Deck has become available. The feature mounted at deck's 'CueList Mode'. A 'title edit button' was added on upper part of the CueList Mode view, and it will make text field of track title on cuelist table editable. ■ Change : 'Export to trackList…' moved to 'File' menu The Player has a feature that can export current Player status to TrackList document, and user can trigger the function by 'File > Export > as TrackList' menu item. The feature will be activated only while the Player Window is active as main window.

Update for Optimizing to new macOS 26 Tahoe and Liquid Grass interface. ■ Deck : ‘Current Track Selector’ has moved to “Play / Pause Button” from Next button. The change has done for increasing consistency of playback operation. To show ‘Current Track Selector’ : long press the Play/Pause button while ‘having selector mark’ appears. This feature will be enabled while deck’s cue list is not visible. A user selected track will be loaded immediately. ■ Track Editor ( in trackList window ) : ‘move to start cue button’ and ‘move to end cue button’ have added at cue position setting buttons area ( right bottom part of view ). ■ MIDI features update : - Bug Fix : An issue the app became not able to receive MIDI messages when Preferences window has closed by ‘Cancel’ operation was solved. - Bug Fix : An issue when using some MIDI devices having multi Port - the app may receive repetition MIDI messages was solved. - Change : related with bug fix mentioned above, the app will be connected only with a ‘Main Port’ of external device. The ‘Main Port’ will be confirmed in ‘Audio MIDI Setting.app’. ‘Main Port’ will be shown at the top of the list of device’s port list. There will be no effects from this change if you had been using any external devices with no problem. - Added : MIDI Device Selector User can choose specific device receiving MIDI messages only from it. - Added : MIDI Trigger Bank Selector User can store 3 MIDI trigger map and switch them depending on playback situation.

The maintenance update optimizing to latest version of macOS and some useful features have added. ■ ‘MONO Summing’ feature has added to Deck. ■ ‘Not Set’ has available for audio output setting of equipments. Route will follows ‘default output’ of device in this case. ■ ‘Font Size’ change of cue lists has been more flexible. ‘Player window’ or ‘TrackList window’ whether one currently be main window will respond the ‘Font Size Up’ or ‘Down’ command from Window Menu > Font Size menu items. ■ ‘Gain Edit’ of equipment loaded tracks has improved. Mini track gain edit panel will be appeared by row action of cue list with swipe left and click ‘edit button’, or click the gain edit button at below of Play Button. ( editing track gain feature will be available when user make active the ‘Follows track gain’ in preferences.) ■ Some improvements of user interface for more usability.

The update recommended to all users. Which contains fixes, improvements and optimization below. ■ Optimized to latest macOS Sonoma. ■ Improvements of user interface have done for better visibility and usability. ■ Serious Fix ■ On recent few macOS / some devices there was an issue that, output route of all PlayBacker equipments forced to changed to selected output when the System Settings > Sound > Output was changed by user action or automatically. For example this case is occur by plug-in / out of built in Headphone port with automatically. In this version of PlayBacker, this problem was fixed. Thus we recommend this time update for all users. *) although an issue fixed, small gap time (noise or mute) of device change still occurs. please take care of careless operations.

Maintenance update and some new feature added with optimization to late version of macOS. ■ Eject button of decks has become available although the deck is playing. Deck ejects tracks except currently playing. ■ Other some glitch fixed, and some improvements done.

Maintenance update and some new feature added. ■ Change CueList font size feature added to Deck The ‘CueList Font Size’ item was added in Preferences-General part. Users can customize Deck’s CueList font size for get more visibility of cues. ■ Several properties of displaying became to be stored when the app is terminated - Flex states of upper / lower decks ( full version ) - Open / Close state of Fader Unit and SamplePad - Last used font size of TrackList Document ■ Bug Fixes - Deck CueList had not followed the target track if the row was not see.

Brand new file type across the series has been added. It makes enable sharing a sequence over device / OS versions by only single file. And the optimizations against macOS Monterey has been made. ■ New File Type : PlayBacker File Package A document of PlayBacker File Package type is including not only TrackList / PadList data but also actual audio files which are referenced by each tracks. This file can be open by PlayBacker application on other devices without re assigning the audio files, and moreover by iOS version PlayBacker series !! ( ver.3.1.2 or later ) Now it is extremely easy for sharing or open same sequence over another devices / OS for backup or sync play. New file type can be exported from existing default type : TrackList Document. ■ Other Changes - Optimization agains macOS Monterey has been made. - ‘LOAD’ swipe row action was added to Deck-cueList / CueList Mode tables. - ‘Key Indicator’ was added on Player Window. It indicates whether the Player Window is active and can accept user actions like keyboard shortcut. ■ Bug Fixes - The issue that, when the current track was also assigned as next track, go next track command couldn't work exactly, has solved. - The issue that, exported TrackList by “Export to TrackList” menu not hold the target deck property, has solved.

The maintenance update including several improvements. Added options to MIDI Controls like ‘Momentary Mode Support’ or ’Send Status Change’, then become supporting more devices.

The major update including the fully re-written audio processing process with latest architecture. The update also includes optimizations for the current OS, improvements of interfaces and reconstructions of the functions. macOS 10.13 High Sierra and later are required from this version. # Deck ■ It became enabled to fix height of decks minimum per upper / lower decks. ■ The current track selector has been removed. The feature is included in the ‘Next Button’. ■ CueList on Deck □ Deleting a track function has added as row action : swipe to left. □ Drag & Drop of tracks or audio files has supported. □ The action of single click to set Next Track has been removed. Use swipe to right gesture instead. # SamplePad ■ Gain adjustment at the building time of tracks was removed. Gain of tracks will be set ‘0 db’ as default no matter where the track was generated. # TrackList Window ■ The functions for track managements like 'Add Tracks' or 'Load to Player' are gathered in newly added Toolbar. Almost operations would be done via Toolbar no matter which target of tracks are. ■ Track Gain : Available range is improved. Users can adjust track gain with 0.1db unit from -60db to +6db. ■ Track Gain : Customize methods are improved. Users can enter numbers directly in the fields, or can use Pan gesture when the field is selected. ■ The font size of lists can be expanded in 3 steps. ■ Gain Normalize function has added to TrackEditor. # Preferences Window ■ The item 'Displays Deck Cue List' was added to General / Startup Settings. ■ The item 'Follows 'Track Gain'' was added to General / Other Settings - Deck -.

Maintenance Update including below change and some bug fixes. ■ Display Time feature has added to SamplePad - Pad ‘Elapsed / Remaining Time’ can be shown on Pad button. ■ Volume Faders can be attached fader curve More detailed control of lower decibel has become available. ■ Bulk edit of tracks become available also in PadList PadList of TrackList Document window can access Bulk Info Editor now as same as TrackList part. ■ New MIDI triggers were added + SamplePad - volume fader + SamplePad - All Stop Bug Fixes ■ Resolved an issue of auto cue search feature that the setting in preferences didn’t referred correctly.

Update focused for improving the usability, including some new feature and fine tunings. # Player - ‘Light Mode’ has become available. Player window can also follows System Setting of appearance on macOS Mojave. Some interface parts were updated with this change. - Fader Unit and Sample Pad became open-closable as independently. - Brand new ‘Export to TrackList’ function was added to ‘Player Menu’. User can store the current state of Player. Sample Pad - Pad Keys become expandable horizontally now. The visibility of pad title has been gained. # MIDI - The app became able to receive MIDI messages even if it is not active (running in the background). Setting available in ‘Preferences - MIDI’. # Track List - ‘Add Pads…’ item for TrackList Menu and the Button of it on PadList Area are added. User can assign pads with selecting files on Open Panel. - Track Editor : Cue Setting Buttons updated to reflecting the current settings. Buttons activates itself according to current cue points of the track. # Bug Fixes - [ Important ] The bug of Preferences-MIDI that, assigning MIDI note No.0 ~ 23 caused to application crash is fixed. - [ Important ] With macOS 10.14.x update, the 'Drag and Drop of multiple rows' of table view has became available. Please update to latest version if your OS is 10.14. - The fine movements of display of Extra Time Counter was resolved.

- Maintenance Update / Optimized to macOS Mojave ( 10.14 ) - Bug Fixes : Solved the issue of mismatch of tracks in drag & drop operations on TrackList. - Bug Fixes : Solved the issue of ‘Number of decks at launch’. - Improvements of some parts of interface. #) Caution ! Currently we recognize the problem that, on macOS Mojave (10.14), table views of 'TrackList document' and 'Deck: CueList Mode' are not respond to drag & drop of multiple rows. This not seems to causing application crash but we do the treatment of below. * On macOS Mojave (10.14), table views of above mentioned are disabled dragging multiple rows. Apologize for inconvenience but please forgive it for safety running of the application. On previous OS, there are no problems around these and multiple drag & drop is available as before.

# SamplePad ( 2 bank / each 8 pads - total 16 pads ) has mounted ! # Customize of the End Cue of tracks has enabled ! # Extra Time Counter Window has added ! # Option for fixing track title to audio file name has added ! # Keyboard Shortcuts now enable to set key combination ! # Keyboard Shortcuts now enable to unset ! Other global improvements for usability has done ! - SamplePad - Adopting to Shot / Loop play mode and make playback operations more flexible. - Customizable End Cue - User can customize the finish playback point of a track now. End Cue is settable in Track Editor. - Extra Time Counter - The window for display only which indicates elapsed time focused informations. User can present informations of deck’s current status with use of another external display, to another section. - Track Title Option - The option settable in preferences window, which is naming generated track by its audio file name instead of metadata value. - Specification Changes for Keyboard Shortcuts - Users can enable for using key combination with modifier keys to keyboard shortcuts of control functions now. Unset also available from this version. To do so, simply delete a key for function in preferences window.

Update to version 2.1 with several new features addition !! - Added Features - # It has become possible to displaying the cue list on Deck : Deck-Mode ! # The ‘Gain Control’ has become possible to each deck ! # Skip Tail : Skips playing the silence part of track’s end ! # Cue Sentence Display : Displays track’s cue sentence = any strings as wish, at the Deck ! # Auto Repeat 1 : Make it automatic of repeat playing ! - Other Improvements - # ‘Progress Indicator’ was added to ‘CueList Mode’ and ‘TimeCounter Mode’ of Deck. # ‘Overall WaveView’ was added to ‘Track Editor’. # ‘Display Mode’ menu item and sub items were added to ‘Player Menu’. # Further improvements of usability. # Small bug fixed.

Optimized for macOS High Sierra (10.13). Fixed : PlayPause button shadow status at launch. Improvement : Audio rendering process, for more robust and safety. Some bug fixed around thread operation.

Maintenance Update ・Bug fixed of TrackList Document, that had showing an alert of “tracks update needed” every time even if it was not necessary when users opened it. ・Bug fixed of “Player Menu”, that was not shown at application launch time. Caution) Player Window has be closable from this version for conforming to Human Interface Guideline. To reopen the window is available from Window menu ~ select ‘Player’ menu item. Please be care for mis operation in production use.

Maintenance Update - including serious bug fixes ! - • Serious Bug Fix : In previous versions, there was a case for the application becomes can’t be launched again if the app was illegal terminated. This serious issue has been resolved in this version. • Bug fix : Memory leak in audio rendering process. • Optimization : Waveform drawing process in Track generating time. • Other some bug fixed.

Maintenance Update • Resolved an issue that TrackList document reopen may not be enabled. • Resolved an issue that Deck’s layout was broken on specific OS version. • Resolved an error of time display for Tracks of over 60 minutes play time.

Major update to version 2.0 !! Interface was updated. The response against user actions was improved faster. New Features # Auto Cue Search function : search cue point automatically when track is added. # MIDI Control function : playback control via MIDI devices has enabled. # Player - Number of decks has changeable either 2 or 4. - Supporting for window resizing. # Deck - “Cue List Mode” has added. : arrange of tracks in deck has enabled. - “Time Counter Mode” has added. - Supporting for drag and drop of tracks or audio files. # TrackList - Track title / target deck searching function has added. - Supporting for drag and drop selected tracks directly to deck. Changed Features - Caution ! - # Factory preset of keyboard shortcut for playback operations has been changed. : QWERTY compliant. # Required OS version gained to 10.11 or later.

■ Supporting of macOS Sierra (10.12). ■ Some usability were improved. ■ Bugfixes - An issue that audio files without read/write permission make application crash when added to track list, was resolved.

■ OS X 10.11 El Capitan supported. ■ Added / Changed Features - TrackList ; The adding tracks function has been more faster. - TrackList ; Full screen mode supported. - Track Editor ; The timing for determine cueing has changed to “Mouse-Up”. - Track Editor ; Dragging time indicator was added. - Deck/Player ; Made it suppresses the generation of the gap noise by re-tuning of audio rendering process. - Preference ; Has changed to pause deck when external audio interface was down. ■ Bug Fixed - On OS X 10.11, the issue that “Track Editor” could not display waveform at the time the view opened, has been resolved. - On OS X 10.11, the issue that “Fader Unit” became not respond to mouse events after return from “Full Screen Mode”, has been resolved. - On OS X 10.11, the issue that upper part of “Player” window was hidden when user opened “Fader Unit” in split view, has been resolved. - Deck ; the problem of rare case that, at a timing of reloading long duration audio files, a deck causes to “system busy” and generates “gap noise” to another decks, was fixed. - Preference ; the problem that, user could not “Cancel” setting of output device with selecting popup buttons, was fixed.

— ver 1.2.1 — Improvement of CPU usage. With readjustment of interface redraw rate and audio rendering process, PlayBacker needs more lighter load for CPU. By this improvement the issue that sometimes track change of deck caused to gapping of another deck was solved. Deck's cueing behavior was changed. From this version the timing for set cue-point of deck changed to “Mouse-Up”. Though while playing, playback wiper follows dragging and playback point will be set when mouse upped within waveform area. Cancel cueing is also available with mouse-up outside. Indication of “current time / start cue time” in Track Editor. Adds playback current time / start cue time indication to Track Editor in TrackList window. Setting operation of the start cue points became clearer. Small bug fix and several interface parts change were also done. — ver 1.2 — Editing mac key assign to deck-control has enabled. Mac keys to [ Play ][ Next ][ Back ][ Auto Pause ] of decks and [ up ][ down ] of Fader Unit are editable in preference panel.

Editing mac key assign to deck-control has enabled. Mac keys to [ Play ][ Next ][ Back ][ Auto Pause ] of decks and [ up ][ down ] of Fader Unit are editable in preference panel. Bug fix ; The issue of waveform on deck in case track's sample rate is not 44.1Khz was solved. Other small bugs were fixed. Changed function ; "Track Editor ( ⌘E )" menu item was added to "Track List" menu. Keyboard shortcut of "Export Track List…" menu item in "File" menu has been removed.

OS X 10.10 Yosemite support. Retina Display model Mac support. changed feature Cue control changed to playback wiper on waveform style. Some interface parts changed for OS X 10.10. optimizing issues On Retina Display mac, the process of reading audio files for register new tracks has been improved faster. Now PlayBacker works more comfortably on Retina Display model Mac. The issue of “Track Editor”, sync of the waveform view and playback sound was out in case the track has long duration time, has been fixed.

Optimizing an issue ; sometimes audio file read error occurs in track change. Bug fixed ; around "Auto Fade Out" problems in case track's remain time < fade out time.