MiX16 apps for macOS version 10.1 (February 2024)

What’s new in version 10.1

  • Bug fixes.

BOOM! Version 10 is here. :)

  • Added internal MIDI player:
    • audio channels can now play MIDI files to selected MIDI device or system soundfont.
  • Added Custom buttons:
    • each section has three assignable buttons,
    • right click on each button to assign its action.
  • Improved Lighting:
    • added Open Fixture Library (open-fixture-library.org),
    • added Lighting Channels Mapping,
    • added lighting channel type (dimmer or fixed value) and color.
  • And as always:
    • bug fixes and improvements under the hood.

What’s new in version 9.9.7

  • Bug fixes and improvements.
  • This update is especially recommended for macOS Sonoma users who use a lot of video channels.

What’s new in version 9.9.2

  • Increased lighting scene transition time from 30 to 600 seconds (10 minutes).

What’s new in version 9.9.1

  • Bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 9.9

  • Added Stop All Cues buttons to channels sections.
  • Added playlist command Image Slide Show Start / Stop.
  • Added Stop All Video Channels On Image Slide Show Start option.
  • Fixed play / stop image channels MIDI action bug.

What’s new in version 9.8

  • Image channel:
    • added logic for playing (displaying) animated GIF’s and PDF’s (first page only),
    • added original size display mode,
    • fixed always on top feature.
  • Recent projects bug fixes.
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 9.7

  • Video freeze last frame bug fixes.
  • Scriptor bug fixes.
  • Playing MIDI files with MIDIPlayer X improvements.

What’s new in version 9.5

  • Added support for playing MIDI files with MIDIPlayer X app.
  • Added apply channel settings to section.
  • Added double click on video output window to show / hide title bar.

What’s new in version 9.4

  • Added Recent Projects functionality (menu File > Open Recent Project).
  • Added Mute functionality to mute audio without changing any of the volume (menu Tools > Mute).
  • Added Playlist cue context menu (right click on a cue in playlist).
  • Bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 9.3

  • Playlist cue:
    • added MIDI and OSC output script,
    • added OSC devices info files,
    • improved OSC arguments.
  • Improved playlist cue setup user interface.
  • Improved ArtNet protocol (continuously sending last frame).

What’s new in version 9.2

  • Added MIDI actions for selecting sections (audio, video, image, lighting and playlist).
  • Added Set Previous Cue Does Not Stop at Cue 1 option.
  • Bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 9.1

  • Added lighting scenes master channels.
  • Added MIDI actions for:
    • now playing stop all,
    • image slide show loop on / off,
    • lighting master,
    • lighting scenes master channels.
  • Added MIDI output setup (menu Options > MIDI OUT Setup). Select which MIDI devices will be used for MIDI output messages.
  • Fixed loading multiple video files on macOS 12.
  • Fixed MIDI input bugs.
  • User interface improvements.
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

What's new in version 9.0

ADDED

  • Application info and error logging into log file (menu View > Log File).
  • Reset all channels volume to 0% or 100% (menu Tools > Reset Channels Volume to).
  • Video output window - use video output window instead of connected external displays (menu Options > Video Output Window).
  • Detach playlist from main window and display it in separate window (menu Options > Playlist in Separate Window).
  • Playlist compact display mode (button Display Mode - FULL, NAME, TIME and COMPACT).
  • Playlist cue commands. For a list of available commands open Playlist Cue Setup window (add or edit cue), right click on Name or Note text field and select Commands from context menu.
  • Keyboard action shift + escape stops all cues and set GO to cue 1.
  • Keyboard action command + escape stops all (playlist cues, audio, video, image and infinite channels, image slide show and lighting scene).
  • Added Stop All button to Now Playing window.
  • Send MIDI and OSC full information to MIDI output connections and OSC output host (menu Tools > Send MIDI and OSC Full Info).
  • Option to disable automatically generated OSC messages from MIDI messages (menu Options > OSC > Disable OSC from MIDI).
  • MIDI Editor:
    • last used midi mapping file is displayed in window title,
    • export midi mapping file into tab delimited text file,
    • copy MIDI input messages to MIDI output messages and vice versa (Copy IN to OUT and Copy OUT to IN buttons),
    • double click on selected midi mapping in the list opens MIDI Message Setup window,
    • multiple selection,
    • assigned filter.

CHANGED

  • Channel fade-in and fade-out minimum fade time (can be set to 0.01 sec).

FIXED

  • User interface fixes.
  • Other minor bug fixes.

What's new in version 8.7

  • Added add loaded channels to playlist tool (menu Tools > Add Loaded Channels to Playlist).
  • Added image slide show source option (menu Options > Image Slide Show Source).
  • Various technical fixes and improvements.

What's new in version 8.5

  • Fully compatible with macOS 11 (Big Sur) and Apple M1.
  • Infinite Channels (menu View > Infinite Channels):
    • added audio master volume,
    • added midi in/out action for audio master volume,
    • fixed editing channels.
  • Added touch bar functionality for devices with Touch Bar (menu Options > Touch Bar).
  • Added next cue note in Long View.
  • Audio and video channels settings functions Set as Default and Apply to All now also set / apply Audio Output and Video Output settings.
  • Other “under the hood” improvements.

What's new in version 8.2

  • Preview window full screen mode (when External Display option is disabled).
  • Minor bug fixes and improvements.

What's new in version 8.1

  • Added FLAC audio type.
  • Added playlist cue Apply to All function.
  • Added automatic metadata integration with Audio Hijack app (https://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/).
  • Added Now Playing window Always on Top option.
  • Added Disable Now Playing for channels sections option.
  • Now Playing improvements and bug fixes.
  • Drag & drop bug fixes.
  • Metadata bug fixes.

What's new in version 8.0

IMPORTANT! This is a major update.

  • We have added advanced audio player technology which includes two great new features: stereo pan (left/right) and group audio channels. Both can be found in audio channel settings window.
    Advanced audio player works on macOS 10.13 or later. If you will experience any problems with advanced audio player you can turn it off in Options menu (untick Use Advanced Audio Player and restart the app).
  • App can now extract metadata from media files (if file contains metadata of course). So we have added Now Playing window where you can see info about the last playing channel. You can also select an output folder in which info text file and artwork png image file will be written. You can use this data in other apps, for example Audio Hijack. We have also added channel setting to display artwork inside channel play button.
  • We have added display mode setting for video and image channels: fit screen - aspect ratio is preserved, fill screen - content will fill the whole screen.
  • We have added Live Input functionality. You will find it under View menu. Live Input can capture audio (microphone) and video (camera) and plays it on speakers and external display. No it does not record the input, it just plays it.

What's new in version 7.2.3

  • Minor improvements and bug fixes.

What's new in version 7.2

  • Playlist cue OSC out.
  • Video and image infinite channels bug fix (when using more than 64 infinite channels).
  • Other minor improvements and bug fixes.

What's new in version 7.1

  • Built-in default OSC commands for triggering playlist GO, Stop All, previous and next cue.
  • Automatic sending information via OSC about the app version, loaded setup, current playing cue and next playlist cue.
  • Minor general improvements.

What's new in version 7.0

NEW! INFINITE CHANNELS:

  • create UNLIMITED audio, video and image channels,
  • move channels from one position to another,
  • add them all to playlist with a single button click,
  • and more…

NEW! SCRIPTOR:

  • load script (plain or rich text file format) into the app or write it in the app,
  • mark your cues by setting text properties (size, weight, color, ...),
  • add actions (play/stop channel, play next cue, ...) directly into the script and of course trigger them from the script,
  • and more…

Other improvements and new features:

  • playlist cue - added Empty Cue with Duration feature,
  • playlist cue - improved Auto Next Cue mode (Off, Start, Fade Out, Stop),
  • audio and video channels - added Retrigger play mode,
  • video and image preview - video and/or image can now be displayed on preview window and external display at the same time,
  • general minor fixes and improvements.

What's new in version 5.0

NEW! LIGHTING:

  • full 512 DMX channels with editable names and notes,
  • Art-Net protocol,
  • Lighting Scenes (create and edit scenes and add them into playlist cues),
  • Lighting Movement and Color panels,
  • Master fader.

Other improvements and new features:

  • Audio Play Range editor,
  • Video Play Range editor,
  • image channel Always on Top feature,
  • playlist Set Start Time feature,
  • playlist cue set audio and video channel volume feature,
  • fade out fix when audio or video channel is in loop mode,
  • user interface improvements.

What's new in version 4.1

  • Added Toolbar Labels Editor tool (rename main toolbar labels for audio, video and image channels).
  • Added Playlist Cue Editor tool (select multiple cues and move them up, down, duplicate or delete them).
  • Added Send Message to Long View tool (notify your crew on stage by sending text message to Long View window).
  • Playlist Cue - added midi in command for play / stop cue action.
  • MIDI Mapping v1.3 - added midi in commands for go to previous cue and go to next cue actions.
  • User interface improvements.
  • Minor bug fixes.

What's new in version 4.0

  • macOS Mojave dark mode support. Hooray, no more sunglasses when doing late night shows.
  • Minor improvements under the hood. :)

What’s new in version 3.8

  • Added functionality for fantastic remote device Media Monkey Remote (www.audioaperemote.com). As they say “You'll never miss a cue again”. And you really won’t.
  • Added Long View (go to menu View, click Long View… and you will see what we are talking about).
  • Added Channel Display Time option (you can select between Full, Elapsed and Remain display time).
  • Minor bug fixes.

Note: to use Media Monkey Remote functionality go to menu Options and click Media Monkey Remote to enable it.