• Lighting bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 10.8

• Added Lighting Chaser scene - in Lighting section press and hold shift key and click Add Chaser button (while holding shift key, Add Scene button will temporarily change to Add Chaser).
• Added Copy Lighting Scenes Channels tool - in Lighting section press and hold shift key and double click on any scene in the list.
• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 10.7

• Added MIDI Mapping with Project (Load/Save) option.
• Bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 10.6

• Bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 10.5

• Lighting improvements:
  • update desired channel value in all scenes by holding shift button + changing channel value,
  • MIDI improvements.

What’s new in version 10.4

• Keyboard actions improvements:
  • added keyboard action for adjusting all audio and video master volumes at once (plus / minus keys),
  • added keyboard action for adjusting lighting master (shift + plus / minus keys),
  • changed keyboard action for image slide show (from minus to dot).
• Generic remote improvements:
  • added keyboard keys configuration for adjusting all audio and video master volumes at once.
• MIDI improvements:
  • added MIDI mapping for lighting channels,
  • engine fixes and improvements under the hood.
• MIDI Editor improvements:
  • added general filter,
  • added option to assign MIDI action from MIDI source by right-clicking on selected row in mapping table (instead of using Assign button).
• User interface improvements:
  • added Lighting Scenes in Separate Window option (menu Options).

What’s new in version 10.3

• Added Generic Remote feature (menu Tools > Generic Remote Editor).
• OSC improvements.
• Bug fixes.

What’s new in version 10.2

• Added Disable Built-in OSC Messages option.
• Added WAIT command in MIDI and OSC script (eg WAIT:0.5 waits 0.5 seconds before executing next MIDI or OSC command).

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.

• Added group cue volume - adjust audio volume and video opacity of all audio and video cues in a group (acts like a master).
• Added group cue timeline editor - visually adjust group cues playback delay time (to use this feature group setting simultaneous playback must be turned on).
• Added cue settings editor - display and edit selected cue settings inside main window (turn this feature on/off from main toolbar by pressing circle with pen icon).
• Improved volume and pan cue logic - automate volume and pan for multiple cues at once (enter multiple cues numbers separated by commas).
• Improved command cue logic - play, pause and stop previous or next cue (instead of cue number use letter P for previous or N for next cue).
• Improved sidebar cue edit tools - added duplicate feature.
• Other bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 5.8

• Added undo/redo functionality (for last 5 actions).
• Fixed some important bugs.
• New logo in case you didn't notice. :)

What’s new in version 5.7

• Added audio cue main and headphones audio output (set in general Settings). Multichannel audio output device needed!
• Important bug fixes regarding audio cue playback speed and cue playback delay time from version 5.5.

What’s new in version 5.5

• Added cue playback delay time.
• Added audio cue playback speed.
• Added group cue simultaneous playback.
• Bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 5.2

• Bug fixes and improvements under the hood.

What’s new in version 5.1

• Added MIDI Thru functionality.
• Added group cue shuffle mode.
• Group cue bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 5.0

BOOM! Version 5.0 is here. :)

• Added group cue - create pre-show music playlist, create lighting sequence, etc. with only one cue required in the main playlist.
• Added pan cue - create audio cue pan automation from left to right, center to left, etc. with fully customised start pan, end pan and duration settings.
• Added new general settings (experimental mode, for details contact us):
  • video audio track selection (if video contains multiple audio tracks, you can select desired audio track for playback),
  • cue note size and color (applies to all cues),
  •  MediaStar Pro remote play / stop inverted mode (stop button will play next cue, play button will stop all cues).
• Fixed cue settings "apply to" functionality.

What’s new in version 4.8.1

• Remote control functionality improvements.

What's new in version 4.8

• Added remote control functionality - control playback with standard HID media remote devices (enable it in Settings, but note when enabled you can not use Live Input).
• Full screen view improvements - playing cue and next cue colors are now displayed on screen.
• OSC improvements - reset play status and cues count commands, cue time and color info.
• Minor bug fixes.

What's new in version 4.7

• Added Tiles View Grid Size setting (min 4 x 4, max 10 x 10 tiles).
• Added lighting master volume keyboard, MIDI and OSC actions.
• MIDI and OSC bug fixes and improvements.

What's new in version 4.6

• Added GO-STOP mode (enable it in Settings). Default mode - GO always triggers next cue. GO-STOP mode - pressing GO triggers next cue, pressing GO again stops triggered cue, etc.
• Added ON AIR mode (enable it in Tools menu). When this mode is enabled all volume and time sliders are disabled. Project, add, move and delete cue buttons and also cue settings are hidden.
• Added cues MIDI and OSC general mapping. You can create MIDI and OSC mapping (play, pause, stop and volume) for unlimited number of cues and save it as template. Last used mapping is also saved in your project.
• Added support for four external displays on macOS. From Tools menu you can now load up to four video output windows and position them to your external displays as desired.
• Improved DMX channels MIDI logic. Now supports MIDI OUT.
• Improved OSC logic. Audio and lighting master volume and cue note info is sent to OSC devices and apps.
• Fixed stopped color in Tiles view. When cue is stopped, cue name goes to red instead of default "not played" color.
• Other minor improvements and bug fixes under the hood.

What's new in version 4.5

• Added pause and stop buttons and time slider to cue grid view user interface.
• Added preview window disabled setting - preview window can now be disabled (hidden) when playing visual cues.
• Added move action for sidebar cues - move sidebar cue up, down, to top or to bottom.
• Improved sidebar behaviour - sidebar resizes (shrinks) when preview window is displayed.
• Improved project single playback mode - added option to stop all playlist and also sidebar cues.
• Fixed entering time in decimal seconds - both comma and dot are supported now.
• Other minor bug fixes and improvements.

What's new in version 4.4

• Added cue view - selected cue can be viewed (and managed) at the bottom of the app window with name, note, playback controls, time and volume.
• Added GO Auto Select Cue setting - when pressing GO button, triggered or next cue will be automatically selected (based on this setting).
• Improved master volume display in full screen view mode - now system volume is displayed as well (when changing).

What's new in version 4.3.5

• Added master volume display (when changing) in full screen view mode.

What's new in version 4.3.1

• Fixed a bug when using external keyboard.

What's new in version 4.3

• Added play, pause and stop cue to before and after play and stop cue commands.
• Added chroma key filter to video, image and live input cues (for video cues filter works on macOS only).
• Added option to turn off video capture device in live input cue (play live audio only).
• Added option to send lighting cues DMX data to multiple IP addresses (separate IP addresses with comma).
• Added option to merge lighting cue template with current lighting cue channels setup.
• Added option to set DMX universe for each lighting cue.
• Improved time (fade, duration, etc.) logic. Time can now be entered in hh:mm:ss format as well.
• Improved video cue pause on stop logic.
• Fixed live input cue filter logic.

What's new in version 4.1

• Added system standard keyboard shortcuts for project actions on macOS, for example Cmd + O for Open Project, Cmd + S for Save Project, etc.
• Added stop all sidebar cues command (cue before and after play and stop commands).
• Improved adding multimedia cues - cues are added to playlist in order as they were selected in open dialog window.
• Improved command cue - play / stop sidebar cue (use sidebar cue name).
• Improved lighting discovery mode - tap and hold on channel number to enter new channel number.
• Improved MIDI input commands - added value parameter (optional), enter it manually inside brackets, for example NOTE ON,1, 1, (10-80).
• Improved OSC output functionality - added OSC Automatic Cue Output setting. When enabled, app will automatically send predefined OSC messages for cue play, pause, stop and volume actions.
• Improved audio waveform timeline - more detailed waveform display.
• And as always - other minor bug fixes and improvements under the hood to keep the app the most stable show business app on the market. :)

What's new in version 4.0

BOOM! Version 4.0 is here. :)

ADDED

• Scriptor - menu Tools (three dots icon) > Scriptor. Write or import (.txt and .rtf file formats are supported) your script and add links to trigger cues, GO, stop all cues, etc. directly from text. Scriptor content is saved with project.
• Video Timeline (enable it in Settings) - when editing video cue timeline, visual timeline of your video will be displayed.
• Lighting Discovery Mode - in lighting cue editor tap (click) on flashlight icon and simply discover lights you need in your lighting cue.
• Lighting Channels Colors - in lighting cue editor tap (click) on palette icon then tap (click) on lighting channel palette icon to color it. When using fixtures, selected color will be applied to all channels in a fixture.
• Lighting Channels Fixture Split View - in lighting channel editor use menu Tools (three dots icon) and first turn off Show All Channels then turn on Fixture Split View. Fixtures will be displayed as groups bellow master and regular channels.
• Custom Open Fixtures - save lighting cue active channels as custom fixtures. Active channels means all channels with names, regardless of channels values.

IMPROVED

• DMX channels mapping is now saved to project.
• DMX channels midi input commands are now saved to project.
• Last added Open Fixture Library device is stored for current session and it will be automatically selected when adding new device.
• Long press on big stop button toggles playback mode (single cue or multiple cues playback).
• When lighting blind mode is turned off, last lighting scene used before blind mode will be preserved, regardless changes made during blind mode turned on.
• Other minor improvements under the hood.

FIXED

• Command cue - loop cues fix (video cues crashed app), stop all cues fix (play next cue did not work).
• Other minor fixes under the hood.

A special thanks to Jernej Rogelj, Blaž Košir and other users for their ideas, suggestions and bugs found.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

What's new in version 3.3

• Added Display Artwork Image option (enable or disable in Settings).
• Added feature to change desired lighting channels for all lighting cues at once.
• User interface improvements.

What's new in version 3.2

• New command cue commands - Play / Stop Cues and Loop Cues.
• Bug fixes and improvements.

What's new in version 3.1

• Added big Stop button (enable it in Settings).
• User interface improvements.
• OSC improvements.
• URL scheme improvements.

What's new in version 3.0

• Added tiles view (display cues as playlist, grid and now tiles).
• Added core image filters to video, image and live input cues (color invert, sepia tone, bloom, etc.).
• Disable GO logic improvements (option to add disable/enable GO as a command in each cue).
• User interface improvements.
• Bug fixes.

What's new in version 2.8

• Added disable GO time feature - set time in seconds for how long GO button will be disabled to prevent accidental double clicks (taps).
• Move cue improvements - instead of cue number enter letter F (first) or L (last) to move cue to first or last position in the playlist.
• MIDI bug fixes and improvements.

What's new in version 2.7

• Audio cue - added audio output setting (you can now set output channels when using multi-channel audio device).
• Video cue - fade in fix when volume mode is set to audio.
• Midi cue - output device fix.

What's new in version 2.5

• Bug fixes and improvements.

What's new in version 2.4

• Added lighting master controls.
• Added lighting master logic into volume cue.
• Added lighting blind mode.
• Bug fixes and improvements.

What's new in version 2.3

• Added Sidebar - you can now add cues to sidebar and play them independently of main playlist.
• Added Export Project Info - export playlist and sidebar cues basic information (like name, note, duration, etc.) to csv text file.
• Added Report (by default is disabled, enable it in Settings) - write real-time log of cues playback to csv text file.
• Added Lighting FX cue - apply strobe effect to current active lighting scene.
• Added DMX channels mapping.
• Added DMX channels live display.
• Bug fixes and improvements under the hood.

What's new in version 2.1

• Added functionality to play MIDI files to selected device or soundfont. Use multimedia cue to load MIDI files.
• Added note field to cue user interface. Note is displayed below name.
• Bug fixes and improvements.
• This update is especially recommended for users who use a lot of video cues.

What's new in version 2.0

• Added Live Input cue (disabled by default, turn on in Settings).
• Added Timeline Audio Waveform display (disabled by default, turn on in Settings).
• Added Delete Cue button in main toolbar.
• Added View Full Screen button in main toolbar.
• Added Open Fixture Library for Lighting cues (open-fixture-library.org).
• Added advanced logic for adding and removing lighting DMX channels and fixtures (untick Show All Channels in Lighting cue DMX Channels setup window).
• Added logic to enable or disable MIDI Input devices.
• Added additional keyboard triggers (visit www.mix16apps.com support page for more details).
• Bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 1.9

• Audio cues can now be played in perfect sync using command cue (for example Play Cue 1,2,3,4,5).
• Ability to select which current cue settings will be applied to all or selected stopped cues of the same type.
• Show or hide GO button from main screen (menu Tools).
• Show or hide playing cue time in Full Screen View (double tap inside Full Screen View to change).

What’s new in version 1.8

• Added Grid View. Turn it on/off from the Tools menu (top toolbar > circle icon with three dots). You can now display your cues as a playlist or in a grid (as channels).

What’s new in version 1.7

• Added sorting project and template files (sort by file name or date ascending or descending).
• Added DMX channels MIDI input settings (control DMX channels with MIDI controller).
• Added RGB color selector for DMX channels.
• Paste cues after last selected cue or at the end of playlist if no cue is selected.
• Bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 1.6

• Added Text Cue - enter text, choose font, size and color and display text on screen.
• Added Command After Play and Command Before Stop cue settings - run predefined actions after cue play or before cue stop.
• Added Clipboard - copy selected or all cues and paste them into current or any other project.
• Bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 1.5

• Video cue:
  • added pause on stop feature.
• Image cue:
  • added logic for displaying (playing) animated GIF’s,
  • added original size display mode,
  • added always on top feature.
• Preview window:
  • added full screen mode.
• Bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 1.4

• Set GO to selected cue AUTO mode - GO button is set to selected cue automatically after cue is selected without using SET button. Tap and hold SET button to toggle between normal and auto mode. This feature is saved in app settings.
• SINGLE playback mode - all playing cues will stop when you start next cue with GO button. When single playback mode is active, GO button will display dot in title. Tap and hold STOP button to toggle between normal and single playback mode. This feature is saved in project.

What’s new in version 1.3.2

• Added Selection Color setting.
• Added MIDI Same Input Command Time Limit setting.
• Added 5 custom colors in cue color editor.

What’s new in version 1.3.1

• Important volume cue and command cue bug fixes.

What’s new in version 1.3

• Added playing cue info at the top of the cue list (where project name is displayed).
• Added cue before play and after stop commands.
• Bug fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 1.2

• Added video and image preview window size setting (small or full screen).
• Added SET GO command (set GO to desired cue).
• Added Edit MIDI and OSC to cue context menu.
• Added MIDI and OSC output script.
• MIDI fixes and improvements.

What’s new in version 1.1

• Changed app name to match MiX16 APPS branding.
• Bug fixes and Improvements.