Version History

Waveform scanning now about twice as fast, also for multi-channel files

Meta data listing fixed and now also several times faster, especially for files with incomplete tags (thx Martin)

Introducing the notification and status bar, which replaces most of the annoying message popups. It sits at the bottom of the main window and shows various kinds of messages in the colors green, yellow, orange, and red.

Number of files in current folder and total size now shown in status bar

Customizable columns (right-click file list header). Column settings, sort column, and direction are all saved and restored.

Option to 'Avoid horizontal scrollbar, if possible' (right-click file list header), which is enabled by default. This feature will try to maximize the main column, and right-align all other columns so that the scrollbar is never shown. When the user resizes the main column (filename) tis option is automatically disabled, and a message is shown. If it's not possible to avoid the scrollbar a message is shown.

Sort column and direction remembered when changing folders

Sort column background now highlighted

It's now possible to sort by columns that contain information which is not immediately available, like tags or audio properties. Depending on the sort column Resonic might sort the file list again when all the required information is available.

It's now possible to sort by the little colored squares that describe the kind of content in the audio file, i.e. blue for lossless, orange for lossy, or green for music. Just click the column header to sort by the colored squares.

Full multi-monitor support for any combination of screen sizes and arrangements for saving and restoring window position and size. If the window is more than half of its width or height out of either side of the multi-monitor setup it is automatically recovered. With Save window position enabled you can now safely move Resonic, for example, to a second screen, maximize it there, and have it saved and restored there. Resonic can now also span multiple monitors.

Volume presets (right-click volume bar)

Save and restore user volume (right-click volume bar)

Slimmer transport bar and slightly smaller playback controls

Added Explore and select folder to context menu in browser (suggested: PHM)

File listing speed improved on Windows 8, especially for folders containing thousands of audio files

Mouse cursor can now automatically be hidden when on visualization (see Menu | Visualization).

You can now middle-click the waveform to pause/continue/start playback

New shortcut: NUMPAD+1 jumps to the beginning of the file

New shortcut: NUMPAD+2 jumps to the middle of the file

New in file list context menu: Refresh (F5) and Refresh browser (CTRL+F5)

New in browser context menu: Refresh browser (CTRL+F5)

Confirmation dialogs that are displayed when Resonic wants to open the web browser now also show the web address that is about to be opened

New icon in the lower left corner shows the state of the sidebar (left panel) and lets you toggle it when clicked (same as F4)

Overall performance improvements

Window restores slightly faster

Playback advances to next track slightly faster

Volume context menu (right-click volume bar) is now aligned

Analyzer accuracy (not resolution) doubled for sampling rates above 48 kHz, which takes a little more processing power.

Vertical analyzer scale slightly adjusted for musicality. Note that an accurate mode as well as vertical zoom is planned for all analyzers in Resonic Pro.

Improved stability of analyzer code

Numerous color theme and graphics adjustments

Left-click the filename in the header to browse to its folder

CTRL+click the filename in the header to select the file in Explorer

Build date in window title now only shown once on startup, then hidden

Selected sleep timer method now shown in menu (Menu | Sleep Timer)

New behavior: The Play button now continues playback when paused, or restarts playback from the beginning when stopped or already playing. This also applies to the taskbar controls (reported: BTGbullseye)

Fixed Error state not always being shown for non-playable or broken files

Fixed occasional overflow bug when playing the first file with analyzer active

Corrected analyzer sometimes peaking way too high, a side effect of making low peaks more visible. This will further improve in updates.

Fixed analyzer being completely off for sample rates other than 44.1 kHz. Also the upper frequency was off, values shown were always representing 44.1 kHz, and the frequency display was cut off for rates lower than 44.1 kHz. All these issues were fixed. (reported: BTGbullseye)

Fixed wrong frequency values being shown with sample rates above 96 kHz when mouse-hovering the linear analyzer.

Fixed show/hide footer menu item not following state (reported: R. Johnson)

Fixed the NUMLOCK key accidently toggling mute. Note that mute can always be toggled with the PAUSE key.

Windows XP: Color fixes when running with classic design (reported: Andreasvb)

You can click and drag some of the free spaces in header bar, transport bar, and status bar to move the main window.

Web: Beta and pre-release testing forum up at forums.resonic.at. Apply only if you're serious.

Temporary fix release for some users having the browser glitch. To reduce chances of it occuring please reduce the visualization panel to its minimum size by grabbing on the lower edge and dragging it up. The next update will fix this issue.

Waveform peak resolution doubled. Hit the Rescan button to see the difference if files are already cached, or use Menu | Advanced | Clear waveform cache.

New favorite folders feature (bookmarks). To bookmark a folder right-click it and select Bookmark from the context menu. The folder will from now on appear under Bookmarks in the folder browser, once refreshed with CTRL+F5. Missing or offline folders (e.g. on external drives) will appear grayed.

New alternative waveform feature. See Menu | Visualization and check the option to activate a different version of the waveform. This feature might change in future versions.

Introducing a brand-new visualization type, Events, that might be of special interest to demo sceners and mod heads: It visualizes music events in module music (i.e. mod, xm, it, etc.) either by track, or by pitch (see Menu | Visualization). Play any of the supported music files, then either press F12, or use the menu, to change the visualization type to Events.

Playback progress in analyzer views (suggested: M. Lapierre)

New Stay on top option (see Menu | Interface), especially useful when files frequently need to be dragged and dropped onto Resonic from Windows Explorer, or from other applications (suggested: L. Castillo)

New Minimize to tray option (see Menu | Interface)

New shortcut: ALT+M minimizes to tray and shows icon in notification area

New shortcut: CTRL+ALT+I toggles the information bar

Cleaner, more focused interface

Played area is not shaded for files shorter than a second, which makes it visually less annoying for looped samples and one-shots

Slightly improved waveform painting / CPU usage

Much faster folder switching in many cases, especially with folders containing certain archive files, e.g. .zip (reported: Andreasvb)

Files can now be right-clicked (context menu) without auto-playing them

Folders can now be right-clicked (context menu) without auto-expanding them

Menu button text replaced with a generic menu symbol

Flat visualization button

Taskbar playback progress bar now also shown when Resonic is not active, in addition to being shown when it is minimized or invisible

Various theme color and graphics adjustments

Fixed certain visualization elements looking badly interpolated

Fixed taskbar progress bar sometimes showing wrong values when playback is paused

Fixed menu options not following playback mode (reported: Andreasvb)

Fixed slow application startup in a certain case

Fixed error message not being shown for unsupported files

Fixed hover line painting on top of play time in waveform view

Fixed several smaller stability issues

Fixed Clear waveform cache, now also displays size in megabytes

Hopefully fixed some window activation issues that occured when using only a single instance of Resonic

Playback mode Shuffle renamed to Random, which better describes what Resonic is doing in this mode at the moment: randomize playback, not shuffle. Expect proper track shuffling in a future release.

Analyzer graphics now fully anti-aliased

Analyzer behavior and vertical scaling much more accurate

Experimental native support for the ShuttleXpress by Contour Design. For more information see www.resonic.at/devices/shuttlexpress

Natural sorting for files and folders: numbers in file and directory names are taken into account, and are now sorted exactly the same as in Windows Explorer (suggested: Billain)

New peak level meter (PPM) with completely reworked code. Peak range is -90 dB to 0 dB, fall-off response is dynamically adjusted.

Multiple files can now be selected without auto-starting playback: To do so simply click files while holding down CTRL or SHIFT, like you would normally do in Windows Explorer.

Splash screen can now be configured via Menu | Interface.

By default only one Resonic instance is now allowed at a time. Running instances are reused (suggested: Billain), all command line parameters and options are passed over. You can now also (safely) run multiple instances of Resonic, see Menu | Application.

Selection rectangles can now be drawn, and while you are holding down CTRL the selected files will never auto-play.

New shortcut: CTRL+ALT+L toggles level meter

New shortcut: F5 refreshes current file list

New shortcut: CTRL+F5 refreshes both browser and file list

New shortcut: CTRL+ENTER selects current file in Windows Explorer

New shortcut: SHIFT+CTRL+ENTER selects current file's folder in Windows Explorer

New shortcut: CTRL+A selects all files in current file list

New shortcut: CTRL+C copies selected files / the highlighted file to clipboard

New shortcut: CTRL+X cuts selected files / the highlighted file to clipboard

New shortcut: PAUSE (BREAK) key toggles mute

New shortcut: F4 toggles left panel, including browser

Added file list context menu (right click)

Drag and drop folders or files from Windows Explorer / other applications onto the folder browser to change folders in Resonic.

Drag and drop folders or files from Windows Explorer / other applications onto the file list to change folders in Resonic and start playing.

Analyzer resolution doubled for better overall accuracy and smoother animations

Improved frequency display in analyzer (thx Martin)

Linear analyzer now visualizes frequencies up to 16 kHz

Logarithmic analyzer now visualizes the full spectrum

Improved low volume resolution in waveform, i.e. you can now better distinguish between low volume peaks and digital silence in audio material.

Optimized file listing for folders with several thousand files in them

Playback starts faster now for most audio files

Bigger visualization button (right below the level meter)

For your convenience SPACE now also restarts the current file, if stopped

CTRL+DEL now also recycles multiple selected files in one go, or the highlighted file

New shortcuts are available when the folder browser is focused: The UP and DOWN keys select a folder, the RIGHT and LEFT keys expand or collapse a folder, and the ENTER key plays the first file in the folder.

Interface color theme and graphics updates

Couple more sleep timer presets, and restructured menu. See Menu | Sleep Timer.

Fixed level meter never reaching full 0 dB (reported: B. Hudák)

Fixed files not always being sorted correctly when changing folders

Fixed some non-critical graphics memory leaks

Fixed waveform being cut off at very low peak values, which was mostly visible with samples and speech recordings

Numerous bug fixes in database code, adding extra stability

Fixed startup error (Abnormal program termination) when trying to run three or more instances of Resonic

Advanced options for prescans and peak cache are now saved and restored properly

To select multiple, individual files hold CTRL and click.

To select a range of files hold SHIFT and click.

A note on 'Menu | Advanced | Use accurate pre-scans': Accurate pre-scans scan audio files more accurately, which impacts how fast files start playing. In almost all cases there is a noticeable delay with this option enabled. Depending on the length of the audio file in question this can take up quite a bit, e.g. with single-file mixes that last an hour or more. If you like it the proper Resonic way, meaning your audio files start playing almost instantly, make sure that this option is disabled, which is the default. However, if you're having problems with certain compressed variable-bitrate (VBR) files showing waveform peaks that either seem misplaced, or completely off, enabling accurate pre-scans will most likely fix the problem.

Known issue: File list does not auto-update after cutting files. You have to manually refresh it by pressing F5.

Waveform painting now up to a 100 times faster, depending on the waveform size and requires much less processing power, and thus less battery life on laptops as well.

Window position can now be saved and restored. See Save window position option in Menu | Interface.

New default waveform, similar to original one. You can use Alternative waveform in Menu | Visualization to toggle the lower, shaded half of the waveform.

New option to disable the translucent color overlays shading the played area of the waveform in Menu | Visualization. Enabling this option is mainly a design choice, but it can also help reduce processor usage quite a bit, depending on the waveform size. If you're in for performance over visuals make sure you enable this. Note that in any case the overlay is only drawn up to a certain waveform height, and is not drawn for very short sound files.

Support for OGG OPUS tags

Improved file switching speed

Clearing the waveform cache now only takes a couple of moments. See Clear waveform cache in Menu | Advanced.

Waveform cache now uses a little less harddisk space. Since the cache format has changed Resonic will have to rescan your audio files once you start playing them.

New option use remaining time added to sleep timer (Menu | Sleep Timer). This will simply set and start the sleep timer using the time left in the currently playing track.

Several color theme changes once again

Fixed issues that caused severe visual glitches, effectively making the folder browser unusable and the interface non-responsive to most user input, especially when trying to change folders, until playback is stopped. This problem only occured with users on lower-spec systems.

Fixed occasional crash when trying to read tags from inaccessible files

This is an important hotfix release.

Thanks to S. Ward for his donation to support Resonic development!

Improved and much more reliable fade-outs, e.g. on stop

Play position indicator (vertical line) with sub-pixel accuracy

Clicking a playing file now restarts it from the beginning, like ENTER

New shortcut: CTRL+ALT+H toggles the header bar, i.e. everything above the waveform can now be hidden using CTRL+ALT+H and CTRL+ALT+I.

New shortcut: CTRL+ALT+F toggles the footer bar

Support for chained Opus files, and faster scanning

Support for SoundTracker MOD music files

Resonic now closes down faster and more reliably

Numerous smaller cosmetic changes

Extended keyboard navigation behavior (see remarks)

Faster toggling of elapsed/remaining time (left-click on time display)

Loop on/off shortcut changed to NUMPAD+/ to be DAW-compatible

Updated graphics for a couple of transport buttons

Bottom part of waveform now softer and blended

Played area now translucent

Loop button symbol replaced with something that better describes what Resonic is doing when this buttons is pressed: loop the current file, seamlessly, not repeat, as in repeat the playlist. An actual repeat playlist feature will follow in a future release with its own dedicated button and a different symbol.

Visualization painting performance more stable, CPU usage further reduced

Reworked analyzer painting

Completely reworked file list internals, paving the way for playlist and .cue support. Please send or post a bug report if something's off now!

Tray icon hint now shows the name of the playing file

Fixed an occasional bug when trying to close Resonic where sound went silent, CPU usage went up, interface didn't go away (reported: M. Tofall)

Fixed an important bug where Resonic sometimes took several seconds to stop playback, which could happen when pressing Stop, when stopping playback via right click, when closing down the application, or when trying to play another file via command-line in single-instance mode. This should also fix the main window sometimes disappearing when the application is minimized in tray and an audio file is passed via command-line.

Level meter no longer uses CPU time when hidden (CTRL+ALT+L)

Fixed played area flashing up for a brief moment at a wrong position after stopping playback and immediately seeking to a different position

Fixed occasional crash when seeking in damaged .ogg files

Windows XP: Some cosmetic fixes, hover colors and font corrected for both file list and browser

When the browser is focused UP and DOWN navigate folders, CTRL+UP and CTRL+DOWN navigate the file list, ENTER plays the selected folder.

When the file list is focused UP and DOWN navigate the file list, CTRL+UP and CTRL+DOWN navigate the browser, ENTER plays the selected file.

Reminder: TAB switches focus between browser and file list

Windows 7 and 8 might be throttling your processor and graphics performance when there is little work to do (like running Resonic) and your power plan is set to Balanced, which is the Windows-default. If you feel like Resonic's animations, including the analyzer, seem a little too jittery try setting the power plan to High performance, in Control Panel under Power Options, which might make a big difference in smoothness, depending on your system.

Fixed no files being listed on Windows XP and Windows Vista

Fixed application not starting on Windows XP

Fixed application not starting off network shares

This is a hotfix release

Curved realtime frequency analyzer shapes

Smoother, more fluid animations

New shortcut: F12 cycles through visualization types

Added support for lossless True Audio files (.tta files)

Added support for Opus / Ogg-Opus audio format (.opus files)

Added support for Speex / Ogg-Speex audio format (.spx files)

Improved overall application performance

Optimized analyzer painting for a little less CPU usage

Mac OS X resource fork files are now detected by content and hidden from the file list. These files hold meta data and are created by the Mac OS operating system when files are copied from Mac disks to Windows disks, e.g. to FAT32 USB drives.

Updates to the interface color theme

Web: List of shortcuts now available online (www.resonic.at/docs/shortcuts)

Web: Site code and design completely reworked

Web: German version of the website now online (www.resonic.at/de)

Fixed occasional floating point errors when seeking in broken files

Corrected some interface typos

The idea behind the current frequency analyzer is to provide a very musical display of what you're actually hearing. Watch the low notes wobble ;) However, there is an apparent trade-off between musicality and accuracy. Later versions of Resonic will introduce an accurate mode and more FFT options.

Happy new one!