3.1.0

Release date:

Fri, 29 May 2026 21:24:08 +0300

New features:

• Implement BassSynth

  • Internal monophonic acid-style synthesizer
  • High-quality oscillator with Triangle, Saw, and Square waveforms
  • Sub-oscillator with Level and Octave (-1 or -2) controls
  • Classic 24dB resonant Low-pass filter and 12dB High-pass filter
  • TB-303 style Accent and Slide (legato) implementation
  • Built-in Distortion with Drive, Tone, and Level controls
  • Full MIDI CC automation support (Volume CC 7, Pan CC 10, LPF Cutoff CC 74, HPF Cutoff CC 81)

• Implement a master effect rack

  • Central hub for global send effects
  • Includes four independent studio-quality reverb instances by default
  • Generic parameter system for scalable effect management

• Implement an explicit audio backend selector

  • Choose between Auto, ALSA, PulseAudio, and JACK backends in Settings => Audio
  • Decouples Jack Transport Sync from the audio engine, allowing JACK audio without mandatory transport sync
  • Add --audio [alsa, pulse, jack] command-line argument to override the UI setting

• Implement a studio-quality FDN (Feedback Delay Network) Reverb

  • High echo density and natural high-frequency damping
  • Controls: Size, Decay (0-10,000 ms), Damping, Pre-Delay (0-500 ms), Width, and Mix
  • Includes 8 studio presets (Hall, Large Room, Small Room, Plate, Cathedral, Basement, Tunnel, Spring)

• Implement a versatile Compressor effect

  • Feed-forward compression algorithm with soft-knee interpolation
  • Essential controls: Threshold, Ratio, Attack, Release, Knee, and Makeup Gain
  • Integrated lookahead support (0-10 ms) for precise peak handling
  • High-precision temporal resolution (s, ms, and μs)
  • Real-time gain reduction meter in the UI

• Implement an audio renderer

• Advanced Send Routing

  • Added "Sends" button to Device Rack for each instrument instance
  • Dedicated Effect Sends dialog for precise per-instrument routing to global effects

• Persistence & State

  • Generic XML serialization for any effect type and its parameters
  • Saves/loads global effect settings and per-instrument send levels

Bug fixes:

• Fix GitHub Issue #48: Percussion tracks not exported to MIDI Channel 10

  • Automatically map drum tracks and tracks manually set to Channel 10 to MIDI Channel 10 in export
  • Add "Force drum tracks as channel #10" and "Auto-assign channels" export options
  • Persist MIDI export options

• Fix Synth's BPM Delay being out of sync due to missing sample rate updates and initial BPM propagation

• Fix metallic ringing in reverb at very small sizes by ensuring musical minimum delay lengths

Other:

• UI Polish: Separate clickable instrument area and routing button in Device Rack
• UI Polish: Add ScrollView and clipping to Master Effect dialogs for better scalability

3.0.0

Release date:

Thu, 07 May 2026 22:04:50 +0300

New features:

• Fix GitHub Issue #45: Implement a simple built-in sampler

  • Internal sampler instrument with 16 assignable pads
  • Supports loading WAV samples
  • Per-sample panning (-100% to +100%) and volume (0-100%)
  • Dual filters: Low-pass and High-pass
  • Full MIDI CC automation support (Volume CC 7, Pan CC 10, LPF Cutoff CC 74, HPF Cutoff CC 81)
  • High-quality linear interpolation resampling

• Fix GitHub Issue #47: Implement a simple built-in synthesizer

  • Internal polyphonic synthesizer (up to 6 voices)
  • Two high-quality oscillators (VCO1 & VCO2) with Triangle, Saw, and Pulse waveforms and sync
  • Digital Multi Engine (Low, High, Peak, Decim)
  • Dual filters (LPF with resonance, HPF)
  • ADSR Amp EG and AD Mod EG (targeting pitch or cutoff)
  • Flexible LFO (multiple waveforms, BPM sync)
  • Built-in Delay effect (Stereo, Mono, PingPong, Tape) with BPM sync
  • Factory and User preset banks
  • Full MIDI CC automation support (Volume CC 7, Pan CC 10, LPF Cutoff CC 74, HPF Cutoff CC 81)

• Implements a virtual device rack

  • Central hub for managing internal instruments
  • Supports multiple instances of Samplers and Synths

Other:

• Improve ALSA playback latency

• Improve ALSA recording latency

2.1.0

Release date:

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:26:01 +0300

New features:

• Add menu actions to add Note OFFs on column, track, pattern

• Add transpose per note column

  • Located in column settings
  • The value is added to the track-level transpose

• Add MIDI delay for note columns

  • Located in column settings (MIDI Effects tab)
  • Configurable delay (in lines), feedback, and max repetitions

• Add song transposition feature

  • Fixes also drum track not taken into account properly

• Implement audio playback for the audio recorder

  • Output device can be selected in the audio settings
  • Clicking on the waveform will make the editor jump to the corresponding location
  • The last recorded file path is saved and loaded along the project

• Implement a MIDI delay effect

  • Column settings => MIDI Effects

• Theming: Add option to change the accent color

  • Settings => Theme

• Show error dialog if previously recorded audio cannot be played

Bug fixes:

• Don't allow repeating keys when playing

Other:

• Divide column settings into Instrument, Timing, and MIDI Effects tabs

• Improve file format integrity

  • Don't serialize song length anymore, but rely on play order
  • Remove possibly missing patterns indices from play order

• Refactor audio settings layout

2.0.0

Release date:

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:12:09 +0300

New features:

• Implement the concept of a 'drum track'

  • Drum tracks are not transposed by pattern => transpose

• Extend chord automation with an arpeggiator

• Make velocity interpolation dialog remember the previous values

• Fix GitHub Issue #19: Make it possible to open a project directly via CLI

• Fix GitHub Issue #39: Save patch changes in midi export

  • Optionally exports and imports program change and bank settings

• Fix GitHub Issue #41: MIDI export: Export MIDI CC events

  • Add optional export of MIDI CC data

• Fix GitHub Issue #42: MIDI export: Export Pitch Bend events

  • Add optional export of Pitch Bend data

Bug fixes:

• Fix crash when resizing after track deletion

Other:

• Optimize UI performance during playback and pattern changes
  • Replaces heavy QML ListViews with custom C++ renderers (QQuickPaintedItem)
  • Virtualizes the pattern view to massively reduce memory usage and loading times

1.8.1

Release date:

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:59:27 +0200

New features:

• Apply track cut/copy/paste also for MIDI CC and PB automations

• Implement Random modulation for MIDI CC automations

• Implement Random modulation for pitch bend automations

Other:

• Calculate CC/PB modulation amplitudes from the full/half range

• Optimize track and column creation

1.8.0

A lot of cool new features this time:

Release date:

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:00:57 +0200

New features:

• Implement a user manual dialog

• Implement integrated Jack recorder

  • Now it's possible to connect Noteahead e.g. in Carla

• Implement option to delete unused patterns

• Add option to skip patterns by right-clicking on the play order

• Fix GitHub Issue #31: Add MIDI import

  • Implements an experimental MIDI import
  • Supports note on/off and velocity

• Fix GitHub Issue #38: Implement support for Jack transport

Bug fixes:

• Don't allow interactions with AudioWaveView while playing

• Fix GitHub Issue #37: Changing MIDI controller doesn't remove the previous handler

Other:

• Rename Noteahead Virtual MIDI Out => Noteahead MIDI Out

1.7.1

Release date:

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:13:25 +0200

Bug fixes:

• Fix graphical issues when adding a new column

• Fix NoteVisualizer not taking mixer into account

1.7.0

Release date:

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 19:40:04 +0200

New features:

• Add tooltips to Song View pattern buttons

• Allow jumping to a new song position during playback by clicking on the Song View

• Implement view for the recorded audio

Bug fixes:

• Fix GitHub Issue #36: Loss of icons

1.6.0

Release date:

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:06:28 +0200

New features:

• Add a dedicated delay column

  • Now a note delay can be directly entered on the delay column (0-24 ticks)

• Add chord automation presets

• Make contents in instrument setting tabs vertically scrollable

• Make transpose undoable

Bug fixes:

• Fix volume meter not always triggered on line 0

1.5.0

Release date:

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:08:32 +0200

New features:

• Add option to disable UI updates during playback

• Add velocity key track visualization and offset

Bug fixes:

• Fix velocity interpolation not undo'ed

• Fix broken LBP visualization

Other:

• Busy wait in PlayerWorker for higher precision

• UI performance improvements

  • Optimized Volume Meter triggering
  • LineNumberColums as ListView's
  • SongView as a ListView