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Soundpad Update 3.2.4

The changes include:

- Fixed installer for Realtek(R) devices, where the microphone became quiet after installing Soundpad. This change makes Soundpad not work in Skype and Lync on these devices. We tried to overcome this issue, but it wasn't possible. (fix from beta 3.2.4)
- Windows DRM validation won't be turned off on Windows 10 anymore. Soundpad now works with enabled or disabled DRM validation. (fix from beta 3.2.4)

Soundpad Update 3.2.1

The changes include:

- Re-integrated Steam SDK 1.46.
- Fixed hotbar not playing sounds on left click when games like VRChat were running.

Soundpad Update 3.2.0

The changes include:

Major

- Added Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovakian, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay and Vietnamese translations.
- Added themes and zoom. Launch param -t 2 was removed.
- Updated hotkey processing by using additional Soundpad Service making them more reliable. Soundpad doesn't need to run as administrator anymore and we recommend all users, that used to run Soundpad as administrator, to change it back again.
- Added OGG Opus decoder.
- Hotbar elements and sound files can have custom colors. Right-click an entry and select color or select Window -> Color tool from the menu.
- Hotbar elements can now be moved. Press Ctrl to also move the assigned hotkey and color.
- Sound files can now be drag & dropped from the file explorer onto the hotbar directly.
- Added some tutorial notification messages to help you get started with Soundpad.
- Changed speakers volume icon on main frame to show, that it has nothing to do with microphone volume and added a message when using the volume slider.

Others

- Fixed disable hotkeys not disabling mouse hotkeys.
- Fixed disable hotkeys still blocking hotkeys.
- Fixed auto keys not working when using special hotkeys to play a random sound.
- Category icons are now centered horizontally. The selected category is now bold.
- Category info panel at the bottom can now be enabled or disabled even if categories are closed.
- Changing the hotbar layout adds an undo step.
- Changed installer to avoid conflicts when Clownfish is installed. Users already having trouble to use both need to uninstall both and then install Clownfish first, then Soundpad. (This change is part of the beta which some users were able to test already).
- Rework of audio transmission timeouts to the microphone. Resolves sound stuttering on microphone, when a recording instance dies.
- Updated digital code signing.
- Moved sound recorder menu entry from File to Window. The shortcut Ctrl+R remains as before.
- Restore window position even if half of the window is outside of the most left monitor.
- Auto Keys won't trigger unintended actions in Soundpad anymore, e.g. opening the search panel.
- Reworked rendering audio on speakers and recording from speakers. This will solve error 88890008 for some users, but some may instead get code 1 now. We would really like to get some feedback on that one. If you get an error upon recording, please contact us and tell us which USB headphones or notebook or motherboard you use.
- Added menu entry to clear recently loaded sound lists.
- Integrated latest Steam SDK 1.46 in the Steam edition.
- Fixed issue where sound stats (play count and last played on) weren't loaded for all files in all categories
- If you chose to add a recording to the currently selected category (File -> Preferences -> Recording -> Add to category), then this choice is properly displayed now.
- Show loading icon in auto keys app dialog, because initial fetching of currently running applications may take a second.
- Hotkey overview: double-clicking Play random sound from category selects the target category, but also ensures, that the category is visible if you have many categories.
- Added option to display microphone level on toolbar.
- Fixed export of all settings not properly exporting the applications associated to Auto Keys.
- Auto Keys now find more applications and more reliably than before.
- Display default application icon for applications in the Auto Key options, that don't have a custom one.
- A lot of different small fixes and improvements, in particular concerning the themes, e.g. not overlapping the taskbar in maximized mode.

Soundpad Update v3.1.8

The changes include:

- Fixed playback device selection not being saved. When changing the playback device and recording devices at the same time and applying the changes, then only the recording device changes were saved.
- Fixed sound list save process, where sounds disappeared or appeared in another category after next launch.
- Fixed decoding of certain FLAC files.
- Special hotkey to pause or resume a sound now plays the selected sound if no sound was paused or playing.
- When you open up the search by just typing something, then the first letter in the search will respect your keyboard layout and language.
- Fixed some buttons on the search panel not being directly rendered when the search was opened by just typing (only Windows 7).
- Some error dialogs, that also show an error code, now have a link to get more information about the code.
- Added more descriptions and solutions for known error codes.

Soundpad Update v3.1.4

The changes include:

- Fixed regression as of v3.1.3: pause was not working in certain situations.