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Disco XT 5.0.6 update
January 4, 2009


What's New?
[both] Option to skip silence at start of song in Automix mode.
[both] Option to use waveform view in either live-scroll or less CPU using time indicator mode.
[both] Further reduced CPU load of waveform drawing.
[both] Option to show either mini player or start/end editor for the playlist.
[both] Test button for start/end editor.
[both] Reorganizing playlists into folders in iTunes while Disco XT is running is updated correctly to Disco XT.
[both] Limiter is now activated properly at launch.
[both] Autogain now works correctly.
[both] Song end point is shown in the waveform.
[both] Samples can now be played without pressing Stop button after the sample has finished playing.
[both] Option to disable pitch lock / master tempo.
[both] End point detection only worked for first songs loaded.


Disco XT 5.0.5 update
December 27, 2008


What's New?
[both] User made MIDI controller mappings are saved to Settings folder instead of inside the application to allow the MIDI maps to be stored between updates.
[both] iTunes library is refreshed correctly when changing the XML file in Disco XT Preferences.
[both] Playlists can now be sorted by the original order by clicking on the first column.
[both] Track number column is now sorted correctly.
[both] High, mid and Low kill button states are written to Preferences.
[both] Reduced CPU load of waveform drawing.
[both] Added tabs for easy navigation between song lists.
[both] Recording can be stopped automatically when playback stops.
[both] Fixes buffering issue where a slight click could be audible every three minutes.
[both] If deactivated, limiter stays deactivated after relaunching Disco XT.
[win] Added full support for AAC / M4A audio format.


Disco XT 5 is out!
December 23, 2008

An updated version of Disco XT has been released for Mac and Windows.

What's New?
[both] New high-quality pitch-lock / master tempo.
[both] Improved user interface.
[both] Reduced loading time of MP3 files.
[both] Moved waveform display to separate device.
[both] Added new wide waveform option.
[both] Added 32-band equalizer.
[both] Added artwork browser for browsing library by album art.
[both] Phaser effect added.
[both] Right-click of Cue button works as Cue-play.
[both] Added kill buttons for the high, mid and low EQs.
[both] Option to put library and audio devices to separate tabs.
[both] Safe mode prevents loading song to a playing deck.
[both] Waveform displays are now normalized.
[both] Lowpass and highpass filters can be assigned to the crossfader.
[both] Removed tempo toggle button.
[both] Added tempo sync and tempo reset buttons.
[both] Dragging iTunes playlist to the playlist no longer adds wrong itunes playlist.
[both] Added 'Select Library' and 'Select Playlist' functions to midi programmer.

Disco XT 4.9.2 revision
November 27, 2008

What's New?
[mac] [fix] Library previews were loaded to main output if using Firewire audio interface for headphone output.
[mac] [fix] iTunes purchased protected songs did not start to play if Pitch-lock was enabled.
[mac] [fix] Recording mixes would stop when clearing deck or loading a new song.
[mac] [improved] Increased range of deck level meters for better monitoring of audio levels when using EQs.
[win] [fix] Fixed potential crash when trying to use 4 channel mode if only 2 channels were supported.
[win] [improved] Folder contents of File browser are sorted alphabetically.
[win] [improved] Volume names are displayed in File Browser, previously only volume ID.
[both] [improved] Reduced artifacts of pitch-lock.
[both] [improved] Brake start/stop length can be set in Preferences.
[both] [improved] iPod refresh command added to File menu, removed automatic iPod refresh to avoid stalls.
[both] [fix] Tempo on/off button did not have any effect.

Disco XT 4.9.1 revision
November 24, 2008

An updated version of Disco XT has been released that addresses issues in v4.9 reported by users.

What's New?
[both] [fix] Fixed clicking sounds and latency issues with pitch-lock.
[both] [fix] Fixed timer issue that caused the app to run too slow.
[both] [fix] Fixed bug with normalizer which caused songs to be played with too much gain (rarely).
[both] [improved] Added refresh rate option to preferences to improve performance.
[both] [improved] Playlist can be stretched to whole screen height.
[both] [improved] Maximum tempo change increased to +/- 50%.
[win] [improved] Files are loaded to memory to avoid delays with disk access.

Disco XT 4.9 is out!
November 23, 2008

An updated version of Disco XT has been released for Mac and Windows.
This is a free update for all licensed users.

What's New?
[mac] [improved] Library previews open up faster.
[mac] [fix] Fixed broken AAC recording.
[mac] [fix] Fixed broken iPod support.
[both] [fix] Library previews not working for iTunes protected songs.
[both] [fix] Master to headphones mix did not work for iTunes protected songs.
[both] [fix] Confirm exit option is prompted correctly.
[both] [fix] Fades with gap between songs no longer cut the playing song short.
[both] [change] Removed the 10-band equalizer.
[both] [new] Jogwheel for adjusting cue points.
[both] [new] Playlog text export.
[both] [new] Playlog printing.
[both] [new] New skins.
[both] [new] New fade types.
[both] [new] Fade selection button.
[both] [new] Manual, semi and Auto Mix mode buttons (previously only through menus).
[both] [new] Button for output limiter / compressor (previously only through menus).
[both] [improved] Master volume now full size slider.
[both] [improved] Headphone and Headphone Mix controls are now knobs.
[both] [improved] Wider three band EQs.
[both] [improved] Option to disable pitch-lock on slower machines.
[both] [improved] Buffersize slider in preferences.
[both] [improved] Faster waveform reading option in preferences.
[both] [improved] Playlist can be moved to the top next to the decks.
[both] [improved] Connecting iPod to the computer after Disco XT has been launched.

Disco XT 4.8.4 is out!
November 7, 2008

An updated version of Disco XT has been released for Mac and Windows.
This is a free update for all licensed users.

What's New?
[win] [new] ASIO output option.
[win] [new] Added limited support for iTunes Store protected songs.
[win] [fix] Selected midi controller was not activated properly.
[mac] [fix] Midi controller programmer crashed the software.
[both] [fix] Treble and bass controls did not affect iTunes Store protected songs.
[both] [fix] Artist, album and genre lists were not cleared properly.
[both] [fix] Midi controller forward and backward buttons were not working properly.
[both] [fix] Sometimes automix transitioned to the next song before the correct end time.
[both] [fix] Some automix fades were calculated incorrectly.
[both] [new] Microphone-talk fade-type has been added.
[both] [new] Pitch-lock / master tempo control.
[both] [new] Headphone-mix slider to adjust sending master output to the headphone output.
[both] [improved] More reliable BPM detection.
[both] [Improved] Crossfader movement with keyboard can be set to slow, mid or fast.
[both] [improved] Pitch bend buttons bend the audio slower.
[both] [Improved] Refresh audio hardware selection without restarting the software.

Automated license info retrieval
November 7, 2008

If you've lost your download link or license code in a hard drive failure or similar, you may now retrieve your info easily using the automated license retrieval page





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