April 2013

18/04/13

Bounce Version 4.4 - Accessibility Updates for Blind Users, Wine Compatibility for Linux, & Sub Millisecond Precision Tweaking

Minor bug fix update 26th April 2013 - see bug fixes

Minor update 24th April 2013 - see Change log. - adds option to permanently hide the "Do you want to reset" message you normally get every time you change to a different metronome type in the drop list.

Bug fix update 20th April 2013 - see Change log.

With this new version 4.4.

  • you can run Bounce on Wine under Linux with close to 100% compatibility (only export of video directly to a file doesn't yet work on Wine of the features tested). See Wine compatibility report
  •  has better accessibility for blind users.
  • has sub millisecond timing available if you tweak it carefully.
  • Has several other new features and bug fixes since the most recent upload of the release on 18th February.

You can get the latest version from the download page.

Tips for Bounce under Wine on Linux : you may find it helps to install Qsynth (so you have a soundfont synth similar to the Microsoft GS wavetable synth). Also, it can help with any timing issues to use the low latency kernel for Linux. See Recomendations for Bounce on Wine under Linux

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02/04/13

Bounce Public Beta - Accessibility Updates for Blind Users, Wine Compatibility for Linux, & Sub Millisecond Precision Tweaking

With this beta, you can run Bounce on Wine under Linux. It has better accessibility for blind users (work in progress). And it now has sub millisecond timing available if you tweak it carefully. There are several other minor updates and minor new features.

April 14th: many minor edits, some new features and some bug fixes. This is a release candidate. I may release it very soon, possibly tomorrow. Details of the changes after the release.

You can download the beta here:
http://bouncemetronome.com/Setup_Bounce_Metronome_w-2013-04apr14-Beta.exe

Since it is a beta, it installs into a separate folder by default. It won't interfere with your existing Bounce Metronome installation and also has its own separate uninstaller.

This is quite a major update  with simultaneous fairly large scale changes in several parts of the program. That's why I decided to release it first as a public beta. This is just for a short time hopefully, while I write up the changes so far, wait for feedback from keen users who are beta testing the new features, and fix any remaining issues.

I expect to do the release proper in a few days time.

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