p style=text-align: leftIt was one of those things where you think you’re improving something but you’ve actually made it worse…/p

p style=text-align: leftSo, anyway, here’s the new version that fixes that bad bug and makes just a couple of other changes (improvements ???)./p

p style=text-align: leftSorry about that!/p

p style=text-align: leftJohn/p

We fixed a couple of nasty (and some maybe not so nasty) bugs, especially in the setting of timers. That got a BIG overhaul.

You can read all about it on our website’s history page, here, and download the new version here.

Enjoy!

John

Most of the changes this time are “under the hood.” Improved stability and Lion compatibility were the major goals of this version. There are some usability improvements, too, along with the ever-present bug fixes…

You can find a list of the major changes on our web site at:
http://sonicmood.com/SonicMoodHistory.htm

I hope you like it!
John

You can find a list of the major changes on our web site at:
http://sonicmood.com/SonicMoodHistory.htm

Thanks for your interest!
John

There have been some changes to SonicMood’s look and the usual bug fixes, but the big new thing is that SonicMood now has the ability to put your computer to sleep and wake it up when SonicMood goes to sleep/wakes up! So you can take your MacBook with you when you travel and use SonicMood as your alarm clock…

You can find a list of the major changes on our web site at:
http://sonicmood.com/SonicMoodHistory.htm

Thanks for your patience!

John

I started working on the next version of SonicMood right after v4.9.8.4 was released, around November of last year. At first I concentrated on bug fixes and a few small new features. But then I had the idea to allow SonicMood to sleep and wake the computer when it went to sleep, etc. Sort of a “SonicMood Alarm Clock.” Well, the sleep computer part was easy, but setting the computer to wake up at a certain time wasn’t.

Waking the computer is part of “power management” and requires an admin name and password to gain authorization to make changes to anything in that area. It was a steep learning curve for me and involved several possible approaches that had various advantages and disadvantages (and bugs… In the process, I also made a number of other improvements and bug fixes to the sleep/wake mechanism in general, as well as improvements in other areas of SonicMood.

So it took a lot longer than I thought it would…

With all the improvements, and the introduction of what I consider a significant new feature, I’ve decided to call this version v4.9.9. It’s just about ready to start beta testing (I’m at alpha 11 and am testing literally night and day on 7 different “test” computers). So, given past experience with beta tests, I’d estimate SonicMood v4.9.9 will be out by early March.

Sorry it’s taken so long, but it should be worth it to anyone who would like to fall asleep and wake up to SonicMood without keeping their computers running all night!

Of course v4.9.9 will be a free update to all registered users, too.

John

That is/was a stumbling block for porting SonicMood to the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad since SonicMood needs that MIDI. Anyway, it’s not a done deal yet so we’ll have to wait and see if it’s true. But here’s hoping!

John

In addition to the new Mood, “High Plains Asia,” we’ve changed the way several of the optional instrumental effects are varied and the behavior of the SonicMood window when its dock icon is clicked.

And lots more bugs got fixed, too!

Enjoy!
John

Made some general improvements to the version update code to address several bugs that had surfaced.

Fixed a bug that caused an “out-of-bounds” error when changing the “max notes” edit value if SonicMood has been paused since the last time it was launched.

Fixed a bug that allowed a user to try and save a color scheme file to a write-protected folder, resulting in a crash.

Added a test for folder writability to all file save actions.

Fixed a bug that caused a crash when soundfiles were unchecked in the Edit window under certain conditions.

I hope you like it!

John

Also (of course), there were some bug fixes.

Download them here and let us know what you think.

John