Image Line releases Deckadance v1.31

4th July 2008 - KVR Audio News

Image Line has released version 1.31.0 of Deckadance.

Fixes, Changes, New Features and Improvements include:

1.31.0:

[imp] Improved sound engine (2x faster).
[imp] Improved browser and playlist drawing speed & visual effects.
[imp] Improved keyboard behavior of shift+key combos (specifically at release time to avoid problems).
[new] New mouse scrollbar support for slider controls (...also the fx & scratch waveform).
[new] Added new skin: neon.
[new] Waveform color support via skin.
fix] Fixed some problem in the minihost with the MIDI output devices and improved the labels.
[imp] Source code cleaning.

1.30.9:

[new] Manual Loop in, Loop out/exit and reloop/stutter via keyboard shortcuts:
- DECK A->Loop in: "ctrl+i", Loop out: "ctrl+o", Reloop: "ctrl+r".
- DECK B->Loop in: "ctrl+k", Loop out: "ctrl+l", Reloop: "ctrl+f".
[imp] Improved MIDI input behavior.
[fix] Fixed a problem with the keyboard shortcuts for loading songs to the decks.
[imp] Improved the cue/play behavior. If you are in cue play mode, when you switch the play the song doesn't stop.
[new] Left mouse click&hold over the waveform/vinyl disk stop the song, when you release the mouse button the song continues.

1.30.8:

[new] Native support for Hercules dj console RMX (Win & OS X).
[new] Native support for EKS XP10 and XP5 (Win & OS X).
[chg] Removed temporally the DVS improvement in the special case of timecode cd's.

1.30.7:

1.30.6:

[new] Native support for M-Audio Xponent.
[new] Native support for Hercules Console MK2 (Win & OS X).
[new] Native support for Hercules Control MP3 (Win & OS X).
[fix] Fixed a bug in the Vestax VCI-100 mapping that caused problems with the jogs.
[imp] Improved pitch fluctuation behavior in DVS.
[new] Added direct links to get more information about the supported remote controllers.
[fix] Fixed some problems with the sampler in the powerpc architecture (OS X).
[new] Added new skins: Blue, New White, Synq, Vestax and Dj-Tech.
[chg] Removed the old black, white and vestax skins.

1.30.5:

[new] Support for 14 bit MIDI pitch messages.
[new] New warning system displayed in the hint window.
[new] Deck load locked feature. Avoids problems at load times locking the playing decks.
[new] New loop move feature. In loop mode the jump buttons now moves the full loop forward or backward (1 beat/bar).
[imp] Improved samples volume stored among sessions.
[fix] Fixed deck sync behavior problem when load tracks.
[fix] Fixed a bug in the minihost that causes in some rare situations a problem at startup not showing the main window.

1.30.4:

[fix] Fixed a bug with the filesize warning message for wav files with a size minor than 300MB.
[imp] Increased the size for the filesize warning message (30MB for mp3 files and 300MB for wav files).
[new] New loop size visual mark preview.
[new] New keyboard shortcut list.
[new] New MIDI function list.
[new] New support for multiple MIDI input devices.
[new] New rewind support (via keyboard or MIDI).
[fix] Fixed a bug with big filesizes in automix mode.
[imp] Improved contrast of search waveform.
[imp] Improved samples directory handling.
[new] Native support for Stanton scs-1d deck.
[new] Native support for Dj-Tech iMix and iMix reload.

1.30.3:

[new] New render engine for OSX.
[new] New render engine for Win32.
[imp] Reduced significantly %CPU usage in OSX and Win32.
[imp] Improved minihost window resize.
[imp] General improvements and bug fixes.
[new] Native support for Vestax VCM-100.
[new] New mapping for Vestax VCI-100.
[new] Automatic store of cue points.
[new] Native support for Synq PCM-1.
[fix] Fixed a bug in the browser, now folders can be stored in the favorites list (Win32).
[fix] Fixed a small visual bug in the hitech skin (Beat Align button).