Noise-o-matic news & patch notes

Noise-o-matic 1.9.0.0 is now live!

• improved audio engine when using multiple channels simultaneously

• voice changer:

• replaced the voice format shifter effect in favor a voice transformer effect with more parameters

• added the vibrato effect

• improved the voice distortion effect

• improved the voice flanger effect

• improved the fm modulator effect

• improved the flanger effect

• reordered effects in order of application

• added voice changer output effects

• added many new presets

• improved the microphone calibration process

• fixed a bug in the loopback channels that caused a crash in some situations

• fixed an installation issue for certain devices

• various bug fixes and stability improvements

Noise-o-matic 1.8.5.5 is now live!

• improved text to speech overlay functionality

• voice changer presets now automatically load on combobox change

• other minor UI improvements

Noise-o-matic 1.8.5.0 is now live!

• added single channel mode option so that you can redirect all sounds to the "default" channel

• added a popup widget for text to speech, which you can bring to top while using fullscreen (windowed) applications. (As usual you can right click the 'show popup' button to set a hotkey)

• general fixes and ui improvements

Noise-o-matic 1.8.1.0 is now live! Enjoy your summer and make some noise! Changelog:

• text to speech: added a button to grab the keyboard even when noise-o-matic is not in foreground: click (or bind a hotkey) -> type -> press 'enter' and the tts will speak!

• added an "all sounds" tab in the soundboard that automatically shows all sounds in all different soundboards combined in one place

• added speaker selection in sherpa tts for multi-speaker models
• added session save and restore of audio channels buttons (patch-trough and loopback)
• fixed autohotkeys context save / restore between sessions
• various small fixes

• New Sherpa Speech To Text engine
• added continuous mode
• added "auto tts" option to send spoken data to tts automatically

• added new Sherpa TTS engine:
• download voices from a list of free voices and use them out of the box!
• use your own voices (for advanced users only as it requires AI training outside of Noise-o-matic) - a guide on how to add models is available here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3351834015
• added discord rich presence
• recorder improvements
• added window recording (aka shadow recording or flashback recording)
• added the ability to edit / save the current recording without stopping the session
• various installation, compatibility and bug fixes

• fixed a crash occurring sometimes when unsubscribing from a steam workshop item
• fixed a bug that would keep files in use when sending them to the editor
• fixed the backward and forward shorcuts, renamed for better clarity to "skip forward" and "skip backward"
• added the "next track" and "previous track" shortcuts to the various soundboards
• added import from soundpad sound lists

• fixed 11labs api key widget to allow keys longer than 32 characters
• fixed a bug when refreshing the api key value of 11labs

• new language: Turkish
• added global auto hotkeys: set one single key for all channels (accessible from the status bar)
• added shortcut to play a random file from a specific sound library
• added shortcut to play a random file from one of your libraries
• added favorites to the tts voices: you can set voices as favorites and will be displayed before others
• added notifications for recording (start, stop, save)
• added shortcuts to automate recording (start, stop, save). When activated, all bound sessions will respond to the shortcut. See Recorder shortcuts.
• fixed a bug that prevented Noise-o-matic to be installed on systems with Windows not in C:\Windows
• switch position of upvote and downvote buttons in the steam workshop browser for better clarity
• fixed missing achievement translations in German

• added microphone devices in the recorder -> you can now record a specific microphone source while you record other sessions
• added shortcut to play / pause all channels
• added shortcut to rewind all channels
• added "run Noise-o-Matic when Windows starts" option in the configuration panel
• various bug and stability fixes

• added German language
• added notifications sounds - you can enable certain notifications sounds when switching important toggles in noise-o-matic - fully customizable with your sounds! - if you are updating Noise-o-matic from a previous installation, go to the customize notifications dialog and restore defaults
• added user interface sounds - just to add some flavor to the user interface - can be turned on or off
• fixed a crash in the editor when closing a file

• fixed a bug that would stop Noise-o-matic from working properly when detaching and reattaching some audio devices
• added "push to talk mode" to shortcuts - when enabled shortcuts can behave (where applicable) in a push-to-activate mode that will deactivate when released. - works with combos too!
• added option and shortcut to enable/disable auto hotkeys globally
• added option to customize the timeout of shortcuts combos
• added option to add padding before playing sounds - you can choose between silence or noise (now you can literally make some noise :D ) - helps for push-to-talk situations (auto hotkeys) and to open voice-triggered channels
• various ui fixes
• improved telnet protocol - added termination for easy message handling - added json command to retrieve most of the data as json (wip)

• New feature: File Streaming (this greatly speeds-up reading and seeking large files)
• New feature: patchthrough! Patch trhough from recording session to output, directly sending audio to your microphone!
• New feature: WEBM file support
• New feature: MKV file support ( only single audio stream files and not all codecs )
• Improved sound normalization through the calibration tool
• Fixed many visual problems with some themes (special thanks to little clover!)
• Fixed a bug in the recorder that allowed closing the app without saving device sessions

• added buttons to change view mode in the soundboards (classic, compact and thumbnail)
• added button and shortcut to enable/disable shortcuts globally
• added a confirmation check when closing the editor with unsaved changes
• fixed a compatibility issue of the telnet API service with some telnet clients
• improved usability of the telnet API service
• fixed a couple of problems in the calibration tool
• fixed a bug in the recorder that would lose data if an active session was closed while recording
• fixed a bug in the recorder that would lose old device sessions when switching panels
• fixed a bug in the voice changer test button

• fixed an audio bug when playing very long files
• fixed a problem with soundboard effects in certain situations
• fixed the duration on the channel slider for long audio files
• fixed some performance issues

• fixed a crash when removing directories from folder soundboards
• fixed a couple of crashes in the editor
• fixed a couple of drawing problems in the editor
• fixed a GUI bug in the configuration panel
• added save button to recording sessions
• added check to prevent the application to close when there is unsaved data in the recorder

• Improved compatibility with many devices

• Improved compatibility with many devices
• added mp4 files support in the soundboard
• miscellaneous performance improvements
• fixed a bug with conflicting hotkeys
• fixed a bug that reset stats in folder soundboards
• fixed a problem with tooltips in dark themes
• fixed a bug that left voice changer effects after closing Noise-o-matic
• fixed some compatibilities issues with other sound software

• fixed a crash during installation
• fixed a crash when no text to speech voices were found
• fixed a couple of crashes in speech to text

• added speech to text (beta!)
• added option to block voice while sounds are playing
• relaxed some hotkey combinations conflicts
• fixed an audio glitch when the file sampling rate was much lower than the output one
• added more commands to the telnet protocol
• tidy-up of shortcuts
• various speedups and bug fixes

• added effects to soundboard and text to speech - you can choose to apply the same voice-changer effects to the soundboard!
• added custom channels for text to speech and voice cloner
• revisited the shortcuts editing in the configuration panel
• added many hotkeys (audio channels, text to speech, voice cloner)
• added "right-click" to bind shortcuts (e.g. from buttons and checkboxes)
• added troubleshooting report
• added an option to use a more "classic" windows style (this helps with full-screen and snapping)
• renamed soundboard channels for better readability
• there was a bug in tts that sent audio to the default channel instead of its own
• fixed a bug that sent sounds to the default channel when triggered through an hotkey
• fixed a bug that triggered auto-hotkeys when exiting the application
• fixed a but that prevented Noise-o-matic to launch from a shortcut. You can now start Noise-o-matic through a shortcut...
• fixed a problem with conflicting hotkeys and auto-hotkeys