SynthFont 2.9.0.3 + x64 + Portable

- Many reported bugs fixed

Bug fixes:
- Version 2.9.0.1 could not read SoundFonts Overrides and got stuck with the splash screen showing
- The Events list did not scroll to the event playing
- Recording live MIDI input into a file did not work (go to “Other options”, “Other tools and options”, “Record MIDI” to start this function)
- Fixed some issues with the font dialogue for Lyrics
- Since version 2.8.0.1, SynthFont2 has not be able to accept old registration codes.

New features
- Shortcut for Pause/Continue: Shift+Ctrl+W

Bug fixes:
Since 2.9.0.0, the 64 bit version could not write WMA files
Since 2.9.0.0, Karaoke lyrics was not correctly saved in MP3 files
A few other minor bugs fixed

Bug fixes:
XG Bank selection makes use of Continuous Controller #32. Since some time back SynthFont2 has not made use of CC32
Some VST effects require the use of 4 inputs even if only two (Left/Right) are used (and two left empty). This has not been supported
Minimize to tray did not work
Fixed a few reported bugs
New features:
Since many versions back you have been able to save the MIDI data in the Arrangement in order to remove the need for access to the original file. In this version, the option to save MIDI in Arrangement (see “Setup and Options”, page “Options”) is made into a persistent option.
Press CTRL button while SynthFont2 starts up for a clean start. The config file SynthFont.ini will be renamed to SynthFont.ini.bak
In the tracks list header there is a new button with a down arrow. Press this to show a down arrow for all tracks. Tracks having multiple MIDI program changes already have this button visible in the list.
Enhanced support for compressed SFKR files. You can now also use files you have purchased as part of the MidiSoundSynth project
More translations (Italian, Spanish, German and French)
A cutdown version of Viena SoundFont editor included again
You can edit Karaoke lyrics text (only METAEVENTS, not System Exclusive events) in “Midi events”, section “Edit event”
You can move Karaoke lyrics events back and forth in time using the “Lyrics sync correction” feature in the “Karaoke lyrics” page. The correction value is saved as the Arrangement
In the secondary Karaoke window there is a new button top-right to display playback controls. Useful if the window is maximised.
In SoundFont Manager the is a tool to search among SoundFonts for a Preset by name.
New option in “Setup and Options”, page “Options”: “Allow multiple instances”. Check if you want each registered file (MIDI and/or Arrangement) you double-click on in Windows Explorer to open into a separate instance of SynthFont2. Default is not checked = files will open in one and the same instance only.
New button on the Karaoke page: “Save lyrics as text”
The font size for the Karaoke lyrics can be set to resize automatically to make lines fit in the window, See checkbox in the font selection dialog
New keyboard shortcuts: CTRL+Up (arrow) to transpose the song up one semitone, and CTRL+Down to transpose the song down one semitone

- Just fixed a few reported bugs, for example, some strings had gone blank due to the new support for localization.

Bug fixes:
- For live mode: ASIO was made inoperable by the introduction of WASAPI in version 2.7.1.0
- For live mode: WASAPI could not be initialized because the required DLL was missing from the distribution
- Fixed a bug introduced in 2.7.0.1: SoundFont Preset could not be changed in the tracks list
- The chosen language was not set for “Setup and Options”
- A few other minor reported bugs fixed

Bug fixes:
- In live mode only the first note was played
- Since some time back, SynthFont2 has not been able to extract OGG files used by SFZ files
- A few reported bugs fixed

New features:
- For live mode a low latency audio output driver should be used. SynthFont2 now offers use of Windows’ own WASAPI (Windows Audio Session API), which is Microsoft's recommended method for accessing WDM (Windows Driver Model) audio drivers. WASAPI is a good alternative to ASIO. See Setup and Options:
- Previously SynthFont2 would optionally display MIDI Program numbers in the range 1..128 instead of the internal standard range 0..127 in connection to the option to display MIDI channel numbers in the range 1..16 (instead of the standard range 0..15). This is no longer supported for Program numbers.
- Many more strings translated in to Italian, Spanish and German

Bug fixes:
- A last minute change made version 2.7.0.0 play VERY silently… Fixed.

Bug fixes:
- A few reported bugs fixed

Bug fixes:
- Many reported minor bugs fixed

New features:
- The support for High DPI displays is now nearly perfect.

- In “Midi events” there is a new button that lets you save either System Exclusive (“SysEx”) or Sequencer Specific (“Seq-Spec”) data to a file. You can choose between a binary file or a hexadecimal file in text format.

Bug fixes:
- Since 2.5.0.0 SynthFont2 has persistently insisted on opening the MIDI demo file “33H_R&P” when starting up
- Missing support for color scheme “Tablet Dark”

Bug fixes:
- Due to an unfortunate change (bug?) in the compiler used since version 2.3.2.0, the PianoRoll smooth scrolling mode would break up during playback when placing the mouse pointer above the vertical scrollbar, if a color scheme was applied. Because of this, the scrollbars are now not themed.
- A change was made in version 2.5.0.0 to better support installation on removable media, resulting in that the program freshly installed in the normal way (i.e. in Windows write protected Program Files folder) did not work.

Bug fixes:
The “Charcoal Dark Slate” color scheme didn’t look right
- The Setup program would not let you choose a folder for the installation. Neither was it easy to install on a removable disk medium
- The button “To Speakers” in box “Start playback” on page “1 Files / Folders” was wired to “To Files”
- Fixed a number of bugs in relation to retrieving Karaoke Lyrics, for example, SynthFont2 did not correctly handle Lyrics distributed over several tracks. Lyrics can be encoded in two ways and sometimes SynthFont2 did not find the correct one.

New features
- The Karaoke Lyrics window can now have a colored background - see “Color for window background”
- New choice in file open dialogue for VST plugins – checkbox at the bottom: “Show only new (unregistered) plugins” - to make it easy to find new plugins to add
- The SoundFont Override feature (shortcut CTRL+D) has been improved: you can now save Override setups in separate files (with the extension “.sf2ovr”). The choice of file will be remembered between runs and can also be saved in the Arrangement file.