v3.14.102 : 12th
December 2011
v3.14.101 : 11th
December 2011
-
ADDED : K8055
Output 2 goes "HIGH" when the Production Recorder is playing, ideal for
engaging PFL on your mixer
-
FIXED : Minor
bug with continuous remote-start mode
v3.14 : 5th October
2011
- ADDED : VU
Meter Speed - default is "Medium", previous versions where set to "Slow"
-
FIXED : Button
actions now perform better with touchscreens
-
FIXED : Several
bugs within the Production Recorder and File Browser windows
-
FIXED : Minor
issue with new "Set" path
option
v3.13 : 26th September
2011
-
ADDED :
Sets can now work from any local/networked folder - ideal for
networked studios using mapped drives
-
FIXED : Set Page
will refresh every 10 seconds (for new button audio) but NOT reload the main
list of sets
v3.12.101 : 13th September
2011
-
ADDED :
Consume Cuts option - When in Instant
Mode, you can enable the Consume Cuts button (next to the Fade/Eject Mode
buttons on the pallette button) which will disable the cart buttons as they
are played. To restore a button, just click the Cart Set.
v3.12 : 10th September
2011
v3.11 : 5th August
2011
v3.10 : 25th July
2011
v3.104
: 17th July 2011
v3.103 : 15th July
2011
v3.102 : 13th July
2011
-
ADDED : Font
Name/Size options to Settings window
-
ADDED : Explore
window now offers direct drag 'n' drop to Buttons and Players
-
FIXED : Button
Colours would carry-over to other pages with "non-coloured" buttons
v3.101 : 26th June 2011
v3.0
: 17th June
2011
Version 3 of DAC Cartwall sees a number of new features
and some vast improvements - this help file has been overhauled so that every
aspect of DAC is explained in detail.
- NEW : Buttons can now
optionally work as ROTATE BUTTONS - Up to 25 audio files can be
loaded into a single button and be played using Instant Mode. This allows you to play a different
file each time the button is pressed - ideal for promo/spot tags and random
effects. When dropping a file onto a button that already has a file assigned
to it - you are offered the choice of overwriting the audio or creating a
Rotate List. Rotate Mode can be disabled
globally if required.
- NEW : Cart Sets now have 10 pages "per set" -
giving you a total of 560 audio cuts per Cart Set.
- NEW : AutoCueing
of files so that the audio starts as soon as the "Play" button is pressed
- ADDED : Save Cart Chunk
option in Configuration to allow the Recorder/Editor to save Artist/Title
fields to broadcast Cart Chunk format.
- FIXED : Many drag 'n' drop operations have been
cleaned-up and fixed
- ADDED :
Category/Genre display in Players 1-3 - This is taken from the
APE/ID3 "Genre" field, CartChunk "Category" and the JMD "Styles" field and are
displayed when the field is populated.
- IMPROVED :
Joystick and USB Remote Start performance - it's now possible to
press 2 buttons together and the buttons are more responsive.
IMPORTANT: As this is is a major new
version (2.x), your existing registration will be invalid - existing users of
v2.50 and above can obtain a free Activation Key upon request.
v2.60 : 30th April
2011
- Added : Instant Player now offers 2 channel play
'n' fade - allowing a graceful fade when playing multiple
items
v2.57 : 21st
April 2011
-
K8055 Output1 is
now triggered during Instant Mode, ideal for putting your mixer channel into
PFL
v2.56 : 16th
April
2011
-
Joystick and
K8055 remote-starts improved - no more "bounce timer" - this means that the
buttons are more responsive.
-
Various small
mods...
v2.55 : 31st March
2011
- Added : Cart Sets and File List automatically
refresh every 10 seconds - better for network users
- Added : Audio Recorder Input/Outputs can now be
defined
- Fixed : Button flashing in Collect Mode is now cancelled when changing Cart
Sets
v2.52 : 23rd March
2011
- DAC Cartwall
window now changes to green when in "Instant Mode" - making it easier to see
when buttons are "live"
v2.51 : 21st March
2011
- Fixed : Main window height/width issue -
the custom size of the window is now remembered between sessions.
v2.50 : 27th
February 2011
- New touch-screen
friendly menu for creating/deleting/refreshing Cart Sets and toggling the Fade Players and Eject/Recue
After Playback modes - there are new icons for these modes which are
shown in the 3 playback decks.
- Explore and
Recorder "Load Into..." buttons will only load into a playback deck that is
NOT playing
v2.48 : 21st
February 2011
- Fixed : Button right-click "Load Audio..."
problem that would prevent the item from being saved/played
v2.47 : 19th
February 2011
- Disabled the Delete
button in the Production Recorder when in User
Mode - previously, they were able to delete audio (not good!)
- Fixed : MSStyles loading issue
- Added Login Screen to this help file
16th February
2011
- Added this CHM
Help file...
v2.46 : 15th
February 2011
- Telephone
Recorder/Editor overhauled - Added Goto Start and
Goto End buttons, moves playback cursor to the
start or last 5 seconds respectively.
- Telephone
Recorder now has several shortcuts keys: F1: New File, F2: Record/Stop, F3:
Play/Stop, F4: Trim, F5: Normalize, F6: Save File, F9/F10/F11: Load in A/B/C,
F12: Close Window
- Added
Configuration option: Buttons Follow Theme - this
forces some of the (non-coloured) buttons to draw as per the current MSStyles
theme
- New About dialog - includes hyperlink to show the HTML
file in your default web-browser
- Fixed : Re-cueing issue that would cause
DAC Cartwall to crash upon replay if the Leave Player
Loaded when Played option was used
DAC Cartwall is now distributed in the United States via the Direct Audio
Center website - part of Commercials by the Dozen. UK/Europe and the rest
of the World is still handled by myself.
v2.45 : 10th February
2011
- Fixed : Bug would occasionally produce an
error called "Array element 99 doesn't
exist"
v2.44 : 13th December
2010
- Fixed : Button1 problem that would cause it
to show the last used colour if empty
- You can now press
<ENTER> in the password box during login - saves you having to give the
"LOG IN" button focus
- A new MSStyle
file is included in the full installer - this is call OceanBlue.msstyles
v2.43 : 6th December
2010
- Removed
references to the (incomplete) multi-speaker surround-sound mode which may
have caused problems on "stereo" sound systems, eg: FMOD Error
57
v2.42 : 23rd November
2010
- Fixed : Issue with Button Colours not being
set correctly - sometimes, the button text would not be read and default to
the previous colour loaded.
v2.41 : 18th November
2010
- Improved loading
speed of Cartwall sets when using "Show Durations on
Cartwall Buttons"
v2.4 : 17th November
2010
-
A login screen
can now be displayed upon startup - once enabled, a password is required for
"administrator" access which permits configuration and editing of stored
buttons. Basic user access permits playback, folder browsing and telephone
recording but no editing of buttons/sets. This is ideal for stations that wish
to limit the amount of "tinkering" that presenters can do to DAC Cartwall.
The settings for this feature are
NOT stored in the DACCartwall.ini file but in the Windows Registry. If
you forget your password, please contact me and I will tell you how to
retrieve it.
v2.33 : 6th November
2010
- Player F-keys now
work when Explore window has focus
v2.32 : 30th October
2010
- Using the Windows
X (close) button would produce an error - fixed this bug to gracefully close
DAC Cartwall when the user clicks this!
v2.31 : 24th October
2010
- MP2 files have
now been enabled in the Folder Mode and File Explore Window - requested by an EncoDAD user
- Explore Window
now appears in Taskbar allowing you to Alt-Tab to switch between it and the
main Cartwall screen
- Added Fade Players menu - enabling this feature will cause
the other 2 Playback Decks to fade-out when the 3rd is played. This is
ideal for bed+tags or for simple song>song segues.
v2.3 : 4th October
2010
- DAC Cartwall now
supports the Velleman K8055 USB Interface Board
Allows
for remote-starting of the 3 Cart Players, stopping the Instant Player and
Playback of the Telephone Recorder module.
- Added K8055 USB
Polling and BounceTimer (ignore input after press, to stop multiple presses)
mS intervals to INI file:
[USB]
USBPoll=75
USBBounce=750
v2.27 : 18th September
2010
- New Explore window to allow easy loading into Players for
touchscreen users
- Added Joystick
Polling and BounceTimer (ignore input after press, to stop multiple presses)
mS intervals to INI file:
[General]
JoystickPoll=75
JoystickBounce=750
With these
default settings, the Joystick inputs are read every 75mS, and ignored for
750mS afterwards to stop bouncing
- Changed Joystick
Detection Method
- Can now display
durations on Buttons
- Multi-channel
Outputs Coming soon
v2.26 : 8th September
2010
- Fixed error with
flashing button colours - sometimes they wouldn't return to the preset
color
v2.25 : 2nd September
2010
- Window size is
now remembered between sessions
- Added Log File
option - text file can be written each time a file is played... CSV format or
plain text (human readable)...
CSV format is: DD/MM/YY,HH:MM:SS,filename.ext
(without full path)
TXT format is: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS<tab>filename.ext (without full path)
- Enhanced
Production Recorder - larger window and selection buttons
added
v2.24 : 20th August
2010
- Added "Delete
Current Set" menu item - allows you to remove cart sets
v2.23 : 22nd July
2010
- Players can now
use different sound devices - if you have 4 outputs available, each player can
be assigned to them!
v2.22 : 19th July
2010
- Added Config
option: "Warn me if I try to play a file that doesn't
exist"
This disables the file checking that
displays a message box if you attempt to load/play a file that has been moved
since you created the set. This is because some Windows 7 users have
been reporting issues with not being able to play files.
v2.21 : 17th July
2010
- Added Normalize and Trim dB Level
settings to config which allow you to control the normalization and auto-trim
sensitivity when using the production recorder.
v2.2 : 16th July
2010
- When pressing the
"Fade" button on the 3 Players, the menu option "Leave
Player Loaded When Played" is now taken into consideration
- Fixed filename
importer - Now reads ARTIST - TITLE and makes a neater import of non delimited
files
v2.1 : 15th July 2010 Note: version number remains un-changed as no
significant changes have been made other than:
- Increased demo
time to 30 minutes...
v2.1 : 11th July
2010
- Added alternative
Hardware Code for Windows 7 users
v2.0 : 30th June
2010
- The Cart Sets
list now shows only the name of the set (not the .dac
extension)
- Improved
progressbar refresh rate (noticably smoother on shorter
files)
- Fixed drag 'n'
drop in Folder Mode
IMPORTANT: As this is is a major new version
(2.x), your existing registration will be invalid - existing users need to
contact me for a free replacement code.
New users can take advantage of the £10 offer once again -
purchase using any major credit/debit card via Google Checkout or contact me for
Bank Transfer details. Offer ends 9pm Sunday 4th July.
v1.9 : 19th June
2010
- The 3 Players can
now scrub audio by dragging the main playback area. The progressbars
will NOT support a "mouse move" event so you can't drag them - replacing them
with a different progressbar object will mess with the XP Themes - most themes
produce a "dotted" progressbar rather than the preferred continuous/smooth
style.
v1.8 : 15th June
2010
- Revised Buttons
to cater for XP Themes - improved the overall look of DAC
Cartwall!
v1.7 : 31st May
2010
- DAC Cartwall now
supports MSStyle XP Themes - you can now "skin" the GUI to any XP theme.
2 are supplied with the installation and more are
available at Customize.org
- New Installation
- you can use this for a first-time install, everything is done for you
:)
v1.6 : 28th May
2010
- Added audio
recorder which can be used for off-air production, tel-recs
etc.
IMPORTANT: There are 2 ways to
upgrade:
- Option 1:
Download the Support Files ZIP in order to get the NCTAudioEditor2.dll and
NCTAudioPlayer2.dll files. You will need to copy them to your Windows
System32 folder and use REGSVR32 on them. If you
do not know what this means, use Option 2 !
- Option 2:
Download and run the DAC Cartwall Full Installation which will do everything
for you.
v1.5 : 25th May
2010
- mAirList v2 MMD
Files can now be read... Only the Artist, Title and CueIn data is
read!
v1.4 : 11th May
2010
- New window skin -
now looks half-decent!
- Window re-sizes
to any screen resolution (1024x768 native)
- Support Files
will be required for this update
v1.3 : 26th April
2010
- Button and Cart
fonts can now be defined, for example:
[General]
ButtonFontName=Tahoma
ButtonFontSize=12
CartFontName=Arial
CartFontSize=10
v1.2 : 8th March
2010
- Updated FMOD
Audio DLL
- Playback Decks
and Instant Player can now use different soundcards
- Removed
AudioGenie OCX - ID3 tags now read via FMOD
You will need to re-download the support files ZIP which
contains the replacement FMOD DLL file. There is also a "full
installation" file if you want to have the various DLL/OCX files registered in
your System32 folder.
v1.1 : 22nd February
2010
- Revised
colours
- Added more error
handling - message box will now warn you if you attempt to play a file that
doesn't exist
BUILD 121 : 13th February
2010
- Added Game Port
control: Buttons 1,2,3 start/fade Players 1,2,3 respectively and Button 4
stops the Instant Player
- Added Sound
Device Selection - simply enter the device number of your sound card to allow
DAC Cartwall to output from another sound device (ie: not your default Windows
device)
- Fixed some
bugs!
BUILD 120 : 13th December
2009
- Added "Eject When
Played" menu option - players can be set to eject (or remain loaded) when
finished playing
- Added AudioGenie
OCX for MP3 tag reading - this is a really useful APE/ID3 tag reader - you'll
need the OCX file from the "Support Files" ZIP! I will probably stick
with this OCX and pay the registration fee to remove the little nag-screen (it
only appears the first time you call it).
BUILD 119 : 12th December
2009
- Added F1, F2, F3
to Start/ReCue the Cart Decks
BUILD 118 : 18th November
2009
- Added drag 'n'
drop into Players when in "Folder Mode"
BUILD 117 : 9th November
2009
- Added "New Cart
Set" menu option
- Improved audio
channel handling (should no longer crash when using
"Stop"!)
BUILD 116 : 2nd November
2009
- Minor cosmetic
changes
- Added some
instructions on how to use the software (duh!)
BUILD 115 : 31st October
2009
- Re-worked the
internal channel allocations - occasionally the instant channels would collide
and stop a Player
- Instant Buttons
now overlap
BUILD 114 : 27th October
2009
- Some minor
cosmetic changes
BUILD 113 : 27th October
2009
- Ditched the grotty text file...
...and opted for this less grotty HTML
file
- Players have a fade-out facility
The Load/Eject button now becomes a FadeOut button
when the file is playing. This allows for a smooth transition between
bed+tag combinations
- Window now remembers the last used position
- New icons and button colours
BUILD 112 : 26th October
2009
- Added ID3 v1 Tag Support
Players will show ARTIST and TITLE (truncated to 30
chars each as per v1 spec) (and YEAR) fields or default to the Button Caption
if a tag is not found.
I do not intend to go overboard with IDv3 support as DAC
Cartwall is mainly a simple jingle/fx playback tool.
Although it can also be used for longer items (such
as beds, packages and even music) - any ID3 support will be limited to the
bare essentials!
BUILD 111 CHANGES : 26th October
2009
- Colours to the players depending upon what they're
doing