What’s New

A plain running log of new tools and practical changes at SolAudioLab.

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Score Scroller saves scores and memos as PDF

Use SAVE PDF in SET to export PDF, image or lyric scores with pen and highlight memos combined into fixed pages. A confirmation explains that individual memos in the exported PDF cannot be edited or erased in Score Scroller. Keep a .solscore copy for further editing. Text is rendered as images for consistent appearance and cannot be searched or selected in the PDF. Exporting does not change the original .solscore save target or unsaved edits. Android app users should upgrade to version 0.1.3 for PDF saving through the Android file picker and corrected upgrade reminders. The upgrade popup also explains the main changes.

Score Scroller adds touch-friendly lyric and chord editing

Create a lyric score or open a text file. Enter chords in square brackets such as [Am], then edit lyrics with linked chords above them or use SOURCE for inline text. Chord positions follow the original characters, including spaces. Select song sections and give them custom names and colors. Undo and redo cover text, chord and section edits. The compact editor keeps related controls together. Pinch the viewer to change text size and wrapping; the last scale is remembered on the same device. DONE applies your edits. Use SAVE SCORE or SAVE AS to save a .solscore file. PDF and image scores remain available. In SET, choose SONG LENGTH or BPM / TAP TEMPO directly. Metronome sound is enabled by default and can be switched off.

Play Queue adds a phone-sized playlist workspace

Use Play Queue on your phone with the video and five playback controls above a scrollable list. Switch between LIST and PLAY RANGE, use each video's menu to edit or reorder it, and find saving, sharing and playback options together in MENU. Link entry and editing dialogs adapt to the visible screen when the keyboard opens, while landscape mode puts the video beside the list. YouTube playback still requires the page to remain open; background or screen-off playback is not promised.

Play Queue can share saved playlists with a private link

Signed-in users can create a private link for any saved playlist. Anyone with the link can open the latest saved order, custom titles, playback order, repeat setting, and per-video IN and OUT points in Play Queue without signing in. The opened playlist becomes an independent current list, so the recipient cannot change the owner’s saved copy. The owner can stop sharing at any time, and playback position, account details, and viewing history are never included.

Drum Machine adds drumset sounds and organized beat presets

Choose a genre, a rhythm style and a beat before selecting its core groove or a variation. The expanded library includes 245 patterns, with articulation changes and ending fills grouped inside their beat families. Quick choices help you find brushes, toms and ghost notes. New synthesized sounds include crash cymbal, high and mid toms, floor tom, brush tap and brush sweep. Each note keeps its own Velocity, and older saved percussion patterns remain readable.

Drum Machine adds per-note Velocity editing

Open Velocity and select a note to adjust how strongly it plays. Use the 1–100 slider or choose Soft, Light, Medium, Normal or Accent. The default is 80. Softer notes appear darker and stronger notes appear brighter, while adjusted values appear only during Velocity editing. Bar copies, share links and saved patterns keep each note's velocity, and older patterns remain compatible.

Audio Key Changer transposes and saves practice audio locally

Open a local audio file, change it from one octave down to one octave up without changing tempo, trim its start and end, and prepare either peak-normalized Maximum Gain or a louder compressed copy. Edit text metadata and cover art, preview the result, and save WAV, FLAC or MP3. Audio and cover images stay on the device; optional named settings can follow a Google-signed-in My SolAudioLab account.

Score Scroller adds a local Solscore Library and richer editing tools

Score Scroller opens a user-selected folder as a Solscore Library and filters editable .solscore files by Title, Artist, Version or Tag without uploading them. Compatible Windows browsers and the Android app can reconnect to the folder, open scores from it and rescan after saving. MEMO offers configurable PEN and HIGHLIGHT colors and widths plus MOVE for panning and pinch zoom. Measure Set also handles more three-staff, drum and narrow-screen PDF cases while manual song length remains available without BPM.

Measure Set improves single-staff and multi-staff detection

MEASURE SET now restores dense single-staff systems, creates an opening boundary when no left barline is printed, and uses connected multi-staff starts to extend shared measure lines across the complete system. If a whole staff system is missed, ADD LINE can establish it from a nearby line height and continue placing matching boundaries to the left or right.

Score Scroller highlights the current bar and adds a metronome

When a completed measure map and BPM are active, continuous playback outlines the currently played bar in pale fluorescent green. A compact on-screen metronome pulses at the selected BPM and includes a SOUND OFF / SOUND ON control. Current versions start with sound enabled; browser playback permissions still apply.

Score Scroller follows detected measures at the selected BPM

After every page has a completed measure map, meter and BPM settings drive a musical beat timeline that keeps the current staff system near screen center and calculates duration through numbered mark jumps, repeated sections and CUSTOM BAR values. Current versions provide BPM / TAP TEMPO directly in SET alongside SONG LENGTH. Marks keep their visible placement while linking to the nearest measure line, and unsaved score settings are protected before closing, replacing or leaving the score.

Score Scroller calculates song length from meter and BPM

Set a default time signature and BPM after detecting measures to calculate SONG LENGTH automatically. Use CUSTOM BAR to select one bar, view its red interval overlay and enter a different numerator for a pickup or isolated meter change. Close duplicate measure detections within 5% of page width are consolidated, and the redundant DETECT PAGE button has been removed.

Measure Test links system height and removes close duplicates

Resize one detected measure line from its top or bottom handle to align every line in the same notation and TAB system. Very close detections within 3% of page width are now consolidated into one measure boundary, while sideways movement and deletion still affect only the selected line.

Measure Test adds touch scrolling and line-height correction

Scroll a score page vertically while reviewing detected measures, drag a red line sideways to reposition it, or adjust its top and bottom handles to cover both notation and TAB. Confirmed notation/TAB pairs also extend one-sided detections across the complete system automatically.

Score Scroller adds local measure-line testing

Open MEASURE TEST from SET to detect measure lines on local PDF or image sheet music. Review each page directly over the score, drag misplaced lines, add missing lines, delete extras, or scan every page at once. Corrected lines stay inside the editable .solscore file, and score pages are never uploaded.

Score Scroller Android test app is available

Download the Android test app from SET for a fullscreen score reader with its own Score Scroller icon. Open .solscore files directly from Android, save changes back to the opened file, or choose SAVE AS for another name or location. Local PDF, image and score data stays on the device.

Virtual Headphones plug-in Beta 0.6 is available

The free Windows VST3, macOS VST3, and Logic AU plug-ins now place MY HEADPHONES, FLAT, and five saved Quick References in one direct comparison group. Empty slots open the target finder, each saved target can be cleared independently, and the active listening reference and version are easier to identify. The approved comparison DSP, 330 MY HEADPHONES models, 408 targets, 93 Consumer Check targets, and existing project compatibility remain unchanged.

Virtual Headphones web Beta 0.6 adds direct Quick References

MY HEADPHONES, FLAT, and five saved targets now share one direct comparison group, so recurring references can be heard with one click without reopening the model finder. The desktop and mobile response views now use the same combined graph, and signed-in users can keep the five exact Quick Reference slots in My SolAudioLab. Local audio remains in the browser and is never uploaded.

Score Scroller adds numbered performance routing

Place numbered marks on local PDF or image sheet music, then use automatic paired jumps or the right-edge NEXT, BACK and HOLD cue controls. RESTART immediately plays again from the beginning. SET now saves setup changes into a self-contained .solscore with the original score and Score Scroller icon, using the original base filename without an added suffix.

Play Queue is now open as a public YouTube playlist tool

Build an editable personal playlist from individual YouTube video links or one whole public or unlisted YouTube playlist. Reorder or remove songs, set a separate IN and OUT point for any song, choose playback order and repeat settings, and sign in with Google when you want to save named private playlists in My SolAudioLab.

Virtual Headphones Beta 0.5.1 maintenance update is available

Windows VST3, macOS VST3, and Logic AU packages now use corrected licence notices, version reporting, and a reproducible cross-platform build process. Audio DSP, controls, model data, and saved-state identifiers are unchanged from Beta 0.5.

Mobile tempo controls and bottom alignment are fixed

Mobile users can now change the tempo with minus and plus buttons or clean direct number entry without forced browser text selection. The lower controls share the same alignment, pattern guides are larger, and the edit buttons remain fully visible when the screen height is reduced.

Bug fix: New patterns now use the selected bar count

Choosing 1, 2, 4, or 8 bars now creates a sequence with that exact number of bars. The fix keeps the desktop and mobile structure controls synchronized without changing saved patterns, drum sounds, or playback.

Tone Generator can now keep private tone and sweep presets

Signed-in users can save named tone or sweep settings with equipment, speaker, room, and problem-frequency notes. Existing browser frequencies stay local unless the user reviews an account import, and private frequencies can be copied to another browser without starting playback.

Speaker System Check can now keep private listening records

Signed-in users can save the place, speaker system, five-part listening checklist, wiring or polarity notes, problem frequencies, check date, and recheck date. The existing browser-generated test signals still work without an account, and results remain the user’s listening judgment rather than an automatic microphone measurement.

Acoustic Planner can now keep complete private room projects

Signed-in users can save a complete room project, reopen it on another desktop or notebook computer, rename or copy it, and delete it when finished. Existing browser projects and <span class="notranslate" translate="no">.acplan</span> file backups remain available, and Virtual Listening audio is never uploaded.