1.5.3

• Fixed crash on midi files having duplicated notes

1.5.2

• Added left and right button controls to toggle left/right hand playback
• Fixed a bug in the play along mode where notes would be skipped even if not played
• Correctly centered sharp note name text
• Correctly positioned and sized the sustain button for image padding and DPI scaling
• Fixed note hand color being assigned while sliding the progress bar in the edit mode
• Fixed a crash which could occur when building from source for missing SoundFonts folder
• Fixed a bug where the program would crash if windows display scaling was set greater than 200%

The Supporter Editon has been removed. All features are now free for all users.

Thanks to @reid-harrison for most of these contributions.

1.5.1

• Added option to consider NoteON with velocity 0 as NoteOFF (thanks @Cathret)
• Fixed crash when folders name or location is changed
• Fixed auto start playback on video recording not working correctly
• Fixed mouse pressing black keys also triggered underlying white key
• Slowed the background animation to be less visually intrusive
• Added animated background to midi browser

1.5.0

• Introduced the Supporter Edition
• Added video recording feature*
• Added VST2 Plugins support*
• Minor fixes and changes

*Video recording limited at 30 sec in the base edition.
*Available in Openthesia Supporter Edition.

If you are updating from an older version and experience crashes try deleting the Settings.json file from C:\Users\YourUsername\AppData\Roaming\Openthesia

1.4.0

• Complete code refactoring
• Added ASIO support for soundfonts playback
• Added alphabetic filter toggle in midi browser
• Added option to display note blocks opacity based on note velocity
• Minor UI changes

1.3.0

• Added SoundFonts support with built in sounds (recommended setup)
• Added sustain pedal visual state and trigger button
• Added fullscreen toggle button

Application size increase comes from built-in SoundFonts

ℹ️ Known SoundFont issues:

• sound cutoff when sustain pedal is released in certain situations
• possible random audio artifacts

1.2.3

• Font and most ui elements now take in account DPI scale factor
• Improved top bar controls hiding logic

1.2.2

• made application DPI aware fixing blurriness on higher resolutions
• minimized window state playback fix

1.2.1

• Increased note blocks roundness
• Note blocks roundness can be personalized in the settings window
• Added black border on note blocks when glowing effect is turned off to improve notes separation
• Pan button is now middle mouse when in edit mode to avoid conflict with right mouse button
• Minor fixes

If updating from a previous version note blocks roundness will be initially set to 0, you can change it in the settings window (default = 7)

1.2.0

• Improved piano look with real key images
• Increased timer precision control and view
• Can now control playback time using right mouse button, panning up and down
• More precise keyboard arrows playback controls when CTRL is pressed (0.1sec instead of 1sec)
• Changed time bar color style
• New note text info types (velocity, octave)
• Reduced vertical lines count