What changed in Soundpad in 2019

Hotbar not playing sounds on left click when games like VRChat were running has been fixed.

Category info panel at the bottom can now be enabled or disabled even if categories are closed.

Reworked rendering audio on speakers and recording from speakers. This will solve error 88890008 for some users.

Hotkey overview: double-clicking Play random sound from category selects the target category, ensuring that the category is visible.

Changed installer to avoid conflicts when Clownfish is installed. Users need to uninstall both and then install Clownfish first, then Soundpad.

Changing the hotbar layout adds an undo step.

Updated hotkey processing by using additional Soundpad Service, making them more reliable. Soundpad doesn't need to run as administrator anymore.

Added themes and zoom. Launch parameter -t 2 was removed.

Added option to display microphone level on toolbar.

Category icons are now centered horizontally. The selected category is now bold.

Hotbar elements can now be moved. Press Ctrl to also move the assigned hotkey and color.

Fixed issue where sound stats (play count and last played on) weren't loaded for all files in all categories.

Fixed auto keys not working when using special hotkeys to play a random sound.

Added menu entry to clear recently loaded sound lists.

Moved sound recorder menu entry from File to Window. The shortcut Ctrl+R remains as before.

If you chose to add a recording to the currently selected category, then this choice is properly displayed now.

Restore window position even if half of the window is outside of the most left monitor.

A lot of different small fixes and improvements, particularly concerning the themes, e.g. not overlapping the taskbar in maximized mode.

Fixed export of all settings not properly exporting the applications associated to Auto Keys.

Auto Keys now find more applications and more reliably than before.

Hotbar elements and sound files can have custom colors. Right-click an entry and select color or select Window -> Color tool from the menu.

Added some tutorial notification messages to help you get started with Soundpad.

Changed speakers volume icon on main frame to show that it has nothing to do with microphone volume and added a message when using the volume slider.

Display default application icon for applications in the Auto Key options that don't have a custom one.

Sound files can now be drag & dropped from the file explorer onto the hotbar directly.

Rework of audio transmission timeouts to the microphone resolves sound stuttering on microphone when a recording instance dies.

Show loading icon in auto keys app dialog, because initial fetching of currently running applications may take a second.

Auto Keys won't trigger unintended actions in Soundpad anymore, e.g. opening the search panel.

Fixed disable hotkeys not disabling mouse hotkeys and still blocking hotkeys.

Added Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovakian, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay and Vietnamese translations.

Integrated latest Steam SDK 1.46 in the Steam edition.

Some error dialogs now include a link to get more information about the error code.

When changing the playback device and recording devices at the same time and applying the changes, only the recording device changes were saved.

Resolved issue where some buttons were not directly rendered when the search was opened by just typing (only Windows 7).

Now plays the selected sound if no sound was paused or playing.

More descriptions and solutions for known error codes have been added.

Resolved issue where sounds disappeared or appeared in another category after next launch.

When opening the search by typing, the first letter will respect your keyboard layout and language.

Fixed regression as of v3.1.3: pause was not working in certain situations.

Fixed application freeze when playing back missing files in a loop with specific playback settings enabled.

Installer fix for silent microphone on Corsair Void USB headset (same fix as in the beta 3.1.1).

Resolved an issue where the application would not launch when started in a maximized state with the native theme.

Added option to start Soundpad minimized (not available in demo version).

Certain error codes in the status bar can now be clicked to get further information and solutions.

Added status symbols to the status bar showing Repeat playback of current file and Continue playback after current file.

Hotbar entries now have a flexible width and resize dynamically.

Added option to remember if hotkeys are enabled or disabled throughout application starts.

Fixed application freeze when the maximum recording time is reached.

Added option to show Soundpad always on top.

Changed pause symbol in main window title on Windows 10.

Added context menu entries to play a hotbar sound on speakers or microphone only.

Installer fix for silent microphone on certain systems with IDT sound chips.

Added notification icon to status bar for new version notifications (not yet used in Steam edition).

Troubleshooting report is now generated asynchronously and contains date, elevation state and if a minidump exists.

Preparations for dark theme. It is not yet complete and colors are subject to change.

Installer fix for silent microphone on systems with specific Realtek Chip when sample rate was set higher than 48kHz.

When the default playback device is changed in Windows, currently played sound will continue on the new default device.

Sound recorder can now record speakers or microphone and shows maximum recording time.