What changed in Soundpad in 2024

No longer creates backups of empty sound lists and increased backup periods.

Resolved an issue causing the application to crash when switching themes while the main window is maximized.

Allowed right-click access in device preferences even when no devices are present.

GetSoundlist() now returns additional attributes such as color and tag for sounds.

Changed default theme selection for accessibility; now uses the native system theme unless dark mode is configured.

Corrected the sorting behavior when custom tags are applied to sounds.

Implemented a natural sort algorithm for the sound list, improving the order of items displayed.

Restored special characters that were incorrectly removed from tags.

Resolved issues affecting users who upgraded from version 4.0.0.

Resolved issue where typing preference interfered with search functionality.

Added tolerance to window restore logic for better alignment with monitor boundaries.

Fixed issue where installation would abort if system requirements weren't met.

Resolved an issue where the speech synthesizer of Windows malfunctioned on affected computers, causing crashes.

Temporarily removed the TTS.dll as it could crash the application upon launch on some computers.

The TTS component won't allow the selection of newer voices until the cause of the crash is found and fixed.

Users who can launch v4.0.0 without problems can switch to the beta version to access full TTS features.