Audio Sliders
 1999-2001 Code Sector Inc.
All Rights Reserved

-----======== WHAT'S NEW ========-----

 Version 2.80

Changed: Wheel mouse support greatly enhanced.
Fixed: OSD showed up even if it was turned off.


 Version 2.77

Added: Phoenix skin by Jackie Ray <jackie@codesector.com>
Changed: Configuration dialog enhanced.

 Version 2.76
                      
Added: Quick Tour in the HTML format.
                      
 Version 2.75

Added: Few small OSD improvements.
Added: System-wide shortcut to OSD (suggested by Lance).
Added: OSD activation when volume level changed by other program
       (suggested by Sergey Kuzmin).


 Version 2.72

Added: Clock - shows date and time in the different time zones.
Fixed: Audio Sliders crashed after suspend/hibernate.
Fixed: Presets works incorectly on some soundcards.

 Version 2.60

Added: Now you can use "Win" key in the system-wide shortcuts.
Added: Ability to working without sound card - statistic only mode.
Fixed: Incorrect CPU utilization reporting after suspend/resume.


 Version 2.51

Fixed: Audio Sliders now work under first releases of Windows 95.

 Version 2.50

Added: Balance control.
  - Hold Shift to enter balance mode.
  - Press left and right arrow keys or use mouse to adjust balance.
  - Press Enter key to set balance to center.

Added: Spanish help file by just4fun <just4fun@uol.com.ar>.
Added: Variable OSD size.
       Parameter 'Size=n' in the volume.ini (OSD section).
       n range from 30 to 100 (% of the screen size).

Added: Skin "Hi-Fi 2" - redesigned by Megre.

 Version 2.41

Added: New hot-key: Ctrl+Tab will select next mixer.
Fixed: Some minor bugs.

New skins:
  - "Hi-Fi" by Godders <godders@btinternet.com>
  - "Sonix 2" by Jazlan <basj@tm.net.my>


 Version 2.40

Added:
    CD and Mp3 players information shown includes: track name (Winamp and
    Apollo supported), track position and length, current track and number of
    tracks, playback status (playing, stopped, paused). Track and current
    track position are selectabled with a left click on the progress bars. 
    Right click on the position bar pauses the current song, right click on 
    the track"s bar stops playback.

New skins:
  - "Alumin" by Lukas Grygera <gedik@email.com>
  - "CoolEdit Pro Sliders" by Wilderness <wilderness@operamail.com>
  - "Mac" by Simon Coulton <maverick_97@hotmail.com>
  - "Orangeade" by Jack Orman <jorman@aol.com>


 Version 2.38

Added: Dial-Up connection statistic
Added: Delete skin from the browser


 Version 2.35

 Bugfix release

Fixed: Hard positioning slider near the bounds
Fixed: External CD player won't launch
Fixed: OSD not updated when preset applied by hotkeys
Changed: Current slider selection restored when window expanded
Changed: Skinned cursors and peak marks can be disabled in the ini-file

 Version 2.32

~ Track bars now can be any form
~ Fixed error when adjusting faders (e.g. Front/Rear fader) in the OSD
~ Situation when networked drive is not ready now handled correctly

 Version 2.30

+ Now it's possible to edit line captions
    E.g. rename AUX to Radio Volume

+ Support system with more than one sound card
    You can define separate layouts for each
    mixer driver

+ Support for K-Jofol [ aEGiS cORP. - www.kjofol.org]

~ Design was slightly changed
~ Status line now can show current volume level
~ First button now will run advanced mixer
    Clone function available by double clicking
    on any layout button
+ Lot of small improvements and bug fixes

 Version 2.25

+ Audio Sliders now support following players:
   - Winamp             [ Nullsoft, Inc. - www.winamp.com]
   - Sonique            [ Mediascience, Inc. - www.sonique.com]
   - NAD                [ The House Of Axe]
   - Apollo             [ Heikki Ylinen - apollo.mp3place.com]
   - Quintessential CD  [ Paul Quinn - www.quinnware.com/qcd]
   - CD Wizard          [ BFM Software - www.bfmsoft.com]
   - Windows CD Player
   - Windows Media Player 95/98
+ New menu lets you launch default Mp3 and CD players
~ Lines without controls now handled correctly


 Version 2.16

~ Roll-in drawing routine improved
+ Added shortcut to show/hide Winamp window.
~ Docking to the top and the bottom of the virtual screen (e.g. to the taskbar)
~ Audio Sliders not showed in the task bar if 'Always on top' option enabled

 Version 2.12

+ Double Size mode
~ Few small bugs fixed

 Version 2.10

~ Reporting free space on the drives large 4 GB
+ Always on Litestep Virtual Desktops

 Version 2.00

+ New interface design

  Interface was slightly changed. Added mute buttons, which display the type of control
(triangle as on the 'play' button is a playback control, circle as on 'record' button is a
record control and square is a voice command control).

  Also added status line which can be of help.

+ Auto-rollup

  Now it's possible to select the normally visable sliders, and the other controls will roll-in
with animation when the window loses mouse focus.

+ Peak level marks

  Peak level meter tick marks are useful when recording.

+ 'Ding' test

   Double clicking on a fader or pressing Tab keys causes Audio Sliders to play a 'Default
sound'.

+ System Monitoring

  Bonus feature. Useful when recording, e.g. to monitor drives' free space.

  - Drive free space
  - CPU Usage
  - Local Read/write
  - Network read/write
  - Swap file
  - Cache/Dirty data
  - Physical memory
  - Memory load

+ System Commands

  These command accessible through system-wide shortcuts.

  - Run advanced mixer (e.g. Surround Mixer on SBLive!)
  - Launch screen saver
  - Power saving mode

  New interface languages:

  - Czech by czBird <bird@seznam.cz>
  - German by Eso <eso@bigfoot.de>
  - Indonesian by Digimorphs <Irongate@digimorphs.8m.com>
  - Lithuanian by Gintaras Vyshniauskas <givvyg@is.lt>
  - Magyar by Alex Flower <attil@freemail.hu>
  - Norwegian by Svein Tore Slvik <shazbot@stud.ntnu.no>
  - Romana by Robert Horvath <robertut@usa.net>


 Version 1.75

 + Build-in CD Player
 + Semi-transparent background for On Screen Display
 + Switch on/off recording controls
 + Bass and Treble faders
 + Auto-hide window option (suggested by Jeff Fodor)
 ~ Now 6 layouts available
 + One layout assigned to the On Screen Display
    This allows you to adjust volume levels for multiple lines/devices with hot keys.
    Fill 'On Screen Display' layout in the configuration window. Then you can press
    Ctrl+Alt+Numpad * to select lines in cycle.


 Version 1.61

 + Winamp control with system-wide hot keys

 + Now mixer settings can be recorded and then restored:
   - at Windows startup
   - from tray menu
   - by system-wide hot key

 + New language files:
    - Danish by Af Lasse Taul Bjerre <ltb@bjerre.cx>
    - Dutch by Rick Timmers <RickT@WireHub.NL>
    - Italian by Fabrizio Pomioli
    - Spanish by DaGor <DaGor@mail.com>

 ~ Now used short controls names for best fit in window
 ~ Fixed another window update bug

 Version 1.43

 ~ Fixed big memory leak (thanks to Josh Fredrickson)
 ~ Caption bar now can be removed (thanks to David Moeyersons)

 Version 1.41

 + Multi-language support
    - English and Russian by Megre
    - French by Brume from PC Team

 Version 1.40

 + Global hotkeys to control main volume
    - Increase volume: Ctrl + Numpad +
    - Decrease volume: Ctrl + Numpad -
    - Mute volume:     Ctrl + Numpad *
 + OSD (On Screen Display) for main volume control
    - Press and hold left mouse button on the tray icon about 1 sec.
    - Click or drag with left mouse button on the OSD to ajust volume
 + Separate configuration window

 + Skin browser

 Version 1.22

 ~ Fixed window update bug
 ~ Added snapping to screen edge

 Version 1.20

 + 3 user defined layout
 + New peakmeter indicator
 ~ Improved window drawing routines
 ~ Now you can also toggle Recording Input Monitor

 Version 1.10

 + New On/Off and Fader sliders
 + You can toggle single-slider mode