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MScopes 0.2.3

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@GarAlex GarAlex released this 06 Sep 02:17

MScopes 0.2.3

  • Fixes the periodic 2–3 second stalls: on macOS 26 a system-wide audio tap
    that mixes several apps goes silent every few minutes. MScopes now taps
    each playing app separately and sums them itself, following apps as they
    start and stop.
  • No more "microphone in use" indicator while capturing.

SHA-256 of MScopes-0.2.3.dmg:
d1c767b62b8e841a952a50666ba0b06ae816b17631f038b2e681322196180a50

MScopes 0.2.2

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@GarAlex GarAlex released this 05 Sep 23:46

MScopes 0.2.2

Fixes the visuals going still for seconds or minutes while music plays.
On macOS 26 the system-wide audio tap goes silent periodically; MScopes now
taps only the apps that are playing, follows that set as apps start and
stop, and re-opens the tap the moment it goes quiet while something is
still playing. Also adds a diagnostic log at ~/Library/Logs/MScopes/engine.log.

SHA-256 of MScopes-0.2.2.dmg:
dd38a322751f005a76dc0aed0a566440d4462c4df9c3cdbc537347f552c91333

MScopes 0.2.1

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@GarAlex GarAlex released this 05 Sep 22:34

MScopes 0.2.1

Fixes the visuals freezing until Stop/Start. The system audio tap stopped
delivering after the default output device changed (headphones, AirPods,
a display) or after sleep. The app now re-opens the tap on its own: within
three seconds of the audio stalling, and immediately on a device change or
wake. The sidebar shows "reconnected ×N" when it happened.

SHA-256 of MScopes-0.2.1.dmg:
4dc79046f77538b3fcfddf054b3c321518c857e6dcc81ba3952a01931656939f

MScopes 0.2

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@GarAlex GarAlex released this 05 Sep 22:03

MScopes 0.2

  • Custom window header: the visualization runs edge to edge under the app's own header bar (wordmark, current preset, sidebar / widget / fullscreen buttons).
  • Widget mode (View ▸ Widget Mode, ⌘⇧W): a small always-on-top window with just the visuals — resizable, draggable from anywhere, on every Space. Hover for the controls.
  • Sidebar can be hidden (⌃⌘S); layout and modes are remembered across launches.
  • Live Dock icon: spectrum, beat flash and BPM in the Dock while capturing (switch in Controls).
  • Requires macOS 14.4 or later; universal. Signed and notarized.

SHA-256 of MScopes-0.2.dmg:
e5acfb57e88e947da0c79c49d6cd2d76c4cd5bc3f9ae9f0ef682d5980c68e629

MScopes 0.1

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@GarAlex GarAlex released this 05 Sep 19:34

First public build of MScopes, a real-time music visualizer for macOS.

  • Reacts to whatever the Mac is playing (Apple Music, Spotify, browsers) through a system audio tap; works at any volume and on headphones.
  • Plays classic AVS (Winamp-era) presets faithfully: point the app at a folder of .avs files and every one of them is listed, numbered sequences play as albums.
  • Built-in presets and a modern GPU effect layer (bloom, kaleidoscope, glitch, CRT, pixel shaders written as EEL scripts) on the same engine.
  • Apple Music visualizer plugin, installed with one click from the app.
  • Requires macOS 14.4 or later; universal (Apple silicon and Intel). Signed and notarized.
    SHA-256 of MScopes-0.1.dmg:
    dab0c315b64554796d7057e7da9c95951903e4ae38c4afb3ad873dd110a9bc9d