v0.13.1

Features

• editable value fields on every Settings slider, independent per-layer volumes
• add icons to the tray context menu
• stop playback immediately on Windows shutdown/logoff
• merge hddsynth.exe/hddsynth-nt.exe into one cross-OS binary

Fixes

• activity threshold slider corrupted by signed 16-bit range overflow
• drop the Run at startup icon, rename label to "Run at startup"
• redraw context-menu icons as flat 13x13 monochrome silhouettes
• fail the build loudly if the Pentium-safe CRT sysroot is missing

Full diff: v0.9.0...v0.13.1

v0.9.0

Features

• add "Run at Windows Startup" tray menu toggle

Other changes

• docs: update CLAUDE.md to match README on hddsynth-nt.exe verification
• docs: confirm hddsynth-nt.exe working on real Windows XP SP3 hardware

Full diff: v0.8.0...v0.9.0

v0.8.0

Features

• reorganize Settings dialog into groups, add Help and API status
• lower Audio buffering floor, backend-dependent
• switch Audio API live instead of requiring a restart
• add live audio latency/glitch readout to Settings dialog
• new sample packs created from MBC Computers on YouTube (with permission)

Fixes

• lay out Settings dialog in two columns instead of one long stack
• sliders for disk-activity settings, plain-text help instead of dialog

Full diff: v0.6.0...v0.8.0

v0.6.0

Features

• expose Audio API choice in Settings, show active backend in About
• add optional DirectSound audio backend with WaveOut fallback

Fixes

• refuse to launch hddsynth.exe on Windows 2000/XP and later
• add header to Demo video in README
• document one-commit-per-change convention in CLAUDE.md

Full diff: v0.5.0...v0.6.0

v0.5.0

Features

• Apply button in Settings, fix balance not fully muting either layer

Full diff: v0.4.1...v0.5.0

v0.4.1

Features

• auto-generate release notes from commit history

Fixes

• update About box GitHub link to renamed repo (HDDSynth_Win32)

Full diff: v0.4.0...v0.4.1

v0.4.0

Features

• native Windows 2K/XP support via seperate executable

v0.3.0

See README.md for details on this version's changes.