Piano Visualizer v0.3.1-alpha

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Piano Visualizer v0.3.1-alpha

A bug-fix and polish release focused on recording/playback synchronization, video seeking, and a significantly improved playback interface.

✨ What's Changed

• 🐛 Playback Synchronization — Fixed a crucial bug that could cause MIDI and camera playback to become desynchronized, especially during longer recordings.
• ⚙️ Playback Configuration — Fixed configuration presets not being applied correctly during playback.
• 🎬 Video Seeking — Added seeking through recorded camera video during playback.
• 🎨 Playback UI — Significantly polished and improved the playback window and its layout.
• ⏯️ Playback Controls — Improved playback controls and seeking behavior.

🎬 Recording Playback

Piano Visualizer can replay recorded performances containing both MIDI and camera data.

Playback supports:

• Play
• Pause / resume
• Stop
• Timeline seeking
• Recording selection
• Recording deletion
• MIDI note and controller event playback
• Camera video playback
• Reverse scroll
• Scroll speed
• Preroll timing

⚠️ Early Release

This is an early alpha release and should be considered experimental.

The recording and playback system is functional, but some edge cases and compatibility issues may still exist.

Known bugs

• Some VST3 plugins may crash under certain conditions.
• Some VST3 plugins may crash when the main window loses focus.
• Virtual camera compatibility may vary between applications.
• Recording playback may still have occasional synchronization or video playback issues depending on the recording and system.

If you encounter a problem, please open an issue and include as much information as possible, such as:

• Windows version
• Hardware configuration
• MIDI device
• Audio device
• Camera model
• VST3 plugin being used
• Recording being played back
• Relevant log output
• Steps to reproduce the issue

🖥️ Requirements

• Windows 10 or later
• x64 processor
• DirectX 11 compatible GPU
• A MIDI input device for MIDI visualization
• A camera for camera-based features
• A compatible VST3 instrument/plugin for audio output

Virtual Camera

• Virtual Camera Extension — required for virtual camera functionality
• Windows-compatible camera software that supports virtual cameras

🚀 Getting Started

1. Download PianoVisualizer.exe from the assets below.
2. Place the executable somewhere convenient.
3. Run PianoVisualizer.exe.
4. Configure your MIDI device, audio output, camera, and piano surface settings.
5. Load a VST3 instrument if desired.

Windows SmartScreen: Piano Visualizer is currently distributed as an unsigned executable, so Windows may display a "Windows protected your PC" / "Unknown publisher" warning when launching it. This is a reputation/signing warning and does not indicate that the application is known to be malicious.

📦 Included

• PianoVisualizer.exe — Windows x64 application

SHA-256

da24b7169f5aaf5721902f4d5dfe718a6a0840733a57215e330755205e3bf68e

📜 License

See the repository's LICENSE file for licensing information.

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Thank you for trying Piano Visualizer! 🎹

Full Changelog: v0.3.0-alpha...v0.3.1-alpha

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