Amp Up 1.0.0 Beta

1.0.0 Beta - 2026-05-03

This is the big one: Amp Up graduates into a 1.0 beta for Windows with a polished Turn Up mixer experience, native beta support for the TreasLin / VSDinside N3 stream controller, and a serious pass on performance, reliability, lighting, release packaging, and everyday feel.

🚀 Added

• TreasLin / VSDinside N3 stream controller support - native HID support for the N3 surface, including 6 LCD keys, 3 tap buttons, and 3 rotary buttons with press support.
• N3 visual designer - LCD key previews, title/icon/glow styling, pages, Spaces, side buttons, encoder actions, page navigation, and device sleep/wake controls.
• Stream-controller actions - page next/previous/home, jump to page, open Space/folder, page cycle, Space cycle, and encoder-friendly action routing.
• Room lighting control center - Room Effect, Layout, and Devices tabs with Govee, Corsair iCUE, Turn Up, Music Reactive, VU Fill, Screen Sync, and Game Mode workflows.
• Corsair iCUE room sync - room effects can drive Corsair devices alongside Govee and Turn Up lighting.
• DreamView-style screen sync - spatial screen color capture with device placement and per-device sync behavior.
• Unified tray mixer popup - app volume sliders, live activity bars, output/input switching, app assignment, update banner, and DPI-aware taskbar positioning.
• Quick Wheel and OSD polish - profile/device radial switching, configurable OSD monitor/position/durations, and cleaner profile/device notifications.
• Release packaging - manual installer packaging, updater prerelease handling, and safer beta distribution defaults.

✨ Changed

• Hardware Mode now defaults to Turn Up for new users, while still exposing Stream Controller and Both modes when users connect an N3.
• Active Surface controls the UI more clearly so users with only a Turn Up mixer see Turn Up-first pages, and N3 controls appear when the stream controller is selected.
• Start with Windows stays enabled by default for new installs, with a Settings toggle for users who prefer to launch Amp Up manually.
• Room actions respect per-device sync toggles so all-white and room effects do not hit Govee devices that users turned off in the Devices tab.
• Lighting effects are more complete with 60+ effects, animated previews, premium palettes, gradient editing, gamma calibration, and hardware hover preview.

⚡ Optimized

• Reduced idle CPU use by trimming unnecessary timers, polling, redraws, and audio-session refreshes while the app is idle or minimized.
• Lowered memory churn by cleaning up view handlers, audio resources, OSD subscriptions, N3 display work, and device/session references.
• Improved tray behavior with smarter popup lifetime management, DPI conversion, and taskbar-edge detection.
• Improved Govee throughput with global rate limiting and safer multi-session LAN sync.
• Improved screen/audio work scheduling so expensive loops run only when the related feature is active.

🛠️ Fixed

• Program picker no longer crashes after assigning an app to a button, and assigned program names display correctly.
• Room tab effects now control Corsair iCUE lights again when Aura or room effects are selected.
• All-white lighting no longer affects disabled Govee devices when their sync toggle is off.
• Tray popup positioning no longer opens off-screen on shifted, scaled, or edge-mounted taskbars.
• Taskbar icon now appears correctly instead of falling back to the generic WPF icon.
• Audio source changes are more resilient with safer audio-device/session refresh and COM cleanup.
• N3 disconnects are surfaced instead of silently failing.
• Corsair callbacks, Govee sync, AudioMixer disposal, OSD subscriptions, and shutdown flow now fail more gracefully.

📦 Downloads

Platform	File	Notes
Windows	AmpUp-Setup-1.0.0-beta.exe	Main 1.0 beta installer for Windows 10/11
macOS	AmpUp-0.9.8-alpha.dmg	Carried-forward 0.9.8 alpha Mac build while the Mac 1.0 build catches up

⚠️ Beta Notes

• N3 support is new and marked beta while more real-world hardware setups are tested.
• Windows is the primary 1.0 beta build.
• macOS remains on the 0.9.8 alpha artifact for this release page.