CoolEditNostalgia 3.0

Once upon a time CoolEdit had an amazing spectral analyzer with spearate channel visualisation and linear and logarithmic frequency scales. It was used as an inspiration for the current MusicBee plugin.

The following features are available:

• left,right or combined channel visualisation
• frequncy range grid - all formats (partially dsd too)
• volume scale (in decibels)
• adjustable visualisation time window
• adjustable visualisation filtering
• adjustable colors
• minimum, maximum, hold and average signal statistics
• automatic settings saving
• uses two optional rendering engines (GDI or Direct2D)
• two separate views - floating (freely resizable) and docked

Version History:

3.0:

• fixed exceptions when sample rate is "Unknown"
• fixed position of decibel scale when resizing
• added themes menu - saving and loading of whole configurations
• added new color picker - alpha channel support and dynamic color applying
• added option for italian note names
• added special dynamic decibel scale mode for enhanced dynamics readability
• fixed exceptions of log scale interpolation
• fixed exception when holding and releasing MusciBee title bar

2.5:

• fixed sample rate number format exception
• added floating resizable plugin (separate settings from the docked)
• fixed exceptions on plugin disabling/closing
• fixed exception on D2D startup
• added "enter height" dialog on first docked initialization
• fixed settings not always saved

2.0:

• fixed crash when adding to layout
• fixed crash when resizing
• added "fixed 20kHz scale" option
• fixed interpolation on larger screens
• fixes & consmetic changes to grid visuals
• added "note scale" mode
• added note information to context menu
• fixed right-left signal alignment
• List item

1.5:

• initial release

Note1: To install just copy these files to the "Plugins" folder:

• mb_CoolEditNostalgia.dll (must copy - GDI rendering, docked, height configurable version)

• mb_CoolEditNostalgia_floating.dll (optional - adds floating resizable version)

• NostalgiaD2D.dll (optional - enables Direct2D rendering)

• d2dlib32.dll (optional - enables Direct2D rendering)

• d2dlibexport.dll (optional - enables Direct2D rendering)

• d2dwinform.dll (optional - enables Direct2D rendering)

Note2: To remove the plugin remove the above mentioned dlls and optionally the setting file(s):

• \AppData\CoolEdit Nostalgia (docked).ini
• \AppData\CoolEdit Nostalgia (floating).ini

Note3: CoolEdit is a trademark of Syntrillium/Adobe and is used here just to note the idea of the plugin. I'm not the owner of this trademark, nor I pretend to be, when using the word CoolEdit.

Note4: The Direct2D rendering uses the open-source library D2DLib by Jingwood (unvell.com). A license note is supplied to the package as required.