3.11.0

Additions

• Added a button on the greeting window to open Note Block World, our brand new website for browsing and sharing note block songs!

• Added a sound import assistant to help you use sounds from Minecraft: Java Edition in your songs!

  • Accessible from Settings > Import sounds from Minecraft.
  • Make sure to launch the version you want from the Launcher before importing its sounds. Set your Minecraft installation path and game version, click the button to get sounds and watch them get imported automagically!
  • The sounds from the selected version will be copied to the 'minecraft' folder in your Sounds folder.

• It is now possible to save a song with its custom sound files attached.

  • Reach over to File > Save song with instruments... to find this option.
  • This makes sharing songs with custom instruments easier than ever!
  • The saved file is a regular ZIP file containing the song, as well as the sound files used in it.
  • This feature replaces the 'Export sounds' option, previously accessible from the Instruments window.

• The behavior for clicking layer buttons has been changed:

  • You can now click and drag over consecutive buttons to trigger them without needing to click each one.
  • This should make it much easier to add, remove, select, lock and solo multiple layers!
  • Selected layers can now be deselected by pressing the 'Select all blocks in this layer' button a second time. [#476]
  • Holding Ctrl is no longer necessary to select multiple layers.

• The fade in and fade out macros now work relatively to each note's velocity, multiplying it by the decay factor. [#484]

  • Previously, only the first note block in each selected column would be taken into account for determining all velocity values in that column.
  • Notes at each end of the selection will no longer go down to velocity 0, or into negative values.

• Added Minecraft version setting to data pack export.

  • You can choose between 1.13-1.20 and 1.21+.
  • This was necessary due to a change in the internal structure of data packs, in order to not break compatibility with older versions.

• Added a new auto-recovery system which takes multiple open instances into account:

  • Songs with unsaved changes are saved to a backup directory every minute.
  • When NBS quits abnormally (due to a crash, power loss or system restart), you'll be prompted to recover the files the next time you open the program.
  • Clicking 'Yes' will copy the files to a restore directory so you can move them somewhere else.
  • Clicking 'No' will leave the unsaved files in the backup directory so you can recover them later.
  • You can also open the backup directory by going to File > 'Restore unsaved files'.
  • This mechanic is experimental, so make sure to leave your feedback so we can improve it further!

• Note Block Studio now registers itself as a handler for the nbs:// URL protocol on startup.

  • This can be used to download and open NBS files directly from an external application, such as a blog or website.
  • By default, the program will launch in the player mode when handling the protocol.
  • To prevent security risks, the file won't be opened if it can't be detected as a valid song, or if it's over a certain size.

• Added a 'Loop end tick' option in the song properties.

  • Setting it to a tick greater than the song length will add a silent note at that tick to move the loop end point further.

• Removed the 'Loop to bar end' option from Preferences.

  • This option was misleading in that it 'masked' the true loop point of the song, which is after the last tick - causing playback behavior to vary across different NBS installations.
  • To make sure your songs loop at the right point, change the 'Loop end tick' in the song properties, or manually add a note block with velocity 0 at the last tick before the intended looping point.
  • This setting may be re-added in the future as a property stored in each song file.

• Blackout mode is now available in Player Mode, including the shortcut (F10)! [#404]

• If present, the song author and original author are now displayed in the Player Mode's main view.

• Added new OpenNBS social links to the greeting window, the Help menu and the About window.

• Added donation links! If NBS is useful to you and you'd like to support its development, feel free to check out this option in the greeting window or the Help menu.

• Added a small banner to the greeting window which lets you buy us a coffee via our Open Collective. Thank you!

Bugfixes and improvements

• All operations involving selections are now much, much faster - including loading a song, moving, selecting, placing and deleting notes, changing note properties, applying macros, and undoing or redoing actions. (thanks @IoeCmcomc!) (#448)
• All macro operations can now be properly undone. (thanks @IoeCmcomc!) [#448]
• The 'Max loop count' option is now respected during playback. (thanks @IoeCmcomc!) [#406, #448]
• The MIDI import instrument mappings have been tweaked to be more accurate to General MIDI (GM) instruments. (thanks @u3002!) [#488, #491]
• The 'Show note chart' option now shows flat notes if the 'Use flat notes' option is enabled. (thanks @zhuangy47!) [#412, #418]
• The Chorus macro now better handles selections with more than three layers. (thanks @chenxi050402!)
• Fixed an error that would cause note blocks/command blocks in the track export to be missing. (thanks @chenxi050402!)
• The extra notes resource pack can now be saved from the Compatibility window.
• The popup shown when the data pack export is complete now shows the syntax to play the song from a command block. [#334]
• Added 'Schematic' and 'Structure Block' labels to the different Minecraft version options in schematic export.
• Fixed changing auto-save preferences marking the song as unsaved.
• Fixed a softlock caused by an auto-save triggering while a window is open. [#442]
• Fixed audio export failing with a "list index out of range" error message. [#362]
• The song is now marked as unsaved when changing the tempo. [#433]
• The song is now marked as unsaved when toggling a layer's solo setting.
• Solo layers are now loaded properly from songs.
• The 'Check for development releases' option is now enabled by default when installing a development release.
• Fixed the initial value of the tempo input box not following the current tempo.
• Fixed song author and original author fields in the Song info window not using the Fluent theme's accent color.
• Fixed previous data pack exported contents not being deleted from the temp folder, causing them to reappear on subsequent exports.
• Updated bundled resource packs to Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21. [#429]
• Fixed the demo songs using wrong custom instrument paths.
• Silent notes have been added at the end of the demo songs to make sure they loop at the proper point.
• The link for the OpenNBS QQ group will be displayed instead of Discord when the language is set to Chinese. (thanks @chenxi050402!)
• Macro windows are now closed immediately if no note blocks are selected, which should prevent certain softlock cases. (thanks @IoeCmcomc!)
• Fixed a crash when compressing a selection with some particular note arrangements. (thanks @IoeCmcomc!)
• Loading and saving songs have been made much faster. (thanks @IoeCmcomc!)
• Fixed layer names below the workspace's visible area getting deleted when adding a new layer. (thanks @chenxi050402!)
• Fixed solo button states not moving together with the layers when adding a new layer above a solo layer. (thanks @chenxi050402!)
• Fixed a crash that could happen after moving the selection under all layers.
• Fixed the volume slider number popup going past the intended range. (thanks @chenxi050402!)
• Transparency effects are now disabled if setting them up failed in the last session. (thanks @chenxi050402!)
• Fixed the piano keybind flashing faster while being edited according to your FPS setting. (thanks @chenxi050402!)
• Reduced the maximum channel count with the 'Use more audio sounds' option enabled from 32,768 to 1,024, the largest value effectively allowed by GameMaker. (thanks @chenxi050402!)
• Removed the button to watch tutorial videos from the greeting window.
• Lag compensation is now cancelled if too much time has elapsed (for example, when moving the window around). Playback will resume from the previous point instead of skipping a large section.
• Lag compensation is now applied to more internal timers, which should be more accurate to wall-clock time:
  • Auto-save and backup saving timers;
  • Flash animation when editing piano keyboard shortcuts;
  • Time tracker for minutes spent in a song;
  • Scrollbar appear animation for fullscreen mode.
• Ticks behind the playback marker will no longer play when dragging it around.
• Fixed pointer cursor not appearing when hovering keys at the edges of the piano in Player Mode. [#486]
• Fixed the Player Mode playback progress bar going past its intended length at the end of a song.
• Fixed blurry appearance of the Player Mode's central area when at least one of the window's dimensions are an odd number.
• Fixed dropdown menu for MIDI devices not displaying text properly in the English language.
• Fixed incorrect sounds.json entries for the bass drum sounds in the extra notes resource pack. [#479]
• Fixed uninstall function of exported data packs not loading correctly. [#454]
• Fixed a crash when playing an instrument that was assigned to a MIDI device. [#473]
• Fixed swapped arrows for the instrument selection box when using high-resolution textures. [#485]
• Fixed original author not displaying in the accent color in the song stats window when using the Fluent theme.
• Fixed the note count in the Discord Rich Presence activity indicator having an extra thousands separator at the start.
• Fixed a crash when clicking links in the About window credits box.
• The social buttons in the About window no longer use the primary button style.
• Fixed the Stereo macro being referred to as 'delay' in the tooltip for the 'Reversed' checkbox.
• Removed the 'Experimental' label from the max. frame rate setting.
• Updated the NBS icon to a flat version. The previous icon can still be used with the 'Old icon' setting.
• Changed all instances of 'Minecraft Note Block Studio' and 'Open Note Block Studio' to Note Block Studio, as part of an ongoing rebrand.
• Replaced the opennbs.org url with noteblock.studio.
• Updated credits in the About window.
• Improved wording across various places.

Hidden changes

• Added tempo changer support to audio export.
• Added tempo changer support to MIDI import. (thanks @chenxi050402!)
• Fix tempo changers not working when starting playback at its immediate tick. (thanks @chenxi050402!)
• Tempo can no longer be set to under 0.25 ticks per second with tempo changers. (thanks @chenxi050402!)
• Added tempo change indicators to the timeline. (thanks @chenxi050402!)
• Added a debug launch option to get additional logs for bug reporting.