I know a lot of people have been waiting on this release, so it's finally, here, v1.0.0 of the GoXLR Utility!
When we started this project several years ago, our goal was always to simply make a 1:1 compatible version of the GoXLR App designed for use on Linux and MacOS to provide those OSes with the same experience as on Windows. During development and over time we also added quite a few Quality of Life changes and improvements, good accessibility support, and eventually Windows support.
This release indicates that our main objectives for the Utility have been attained, and that the project is now considered 'Complete', and future updates here will likely be primarily bugfixes and smaller changes. For those happy with the compatibility and simple usage, the utility is still the tool for you.
But do not fret, this certainly isn't the end of the road. Work is beginning on a new project where we intend on throwing out the need for compatibility with the official app, and attempt to push the GoXLR as best as we can with the firmware available. We'll be looking at features such as fader paging, multiple mute targets, and other enhancements which aren't possible while maintaining compatibility.
While work is still in its extremely early days, keep an eye on the Utility's discord for notifications as we start putting things in place :)
For now, enjoy 1.0.0, below as always is the main changelog:
- Reorganised the FX Keys to prevent activation when changing settings
- Fixed incorrect handling of cough button on profile load when Muted To X (#121)
- Correctly handle the Pitch Threshold when loading from a profile (Reported by Pally)
- Avoid saving corrupt configs in the event the Utility is killed before configs are written (Reported by Multiple)
- A corrupt global settings file will no longer crash the utility, instead will load defaults (Reported by Multiple)
- Errors with (for example) opening a browser when clicking the tray icon are logged
- Critical PANIC errors are now logged to the log file
- Log files will attempt to use local time instead of UTC (Requested by DrawF)
- Add ability to probe the 'Microphone Level' directly from the GoXLR via the API
- Fix Scenario where 'MicInputMute' is not correctly reset on profile load (Reported by evlsmurf)
- Disable Fader Colours when 'Muted to All' to simulate 'Volume 0' on the Mini (Requested by silcu)
- Added Option to 'Lock' the Faders in their current positions when Muting to All (Requested by Dadbeard)
- [UI] The 'Mic Setup' dialog will now display a basic VU Meter indicating mic level
- [Linux] Added a SuSE artifact during CI build (Requested by MagicTrevor)
- [Linux] Do not try to reload udev when running on an immutable OS (#128)
- [Windows] Don't warn on driver version 5.57.0
- [Windows] Tray icon will respawn on explorer.exe restart (#124)
- [Windows] Download and install the Visual C++ Runtime if needed on install (Requested by Arnavigator)
- [Windows] The installer will now tick 'Use App' by default
- [Windows] Added goxlr-client-quiet.exe binary, which executes without a Command Prompt (Requested by MaddinAusmPott)
- [Windows] Fixed incorrect Error message in the installer if the GoXLR Drivers are missing
All the best!