OpenNBS/NoteBlockStudio v3.12.0-beta.6

v3.12.0 Beta 6

on GitHub

New features

• Added Minecraft sound-event mappings for custom instruments, shared by data pack export and command-block schematic and track export.
  • Edit mappings in Instrument Settings, search the sound-event catalog, or use the instrument name.
  • Load a catalog from sounds.json or a Minecraft asset index. Resource packs can also automatically match custom sound files to their sound events.
  • Exported playback now accounts for each instrument's default key.
• Added Sound Stopper support to data pack and command-block export.
  • Choose which Minecraft sound categories the exporter may use to separate sounds affected by different stoppers.
  • Export diagnostics report source usage and any accidental sound cutoffs in the NBS log.
• Added an option to follow song tempo and Tempo Changers in command-block schematic and track exports, snapped to the selected redstone timing grid.
• Added 5 and 2.5 ticks per second options to track export alongside the existing 10 ticks per second option.
• Added a restart function to exported data packs.
• Song ZIP exports now preserve custom instruments' Minecraft sound mappings and restore them when reopened.
• Added a Note Duration tab to MIDI import.
  • Enable duration separately for each track, channel and instrument combination.
  • Melodic parts are enabled by default when Note Duration is used; percussion remains single notes.
• Added Quick Look song previews on macOS.
  • Select an .nbs file in Finder and press Space to view its title, author, original author, duration and note count.
  • Listen with play/pause, seeking, volume and mute controls.
  • Playback supports tempo changes, pitch, note and layer volume and panning, and Sound Stoppers.
• Added update checking for directly distributed macOS builds, with downloads through the GitHub Releases page.
• Added an experimental Liquid Glass option for context menus, tooltips and messages. Enable it in Preferences with the Fluent theme and Transparency effects turned on.
• Refreshed rounded interface corners, added navigation tabs to Fluent dialogs, and added smooth animation when rearranging song tabs.
• Added XDG Desktop Portal support for Linux file and folder dialogs. (Credit to @samuelvenable)

Bugfixes and improvements

• Improved song saving and buffer exports with verified file replacement. Written data is checked before replacing the destination, and the previous copy is retained until the replacement is verified.
• Improved confirmation before quitting, including native macOS window closing and Windows update installation. Cancelling or failing to save keeps NBS open.
• Improved recovery backups for all open song tabs.
  • Tabs with matching filenames have separate recovery files.
  • Backups include metadata-only changes and songs emptied by editing.
  • Autosaves and backups include selected or moved notes without placing the selection or changing undo history.
  • Previous backups are kept until a new copy is verified.
• Improved recovery-file validation and restoration, including unique restored filenames and clearer reporting of files that could not be recovered.
• Added custom instrument limit checks when adding, importing, pasting and saving instruments, accounting for the selected NBS version and the extra slots needed by trumpet instruments in older formats.
• Fixed Save Options applying a format change before confirmation or ignoring a cancelled downgrade warning.
• Fixed close confirmations referring to the wrong song tab. Close Other Tabs and Close Tabs to the Right now stop when cancelled.
• Fixed empty, incomplete or invalid NBS files crashing NBS or disrupting the open song. Failed startup file opens no longer assign the failed filename to the current tab.
• Improved pattern export error handling. Exporting a pattern no longer marks the song as edited.
• Improved default filenames in Save dialogs and prevented duplicate .nbs extensions.
• Fixed data pack export paths on macOS and Linux, folder selection in sandboxed macOS builds, and incomplete output with non-ASCII descriptions.
• Reduced scoreboard conflicts between exported data packs with similar song names.
• Fixed Pack Instruments including unrelated temporary files in ZIP archives on Linux, and added clearer reporting of export failures.
• Fixed MIDI note tails collapsing onto the first layer of a channel or overlapping other notes.
• Fixed reference-audio volume changes not applying during playback.
• Added a clear error for unsupported Ogg reference audio, including Ogg Opus and Ogg FLAC. Ogg Vorbis and WAV remain supported.
• Fixed Sound Stopper range guides disappearing when the stopper is outside the visible layers and drawing beyond the editor boundaries.
• Improved Enter and Escape handling in dialogs. Enter activates the default action when a text field is not active, and Escape dismisses an open menu before closing the dialog.
• Fixed missed rapid mouse clicks on macOS.
• Fixed the macOS window jumping when moved between displays with different scaling.
• Added a native Command-W action to close the current song on macOS.
• Improved native dialog handling on macOS. (Credit to @samuelvenable)
• Changed the Windows installer and uninstaller to preserve user-added files in the installation directory.
• Updated Linux .nbs file associations to use the vendor-specific MIME type.
• Improved startup performance and robustness, and reduced repeated text layout and drawing work.
• Fixed the update checker offering older releases as updates and updated its release-information URL.
• Clarified the program-directory warning with instructions for changing the default song folder.
• Added the missing custom sounds for the Living Millennium demo song.

Note for Linux users

• We cannot possibly extend our support to every Linux distro out there, but we will do our best to support as many as we can.
• Make sure to report any issues you encounter with your specific distro!
• File and folder dialogs now support XDG Desktop Portal. Keep kdialog installed on KDE desktops or zenity on other desktops for the remaining dialogs and fallbacks. Some export functions also require 7zip.

macOS build

• The minimum supported macOS version is now 12.0.
• Direct-download builds can check for updates in NBS and open the GitHub Releases page to download them.
• The macOS build is also available through TestFlight.
• To use your custom sound library in Quick Look, open NBS once after installing the update, then reopen the preview. Sharing the user sound library requires macOS 13 or later; macOS 12 previews use the app's bundled sounds.

Full changelog: v3.12.0-beta.5...v3.12.0-beta.6