Features

#58: Row-Based Note Color Option for Pump Styles

Pump Styles can now optionally be colored by row instead of by lane.

#62: Support for Outfox-specific SMX Chart Names

SMX charts can now be saved with names that are compatible with Project Outfox.

Bug Fixes

• #61: [BUG] Chart-specific music file does not appear to save.

Installation

GrooveAuthor requires .Net Runtime 8.0.

Windows

GrooveAuthor requires Windows 10 or greater.

1. Download GrooveAuthor-v1.1.3-win-x64.zip and extract it to a desired location.
2. To run GrooveAuthor open the GrooveAuthor folder and run GrooveAuthor.exe.

Linux

1. Download GrooveAuthor-v1.1.3-linux-x64.tar.gz and extract it.
2. Inside the extracted directory run the grooveauthor-install.sh script with sudo. The grooveauthor-install.sh script will install GrooveAuthor to /opt and set up a desktop entry in /usr/share/applications

   sudo ./grooveauthor-install.sh
   

3. When complete you can delete the tar.gz file and the extracted contents.

Arch Linux

You can install via the AUR with paru

paru -S grooveauthor-bin

or yay

yay -S grooveauthor-bin

MacOS

GrooveAuthor requires MacOS 11.0 or greater.

1. Download the mac dmg file appropriate for your architecture and run it. If your Mac has an Apple Silicon CPU you should use GrooveAuthor-v1.1.3-mac-arm64.dmg. If your Mac has an Intel CPU you should use GrooveAuthor-v1.1.3-mac-x64.dmg.
2. Copy GrooveAuthor.app to the /Applications directory.
3. Run the following command to remove the quarantine that Apple places on unsigned applications.

   xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/GrooveAuthor.app