github ronitsingh10/FineTune v1.4.0

8 hours ago

New Features

🎧 AutoEQ Headphone Correction

  • Per-device headphone EQ — Apply correction profiles from the AutoEQ database — search thousands of models with fuzzy matching
  • Import custom ParametricEQ.txt files from audio forums and communities
  • Preamp toggle — keep preamp on for clean, clipping-free playback, or turn it off for louder output with the limiter catching peaks
  • Profiles cached offline for instant reloads after the first fetch
  • Star your favorite profiles for quick access

🔵 Bluetooth Device Management

  • Paired-but-disconnected Bluetooth devices now appear in device edit mode
  • Connect directly from the menu bar — no need to open System Settings
  • Connection progress spinner and inline error display

🔒 Permission Setup

  • Clear permission banner on first launch when audio capture access is needed
  • "Grant Access" or "Open System Settings" buttons depending on permission state
  • Reduces repeated permission prompts by requesting access once upfront

👁️ Ignore App

  • Hide specific apps from FineTune so they're never tapped
  • Toggle via the eye icon in edit mode
  • Ignored apps have their taps torn down and settings cleared

🔊 Per-App Boost

  • Boost is now a per-app control instead of a global setting
  • Stacked chevron icons on each app row — tap to cycle through boost levels
  • Replaces the old percentage slider in settings

🔧 Improvements

  • VU meter redesign — Vertical bar at the far left of each app row with professional-style peak decay
  • Edit mode overhaul — 2-column app grid, unified interface for apps, Bluetooth devices, inputs, and outputs
  • EQ slider dimming — Sliders dim when the equalizer is toggled off so it's clear EQ isn't active
  • Cleaner app list — Multi-process apps like Chrome are grouped under one entry instead of showing separate helper processes
  • Settings device picker — Wider layout with centered content

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Device priority — Fixed sorting, grace period handling, and reconnection logic for the priority device system; added alive watcher for wireless devices that take time to initialize after connecting
  • Device switching — Echo suppression prevents bouncing between devices during switches; grace periods (2s wired, 5s Bluetooth) avoid premature re-routing
  • Fixed volume, VU meter, and EQ breaking after a crossfade device switch
  • Fixed device volume slider not responding to track clicks (only drag worked)
  • Fixed tap leak and app flicker from stream-specific tap creation
  • User-created aggregate devices (from Audio MIDI Setup) now show in the device list (#126)
  • Fixed layout shift and mute icon inconsistency at zero volume (#120)
  • Fixed low output on multichannel USB devices like Topping E2x2 OTG (#105)
  • Fixed potential crash from double-removing HAL listeners
  • Fixed divide-by-zero in crossfade at very low sample rates
  • Stale Bluetooth volume confirmation tasks now cancelled on device removal
  • AutoEQ profiles with invalid filters are rejected instead of applied
  • NaN/Inf volumes silently corrected to safe defaults
  • Settings reset now properly clears all in-memory state, not just the file
  • System dictation and speech processes no longer appear in the app list

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Full Changelog: v1.3.2...v1.4.0

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