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Availability of spectrum bands values for custom graphics

Improved support for creating custom equalizers with more than 50 bands

Automatic equalization for each file loaded through custom XML equalization files

Horizontal and vertical graphic bars for custom rendering of VU-Meter, spectrum and progress bars

Video playback through DirectShow with support for audio effects on the audio track of video clips

Custom DSP (Digital Signal Processing) management

Sound card availability is no more required for performing waveform analysis

Various settings (volume, pitch, tempo, etc.) can now be set without the need to load a sound

Added support for background pictures on visual feedbacks

Support for Internet streams in M3U, PLS and ASX formats

More control on the loading of long playlists through dedicated events for start, percentage and stop detection

Possibility to load a single playlist into a fader object (previous versions required that each involved player had an already loaded playlist)

Possibility to load a playlist file or the whole content of a directory into a loaded playlist

Cue points management, also through external XML files which can be loaded automatically for each loaded song

Support for delayed playback: a song is loaded and scheduled for playback after a defined time-slice

Support for lyrics synchronization through LRC files

Support for new sound formats: W64, AU, PAF, SVX, NIST, VOC, IRCAM, PVF and CAF

Support for RAW formats (PCM and Dialogic VOX)

Support for saving into a file peaks obtained from an analysis of the sound’s waveform

Support for looping a certain sound or portions of it.

Detection of silent portions at the start and end of the sound

Support for the following formats: AIFF, FLAC, AAC, MP4 (sound only), AC3, Wavpack, ALAC

Support for multichannel songs in the following formats: WAV, AIFF, OGG e WMA

Possibility to load songs encrypted using the CryptSound™ application

Multi-speakers management (Stereo, Quadraphonic, 5.1 and 7.1)

Waveform analysis and generation of sized bitmap views of the whole waveform or portions of it

Support for Internet streams loading and playback

Better integration with the Active Sound Recorder ActiveX control

Support for retrieving CDDB information from FreeDb servers

Support for retrieving CD cover pictures from Amazon Web Services

In order to avoid locking problems with old CD drivers, the CD monitoring is now disabled by default: use the EnableCdMonitor method to enable it back..

Reintroduced the LoadSoundFast method for MP3 files.

Added the possibility to disable the monitoring of the status of the available CD drives: this will enable other applications to access CD drives, with outdated device drivers, that don't allow multiple-access.

Added compatibility with Borland Delphi and Borland C++ Builder

Added support for changing the DirectSound buffer length for a better control over output devices latency

Version 2.0.0.0 - Changed the product name from Active MP3 DJ Studio to Active DJ Studio

Added the possibility of choosing and changing the output device during playback

Added support for the following sound formats: WAV, OGG Vorbis, WMA (requires Windows Media components installed), MOD, MTM, S3M, XM, IT and MO3

Added support for Audio CD operations and for Audio CD tracks playback

Added support for Audio CD identification retrieval

Added support for sound files stored in memory

Added support for changing Tempo, Playback rate and Pitch of the loaded sound

Added automatic BPM detection of the loaded sound

Improved support for visual feedbacks through an "object oriented" approach

Added support for creating an automatic Fader