SessionPrep branch build: 0.3.5

Automated draft release generated from 0.3.5 at a3e32e8.

A lot of new features, fine-tunings and bugfixes.

macos now properly signed.

0.3.4

New Features

• Performance improvements with the waveform/spectogram view, especially when multiple audio files are opened (peak file building)
• Improved debug logging

Bugfixes

• Empty target files in the track layout phase 1 caused an error

0.3.3

New Features

• Logging into sessionprep.log. See SP_LOG_LEVEL in README.md

Bugfixes

• Critical: crash caused by shadowed finished signals

0.3.2

New Features

• Batch Queue Mode: create multiple sessions in series.
• Load/Save Batch Queue
• Detectors are now split into Phase 1 and Phase 2 detectors. One-sided silences or identical L/R are pointed out in Phase 1 when the track organization takes place.
• Phase 1: left and right side scroll synchronized.
• Project name must be specified in phase 3.
• Pro Tools: In the Pro Tools config, session templates must be defined. SessionPrep no longer works on open sessions, but creates sessions from template. After the first fetch, the folder structure is cached by file time for quicker access.
• Color pickers are now organized in a color matrix
• Pro Tools: Color Util in the Tools menu. Named coloring from SessionPrep.
• Pro Tools: PTSL realiabity improvements

Bugfixes

• Save session in Phase 1 did not work.

SessionPrep 0.3.1

Bugfixes

• The macOS bundles were broken (don't worry about the version number reported, I forgot to change it. Except for the macos fix, this is the same as 0.3.0)

Unsigned Binaries

SessionPrep binaries are currently unsigned. Modern operating systems are extra cautious about software that doesn't use paid developer certificates, so you might see a security prompt when you first run it. Bypassing these warnings is just a minor, one-time annoyance!

macOS

Recent macOS updates have tightened Gatekeeper restrictions, which can sometimes complicate the standard UI bypass.

Method 1: Terminal (Most Reliable)

1. Open the Terminal app.
2. Run the following command to remove the quarantine flag (adjust the path to match your app's location):
   xattr -cr /Applications/YourAppName.app
3. Launch the app normally.

Method 2: System Settings

1. Try to open the app (you will receive a warning that it is blocked).
2. Go to System Settings > Privacy & Security.
3. Scroll down to the Security section and click Open Anyway.

Windows 11 Pro

Windows Defender SmartScreen automatically flags unrecognized or unsigned executables.

Method 1: SmartScreen Prompt

1. Double-click the executable.
2. When the blue "Windows protected your PC" screen appears, click More info.
3. Click the Run anyway button that appears at the bottom.

Method 2: File Properties

1. Right-click the .exe file and select Properties.
2. On the General tab, locate the Security section at the bottom.
3. Check the Unblock box, then click OK.

SessionPrep 0.3.0

New Features

• New workflow in three phases: Track Layout, Analysis & Preparation, DAW Transfer
• New Track Layout phase 1 allows rearranging channels of wave files before analysis starts in a drag & drop side-by-side view
• Waveform view refactored to support multi-channel visualizations. In phase 1, multiple tracks or channels can be selected and they will be visualized and played back at the same time dynamically without being written to disk
• Multi-channel tracks >2 will be summed round-robin on playback if the output device only has two channels
• Various bugfixes everywhere

SessionPrep 0.2.4

New Features

• Initial version with DAWProject support for session setup
• Loading and saving sessions to file
• Alt+Shift batch-edit for multi-select dropdowns
• Added "Selected by default" config preference for audio processors
• Support for file-based and protocol-based DAW processors
• Packaging: Windows installers, Linux packages and MacOS .dmg file with app bundle (still unsigned!)

Technical

• Refactorings: mainwindow
• Refactorings: preferences and preference widgets
• Refactorings: waveform view
• GUI: overall directory restructurings and cleanups
• Generalization of the DAW processors: each DAW processor can be instantiated multiple times now

SessionPrep 0.2.3

• Auto-Group files (by keywords)
• Pro Tools Processor: quicker imports
• Pro Tools Processor: automatic fader levels adjustment
• New fader rebalancing method where minimum headroom is specified
• detector/processor profiling when SP_DEBUG is enabled

SessionPrep 0.2.2

• Speed up Pro Tools Batch Importing
• SP_DEBUG=1 environment variable logs debug information to console