Greetings, I am an XP Home user, because of this, I will await the final release of this - see below.
This beta update is not available on the download page. To test this new version, go to http://www.goldwave.com/beta.php On the site page it says: GoldWave v5.63 Beta Beta Version This is a beta version of GoldWave, which means more testing is required before it can be used for production work. Do not install this version if you require a stable version of GoldWave. Do not contact GoldWave Inc. for the beta key. Please read below. Important! GoldWave v5.6X will be the last version compatible with Window 2000 and XP. Future updates will require Windows Vista, Windows 7, or later. If you still use Windows 2000/XP and are aware of any issues in this beta, please report them before development shifts away from those versions of Windows. This will be the last beta update. The next update will be a stable version. New Features · Playback/Recording This version of GoldWave contains significant changes to the playback and recording code. By default, the new Windows Vista/7 Core Audio/WASAPI is used. Previous versions of GoldWave used DirectX (DirectSound) for all audio input and output. However DirectX has been the source of many problems and has been deprecated on Windows Vista/7 where it no longer provides direct access to the audio hardware. DirectSound support is still included as an option in GoldWave and is used by default for Windows 2000/XP. · Media Foundation This version of GoldWave uses the new Media Foundation in Windows 7 to access system decoders to handle a wider range of audio and video files. Previous versions of GoldWave used DirectShow to access system decoders. That functionality has not been removed but it is used only if Media Foundation is unable to open a file or on older versions of Windows that do no have Media Foundation. · iTunes M4A GoldWave can now open and save iTunes M4A files through Media Foundation on Windows 7. Currently there appears to be a flaw in the way Media Foundation handles cover art and copyright metadata. Although cover art can be read from a file, any attempt to write cover art results in all metadata being wiped from the file. To avoid this problem, the only metadata GoldWave writes is text. Cover art cannot be saved in an M4A file for now. · Covert Art Cover art is shown under File | Information. Click on the image to replace the artwork with another image. · Open URL A new File | Open URL command has been added to open a file directly from a website using Media Foundation on Window 7. · Window Layering In previous versions of GoldWave, windows and dialogs could appear on top of other applications. Changes have been made to avoid that. However further testing is needed to ensure that windows and dialogs appear correctly on top of GoldWave's Main window and not behind it, which would make the program appear frozen. · VST The first beta version of the VST plug-in is included. However, there appear to be numerous stability issues with VST plug-ins. Many plug-ins violate the VST specification in a variety of ways and the specification itself has issues. Changes in v5.63 · Enhanced Batch Processing window · Comments in Batch Processing process list · One click recording ("Create new file" option) · Fixes (see WhatsNew.txt) Changes in v5.62 · Improved ID3 v2.2 tag support (reading only) · Enhanced "/new" command line parameter · Enhanced CD title prefix option · Improved metadata extraction from iTunes/M4A files · New key codes for media/browser buttons · Fixes (see WhatsNew.txt) Changes in v5.61 · Improved ID3 v2.4 tag support (reading only) · Volume controls in Stereo Center effect · Stricter control of when Open URL command is available · Device "Shared mode" move to Quality list · Fixes (see WhatsNew.txt) What Needs Testing · USB microphones (mono and stereo) · Very long file/path names (longer than 255 characters). · Batch Processing comments and new layout · Reading of ID3 v2.2, v2.3, v2.4 tags. · Reading of metadata in iTunes and other MPEG4 audio files. · Playback and Recording Make sure you have the latest sound driver from the manufacturer! Using the "Update Driver" button in Windows is not a reliable way to get the latest driver. If you don't know how to obtain and install the latest driver, please do not install the beta. · M4A open and save Cover art and copyright metadata will not be supported until Microsoft fixes Media Foundation or at least provides sufficient documentation to explain how to write cover art to a new file without destroying all text metadata. · Open URL · Window layering · Stereo Center effect · VST plug-in · General overall testing and anything else mentioned in the WhatsNew.txt file for v5.60 to v5.63. Installation Download link: GoldWave v5.63 Beta (5.5MB) To install the beta version, you must enter a beta key. It is "bt-12". You understand and accept the risks of using this beta software. You are prohibited from posting, e-mailing, or communicating the beta key in any way. You must direct any users to this page so they can read about the risks before installing the software. Please contact GoldWave Inc. to report any problems. Updates will be posted on the forum and on Twitter. Known Bugs · Choosing the Configure button for Joystick control may cause an assertion failure and application termination. This is caused by a bug in the Embarcadero compiler. · Cover art cannot be added to M4A files. This is caused by a flaw in Microsoft Media Foundation. · Copyright text is not saved in M4A files in a standard way. This is caused by a flaw in Microsoft Media Foundation. Copyright © 2011 GoldWave® Inc. Colin Howard living in Park gate near Swanwick, a village in the southern English county of Hampshire where Britain's national air traffic control centre is now based, notes no matter whether summer or winter, often, we are the warmest place in the UK according to stats given out on the late night BBC Radio 4 weather forecast, when Lee-on-Solent, Gosport, is frequently sited and as we are only a few miles west, we enjoy the clement conditions also. 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