4.2 is primarily a maintenance release to ensure compliance with the Microsoft Vista operating system. Customers with a functioning version of 4.1.22 may not have compelling reason to upgrade to 4.2.
A new feature called "auto-record" has been introduced. Auto-record allows the user to rapidly record a series of separate files by simply clicking the record button once for each new file. Each new record command terminates the current recording, saves it with a default name, then starts a new recording instantly. This feature also simplifies VoxPro's interface with multi-line phone hybrid systems, which typically send out only one pulse each time one line is dropped and the next is picked up.
New Features in 4.1 Features introduced in 4.0 HERE
We have added a publication wizard that allows users to podcast recordings. The wizard can be used to generate RSS files, compress audio to MP3 format, and upload files to a web site.
A new Search function has been added (in the main File menu), allowing file names to be searched for particular combinations. A search run by a normal user searches through all folders to which that user has access. A search run by the adminsitrator searches through all folders in all accounts.
Users may now record two-channel input into a mono mix, producing a "two-track mono" file (a recording with identical data on both channels). This setting is available in the user's Settings menu. To guarantee no clippling, the volume of each channel is decreased by 6dB before the two signals are mixed.
A headroom slider has been added above the VU meters. This slider functions as a “vertical zoom”, allowing very low level signals to be clearly seen and edited. Note that moving the slider changes the scale on the VU meters as well. The top of the scale corresponds to the value on the slider knob itself (the amount of headroom), while the 0dB point on the scale corresponds to the top of the range of the waveform window.
It is now possible to add ID3 tags to files that are being exported in MP3 format.
A noise reduction effect has been added which is effective for removing hum and hiss from recordings.
Revised Features
The waveform display has changed in a subtle but significant manner. It now displays PEAK values rather than AVERAGE values. Because of this, the administrator's Headroom setting has been removed and the vertical scale of the display is now always full-scale (i.e. there is no extra room above the top border of the display for each channel). Thus, the waveform display now matches the levels shown in the VU meter (actually a Peak Program Meter), is consistent with the display in Zoomed mode, and conforms with standard practice in other popular audio editing applications.
The interface to the Automatic Gain Control (AGC) has been revised, and the AGC algorithm itself has been significantly improved. A peak level setting has also been added.
The Markers window no longer opens automatically whenever a file containing markers is opened. The Markers window opens when the user adds a marker, clicks on a marker in the timeline, or explicitly opens it from the main Marker menu.
To conform with common Windows practice, users now have the option of overwriting duplicate files during import, export and copy operations.
The VU meters are now always live, and display signal input when in standby mode.
For technical and legal reasons, the CD-Ripping function has been removed from the VoxPro.
