Changelog

New Features

• Auto-Align tracks! A single button lines your tracks up automatically by listening to the audio itself
• Auto-Align can also handle tracks recorded at slightly different speeds, offering a deeper tempo analysis when the quick pass can't find a match
• If tracks have tempo drift, you can auto-align anytime at the current playhead
• Added setting to auto-align by default when opening files

Improvements

• Takes remembers its window position between launches
• Folders can be dropped on the app window
• Clearer error messages when files can't be loaded
• Small wording polish on the empty state

Fixes

• App window can be moved by dragging anywhere in the control area

Improvements

• Double-click the "ms" label in the offset text field to reset it to zero

Fixes

• Playback now continues when the system audio device changes, such as when putting in AirPods
• The mouse cursor now resets correctly after interacting with a text field

New Features

• Blind listening mode: compare takes without seeing which is which, so your ears decide

New Features

• Major redesign with a brand new look and feel, every pixel reworked
• New appearance settings: choose light or dark theme, and pick your preferred time readout display style
• Redesigned track rows with clearer info at a glance
• Redesigned timeline ruler and playhead, with an interactive grabber you can drag to scrub
• Polished buttons and controls with satisfying pressed states and better dark mode contrast
• Control playback with your keyboard's media keys

Improved

• A cleaner empty state — just drop your files onto the target to get started
• Shift-click the Switch Track button to switch to previous
• New menu commands for timeline zoom and track removal

Fixed

• Fixed timeline overscroll getting stuck if an input field is active
• Various layout, contrast, and window-sizing refinements

New Features

• Loop audio by dragging or shift+clicking to select a range
• Resize selection by dragging the selection handles
• Repeat modes: Off, Repeat One, and Switch & Repeat (to compare tracks back-to-back by toggling to the next track on each loop)

Fixes

• Starting playback at the end of a track now restarts playback from the beginning

Improvements

• Timeline zooming
• Pinch to zoom or use the zoom control
• Waveform area uses native scroll inertia and bounce behavior
• View smoothly slides to keep playhead in view while zoomed in
• Improved timeline ruler tick marks and labeling, including dynamic scale when zoomed
• Added link to release notes in Help menu

Fixes

• The playhead position is preserved when opening a new track while paused
• Adjusted default window position

• Each track now shows real waveforms instead of a placeholder mockup
• Rendering doesn't block the UI

Major Improvements

• Renamed to Takes
• New UI
• New icon
• Compare up to 32 tracks
• Auto-updates via Sparkle

Smaller Changes

• Drag to reorder tracks
• Quick Open from Finder and Apple Music selection
• Hidden shortcuts: use number keys 1–8 to quickly switch to correspondingly numbered track. Hitting 9 switches to the last track.
• Input field behavior improvements (Esc key reverts to previous value, up/down arrow keys increment value, arrow key insertion point navigation takes precedence over playback keyboard shortcuts when input field is active)
• Added settings for offset nudging intervals & auto-update behavior
• Added proper menubar
• Added full set of keyboard shortcuts
• Improved drag and drop support (drop files and folders on app icon to open, simplified behavior when dropping on app window)
• Improved window sizing behavior (more compact, smart resizing, single window)
• Signed & notarized for public distribution

Signed and packaged for public distribution.

Initial release of TrackSwitch. Load two audio tracks and toggle between them.