MIDI takes v1.4.9

July 29, 2026

• feature: MIDI files are welcome now. Drop a .mid or .midi (up to 25 MB) into any workspace and it lands as its own MIDI type — collaborators can download it straight into their DAW, comment on it, and vote on it like any other take. It isn't audio, so there's no player or waveform, and a MIDI can't become the Main Mix: add an audio render and promote that instead. The Windows app handles MIDI takes too, with the same badge, the same rules, and DAW-watch folders picking up .mid exports automatically.
• fix: Tightened who can write into a collaboration. Uploading a new track into a workspace now requires being an accepted, non-Guest participant, and rolling a version back excludes Guests as well — matching the rules that already applied everywhere else. Guests have always been read-only by design; these two paths hadn't caught up.

Never miss a release again v1.4.8

July 28, 2026

• feature: Your home page now tells you when there's been a release: a small banner under your greeting announces new web versions and new Windows or Mac app versions — matched to the device you're on, so phones never see desktop prompts. Dismiss it or follow the link and it stays gone. The bell's Community tab keeps a running list of releases too.
• improvement: The Fork and Move buttons on a version now match each other properly, and "Move to another branch" lost its trailing dots.
• improvement: Under the hood: dependency security updates and stricter validation on release metadata.

Session Takes front and center in the Windows app v1.4.7

July 27, 2026

• improvement: Windows app: Session Takes now sits right below the track details — it's the drop zone you reach for constantly, so it's the first thing in the panel instead of the last.
• improvement: Windows app: Metadata History now starts minimized, matching Sound Check — expand it when you want the branch-by-branch breakdown, and enjoy a tidier Info panel the rest of the time.

Sound Check comes to the Windows app v1.4.6

July 27, 2026

• feature: The Windows app now has Sound Check too: expand it on any version in the workspace Info panel to see who in the band has Played, Downloaded, Voted, or Commented — with the same aligned signal icons as the web, the "haven't checked this one out yet" cluster, and a nudge when the one who hasn't is you.
• improvement: Sound Check moved up — on both web and Windows it now sits right below the version details, above the metadata history, and always starts minimized so your Info panel stays tidy.

A cleaner Sound Check v1.4.5

July 26, 2026

• improvement: The Sound Check card got a visual tune-up: each bandmate's row now shows their Played / Downloaded / Voted / Commented signals as a neat row of aligned icons instead of wrapping text chips — names get more room, rows line up for easy scanning, and hovering an icon tells you what it means.

Sound Check — see who's heard the take v1.4.4

July 26, 2026

• feature: Every version's Info panel now has Sound Check — a quick glance at who in the band has checked out a take. See who's Played, Downloaded, Voted, or Commented (and when they were last active on it), plus a soft "haven't checked this one out yet" cluster so you know who to nudge. No counts, no scoreboard — just whether your collaborators have heard it. The card only appears when you're actually collaborating; solo workspaces stay clean.
• improvement: Clicking a comment's pinned timestamp in your Messages now takes you straight into the workspace with the waveform open at that exact moment — no more hunting for the spot after switching windows.

See where a comment is pinned, right from your messages v1.4.3

July 26, 2026

• bugfix: Open a track comment from your Messages and you'll now see the exact spot a collaborator pinned it to — a single moment like "@0:44" or a range like "@0:44–1:20" — right on their message. Click it to jump the player straight to that spot. The pin was already shown inside the workspace; now the pop-out chat from Messages matches.

Stay signed in everywhere, and the Windows Timeline is back v1.4.2

July 25, 2026

• bugfix: Using the website and the Windows app at the same time no longer signs you out of both. A timing quirk in how sessions renewed could make one app's renewal look suspicious and end every session you had open; renewals are now recognized for what they are, and a genuinely suspicious sign-in only ends the session it belongs to — never your other devices.
• feature: The Windows app's Timeline view is back — and it now matches the web. Every branch gets its own colored lane with connecting lines for forks, promotions, and incorporated takes; solid dots are mixes, rings are takes, and the legend flags branches whose latest cut was rejected. Click any "promoted from", "Promoted →", or "incorporated into" tag to jump straight to that version.
• improvement: If a workspace you were mirroring is deleted or your access ends, the Windows app now says so plainly — "Workspace no longer available" — instead of showing a technical error message on the dashboard card.

Approved takes stay put, notifications that go where they say, and instant desktop updates v1.4.1

July 25, 2026

• improvement: Approved takes stay put. In a workspace with bandmates, a take that the team has already approved can no longer be moved to another branch — the move option stays visible to the uploader but disabled, with a note explaining why. Solo workspaces are unchanged.
• bugfix: Community notifications now take you where they say. "Profile updated" and "New musician" open that musician's actual profile (no more "Profile not found"), and "New collaboration" opens the collaboration itself instead of a generic list. Older notification entries saved in your browser keep their old behavior until they're dismissed.
• improvement: The Windows app now hears about new versions instantly. When an update ships, running apps show the update notification within seconds instead of waiting for the next scheduled check — and as always, one click installs and relaunches.
• bugfix: Windows app polish: "Move to branch" now sits with the Approve and Withdraw actions where it belongs, status badges like "Pending" no longer get clipped at the card's edge, and the move option matches the web's look and rules everywhere.

Move takes to the right branch — on the web and in the Windows app v1.4.0

July 25, 2026

• feature: Uploaded a take to the wrong place? You can now move it. If you're the uploader, "Move to another branch" fixes all the ways a take can land wrong — wrong branch, an accidental new branch, or a take that should have been its own branch all along. Votes and comments travel with it, take numbers renumber automatically, and an accidentally-created empty branch cleans itself up. The Main Mix stays protected: promotion is still the only way in.
• feature: The Windows app can move takes too. The same "Move to branch…" action is in the desktop workspace, with a live preview of where your take will land and a heads-up when the move will become the branch's current take.
• improvement: The "new version available" banner now offers "See what's new" — one click refreshes the site and lands you right here on the What's New page. Either option refreshes the page, so finish what you're doing first.
• improvement: After the Windows app updates itself, your next launch opens What's New in your browser so you can see what changed — once per update, and never on a fresh install.
• bugfix: Changing the Windows app's close-to-tray preference no longer quietly resets other saved app preferences.

Add Take works everywhere, honest approval counts, and a better phone experience v1.3.1

July 24, 2026

• bugfix: The per-track "Add Take" button works again on stem branches. Uploading a take to a branch whose latest version had no instrument set failed with a cryptic validation error — the same file uploaded fine through "Upload Stem". Add Take now uploads cleanly, and when something genuinely is wrong with an upload, the error message tells you exactly which field to fix instead of a generic banner.
• bugfix: Approval counts across the workspace and review queue now show the real quorum. Version rows, the version detail card, and "Takes awaiting your review" previously counted Guests (who can't vote) toward the required approvals — a take could look like it needed 2 votes when it only needed 1. Every surface now shows the same countable math the promotion decision actually uses.
• bugfix: Guests no longer see a review queue full of Approve/Reject buttons that couldn't work. "Takes awaiting your review" and the home page's Your-Move count now only include collaborations where you can actually vote — and if your role changes while you're browsing, the queue updates live.
• improvement: The review queue is now readable on your phone. Rows stack cleanly on small screens with full-width text and bigger, easier-to-tap Approve and Reject buttons — no more one-word-per-line squeeze.

Team roles that mean what they say — and contributor invites v1.3.0

July 24, 2026

• feature: Contributors can now invite people to a collaboration. Pick the role (Contributor or Guest) and the owner gets an approval request in a new "Invite requests" panel — the invitee is only contacted once the owner approves, and the owner stays in full control of who joins.
• improvement: Guest access is now truly listen-only. Guests keep playing, downloading, and commenting, but voting, forking, and upload controls no longer appear for them — no more buttons that couldn't work.
• bugfix: Approval counts now stay honest when your team changes. When someone is moved to Guest, removed, or leaves, their earlier votes no longer count toward promoting a version — and open approval panels update live instead of showing stale "ready to promote" states.
• improvement: Role changes show up everywhere, immediately. Rosters, role badges, and approval widgets refresh in real time across open pages when a collaborator's role changes.

Your full-resolution WAV bounces now upload correctly v1.2.4

July 21, 2026

• bugfix: Fixed uploads for 32-bit float WAV files. Full-resolution WAV bounces exported from DAWs like Reaper, Pro Tools, and Logic were being rejected during upload — they now upload and render their waveforms correctly.
• improvement: Clearer upload errors. When an audio file genuinely can't be processed, the uploader now shows the specific reason instead of a generic "Something went wrong."

A more trusted Windows app — and macOS on the way v1.2.3

July 21, 2026

• improvement: The Windows desktop app is now signed with a verified publisher certificate, so installing and updating it is smoother, with fewer Windows security prompts. Already running the desktop app? It updates itself automatically — nothing to do.
• improvement: Groundwork for macOS. Behind the scenes, the Windows app now shares its core engine with the macOS app we're building. Nothing changes in how you work today — it's a big step toward bringing musiciansXchange Desktop to the Mac.
• bugfix: Smoother sign-in on desktop. If updated Terms of Service arrive while the app is signing you back in, they now appear right away instead of pausing sync until you reopen the window.

Desktop sync status on the web, snappier filters v1.2.2

July 9, 2026

• feature: See your desktop sync at a glance. If you mirror workspaces with musiciansXchange Desktop (v1.1.3 or newer), the workspace header now shows a live badge for your own devices — Synced to desktop, Desktop offline, or Sync paused — so you know your local copy is current without leaving the browser.
• feature: New Desktop section in your account. Account now has a Desktop page that shows platform availability for the desktop app and the sync state of your connected devices. Windows downloads will appear there when a release is published; macOS is coming later.
• improvement: Filters and dropdowns respond faster. Reference lists like instruments, skills, genres, and DAWs are now cached on the server, cutting repeated database work from search and filter screens.

Stay signed in, connect desktop faster v1.2.1

July 8, 2026

• feature: Signing in to musiciansXchange Desktop is smoother when you already have musiciansXchange open in your browser. If you're signed in on the web, the desktop sign-in page can now offer to continue with that same account instead of making you start from scratch.
• improvement: Remember me is more reliable on the web. When your session refreshes in the background, musiciansXchange now keeps the longer remembered-session setting instead of quietly shortening it.
• improvement: Track comparison is more forgiving. If one version has trouble loading or playing, the compare player recovers cleanly so you can keep listening and comparing without getting stuck.
• bugfix: Uploads that reference incorporated versions now validate those selections more carefully, so bad version references are caught instead of being silently ignored.
• bugfix: Version history and compare controls got small readability fixes, including clearer contrast and labels in branch/version views.

Know your space at a glance v1.2.0

July 1, 2026

• feature: See your storage at a glance. A new usage ring on your avatar, plus cards on your home and account pages, show how much of your space you're using and how much is left — so you always know where you stand before you need more room.
• feature: Lyrics got a real upgrade. Open Lyrics right from the List/Timeline toggle, and see the current version at a glance on a collaboration's Info tab. Write with chords and standard song sections — Verse, Chorus, Bridge, Breakdown, and more — using type-and-Tab autocomplete (arrow keys to pick a suggestion), with a ? button for a quick syntax guide. Your work autosaves as you go, and Chat stays a tab away. Your existing lyrics carry over automatically — nothing for you to do.
• improvement: The full-screen waveform is easier to play. Play/Pause and the replay-section button now sit right beneath the waveform next to the scrubber, with bigger touch targets — select a section to play just that part and replay it in one tap — and a clearer on-waveform hint shows you can click to seek or drag to pick a range.
• improvement: A tidier fit on phones: the page footer now sits at the end of the page instead of floating over your content, the founding-member banner is quieter, and empty showcase sections stay hidden until there's something to show.
• improvement: Under the hood: faster, lighter processing of the audio you upload and sturdier handling of your uploads behind the scenes, plus routine security hardening — so the parts you don't see keep getting more reliable.

A free home for your music — for good v1.1.0

June 29, 2026

• feature: musiciansXchange now has a permanent free tier — no 14-day trial and no credit card. Verify your email and your free Member account is yours to keep: 2 GB storage, one private collaboration of your own, and unlimited joining of the collaborations others host, plus your profile, comments, and in-collaboration chat.
• feature: When you need more room — or want to host public collaborations and more private ones — Pro (25 GB) and Unlimited (500 GB, and just ask if you need more) are there when you're ready. Annual billing includes three months free in your first year.
• improvement: You're in control of your space: delete tracks or a collaboration to instantly reclaim storage, and export an entire workspace — every version plus a manifest — whenever you want your own copy.

Your workspace, now on your phone v1.0.3

June 17, 2026

• feature: The collaboration workspace now works on your phone — tracks, version history, chat, and lyrics are all there in a tap-to-switch layout built for small screens, with touch-sized controls and no sideways scrolling.
• feature: Unread messages now show in your browser tab — when musiciansXchange is open in a background tab, the tab's title and icon display your unread count so you won't miss a new message.
• improvement: Workspace chat and who's-online presence stay steady through brief network hiccups.
• improvement: Behind-the-scenes security and privacy hardening, so a private collaboration's details only ever appear to the people you've invited.

A cleaner Find-a-Project list v1.0.2

June 14, 2026

• bugfix: Collaborations that already have every role filled no longer show up when you're looking for a project to join — Discover now lists only collaborations that are still seeking musicians, so the open spots you see are real.

Export your whole project v1.0.1

June 14, 2026

• improvement: Your data export now includes every track from the collaborations you're part of, not just your own uploads — download a complete copy of the music you've made together, in one archive.
• improvement: Refreshed the featured-take preview player on your home dashboard — a cleaner round play button lets you listen to a pending take right from the card, with a clearer Listen first / Pause label.
• bugfix: Workspace chat now sends reliably — fixed a server error that stopped messages from posting in collaboration workspaces.

Built for Real Music Projects v1.0

June 12, 2026

• feature: Upload WAV, MP3, AIFF, FLAC, M4A, and AAC — bring the files your DAW already exports.
• feature: 14-day free trial, no credit card — try the full Pro workflow before you subscribe.
• feature: Simple, Stripe-powered checkout and billing — Pro $3.99/mo or $39/yr, Unlimited $9.99/mo or $99/yr; annual plans include 3 free months the first year.
• feature: One About hub — About, FAQ, Pricing, Terms, Privacy, Refund, Legal Notice, and What's New now live in one place.
• improvement: Clearer version history — one "Current Mix" on the main branch, "Latest" on side branches, with branch-colored promotion labels.
• improvement: Filter versions by type and status (Current/Latest, Pending, Approved, Rejected, Superseded), with clickable lineage chips.
• improvement: Waveform previews and in-browser playback across all supported formats.
• improvement: Access history stays useful even after the related audio is removed.
• improvement: Consistent, branded emails for billing, verification, password reset, and account notices.
• improvement: Smoother sign-in, terms, checkout, and subscription flows.
• bugfix: Private collaboration titles stay private.
• bugfix: Rejected and already-incorporated versions no longer appear in selection flows where they don't belong.
• bugfix: Removing content now cleans up its playback copies and attachments with it.