Power Studio version 1.18.5

Power Studio version 1.18.5 is now available. This maintenance update focuses on download, API and platform reliability, mix editing and voice tracking and playout and live-assist operation, the kind of behind-the-scenes work that keeps production machines predictable. It is a sensible update for stations that want current components, fewer edge cases and a stable day-to-day workflow.

Power Studio users can download version 1.18.5 from the download-page. The full release notes are listed below.

Library Import tool
Added support for migrating Aeron Studio PostgreSQL databases to the Power Studio database.

Mix editor
Made it easier to trim tracks outside the bounds of the previous or next track.

Playlist
Added a dialog to warn against navigating away from playlist with changes. (Which would result in losing these changes.) This dialog can be turned off by the user on a per-machine basis.

Added "Planning artist analysis" screens to the Playlist and Track Browse screens. This new function gives an overview of when an artist has been scheduled, in a similar manner as the "Planning track analysis" screen.

When adding/removing items from the Playlist Editor, the scrolling-position is maintained (prevents jumping up of the playlist...)

Fixed an error that would occur when a non-supported file type was dropped into the playlist.

Playout
Added support for the *.s48 file format

In some edge cases, an extra track would be started when playout was switched to automation-mode close to to the end of the hour. This has been fixed.

When playing a set of linked tracks in the playlist and switching to automation playout mode, the playout would sometimes switch to be heard on the soundcard/channel configured for automation playout. The player that started the playout however, would still be showing as playing. This has been fixed.

Visual Radio Assist plugin
Tracks with special (non-ascii) characters in its title or artist name, would result in questionmark-characters in the titles that are displayed in Visual Radio Assist. This has been fixed.

Improvements & Bug fixes

• Updated the external libraries used to their latest versions
• Small fixes and improvements