Release notes

## Version 1.0.8 – Listen checks: band solo, mono, side, phone

• Band solo. Six hardware-style buttons in the player bar solo frequency ranges of the playing track – press 0–80 to hear just the sub, 5k–20k for the air. Additive: combine several bands. Ranges editable in Preferences → Playback.
• Channel checks. MONO folds the mix down (club/PA check), SIDE plays only the stereo content, PHONE simulates a small speaker (mono + band-limit, range editable). Combine them with band solos.
• Checks persist across tracks. A pressed check stays on while you A/B your track against a reference, and resets on relaunch. Playback is filtered on the fly – audio files are never modified.
• Playback menu. Previous/Next Track and all nine checks now live in the menu bar with live state.

Built for macOS 14 Sonoma 14.4 or later. Apple Silicon and Intel.

## Version 1.0.7 – Inspector autocomplete, artwork edit, player layout

• Metadata autocomplete. Label, Genre, Year, BPM, and Key fields in the Inspector suggest values from your library as you type – handy for WAV imports with empty tags.
• Artwork editing. Set or replace thumbnails via file picker, drag-drop, or paste – stored in ARADAR, original files untouched.
• Player bar layout. Three-column footer with BPM / Key / LUFS / Duration pills above a taller waveform scrubber.

Built for macOS 14 Sonoma 14.4 or later. Apple Silicon and Intel.

## Version 1.0.6 – Waveform scrubber and batch metadata edit

• Waveform scrubber. Hover the player bar for a time preview, drag to seek, with a playhead needle on the waveform.
• Batch metadata edit. Select two or more tracks and update shared tags, ratings, and fields in one sheet.
• Demo links in the inspector. Store a submission URL per track so you can reopen where you sent it.

Built for macOS 14 Sonoma 14.4 or later. Apple Silicon and Intel.

## Version 1.0.5 – Labels refresh, resizable inspector

• Labels view redesigned. Type categories, split contact fields, per-label genre chips, tidier URLs.
• Inspector resizes. Drag wider or narrower; ARADAR remembers. Help and settings now live in the top bar.
• Submissions follow your dates. Status derives from your start and reply dates. New Rejected toggle.

Built for macOS 14 Sonoma 14.4 or later. Apple Silicon and Intel.

## Version 1.0.4 – Compare to any label

Pull a label's frequency curve over your own track, and overlay several labels at once to see who fits where.

• Click any label in your matches. Its frequency curve drops onto the chart above your track – see where you sit and what to tune before you submit.
• Compare a few labels at once. Pick 2–10 in the Labels view, right-click → Compare Frequency Profiles, and read their curves on one chart.
• External drives behave properly. Analysis no longer hangs on flaky drives, and your tracks stay playable after your Mac sleeps.

Built for macOS 14 Sonoma 14.4 or later. Apple Silicon and Intel.

## Version 1.0.3 – A&R Tracker + System (Dark) theme

A naming refresh, a new appearance option, and a round of polish.

• A&R Tools tab renamed to A&R Tracker. Same submission pipeline – the new name better reflects what the tab does: tracking labels, submissions, and responses through your A&R cycle.
• New System (Dark) theme. Joins System (Light) for a matching pair of native macOS-style themes, alongside the four bespoke ones (Nocturne, Pulse, Velvet, Open Air). Pick whichever blends with the rest of your studio in Dark mode.
• Minor improvements and polish. Small refinements across the app.

Built for macOS 14 Sonoma 14.4 or later. Apple Silicon and Intel.

## Version 1.0.2 – more license activation fixes

A second maintenance release on top of 1.0.1. Recommended for every install, especially anyone who hit a hiccup activating their license key.

• More license activation edge cases resolved. Further hardening of the license-key activation flow, building on the fixes shipped in 1.0.1.

Built for macOS 14 Sonoma 14.4 or later. Apple Silicon and Intel.

## Version 1.0.1 – license fixes and in-app website links

A maintenance release on top of 1.0.0. Recommended for every install.

• License verification fixes. Resolved edge cases in the license-key activation flow.
• In-app website links. Help, About, and the legal sheets inside the app now link straight to the matching pages on aradar.app – Terms, Privacy, Help & FAQ, Send Feedback, and Changelog.

Built for macOS 14 Sonoma 14.4 or later. Apple Silicon and Intel.

## Version 1.0.0 – initial release

The first public release of ARADAR – a native macOS A&R toolkit for music producers.

• Reference library. Drag tracks from anywhere on your Mac into a single library. Tags, ratings, notes, and a custom reference curve per track.
• Frequency analysis. LUFS, true peak, frequency profile, BPM, and key on every import. Re-analyse on demand if you’ve remastered.
• Label profiles. Point ARADAR at a label’s catalog and it builds a frequency corridor from the median and per-band variance. Drop your master over the corridor and read the fit at a glance.
• Multi-track compare. Overlay tracks on the same frequency grid – yours or any reference – and see where each one sits relative to the room.
• Submission tracking. Log every track you’ve sent to a label, the date, the response, and notes. ARADAR keeps the spreadsheet so you don’t.
• Statistics. KPIs across your library, label profiles, and submissions over time.
• Themes. Light, dark, and high-contrast palettes that follow the system.
• Auto-update via Sparkle. EdDSA-signed updates delivered straight to the app, no App Store.
• Privacy first. Every track, library, and label profile stays on your Mac. No accounts, no cloud sync, only opt-in crash reports.

Built for macOS 14 Sonoma 14.4 or later. Apple Silicon and Intel. 14-day trial, then $49 one-time for 3 activations.