Fixed: VST plugin settings were not being loaded in correctly from .SEQ files.
Fixed: Cascade didn't work for the Chords Window.
Fixed: Access violation when making Tracks Window too narrow.
Fixed: Generating harmonies to multiple tracks sometimes would only generate the 1st harmony part.
Fixed: Label names in the master sliders in the mixer are now saved to .SEQ files.
Added: One shot (no tempo stretch) button to Acidize Wave File dialog.
Added: Checkbox in the Acidize Wave File dialog for moving the .WAV to the loops folder.
Added: "None" setting in the root note combo, for drum tracks, in the Acidize Wave File Dialog.
Added: "Press to configure for drums" button in the Acidize Wave File dialog.
Fixed: Wrong root note sometimes written when Acidizing a WAV file.
Fixed: When running in Japanese, saving Japanese text to XML didn't work.
Fixed: Access violation when using the Vocal Synth menu items in notation window.
Fixed: Choppy Vocal Synth generation. The generation is smoother in RB 2016 than earlier versions.
Fixed: Crash when using Tascam 16x08 in ASIO mode (or other interfaces with drivers using the INT24LSB data format)
Fixed: In the Guitar Window, the "All" fretboard position setting was hidden, depending on the width of the guitar.
Fixed: Removing tracks didn't preserve the original track heights of the tracks that were moved up.
Fixed: Right Click - Tracks - Consolidate Audio Region resulted in access violation.
Fixed: Acidize wav dialog might popup if saving another file type, such as MP3, instead of only WAV files.
Fixed: Saving a 3/4 song to XML might not work correctly.
Fixed: Loading in a Sibelius 8.02 file did not work.
Updated: Help file, Tip files, New Features Manual, 2016 User's Guide.
Summary of changes for Build 2 (Dec 3, 2015):
Added: New Feature: Stereo UserTracks supported.
Added: scrollbar to comments window
Fixed: dragging in a type 0 file erased the contents of the track before the point you dropped it.
Fixed: mouse cursor hovering over the timeline of the tracks window would result in a resize cursor showing, if the tracks window was scrolled down so that track 2 or greater was the top track.
Fixed: loading in a .SEQ when the tracks window is scrolled down so that track 2 or greater is the top track, could cause the overviews to be out of alignment with the track info panels, if, for example, some of the track heights were smaller than normal.
Added: FX button is shown in blue in the mixer window when the master, aux, or track contains FX
Fixed: Markers (entered via the markers button on toolbar) would sometimes show up on the toolbar of the audio edit window instead of on the time line.
Fixed: MIDI patch numbers in the Mixer had the wrong background color (gray instead of black) and were hard to read.
Fixed: if a plugin could not be loaded because it was a proprietary plugin intended for a specific DAW, then the error message would contain Chinese characters.
Fixed: Big lyrics Win displayed Chinese characters when loading in a .SEQ with chord symbols.
Fixed: in some cases, wrong message popped up after a WMA file was successfully exported.
For me, once the feature is initialized you can click the folder beside the transport controls and it shows the song demo file in the folder. I believe clicking play will simply play it, making the other button obsolete .. could be wrong. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding the question?
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