Amp Up v1.0.6-beta Hotfix

Hotfix release for Amp Up 1.0.6-beta.

Fixes:

• Master/output volume now unmutes correctly when raised from zero, including Bluetooth endpoints.
• Wake/resume recovery no longer auto-wakes Govee room lights and is gentler on Windows audio/device recovery.
• Music Reactive room lighting now pulses correctly with Govee segment devices and handles more WASAPI loopback formats.
• Added hardware disconnect investigation notes for follow-up testing.

Installer:

• AmpUp-Setup-1.0.6-beta.exe

Amp Up v1.0.5-beta

Installer build for Amp Up 1.0.5-beta.

• Added app-aware LED status mode with blended unmuted, muted, and not-running states.
• Added the matching app picker for app mute/status effects.
• Improved app running/session detection for LED status updates.

Amp Up v1.0.4-beta Hotfix

Govee hotfix for issue #20.

Fixed:

• Added a Restore Removed button so users can clear previously removed/hidden Govee devices and scan them again.
• Clarified the Govee scan status when discovered devices are filtered because they were removed, instead of reporting that as a LAN scan failure.

Validation:

• dotnet build AmpUp.sln
• build-installer.bat

Installer SHA256: 4C21426BB0D5EB322B21BA2E4B6EA6F015482670BDFAB7E2D8D0E03F00C5629D

Amp Up v1.0.3-beta Hotfix

Hotfix

This hotfix focuses on launch-time safety and USB controller reliability.

Fixed

• Prevented fresh launch/connect-time knob position reports from changing Windows master/app volume.
• Added Turn Up serial stall recovery when COM data stops arriving.
• Decoupled Turn Up and N3 hardware input handling from USB read loops so slow actions cannot block device input.
• Added N3 reconnect attempts and sampled hardware-input logging for easier diagnosis.
• Hardened Govee startup power handling so stale saved state does not wake lights unexpectedly.

Changed

• Retired the unsupported experimental macOS alpha and updated docs for Windows-only support.

Installer SHA256:
6B15984CE4D001E9F9FB7974CF57A2E6991C36A6548F3E3FBA66FED091ACB52F

Amp Up v1.0.2-beta

Small beta release with the Device + Position light mode and startup position-fill fix from issue #19.

Changes:

• Added Dev+Pos / DevicePositionFill light mode.
• Fixed position-based LEDs briefly showing 100% on startup when a knob was saved at zero.
• Hotfix: DeviceSelect / Dev+Pos LEDs now update when the default output device is changed directly in Windows.
• Bumped Windows app and installer metadata to 1.0.2-beta.

Amp Up 1.0.1 Beta

Amp Up 1.0.1 Beta

Quick hotfix for app group discoverability in the Mixer.

Fixed

• The Mixer target dropdown now shows a scrollbar when the list overflows, so hidden items do not look missing.
• App Group now appears first in the Apps section of the target picker.
• Audio Sessions rows now include an Add to Group action, so running apps like Chrome, Firefox, VLC, MPC-HC, Plex, and Discord can be added to a knob app group right from the session list.
• Installer/version metadata now comes from the project version consistently, so builds report the expected beta version.

Installer

• SHA256: 115CD2E80288BCE7CAE56C77C5AE1364EF8A57A5FFFFC6CBE365DCC9B0F886F0

Amp Up 1.0.0 Beta

1.0.0 Beta - 2026-05-03

This is the big one: Amp Up graduates into a 1.0 beta for Windows with a polished Turn Up mixer experience, native beta support for the TreasLin / VSDinside N3 stream controller, and a serious pass on performance, reliability, lighting, release packaging, and everyday feel.

🚀 Added

• TreasLin / VSDinside N3 stream controller support - native HID support for the N3 surface, including 6 LCD keys, 3 tap buttons, and 3 rotary buttons with press support.
• N3 visual designer - LCD key previews, title/icon/glow styling, pages, Spaces, side buttons, encoder actions, page navigation, and device sleep/wake controls.
• Stream-controller actions - page next/previous/home, jump to page, open Space/folder, page cycle, Space cycle, and encoder-friendly action routing.
• Room lighting control center - Room Effect, Layout, and Devices tabs with Govee, Corsair iCUE, Turn Up, Music Reactive, VU Fill, Screen Sync, and Game Mode workflows.
• Corsair iCUE room sync - room effects can drive Corsair devices alongside Govee and Turn Up lighting.
• DreamView-style screen sync - spatial screen color capture with device placement and per-device sync behavior.
• Unified tray mixer popup - app volume sliders, live activity bars, output/input switching, app assignment, update banner, and DPI-aware taskbar positioning.
• Quick Wheel and OSD polish - profile/device radial switching, configurable OSD monitor/position/durations, and cleaner profile/device notifications.
• Release packaging - manual installer packaging, updater prerelease handling, and safer beta distribution defaults.

✨ Changed

• Hardware Mode now defaults to Turn Up for new users, while still exposing Stream Controller and Both modes when users connect an N3.
• Active Surface controls the UI more clearly so users with only a Turn Up mixer see Turn Up-first pages, and N3 controls appear when the stream controller is selected.
• Start with Windows stays enabled by default for new installs, with a Settings toggle for users who prefer to launch Amp Up manually.
• Room actions respect per-device sync toggles so all-white and room effects do not hit Govee devices that users turned off in the Devices tab.
• Lighting effects are more complete with 60+ effects, animated previews, premium palettes, gradient editing, gamma calibration, and hardware hover preview.

⚡ Optimized

• Reduced idle CPU use by trimming unnecessary timers, polling, redraws, and audio-session refreshes while the app is idle or minimized.
• Lowered memory churn by cleaning up view handlers, audio resources, OSD subscriptions, N3 display work, and device/session references.
• Improved tray behavior with smarter popup lifetime management, DPI conversion, and taskbar-edge detection.
• Improved Govee throughput with global rate limiting and safer multi-session LAN sync.
• Improved screen/audio work scheduling so expensive loops run only when the related feature is active.

🛠️ Fixed

• Program picker no longer crashes after assigning an app to a button, and assigned program names display correctly.
• Room tab effects now control Corsair iCUE lights again when Aura or room effects are selected.
• All-white lighting no longer affects disabled Govee devices when their sync toggle is off.
• Tray popup positioning no longer opens off-screen on shifted, scaled, or edge-mounted taskbars.
• Taskbar icon now appears correctly instead of falling back to the generic WPF icon.
• Audio source changes are more resilient with safer audio-device/session refresh and COM cleanup.
• N3 disconnects are surfaced instead of silently failing.
• Corsair callbacks, Govee sync, AudioMixer disposal, OSD subscriptions, and shutdown flow now fail more gracefully.

📦 Downloads

Platform	File	Notes
Windows	AmpUp-Setup-1.0.0-beta.exe	Main 1.0 beta installer for Windows 10/11
macOS	AmpUp-0.9.8-alpha.dmg	Carried-forward 0.9.8 alpha Mac build while the Mac 1.0 build catches up

⚠️ Beta Notes

• N3 support is new and marked beta while more real-world hardware setups are tested.
• Windows is the primary 1.0 beta build.
• macOS remains on the 0.9.8 alpha artifact for this release page.

v0.9.9-alpha — Card Themes + Room Effects + Label Readability

🎨 Card Themes — Customize Your Vibe

12 selectable card themes in Settings → Appearance — tint the entire app with your preferred color mood. Every card, dropdown, picker, slider, effect tile, and input field follows the theme live.

Theme	Vibe
🌑 Midnight	Neutral dark grey (default)
🔵 Blue Steel	Cool blue-grey
🌊 Ocean	Deep navy blue
🫧 Teal	Blue-green
🧊 Ice	Light cool blue
🔥 Ember	Warm red-brown
🌲 Forest	Dark green
💜 Violet	Dark purple
🌸 Rose	Dark pink
🪨 Slate	Warm grey-blue
⬛ Obsidian	Pure black, extra dark
☕ Mocha	Warm brown

Gradient swatch picker shows actual theme colors. ~250 hardcoded grey values converted to DynamicResource bindings across 22 files for comprehensive coverage.

---

🌈 6 New Room Sweep Effects

New HSV-generated spanning effects with rich color palettes:

Effect	Description
🌊 Tidal	Ocean surge with foam and depth
💎 Prism	Rainbow light refraction
🔥 Embers	Glowing coal bed with heat shimmer
⚡ Shockwave	Expanding energy pulse
🌀 Vortex	Spiraling color tunnel
✨ Glitch	Digital corruption with color artifacts

All generate colors via HSV math — no palette controls needed (auto-hidden).

---

🏠 Room Tab Improvements

• 🔊 Music Reactive fix — no more double-modulation crushing brightness to near-black
• 💾 Room effect persistence — effect, palette, speed, brightness, direction restored on app restart
• 🔄 Room effect resumes after group toggle turns lights back on
• 🖥️ Screen Sync redesign — single-column layout, full-width preview at ~5 FPS, vertical edge mapping for light bars
• 🎨 Screen Sync color fix — red no longer shows as pink (raised dark pixel threshold + saturation)
• 📐 Crop preview fix — manual crop lines now properly applied to capture

---

🏡 Home Assistant Improvements

• 🔍 Searchable entity picker — replaces text input in Groups with async entity fetch + glass style
• 🎛️ Per-entity action picker — Toggle / Turn On / Turn Off selectable per device

---

👁️ Label Readability

• TextDim bumped from #555555 → #8A8A8A and TextSec from #9A9A9A → #B0B0B0
• All hardcoded dim label text brightened across the entire app (~50% brighter, still secondary)

---

🐛 Bug Fixes

• 🎚️ DeviceSelect dynamic rows (#14) — device color mapping no longer stuck at 3 rows, now shows up to 8 based on actual output device count
• 🔇 Startup volume blast fixed — no more loud burst on app open
• 🪟 Cross-thread crash fixed — WindowState access in OnRgbFrameReady
• ⚡ UI timers stop when minimized — reduced background CPU usage
• 🎹 Duplicate palette swatches removed in Room Effect tab
• 🫧 Palette controls hidden for HSV-generated effects (no user-adjustable colors)
• 🖥️ Govee H61A0 RGBIC Neon Rope Light — 19-segment support added

---

📥 Downloads

• Windows: AmpUp-Setup-0.9.9-alpha.exe (requires .NET 8 Desktop Runtime)
• macOS: AmpUp-0.9.8-alpha.dmg (unchanged from v0.9.8, self-contained ARM64)

v0.9.8.1-alpha — Per-Monitor Brightness Control

What's New

Per-monitor brightness control — The Monitor knob target now opens a sub-flyout picker listing each DDC/CI monitor by friendly name (e.g. "DELL U2723QE"). Multi-select checkboxes let you pick any combination of monitors for a single knob to control — perfect for dimming side monitors while watching content on your main display.

• All Monitors (default) — no checks, controls everything
• Any single monitor — check one, label shows its name
• Any combination — check 2+, label shows "2 Monitors"
• OSD shows the specific monitor name(s) when adjusting
• Per-monitor throttling (60ms, last-value-wins) prevents DDC/CI overload

Bug Fixes

• Fixed 10 pre-existing build errors (AsRockBridge obj leak into wpftmp compilation, PhosphorIcon Path ambiguity)

Downloads

• Windows: AmpUp-Setup-0.9.8.1-alpha.exe (requires .NET 8 Desktop Runtime)
• macOS: AmpUp-0.9.8-alpha.dmg (unchanged from v0.9.8, self-contained ARM64)

v0.9.8-alpha — UI Facelift + Phosphor Icons + 160 Improvements

UI Facelift

Animated Effect Tiles

Every effect tile in the picker now shows a live animated mini-visualizer instead of a static Unicode glyph. 57 unique animations — gradient fills, EQ bars, sine wave lines, ECG heartbeat, fire flicker, ocean waves, aurora drift, and more. Each tile is visually distinct so you can identify effects at a glance.

Phosphor Duotone Icons

Sidebar navigation icons replaced with Phosphor Duotone — a two-tone icon style where the base layer renders at 20% opacity and the detail layer at full, giving depth on the dark background. 29 icons integrated (Gear, Lightbulb, House, Monitor, SlidersHorizontal, Keyboard, and more).

Section Cards

Every settings section across all tabs now uses the Settings-page card pattern — individual rounded cards with accent-bar headers, separated by dark page background. Consistent across Mixer, Lights (Per Knob, Global, Calibration), Room (Effect, Layout, Devices), OSD, and Overview.

Consistent Hover Animations

All clickable cards get a subtle 1px lift + border brighten on hover for a cohesive, polished feel.

Color Preset Redesign

Palette renamed to COLORS. Preset swatches enlarged to 50×22 with multi-stop gradient previews (was 2-color, now uses all 6-7 palette stops for richer previews).

---

Mixer Tab (renamed from Knobs)

• Sidebar label renamed Knobs → Mixer
• Channel strip and settings (TARGET / CURVE / VOLUME RANGE) split into separate cards
• TARGET/CURVE/VOLUME RANGE rows aligned across all 5 columns via Grid layout (App Group chips no longer push rows out of alignment)
• Smart Mix and Audio Sessions wrapped in section cards
• GridPicker dropdown redesigned — hidden scrollbar, content-width sizing, flush item stretching

Lights Tab

• Per Knob: 5 knob selector cards show live animated effect previews (replacing emoji glyphs + color dots)
• Global: Knob toggles enlarged to 132×92 matching per-knob cards, with animated effect previews
• Calibration: Split into TEST COLORS / MUTE DIM LEVEL / GAMMA section cards
• All sections (EFFECT, COLORS, SPEED, BRIGHTNESS) in separate cards
• Effect tiles unified at 82px wide across per-knob and global

Room Tab

• Tab bar in its own card (matching Lights tab pattern)
• Room Effect converted to single-column section card layout (was two-column)
• Mode toggles (AMP UP / MUSIC REACTIVE / VU FILL / SCREEN SYNC / GAME MODE) float on dark background
• VU Fill modes — pills replaced with animated preview tiles in a section card
• Devices tab: GOVEE / CORSAIR / AMP UP HARDWARE each in own section card
• Device zone mapping dropdowns widened to prevent text clipping

Buttons Tab

• Folder browse icon dimmed to secondary text color (was bright white)

Other Fixes

• Curve picker line no longer bleeds outside card border
• Removed dead EffectIcons dictionary
• Fixed "Knobs" → "Mixer" in all tooltips

---

Downloads

Platform	File	Requirements
Windows	AmpUp-Setup-0.9.8-alpha.exe	.NET 8 Desktop Runtime (installer auto-detects)
macOS	AmpUp-0.9.8-alpha.dmg	macOS Sonoma 14.2+ (Apple Silicon)

Note: macOS DMG is the same build as v0.9.7-alpha. Mac-specific UI facelift coming in v0.9.9.