App build 1.0.0-alpha and changelog

App-Builds/ReadMe.md

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 ## Changelogs 
-- **8-27-2021 (Latest Build):**
-  - Fixed bug: audio stuttering when playing 6+ notes
+- **12-6-2021 (v1.0.0-alpha)**
+  - Finally at version 1.0.0-alpha! Nearing official release. Please note that:
+    1. Because I went back to college, it has been a while since the last changelog.
+    1. There are not many new features with this build - the majority of the time was spent on improving the underlying code architecture to have a more stable foundation.
+      - Many, many minor bugs were introduced and squashed along the way. Most of these will not be mentioned
+  - Fixed Bug: clicking noise when pressing note
+  - Fixed Bug: popping noise when adjusting overtones/harmonic series
+  - Added Feature: 2-way slider for scaling keyboard
+  - Performance Improvement: Audio latency/input lag has been reduced, as the app now uses your phones native sample rate and buffer size
+    - note: this may not improve latency on older phones
+  - Known Issues:
+    - Clicking noise when releasing keys
+    - piano distorts when scaling above 3 octaves
+- **8-27-2021:**
+  - Fixed Bug: audio stuttering when playing 6+ notes
   - renamed wave shapes to their abbreviations (sin, sqr, tri, saw) so that they fit in one line
 - **8-27-2021:**
-  - Added feature: Waveform selector.
+  - Added Feature: Waveform selector.
     - You can now choose between Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, and Square waves
   - Audio stuttering issue alleviated
     - Previously, pressing 4 notes would cause stuttering. Now the threshold is ~6 notes
   - UI layout now resizes based on phone orientation
   - On startup, the fundamental overtone is set to max volume
 - **8-24-2021:**
   - All UI components have been rebuilt from the ground up to fit into the new Jetpack Compose framework. 
-  - Added feature: Piano can support any range of keys; it is no longer limited to one octave. User control for this will be added soon.
-  - Added feature: Harmonic Series Editor gives the user more control over their sound.
+  - Added Feature: Piano can support any range of keys; it is no longer limited to one octave. User control for this will be added soon.
+  - Added Feature: Harmonic Series Editor gives the user more control over their sound.
     - Sliders for controlling the volume of each overtone
     - Reset button (sets all sliders to zero)
     - Random button (adjusts sliders by randomly changing parameters decay, floor, ceiling, and filter)
-  - Added feature: Pitch Bend
-  - Added feature: Signal preview
+  - Added Feature: Pitch Bend
+  - Added Feature: Signal preview
     - similar to realtime-audio viewer, but instead shows 4 periods of the signal you've generated with the Harmonic Series. 
 - **8-10-2021:**
-  - Added feature: replaced noise effect with harmonic overtones
+  - Added Feature: replaced noise effect with harmonic overtones
     - this is the first step towards additive synthesis. For now, the user can only change the harmonic range; the volume of each overtone exponentially decays automatically . However, under the hood, these overtones can be manipulated with more control, and this control will be given to the user in a later update. 
-  - Fixed bug: all keys had to be released in order for changes from [-] and [+] buttons to apply 
-  - Fixed bug: when holding two or more keys on the piano, releasing one key would cause all keys would release momentarily
-  - Fixed bug: audio visualizer was not properly centered and had a range of 0.0 to 2.0 rather than -1.0 to 1.0
-  - Fixed bug: generated audio was off-pitch
+  - Fixed Bug: all keys had to be released in order for changes from [-] and [+] buttons to apply 
+  - Fixed Bug: when holding two or more keys on the piano, releasing one key would cause all keys would release momentarily
+  - Fixed Bug: audio visualizer was not properly centered and had a range of 0.0 to 2.0 rather than -1.0 to 1.0
+  - Fixed Bug: generated audio was off-pitch
 - **8-3-2021:**
-  - Added feature: audio visualizer 
-  - Fixed bug: noise level indicator to display incorrectly
+  - Added Feature: audio visualizer 
+  - Fixed Bug: noise level indicator to display incorrectly
 - **8-2-2021:**
-  - Fixed bug: excessive memory allocation that caused app to slow to a halt and even crash
+  - Fixed Bug: excessive memory allocation that caused app to slow to a halt and even crash
     - this yields significant performance improvements
 - **7-27-2021:**
-  - Added feature: harmonic white-noise effect
+  - Added Feature: harmonic white-noise effect
 - **7-25-2021:**
   - Under the hood improvements which lessen the severity of the memory bug. This means that more notes can be played simultaneously without slowdown or crashing
-  - Added feature: the user can change the current octave
+  - Added Feature: the user can change the current octave