Archive for the ‘Announcements’ Category

Please Show Your Support For Future Freeware Software Releases By Following Us On Twitter, Facebook and YouTube

31st January 2010
Developing and supporting software is a very time consuming and an often thankless task so it would be appreciated if you, your friends and/or colleagues can show your support for Sound Control and/or TICK and/or our other web based tools (together with future new versions) by visiting the links below to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and following us. Remember our valuable free time is invested in supporting and developing the freeware software you are using so give something back by [...]
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General Software And Tools Update

14th December 2009
Due to time constraints and new work commitments it is now unlikely the new v3.00 series of BETA's of Sound Control will be released soon. For users who wish to use the latest v2.00 series release, details of how to download Sound Control v2.48 BETA is still available to anyone via the contact us page. This BETA seems to have been well received, with several users providing constructive feedback. Generally it is well worth the update if you are experiencing problems running Sound Control [...]
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General Site And Software Update

11th June 2009
The site has had a general overhaul with the backend software updated to the latest version and an enhanced design developed that results in a wider page size, the menus moving from the right hand side of the screen to the left hand side and other major & minor tweaks.  The RSS feed functionality has been greatly improved and an email subscription option is now also available.  If you wish to subscribe use the standard icons found to the right hand side of the header at the top of each [...]
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Why Is The Next Version Of Sound Control Taking So Long To Release?

12th April 2009
Before the next public version of Sound Control can be released it needs to be tested by a wider audience. In return for using the latest version of the application before anyone else you provide feedback to the author of any problems that you may experience using the new version. If you think you would like to try out the new version of Sound Control before a public release and are prepared to give feedback even if it is just a simple everything works for me message please contact us and [...]
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New Version Of Sound Control Released To BETA Testers

9th February 2009
The next version of Sound Control has been released to the BETA testers that contacted us.  This is a major release with many outstanding problems fixed and several general enhancements.  If you still want to participate in this early BETA phase before a more public release please contact us and you will be provided with download [...]
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Sound Control Update and Essential Windows Vista Compatibility News

20th November 2008
Work is continuing on a new release of Sound Control. There will be some new functionality and many bug fixes so more BETA testers are required. If you understand the idea of BETA testing and have some spare time to give a release a try on your configuration and provide feedback please contact us. When the BETA is ready to be downloaded you will be emailed with details. Thanks to some feedback by a user Sound Control can now be used to control volumes in Windows Vista. If you want to [...]
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Happy 10th Birthday To Really Effective

29th August 2008
It is quite unbelievable that TICK was released to the public 28 August 1998 and Sound Control on 11 July 1999 and both applications are still going strong. Since their first release there have been over a hundred thousand downloads of both applications and they have been featured in newspapers, magazines and some of the most popular software news sites.  A big thank you to all our users for supporting the applications. When the applications were initially launched they had a modern user [...]
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We Are Back And With A New Site Design

5th July 2008
After an extended break, some effort has been spent on a brand new and more modern design for the site. Unfortunately both Sound Control and TICK have not had an update for quite some time now.  No promises and it depends how involved it becomes but I am hoping to release updates soon starting with Sound Control and if the update is well received it will be followed by a new version of TICK.  The new versions will be made available via the new Current Downloads feature, first as BETA [...]
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Thank You And Goodbye

1st December 2007
After many years of success I have made the decision that due to personal reasons I have unfortunately decided the current version of TICK and Sound Control will be the last. With regret, this means Vista operating system support will not be implemented. The web site will remain open for the time being and support questions will still be read and answered if time permits. I am not totally discounting future versions but I currently do not have the energy, time, willpower or interest to [...]
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Recent Server Problems Update

19th November 2006
Regular visitors have no doubt noticed that over the past couple of weeks the site has been experiencing difficulties. These problems started when the host company decided to migrate my account to a new server without my knowledge. This then involved me updating the domains so they resolved to the new server which causes a couple of days of the server appearing to alternate between up and down whilst these changes were propagated. The problems over the past several days have been caused by [...]
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