2026-6-2 Release

Fixes

• nbstudio: could not add multiple instruments with samples, samples would combine into single instrument

Updates:

• android: APK/OSS version is now com.zefie.NeoBAEDroid.NoSAF, so will install as a new app.
• android: Prepared for Play Store release (com.zefie.NeoBAEDroid) with SAF

2026-06-03 Update:

• android: Rebuilt app with new icon to differentiate Play and OSS versions

2026-5-31 Re-Release

Features

• NeoBAE: J2ME Patch: alt percussion channels
• NeoBAE: Roland GS SysEx for alt percussion channels
• thirdparty: updated imgui, libxmp, qoa
• Updated Feature String
• songtool: allow processing standard .mid, add unroller

Fixes

• NeoBAE: Prioritize RMF/ZMF instruments in SF2 mode
• WASM: Enabled RMI files

Known Issues:

• RNG type 2 is unsupported, and may not play correctly or at all

Fixes from initial release:

• x86_64 build was in debug mode
• WASM did not have J2ME Patch enabled
• (Android APK is unaffected and does not need redownloading if you already have 2026.05.31)

2026-5-24 Re-Release

Features

• Automatically unroll 'rolled' MIDIs when playing back
• Added BAEScript to Android app

Fixes

• Export is no longer infinite with BAE Loop
• Added BAEScript exporter.loopcount for manually setting loops when exporting
• Fixed niche issue with certain file(s)
• Karaoke now only attempts to use the first lyric track if multiple are available
• (Changes from original 2026-5-24 release:) Fixed rolled MIDI detection, preserve CC events when unrolling

2026-4-25 Re-Release

Features

• ZMF/ZSB v5 (smaller file, more optimized compressions)
  • Engine is fully backward compatible with older ZMF/RMF
• ZMF/ZSB: Process Stereo Samples through filtering system
  • Not for RMF/HSB to keep backwards compatiblity
• Numerous improvements to songtool and bankrecomp
• New 'Neo ROMpler' reverb preset in zefidi and Android
• Android: Increment app version
• "BAE Override" system, we can hash old problematic files and force flags (such as Classic Chorus) so the original file plays as intended.
  • Just garden-of-time-full.rmf for now
  • List will grow over time
• Debug Callback system (should be able to hook into the lib with your own callback for engine debug messages)
• Updated to FluidSynth v2.5.4
• Updated raylib demo app to Raylib v6.0

Changes from original release

• Added Neo ROMpler to Android
• Fixed Neo Custom (offset was wrong due to new addition)
• BAE Override now works in Android

2026-4-19 Release

Features

• New oscilliscope VU for zefidi

Fixes

• ADP decoder did not process loops correctly

Notes

• New signing key for android APK, will require uninstall and reinstall from previous version.

2026-4-13 Release 2

Features

• New fully-clang release build system (See on Docker Hub)
  • Multi-arch support: Full support for 32-bit and 64-bit x86 and ARM processors
  • No more DLL Depedencies:
    • The exe files only require libneobae.dll
    • libneobae.dll doesn't require any special DLLs (eg libomp, libmp3lame, libfluidsynth, etc)
  • Smoother performance
• New neobae-tui curses-based Textual UI player with playbae features (now included)
• All of the NeoBAE Suite's applications in one zip
• libneobae.lib for embedding into your own application

Notes

• clang builds are known to fix Win7 oddities, despite being an unsupported platform
• WASM and Android are still zefie-release-2026.04.13 as the zefie-release-2026.04.13.2 fixes are mostly for zefidi

2026-4-12 Release

Features

• playbae: Completely rewrote playbae, now performs as the rest of the suite
• NBStudio: optimized editing bank instruments
• neobae-tui: curses-based text UI (not compiled)

Fixes

• Songtool: Could not set loop point if the end was the same as the length
• NeoBAE: Process events while channel is muted (no more weird pitches/notes when unmuting channels)
• sf2-to-hsb: Improved as much as I could, but it still has volume issues

Notes

• Windows 7 is not officially supported, but the clang builds are known to fix export and playback oddities

Known Issues

• macOS
  • zefidi: The player may take several seconds to appear
  • zefidi: Finder interactions may be interpreted as drag‑and‑drop

2026-04-11 Release

Features

• NBStudio: New clang build, single DLL dependency and slightly faster
• NeoBAE: ZMF/ZSB can now have up to 32 ADSR stages
• mod2rmf: Various enhancements to conversion
• sf2-to-hsb: New --ext-adsr option to take advantage of extended ADSR in ZSB banks
• NeoBAE: switch back to sources vs libraries, less DLL dependencies.

Fixes

• Fixed RNG missing octave range
• Updated missing credits in zefidi

Known Issues

• macOS
  • zefidi: The player may take several seconds to appear
  • zefidi: Finder interactions may be interpreted as drag‑and‑drop
• NeoBAE:
  • Exporting audio on Windows 7 while sound is playing may cause oddities in the exported file

2026-4-9 Release 2

Features

• Updated file formats: ZMF v4 & NBS v3 (LZMA2 w/o XZ)
• New formats: IMY, EMY, RNG, RTX, RTTTL (Old monophonic ringtones)
• New codec: QOA (Quite OK Audio Format) for playback and ZMF
• New features in songtool (can compress each sample differently now)
• New tool: bankrecomp (experimental)
• New tool: ringtone2mid (IMY, EMY, RNG, RTX, RTTTL to .mid)
• Formats can be detected by filetype, regardless of extension (eg .txt works for RTX/RTTTL)
• libNeoBAE is now built with the Creation API, allowing hooks into BaeRmfEditor
• Added Raylib API and example

Fixes

• WASM: FluidSynth no longer skips start of song
• More effort on fixing Opus RT loops
• Old Bug: Pitch shifting wasn't allowed on MIDI Ch10 when in melodic mode

Notes

• playbae is now in the clitools zip
• Opus RT is the primary Opus now, and phasing out non-RT Opus

Known Issues

• macOS
  • zefidi: The player may take several seconds to appear
  • zefidi: Finder interactions may be interpreted as drag‑and‑drop
• NeoBAE:
  • Exporting audio on Windows 7 while sound is playing may cause oddities in the exported file
• NeoBAE Studio:
  • Performance under Windows is less than desired (wxWidgets/MSW limitations)

2026-4-7 Release

Features

• New cli tool: songtool (compress and/or edit loop/length of rmf/zmf)
• New CMakeLists.txt for building libNeoBAE with the RMF Creation API (or using in a project)

Fixes

• NeoBAE: Opus RT loops are less likely to have seam
• NBStudio: shortening a midi did not reduce its actual length

Known Issues

• macOS
  • zefidi: The player may take several seconds to appear
  • zefidi: Finder interactions may be interpreted as drag‑and‑drop
• NeoBAE:
  • Exporting audio on Windows 7 while sound is playing may cause oddities in the exported file
• WASM:
  • Audio may start at 2-3 seconds instead of 0.
• NeoBAE Studio:
  • Performance under Windows is less than desired (wxWidgets/MSW limitations)