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Release

SFX, voice, and live music

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See release policy.

2026.1.x — Live family Option C

  • Removed Novolis.Audio.Analysis (types moved into Live.Visuals), Novolis.Audio.Live.Repl (client moved into Live.Protocol), packable Novolis.Audio.Live.Host (host lives only in LiveStudio apps).
  • Renamed Novolis.Audio.Host.* → Novolis.Audio.Output.* (game output probe; not Live).
  • Added Novolis.Audio.Live.Render — v0 NAudio oscillators driven by LiveSession.
  • NuGet-only Live.Protocol → Novolis.Transports.LocalIpc (GPR).

2026.1.x — Edge TTS typesafe voices

  • `Novolis.Audio.Voice.EdgeTts` — EdgeVoice catalog, ProsodyPercent / ProsodyHertz, EdgeVoiceProfiles.Narrator (Ava / −4%). EdgeTtsSynthesisOptions is typed (no string Voice/Rate/Pitch/Volume).
  • `Novolis.Audio.Voice.Manuscript` — ManuscriptVoiceSettings uses curated voices; VoiceMapStore reads/writes books nested narrator: / pauses: / generation: YAML.

2026.1.10 — Edge TTS + ATC removed from GPR

  • Added Novolis.Audio.Voice.EdgeTts — online Microsoft Edge Read Aloud TTS client (MP3; requires network; cross-platform).
  • Removed Novolis.Audio.Voice.Atc — use Novolis.Dogfooding.Voice in dogfooding or copy AtcVoiceProfile into your app.
  • `Novolis.Audio.Voice.Design` — VoicePresetCodeTemplate is GPR-generic only (ArchetypeCatalogEntry, UsageSnippet).
  • `Novolis.Avalonia.Voice` — no Platform.Windows dependency; Windows hosts set VoicePreviewController.PlatformPreviewFactory.

2026.1.6 — Filters / Effects split

  • Novolis.Audio.Filters — IAudioFilter, BandLimitEffect
  • Novolis.Audio.Effects — dynamics, gain, hiss, noise gate, pipelines (IAudioEffect extends IAudioFilter)

2026.1.3 — Voice archetypes + multi-speaker

  • Novolis.Audio.Voice.Profiles — neutral base-voice archetypes (excitable_female, procedural_male, …)
  • Novolis.Audio.Voice.SherpaOnnx — bundles three Piper models (amy, lessac-low, kristin-medium)

Consumer entry for TTS: `Novolis.Audio.Voice` + `Novolis.Audio.Voice.Profiles`. ATC/radio delivery removed from GPR (see novolis-dogfooding / Novolis.Dogfooding.Voice).

Third-party dependency: org.k2fsa.sherpa.onnx (nuget.org) in Novolis.Audio.Voice.SherpaOnnx only.

2026.1.2 — Voice stack

New packable packages:

  • Novolis.Audio.Core
  • Novolis.Audio.Codecs
  • Novolis.Audio.Filters
  • Novolis.Audio.Effects
  • Novolis.Audio.Playback
  • Novolis.Audio.Voice.Abstractions
  • Novolis.Audio.Voice.SherpaOnnx
  • Novolis.Audio.Voice.Phraseology
  • Novolis.Audio.Voice