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MAD 0.1.6

Fixed – Microphone List Random Renaming (Windows)

Resolved an issue where microphone device names would:

• Change randomly when resizing the Blender window
• Change when hovering UI elements
• Display short corrupted names like pwU*, 0XI*, 0eD*
• Occasionally appear in a different order

Cause

On some Windows systems, the audio backend (WASAPI via PortAudio / sounddevice) can return unstable device descriptors if input devices are queried repeatedly.

Previously, MAD dynamically queried available microphones during every UI redraw. Because Blender redraws panels frequently (hovering, resizing, interacting), this resulted in repeated device enumeration calls — which could cause unstable or partially corrupted device names on affected systems.

This issue was specific to certain Windows configurations and did not affect macOS or Linux systems.

Solution

MAD now:

• Caches microphone devices during initialization
• Uses a stable device list for UI display
• Adds a manual Refresh Devices button for re-scanning inputs

This prevents:

• Random device renaming
• Corrupted device labels
• Device order instability

Windows Stability Improvements

Improved compatibility with:

• Virtual audio devices (Steam Streaming, OBS, VoiceMeeter, etc.)
• Systems with multiple audio interfaces
• Systems where WASAPI device enumeration may be unstable

No dependency updates were required for this fix.

macOS

No changes required.

macOS uses CoreAudio, which does not exhibit the device descriptor instability seen on some Windows systems.

The existing manual dependency installation workflow remains unchanged.

Internal Improvements

• Removed repeated sd.query_devices() calls from the UI draw cycle
• Added filtering to ignore malformed device names
• Improved EnumProperty stability
• Cleaner device index handling

Notes

If no devices appear:

• Ensure microphone permissions are granted
• Click Refresh Devices
• Restart Blender if audio devices were connected after launch

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Audio Driver Indicator

Additions

• Audio driver indicator shows audio level when driver is active
• Platform Specific Builds on GitHub for macOS (testing)

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v0.1.4

• Added object properties to animated components
• Added bone selection for armature objects

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v0.1.3

• Removed numpy wheel.
• Removed installation instructions.
• Added operator documentation.
• Added microphone permissions.

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Updated Dependency

• Removed sounddevice installer.
• Added sounddevice wheel.

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✅ Features

• Select any microphone device
• Eyedropper support to target any object
• Drive any animatable property via data path (e.g. bone rotation, shapekey, constraints)
• Adjust volume scale, default value, and update interval
• Start/stop audio driver in the UI
• Install audio library (sounddevice) via Addon Preferences