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BETA Updates Log

Your feedback is shaping JingleMaker. Here’s what we’ve added and improved so far — and a place to tell us what you’d like next.

Beta runs until 1 December 2026. Bugs are expected while we test. Earlier changes are grouped by release theme rather than assigned unverified release dates.

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Progress recap · September 2026

Latest improvements

Your account, feedback & launch plans

Added account deletion from My Profile, with confirmation safeguards.
Added an admin feedback inbox so the team can review your messages.
Introduced mobile navigation and clearer links to the guide, roadmap and feedback.
Renamed signed-in access to Full beta access and published intended Free, Creator, Station, Network and Custom launch plans.
Updated the planned launch to 1 December 2026 and added this BETA Updates Log with feature requests.

Earlier beta updates

A more flexible multitrack studio

Brought voice, beds and sound effects together in a draggable tracker, with multiple clips in each lane.
Added lane shortcuts for recording, uploading, text to speech and browsing the library.
Added pop-up bed and SFX browsers with previews and Add controls.
Improved clip dragging, kept clip widths stable when moving, and bounded timeline zoom with a fit-to-view option.
Updated waveform rendering, added colour-linked SFX markers and made the red playback cue draggable.

Earlier beta updates

Playback, levels & mixdown

Separated solo track playback from Full mix playback, with independent play controls and playhead positions.
Improved playback timing so voice, beds and SFX are scheduled together from the selected cue.
Added bottom multitrack transport controls, live level metering and timeline zoom.
Restored the pinned library preview player and added clip preview controls.
Added WAV and MP3 mixdown with optional normalisation and editable export filenames.

Earlier beta updates

Voice editing & presenter effects

Added selection-based effects with audition, Apply, Discard, bypass and undo/redo.
Introduced reverb, echo, flanger, chorus, phaser, pitch/formant, distortion, sweep, stutter, reverse, glitch, widening, fades, normalise and silence tools.
Kept the effects area open and introduced colourful presenter-style effect pads.
Added crop-out selection, Delete-key editing and insert silence with a chosen duration.
Improved waveform selection, separated it from SFX placement and mirrored voice edits in the tracker.
Aligned voice and tracker styling and standardised editor buttons for smaller screens.

Earlier beta updates

More ways to create a voice track

Added MP3/WAV uploads and microphone recording with a live waveform, timer and level meters.
Added choices to start again, add another recording or discard when a voice already exists.
Added separate voice clips in the multitrack.
Integrated ElevenLabs text to speech and re-voicing, using your own API key and voice library.
Added clear sign-in and connection prompts for ElevenLabs tools.

Earlier beta updates

Beds, sound effects & library management

Added signed-in access to the hosted bed library and a dedicated sound-effects library with starter whooshes.
Added preview playback, drag-and-drop placement, per-item volume and easier removal.
Added artwork, duration labels, categories and descriptions to library items.
Added admin category management, title/description editing and previews before uploading.
Kept library management admin-only and added People & access controls for assigning admin access.

Earlier beta updates

The beta foundations

Launched the browser-based JingleMaker editor from Radio Essentials with separate voice and bed levels, trimming and audio export.
Added free sessions with your own audio and no email gate; signed-in beta accounts can access the hosted library.
Set a 10 MB upload limit and a five-minute editor limit.
Added the full User Guide, Feedback page and a public roadmap for future improvements.
Improved mobile layouts, added unsaved-session warnings and keyboard playback/undo controls.
Updated product SEO, privacy links and branding, and strengthened account permissions and dependency security.

What’s missing?

Suggest a feature that would help you make better radio. Requests go directly to the Radio Essentials team; submission does not guarantee inclusion.

Looking ahead? See the roadmap