THE TESTER LOUNGE · INVITATION ONLY

Welcome, beta tester!

Thanks for helping shape Soundbox. Enter your tester code to unlock the newest test build and see everything that changed since the last release. Your code is private, so please keep it to yourself.

The current test build is 2.3.5: 378 sounds with a sound browser, 62 collider types that can move on their own, 18 scene effects, 60 scenes, the GPU stage and a master that goes up to 200%. Update from inside Soundbox or download it here, as described below. Please tell us about anything that sounds too loud, distorted or cut off at high master levels, colliders that behave oddly or let particles through while they move, and whether .soundbox project files show their new icon in File Explorer.

Updating to a new test build

Test builds are portable Windows apps: one EXE, nothing to install. There are two ways to update, and either way your settings, presets, sounds, projects and license stay put. They live in Soundbox’s own data folder, not next to the program.

Option 1 · Inside Soundbox (2.0 and later)

1. Open License → Updates. In the free demo it is Unlock full studio → Updates.
2. Open Tester access, paste your tester code and press Join test channel. You only do this once on each computer.
3. Press Check for updates, then Download update. The new EXE is saved beside the one you are running (or in Downloads if that folder is protected). Soundbox shows how much has arrived and how long is left, then checks the file’s checksum and publisher signature. You can keep playing meanwhile.
4. Save your project and press Restart and update. Soundbox releases this computer’s license, closes, and opens the new version, which re-activates the license and says “Soundbox updated to …”. With Remove the previous version ticked, the old EXE is deleted for you.
5. From now on, start Soundbox from the new EXE. If you had a shortcut to the old one, point it at the new file.

Option 2 · From this page

1. Unlock the build above with your code and press its download button.
2. Save the EXE where you keep Soundbox, such as your Desktop or Documents folder.
3. Close Soundbox if it is open, then run the new EXE. It starts with your settings and license, already activated on this computer.
4. If Windows SmartScreen asks first, choose More info and check that the publisher is the Soundbox publisher before choosing Run anyway.
5. Once you are happy with the new version, delete the old Soundbox EXE.

Trouble updating?

If an update inside Soundbox 2.0.0 or 2.1.0 stops with a message such as “terminated”, use Option 2. Those versions cannot resume a download that the connection drops, and this website ends long connections after about a minute. Later builds resume on their own and explain every step. When something does go wrong, they show an error code and what to try:

• UPD-101: the website could not be reached. Check that you are online and that no firewall, VPN or proxy blocks it.
• UPD-202 or UPD-203: the connection kept dropping or stalled. Try again, try another network, or use Option 2.
• UPD-204: the connection could not be trusted, usually because security software inspects secure connections. Allow the Soundbox website or use Option 2.
• UPD-207 or UPD-208: the folder can’t be written to or the disk is full. Move Soundbox into a folder you own and free some space.
• UPD-304: security software quarantined the download. Restore it or allow Soundbox, then try again.
• UPD-403: Soundbox has to be online to release your license before restarting. Connect and press Restart and update again.

Then press Copy error details and paste them into a message to support, or choose Show update log and attach update-log.txt. The log lists every step and never contains your tester code.

Test builds are previews: keep backups of projects you care about, and tell us what you find through support.

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