// 04 - Blog
Long-form writing on the player, the format, and the act of listening.
The "Albums" section gained Cover Flow today. Not because anyone asked. Because I missed it.
Read → Apr 25, 2026While previous releases focused on playback fidelity and discovery features, 1.2.3 turns its attention to how music actually feels when it hits your ears. Three new tools give you meaningful
Read → Apr 23, 2026Global Search - If you've used Spotlight or Raycast, you already know how to use this. Press CMD+K, start typing, and Zenteek searches across artists, albums, tracks, labels, lyrics and credits.
Read → Apr 21, 2026I just shipped a new Harmonic Exciter in Zenteek Player! If you've ever listened to older recordings or flat digital masters and felt the music was somehow veiled or pulled back, this is for you. One toggle, no knobs - flip it on and
Read → Apr 21, 2026If you have ever tried to "stereo-ize" a mono signal you know that most try to simply create width by applying a single effect on the entire spectrum and blurring the side energy in the process.
Read → Apr 20, 2026The audio pipeline has been redesigned from the ground up. The Crossfeed filter has been updated with a low-frequency shelf compensation and a new Settings window!
Read → Apr 19, 2026If you have ever listened to a record mixed for speakers through headphones, you have noticed something subtle but unsettling. The stereo image feels too wide, too hard. Instruments that
Read → Apr 18, 2026I've been wanting a proper crossfeed stage in Zenteek since the first day I started the project. Tonight it finally landed. There are four presets in Output Tools covering different
Read → Apr 18, 2026A weekend detour: Zenteek now has a full-screen Milkdrop visualizer. ProjectM-4 under the hood, classic Winamp-era presets reacting to whatever is playing.
Read → Apr 15, 2026Three things tonight, all of which have been on my list for weeks. First, the preamp simulator got a proportional waveshaper blend. In practical terms, this smooths out the loudness
Read → Apr 12, 2026Notifications got a redesign tonight. The old ones were fine, functionally, but they had that slightly-too-glossy feel that pulls your eye away from the track you're trying to listen to.
Read → Apr 11, 2026Autoplay has been slightly broken for longer than I care to admit. If you were navigating the library and the queue ran out, playback would just quietly stop. Technically correct
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