It has been (too) long ago a new version of PCG Tools has been released but finally there is one.
The application will be sent to everyone but since there are more than 800 users and I'm only allowed to send 200 mails a day it can take a week before everyone got a version. Donators and people who helped me in the past will have priority.
Below are all the new and improved items.
<b>Korg Krome support</b>
I already have written that on my personal development version the Korg Krome was already working, but I found out it was creating incorrect PCG files when editing. This has been fixed now, so Korg Krome users can also benefit from PCG Tools from now on. Thanks to CJ Johansson for help with testing.
Below is a screenshot of a loaded Korg Krome PCG file.

<b>Drum Kits</b>
A very good colleague of mine who also is a member of KorgForums (KorganizR) has created a few nice additions to PCG Tools. One of them is the support of drum kits as can be seen above. All workstation models supporting drum kits now will show drum kits (as long as they are present in the PCG file).
Also, drum kits are shown in the patch list and will be used for difference lists. Also the drum kits will be shown in the task bar.
Wave Sequences
The same colleague also created support for wave sequences, see an example below.
Also, wave sequences are shown in the patch list and will be used for difference lists. Also, the wave sequences will be shown in the task bar.
In addition, the number of selected patches is now shown in the right upper part of a PCG window, making it easy to see how many are selected while being busy with scrolling.

<b>New list generator type: File Content List</b>
He also created a new list type: file content list. It shows a summary of a PCG file. See the screenshot of example output. For each bank the capacity, filled and empty number of patches are shown including the filled range.

<b>Set List Generator</b>
In the screen shot below there are also some added items. Most have been mentioned before: File Content List as list type, and for drum kits and wave sequences, it can be filtered on or off, and empty/init items can be ignored.
Also for set list, now empty set list slots can be ignored.

<b>UI Support</b>
Although a language has not been added yet except for English, Francois Rossi is busy with translating every word/phrase in French. It will be added as soon as he is ready and it has been tested. After that 'pilot project' language is added, more will follow (Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German and Dutch).
The languages will be added in the screen below.

<b>External links</b>
Because the number of external links is increasing rapidly, it has been split in three categories:
- Korg related: links to interesting Korg sites (official/non official)
- Donators: Users who donate some money will get there own logo here (preferably music related but not necessary). Also they get other small benefits (like more elaborate answers to questions and new versions a bit earlier, because I can only send 200 emails a day).
- Third Parties: I'm using some helpful (free) tools for developing and this window shows which ones.

<b>Master files & Syncing</b>
There is a slight problem with master files: when master files are changed, the PCG files depending on them are not always immediately or at all synchronized, it does not result in wrong or corrupt PCG files but it might be misleading. Since it is too difficult to fix this in reasonable time I leave it as it is.
A complete list of support items, features, improvements, bug fixes, fixed typos etc. can be found below:
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1.5.0.186 24-Jan-2013 Support: Added support for Korg Krome.
Feature: Added drum kits in PCG windows (shows ID/names of drum kits per bank) [KorganizR].
Feature: Added wave Sequences in PCG windows (shows ID/names of wave seqs per bank) [KorganizR].
Feature: Added drum kits/wave sequences in status bar [KorganizR].
Feature: Added new list type in set list generator: File Content List showing usage of banks.
Feature: Added support for multiple languages, new languages will follow soon.
Feature: Split external links into three different windows.
Feature: Added new logo window for third party software (TM-Database, Assembla)
Improv: Added ignore init/empty set list slot items.
Improv: When master file is loaded in PCG Tools, it is only loaded once.
Improv: Added number of selected patches in PCG windows.
Improv: Added drum kits/wave sequences to command line arguments.
Improv: Do not show set list in differences list when set lists are not supported.
Improv: Improved layout of ASCII tables of differences list.
Improv: Set list descriptions are shown in patch list CSV files.
Improv: Added CJ Johansson to thanks list (for testing Krome).
Bug Fix: Master file did not show category and sub category names.
Bug Fix: Program banks U-AA..U-GG not selectable in command line arguments [KorganizR].
Bug Fix: Ascii table not selectable in command line arguments [KorganizR].
Bug Fix: Fixed layout of filter program banks in set list generator.
Typo: Fixed typos in command line arguments help [KorganizR].
Typo: Added space in CmbI... or CmbU... in PCG Window when display set list slots.
Special: Changed special event into 800+ users.
Michel Keijzers