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Aria Maestosa Changelog

What's new in Aria Maestosa 1.4.13

Jan 24, 2017
  • Fix encoding issue when exporting to midi on windows
  • Fix track name encoding when exporting to MIDI
  • Fix song name and copyright encoding when exporting to MIDI
  • Fix tempo rounding issue

New in Aria Maestosa 1.4.12 (Apr 30, 2016)

  • Fix bug with time signature changes
  • Fix potential crash
  • Fix issue with unicode characters in track names

New in Aria Maestosa 1.4.11 (Aug 5, 2015)

  • Fix bug when recording drum tracks
  • Improve behavior when importing a MIDI file with invalid lyrics events
  • Fix importing program changes

New in Aria Maestosa 1.4.10 (Aug 14, 2014)

  • Enable looping a sub-portion of a song
  • Add support for bank select controller
  • Allow loop mode to keep on when invoking Aria with parameter "--reload"
  • Fix beat display for uncommon time signatures (7/8, 8/8, 2/2, ...)
  • Fix export bug when some controllers were used
  • Fix note velocity when sending playback to external device on OSX
  • Update tools look to be simpler and cleaner
  • Other bugfixes

New in Aria Maestosa 1.4.9 (Oct 28, 2013)

  • Improve duplicate track settings feature
  • Workaround event order issues
  • Better handling when file open in Aria is moved/deleted in the file manager
  • Fix pitch bend playback on windows
  • Fix crash in drum editor
  • Fix rendering bug in drum editor when collapsing sections

New in Aria Maestosa 1.4.8 (Jul 3, 2013)

  • Fix bug related to instrument changes
  • Improve end of file detection
  • Support for editing lyrics
  • Correctly handle lyrics events when adding or deleting measures
  • Allow deleting instrument through a contextual menu
  • Preserve most recent controller values when deleting measures
  • Metronome indicates starts of measures

New in Aria Maestosa 1.4.7 (Feb 1, 2013)

  • Fix for .MID and .MIDI files (upper-case extension)
  • Allow navigating between notes with tab and shift-tab
  • Reorganize preferences a bit
  • Fix bug when deleting soloed track

New in Aria Maestosa 1.4.6 (Feb 1, 2013)

  • Add 'duplicate track' features
  • Add 'recent files' menu
  • Implement resizing notes with the mouse cursor
  • Allow background tracks in score editor
  • Score editor's notation flags (musical and linear notations) are now saved in .aria file
  • Add GTK-style scrollbar for Linux systems
  • "Select all" and "Unselect all" buttons for background tracks in track properties
  • Add keyboard shortcut to change note velocity (Alt + up/down, Alt + pageup/pagedown)
  • Update to latest version of libjdksmidi

New in Aria Maestosa 1.4.5 (Oct 17, 2012)

  • Fix bug when saving after exporting MIDI file
  • Add 'Mute' and 'Solo'
  • Ask for sequence properties on creation
  • Add global track volume picker
  • Add keyboard shortcuts to change magnetic grid
  • Add 'Scroll notes into view' command
  • Add tooltips to many track widgets

New in Aria Maestosa 1.4.4 (Sep 4, 2012)

  • Added support for recording from MIDI keyboard/instrument
  • Support looping playback
  • Under Mac OS X, add support for selecting soundfont
  • Added support for multiple program changes (multiple instruments per track)
  • Support sending midi output to external devices
  • Improve selection to preview which notes are included
  • Auto-extend song length when moving notes past end
  • Support for importing lyrics events (not yet for editing them)
  • Nicer symbols on printed scores
  • Fixed reading files with accents in their name on Windows
  • Added ability to drag-duplicate notes
  • Allow entering precise values in the controller editor
  • Allow finer pitch bends
  • New translations (Russian, Portuguese)
  • Add option to check online for new versions of Aria
  • More bugfixes and minor improvements

New in Aria Maestosa 1.4.3 (Aug 6, 2012)

  • Improve 'new version' notification (no more a warning look, include link to website)
  • Better handle when the zoom parameter is missing in a .aria file (which happens when loading a file generated by an old version)
  • Fix a case where looping would fail
  • Fix more truncated texts on linux
  • Fix opening files with double-click on Linux
  • Allow setting song start with Ctrl-Click or Alt-Click in the measure bar
  • Instrument names may now be translated
  • Fix opening a new file when one is already playing on OSX
  • Save the background tracks settings
  • Make note length detection in score editor stricter to avoid notes being incorrectly detected as triplets
  • Improve metronome when using time signatures like 6/8
  • Improve score editor note beaming in time signatures like 6/8
  • Improve scores : try to avoid showing 1/2 silences on beats not multiples of 2
  • Add chinese translation

New in Aria Maestosa 1.4.2 (Jun 14, 2012)

  • Fixed bug that could cause Aria to stop playing prematurely in a song using varying tempo
  • Fixed sending playback to external device on OSX
  • Fixed playback and export issues that could ensue when a note was placed just before the playback start
  • Fixed issues with loop
  • Fixed playback sometimes stopping very sharply, not leaving time for notes to ring
  • Mark the measure where the song starts in the measure bar
  • Fix some dialogs appearing on the wrong screen in multi-monitor setups, especially on linux
  • Start using more native button bars in dialogs (Alexis Archambault)
  • Fix a few truncated labels on linux

New in Aria Maestosa 1.4.1 (May 21, 2012)

  • Use more standard 44100 Hz when exporting to sampled audio on OSX
  • On Linux, allow exporting to sampled audio using Fluidsynth
  • Fixed exporting midi track names
  • Active dropping documents on the main frame on all OSes
  • Improve look of loop button on Linux when using wx 2.9
  • Add setting to remember window location
  • Make Aria work correctly in OpenGL mode on Linux

New in Aria Maestosa 1.4.0 (Apr 18, 2012)

  • ix shift + mouse wheel horizontal scrolling on windows
  • Fixed bug when looping drums
  • Support reading files with accents in their name on Windows
  • Improve printing by setting appropriate caps to measure bars
  • Work around wxGCDC bug to ensure that lines are of the correct thickness when printing
  • Fix rare memory leak
  • Further tweak fonts on Windows
  • Fix incorrect drumkit label when importing a midi file with manual channel management
  • Improve exported midis to make it less likely that an additional empty measure will be appended at the end when opening the file in another midi application
  • Fix toolbar glitch on Windows

New in Aria Maestosa 1.3 Beta 5 (Feb 15, 2012)

  • Added support for selecting sound bank on OSX
  • Fixed MIDI export when some notes have a volume of 0
  • Spanish translation
  • Fix double replace confirmation on OSX (Cocoa)
  • Remember in saved Aria files whether unused drums were hidden
  • Fix minor leak in CoreAudio player
  • Use fancy cursor on OSX when pressing Shift to select more
  • Fixed score editor bug that caused bogus silences to appear

New in Aria Maestosa 1.3 Beta 4 (Nov 29, 2011)

  • Added ability to drag-duplicate notes
  • Fixed accidentals in score editor working over all octaves
  • Fixed incorrect ledger lines in score view and score printing
  • Move playback timer to the status bar where it is less intrusive
  • Fix reverting to default output when custom output port is not found
  • Fixed importing drum tracks from midi (would result in a graphical glitch)
  • Fixed potential crash when editing song while recording is activated
  • Allow entering raw controller values
  • Fixed some potential crashes that could occur if you do weird stuff while recording
  • Fixed several bugs in printing
  • Other minor improvements to printing

New in Aria Maestosa 1.3 Beta 3 (Oct 10, 2011)

  • Added support for recording from MIDI keyboard/instrument
  • Added support for multiple program changes (multiple instruments per track)
  • Show note names in flats when the key is going in flats
  • Allow shift-clicking in measure bar to select more measures
  • Shift-clicking on a note that is already selected unselects it
  • Fixed what happens when you resize the frame while a track is maximized
  • Allow entering precise values in the controller editor
  • Allow finer pitch bends
  • Fixed a couple minor glitches

New in Aria Maestosa 1.3 Beta 2 (Oct 10, 2011)

  • Improved working with more than one editor per track
  • Preview values in the controller editor
  • Add a Welcome screen instead of quitting when last tab is closed
  • Fixed pressing shift+number in guitar editor in Cocoa
  • use sheet dialogs on OSX
  • Fixed some placement issues with silences in printed scores
  • Minor fixes in new OSX player code
  • Improved note beaming in score editor when using multiple time signatures
  • Improved the pause feature to not affect the song start measure
  • Other bug fixes and minor improvements
  • Show which sequences have unsaved changes
  • Display a timer during playback
  • Preview note in a status bar
  • Fixed score editor regression

New in Aria Maestosa 1.3 Beta 1 (Apr 30, 2011)

  • Support sending midi output to external devices
  • Improve selection to preview which notes are included
  • Auto-extend song length when moving notes past end
  • Support for importing lyrics events (not yet for editing them)
  • nicer symbols on printed scores