Melody Assistant Changelog

What's new in Melody Assistant 7.9.7e

Sep 22, 2023

New Features
MyrScript: Implementation of functions for quick visualization of numerical data for creating scripts to display mathematical analysis results.
MyrScript: Implementation of the global method ScriptEdit to open the script editor from a script.
New handling of previous measure repeat symbols: they remain at the beginning of the measure when adding or deleting notes before them.
New handling of repeat symbols from the previous measure: they remain at the beginning of the measure if you add or remove notes before.
In tree lists (templates, styles, staves, voices...), a right-click allows you to choose whether to hide empty folders.
New metronome playing mode: based on the beaming of notes in the time signature. The metronome clicks at the beginning of measures and at the beginning of each group of beamed notes.
Improvements
Drastic acceleration of sheet music display.
Acceleration of certain graphic operations when editing lyrics (IME input method window position calculation).
General acceleration of graphic transfers
MyrScript: Improvement of the quick visualization function for numerical data (DialogItem.DrawRawTable()).
Acceleration of file display in the selector.
Preview of ambitus in general document graphical editing.
Calculation of chord names, sus4.
Improved text size calculation accuracy for better visualization.
Redesign of the chord line parameter setting box
Modification of the 'Stringed Instruments > Alto' staff template to make it use the Alto instrument.
Harmony Assistant, MyrScript: new methods and improvements to existing methods for real-time processing of digital inputs.
Harmony Assistant, MyrScript: addition of a 'function' parameter to the Score.UserChooseStaves(...) method to filter the staves presented to the user
Fixes
Fixed a memory corruption issue that could lead to crashes when manipulating sheets containing lyrics in page mode with engraving mode disabled.
MyrScript: Fixed an error in functions for drawing on the background of dialog boxes.
Shifting of measure bars on empty staves with ambitus.
Issue with saving the current path in certain MyrScript functions.
Escape key to close general preferences and other list boxes.
Lyrics-type staves were not considered in the calculation of empty measures for multi-silence measures.
Fixed staff colors in MyrScript.
Confusion between Fadd and Fa in chord names.
Possible crash during undo.
Incorrect handling of legato playing on staves containing alterations or microtonal key signatures.
The scale of the scroll mode was not preserved upon saving.
Script editing: correction of interaction issues between the selection area and highlighting of the current line.
Issue with saving/loading text free objects.
Correction of a configuration error in certain document templates, which erroneously appeared in the list of music styles.
Crash when editing laws and using an anonymous instrument.
Correction of crashes when applying echo on staves combining multi-voices and ornaments or microtonal key signatures.
Correction of crashes when manipulating certain scrollbars.
Crash in the file selector during operations on an empty folder.
Harmony Assistant: Crash in XML export when using Myriad HQ in unregistered version
Harmony Assistant, MyrScript: correction of an error in the values Dialog.IsFrontFloatingWindow and Dialog.IsFrontWindow, which checked for the presence of the window rather than its foreground position (since version 9.6.4). This may alter the behavior of previously written scripts.

New in Melody Assistant 7.9.7d (Aug 3, 2023)

New in Melody Assistant 7.9.6c (Sep 16, 2022)

New in Melody Assistant 7.9.6 (Aug 25, 2022)

New:
New file/folder selector. Still possible to use the system boxes.
"Repeat 4 last bars" symbol
Improvements:
Editing staff objects as list: processing text outside the staff area
Noticeable acceleration of Multipage SVG and PDF export
Management of conversion to trill
New option on right-click on a digital track, to shift its content from the clicked location, either in millisecond or by sending it to a given position in bar/beat
Improvement in management of select area on digital tracks
MacOS : opening a document at maximum size avoids the system Dock
Wind instrument tablature calculation:
Added 16-holes ocarina
Display size selection
Added « Apply » button
Faster picture drawing
New feature in tablature editing: possible to apply a special fingering to all selected notes that match the pitch. This concerns guitar, harmonica and accordion tablatures.
MyrScript: improvement in Midi.InBegin() et Midi.InEnd() in order not to alter the Midi input tool state.
Myrscript: added selectors to change the display mode of the complete mixer
Grace note edit panel: better interaction between the preview and the check boxes, some items have been moved in order to ease comprehension
Jubebox: changing title doesn't stop playing
Drum set change: improvement of instrument change when it doesn't belong to the selected set
Added new information to document: album name
Added album name to MP3 tags
Management of album name in the jukebox and mya files
Complete integration of SVG format in ACAM and Harmony Assistant
Free objects can include pictures in this format, that remain fine when zooming in
Graphics as free objects: Shift key while resizing with mouse keeps the graphics original x/y ratio
User digital instruments: management of samples in 24 and 32-bit
User instruments: improvement in default position when importing a digital sound
Improvement of relative chord inversion on the chord line related to a staff
When creating an accompaniment pattern, default time signature will be taken from the music on which the accompaniment is created
MyrScript: Line number display in script editing
Myrscript script editing, special background color for the current line. This color can be selected from global settings
When creating a video file, check that it is not write-protected
Implementation of log files for video export, on order to locate potential problems more easily
Fixes:
Fixed eror in applying microtonal key signatures (influence of microtonal accidentals after a bar change)
Fixed text loading when located at the extreme left of the staff
Fixed MIDI loading when "Split left and right hand" is active
Myrweb has been updated to version 0.3.5. This version fixes problems in graphical shift of the score.
The "Edit > Appearance > General" option was inactive when nothing was selected on score
Crash in graphical export of a MyrScript script file to multipage SVG or PDF
Fixed full-bar rest decentering problem when a staff with lyrics is present
Fixed error in Multipage SVG / PDF export that exported spaces as pictures
Fixed conversion of note groups to ornaments.
Fixed deadlock in alternate string number calculation for guitar tablatures
Fixed possible crash when adding a note on a staff in microtonal key signature
Fixed switching to sensitive keyboard mode in global setup
When automatically adjusting precomputation of VirtualSinger, the value wasn't saved
Fixed cursor automatic advance in simplified keyboard note input
Fixed undo problems on digital tracks, that could lead to unconsistencies or even crash
Fixed: Jump to function in MyrScript editing
Text style palette: fixed error in managing "Extended" text style
Text style palette: fixed error in removing style duplicate in the used styles menu
Fixed "Other possibility" mode in guitar tablatures
MyrScript: Fixed error in Staff.CreateLyricsArray() : wong Sampa/fragment phonetics when the document contains break symbols
Fixed crash when playing some video tutorials
Fixed note graphical shift after inserting an incomplete bar
Fixed display of merged guitar tablatures
Fixed several problems in character diacritics management (pop-up menus / panels from the global setup)
Linux: Clicking Cancel in the printing box printed anyway
Linux: fixed several errors in printing and page setup box GUI
Grace note editing: fixed translation error
Fixed notes graphical shift in engraver mode, ,when the first note in the bar has an accidental. This fix can change the look of existing scores
Fixed cases of disappearance of crescendo/decrescendo lines when loading old files
Chord diagram kind selection: wrong option selected in menu
Wrong management of some inverted piano chords in the grid
Crash when resetting list of chord diagrams to factory settings
Fixed cautionary key signature display
Virtual Singer: fixed lag after time signature change
Fixed graphical bug when drawing painted ovals, noticeable in tutorials when a part of the screen shows a magnified view
Melody Assistant: keyboard keys reactivated in Jukebox
Fixed offset in playing selection range on Virtual Singer staves when the score contains break symbols and tempo changes
Fixed problems in syntax coloring in MyrScript edit winfows when using character escapement in strings
Item inversion in Portuguese language
MacOS, memory leaks when playing note echo
Animation in the jukebox
MacOS, possible crash in optimised note echo
Fixed error in image cache management of the graphical interface. Performances can be improved
MacOS : management of text opacity
Fixed lyrics text style problems, generally occurring in the first cell of the staff
Fixed problem in caret graphical position in multi-style text
Fixed error when moving a text object outside its original staff
Fixed wrong printing position of some objects when printing a partial view
Re-calculation of chord grid when changing its display mode
MacOS, fixed problem in palette priority
Problem in managing time signatures in automatic accompaniment patterns
Crash in automatic accompaniments, when validating an empty pattern
Crash when applying advanced transpositions on multi-voice staves
MacOs: Drag & drop
Fixed graphical glitch in rule editing
Drum instrument management in MusicXML import
Fixed graphical and interface problems when recording a new RealSinger voice
Fixed display of commands between brackets in lyrics, when split by a style change
Fixed error in text dimension in some cases, that could lead to malfunction or crash
Known issues:
A problem has been reported on iOS when displaying MyrWeb files that are stored locally (it works from a server). After extensive searches, it appears that there is no solution to this problem, except using another browser than Safari.

New in Melody Assistant 7.9.5c (Jan 5, 2022)

New:
Complete chord input in one click (right-click when using the note insert tool). A long right-click opens the chord settings menu
New intelligent staff split into left and right hand, especially in MIDI imports
Ornaments (gruppetto, mordant...) are detected and notated in MIDI import
Harmony Assistant: New script for deleting extra front pages as well as the related free objects
macOS: management of aggregated audio devices
New attribute to print voices in color
When globally editing lyrics, the target in which is located the currently edited syllsble is displayed
Two new pages in the manual about staves templates and macOS sound output setup
Improvements:
Improvement in the way staves containing microtonal accidentals or key signatures are played
Better management of default Virtual Singer voices in MIDI import
When inputing MIDI in real-time, the Esc key now opens the input validation box
Dates in page header and footer, as well as free objects, can now be displayed in a selected language.
Harmony Assistant: in the free object general management box, deletion of all objects from a page or the whole document.
When importing a digital audio file, when the format isn't recognised by Harmony, ffmpeg is called. It enables for instance to extract the audio track from an MP4 video
Harmony Assistant: Finale import : management of default instruments for staves with lyrics
Harmony Assistant: script-driven palettes have now priority on other windows in keyboard keys management.
Time spend on a document is now accurate: actual work time
Output quality of the "tempo/pitch change" script on digital tracks
Management of enter key to ease validation of some boxes
Improvement of area playback accuracy on digital tracks. The exact selected area is played
Right-click when inserting a note: pressing the Shift key inserts a single note regardeless of the "limit editing to one bar" mode
Improvement of tempo/pitch change on digital track script
Change in multichannel audio output test: now still working when digital effects are disabled
Improvement in "no line break after this bar" icon in control handle display in page mode: now identical to what is displayed in ruler
Fixes:
Fixed many calculation and positionning problems on digital staves: errors in size, position, or impossible to export in some formats
Fixed several errors in keynboard shortcut list management
Fixed accented characters in preferences topic names
Fixed accented characters in break symbols names
Fixed accented characters in some alert messages and menus
Fixed a random problem when music starts playing
Fixed help window that re-appeared after having being masked
Fixed « play first 15 seconds » in the jukebox
Fixed offset between fingering symbols in accordion tablatures
Fixed control handle positionning in mirror mode
Fixed crash in interaction between keyboard note input and undo function
Moving some objects (tempi, dynamics, diagrams) didn't mark the document as modified
Clipping problem when displaying notes from sensitive keyboard
Symbol color conversion on files created wth version 9.6
Custom harmonicas editing
When playing, rests were displayed on tablatures
Rests didn't display on priority harmonica tablatures
Harmonica tablature optimised for breath
Rest inserted in a chord on Posé de silence en accord en tablature harmonica
Drawing of symbol of previous bar repeat in harmonica tablature
Chromatic harmonica tablature, division display offset when notes are in chord with a rest
Harmony Assistant: fixed a problem in list selection when editing output devices
Harmony Assistant: minor fixed in NWC import script
Harmony Assistant: Fixed switch to scroll mode when loading a document
Windows: error in hardware setup box: MIDI echo selection
macOS: fixed Shift+Tab (backward indent) in text editing
macOS: fixed access right problem for some folders when Harmony is running in non-admin mode
macOS, opening of e-mail box through the F2 key
Display color of some lists in dark mode
Fixed menu activity
When exporting lyrics in video format, selection range position depended on a previous export
Video export could malfunction when a play start marker was set
Problem when deleting free objects from the list
MyrScript : Fixed parameters saving/restoring on some objects through GetLocalCopy/PutLocalCopy
Fixed display color for some lists in dark mode.
Fixed menu activity
Fixed "Go to measure" in page mode
Fixed position of dual-measure repeat in engraver mode
MyrScript: fixed comments coloring when editing a script

New in Melody Assistant 7.9.4e (Sep 1, 2021)

New in Melody Assistant 7.9.4d (Aug 17, 2021)

New in Melody Assistant 7.9.4 (Aug 4, 2021)

New:
Notation, performance, transposition of microtonal accidentals in arab, persian (sori and koron), 72-EDO (gost and wis), occidental quarter tone.
Management of greek key signatures (ionien, dorien, phrygien modes, etc)
Management of microtonal key signatures, greek modes and direct selection in a list of maqam
Management of microtonaly in automatic accompaniments
New palette : microtonal accidentals
Import/export of microtonal values in MusicXML
Calculation of chord inversion for piano on chord line in automatic computation mode
Setting for inversion calculation
MyrScript: implementation of neural networks to enable AI programming
New GUI theme closer to macOS 11
New entry in "Configuration > Sound base" menu, to convert one or serveral SF2 Soundfonts in as many instruments as necessary
Possible to display lyrics line character rotated by 90° : chinese notation...
New mode for seeking chords that manages circle of fifths.
Management of chord progression is based on a statistical analysis and chords slightly out of the modal array (II and III, v and vi) are processed
New mode for automatic accompaniments based on a tablature.
New option for video export : lyrics
New option for video export : chord grid
Management of bidirectional text
First draft of GUI translation to Arabic
New option in MIDI output setup to reset settings that have been altered while playing on external synth
Improvements:
Explanation about undo elements in global setup
Stacked accordion chords become optional
Possible to ask for chord inversion calculation of manual chord lines.
Possible to erase all inversions on manual chord lines
Non-latin character exports in SVG/PDF
Change in graphical look of piano diagrams
Change in graphical look on chord grids with piano diagrams
When editing chord line on score, real-time update of piano diagrams currently edited
Better accuracy of active areas on notes, on the classical score and all types of tablatures, when measures are justified
Look of deactivable alert boxes
When changing chord name setting between latin (Do, Re, Mi...) and anglo-saxon (C, D, E...), chords in staff chord line are recomputed
Improvement in chord octave when processing inversions in chord line related to the staff
Better accuracy in EPS graphical export
Mirror mode : margin handles and dynamics handling and movement
macOS: better management of bold text on fonts that don't manage it
SoundFont import
macOS: Optimized echo management
New edition of grace notes in the note edit box
Implementation of a system of icons in the document window title to show the score states
Predefined modes in key signature selection
Management of double flat and double sharp in key signature
In music performance palette, two new icons to quickly change volume and tempo
Improvement of note echo on grid drum staff when editing
Better definition of margins in MIDI import
Possible to limit the pitch range of notes that are generated through an accompaniment
In page mode, when a chord grid is displayed and music is playing, the played measure is highlighted
Improvement of knobs in Windows 8/10 look
Improvement of dynamics/pedal editing : some settings including the target of the object (staff only, meged staves, group or complete score) remember the last value.
Improvement of time position for notes recorded from MIDI input
Improvement of conversion from velocities to dynamics in MIDI input or import
Improvement of MIDI input validation box
Inversion of margins of header and footer for even-numbered pages
Split between left and right hand in MIDI import
Better management of multiple pedal action in MIDI import
In video export box, shift-click on the preview button generates a previous 4 times longer
Better deletion of temporary files when the video export encountered an error
New option: "All" in the "Edit > Apply to" menu, to apply copy/paste to all score elements.
New option: "Manage rules" in the "Edit > Apply to" menu, to specify whether note appearance can change when pasted, in order to match a rule that uses the same instrument as originally
Fixes:
Stem display on accordion tablatures
Chord inversion computation in chord line performance
Confusion in non-latin characters when exporting in PDF format
Display of piano chord diagrams could alter the chord line display.
Windows: some fonts (those installed for the current user only) could be ignored in graphical exports
Selection of undo history storage mode
Empty bars repeat in chord grid
Loading and handling scores containing several views
Graphical glitch when entering a chord line with diagrams
"Factory" button in MyrSynth setup
Chord line transposition when chord inversion and piano diagrams are present.
Crash when printing of exporting scores almost empty
Bug in Windows system preventing the correct printing of right-to-left text (arab, hebrew...) when some text styles (extended, shadow) are applied
Problem when editing general appearance of dynamics
Crash when an ornament was defined in a rule set
Crash in general management of "classic" tool palettes
Windows: Fixed error in management of fast MIDI echo
Windows: Fixed mistake in sound base selection for low latency echo
Crash when creating big text containing style, size or color changes
Editing effects through right-click > Edit was resetting graphical offsets
Problem when selecting accidentals in "classic" palettes
Graphical glitch when displaying the wait icon when building Dock
macOS: fixed text rotation
Fixed MusicXML import problem that could remove some note stems
Fixed several problems of display & click on grid drum staves
Fixed "hotspot" error on one of the mouse pointers
Fixed digital output configuration when MyriadHQ disables itself at the end of the trial period
Changing state of a palette tool through a keyboard shortcut didn't affect the user palettes
Fixed crash in step-by-step input from computer keyboard
macOS : fixed possible crash when unplugging MIDI interface
Fixed velocities display when erasing dynamics
Fixed display in Jukebox
Fixed problem when defining a key on external MIDI keyboard as command shortcut
Management of note insertion in special key signatures
Low level problem of note time position when deleting
Graphical position when moving a note on a grid drum staff
Echo when hovering notes (and some other echos) of notes that are altered by a microtonal key signature
Crash when an error occurs in video export (e.g. disk full)
Pedal recording in MIDI input
Problem for relating MIDI key to a command
Crash or inconsistency when undoing while MIDI or digital input is in progress
Confusion between right and left page margin handle in print preview
Crash when moving handles in print preview
Looping noise in muted parts (zero-velocity) sung by Virtual Singer
Pressing a key on MIDI keyboard when input is deselected changed the selection range
Ottava color change
Macos: connection to microphone
Crash when copying/pasting notes on staves with rules
Linux: fixed display and positionning problems on text in "Condensed" or "Extended" style
Saving ornament preferences
Applying default vertical offset for ornaments
Graphical problems in mirror mode: misplacement or disappearance of symbols when zoomed in
Linux: Removed step-by-step note input with note duration depending on input time
Braces display before systems in mirror mode
Reset of ornament palettes

New in Melody Assistant 7.9.3e (Feb 9, 2021)

New in Melody Assistant 7.9.3d (Feb 9, 2021)

New in Melody Assistant 7.9.0i (Aug 13, 2019)

New in Melody Assistant 7.9.0h (Aug 1, 2019)

New in Melody Assistant 7.9.0f (Jul 10, 2019)

New:
Possible to select the spacing between grace notes in score display setup: taken into account in display, edit, save, load, Myrscript and engraver mode
Adder little finger (chiquito) in guitar right had fingering
New document template: Viola da gamba quartet (submitted by Oliveira)
Improvements:
Printing through a high-definition picture (Global setup, "Print/Export" section) was very slow, and has been sped up. Printing a page was taking 18mn and now takes only 2 seconds.
Improvement of micro-icon display in dark mode
Improvement in staff group name position, when display angle is vertical. Changes the appearance of previously written scores that use this feature
The "Dock" becomes completely opaque (was slightly transparent)
Automatic translation system for staff and instrument names has been improved
Moving the right edge of a triplet bracked was resetting the appearance of the whole triplet
MacOS: Several files can now be open at once from the Finder
MacOS: tests have been set up for avoiding the program to be run on pre-10.7 macOS versions
Fixes:
MP3 file import was wrong. Decoding generated hisses and distorsions
Virtual Singer didn't sing some notes well, when another notes with a 0 velocity was overlapping. This is used for creating notes that are starting point of several slurs
Crash when exporting keyboard shortcut or chord diagrams to PDF to Multi-page SVG
Fixed crash when selecting font for multi-rest number in score display setup
Fixed documentation unpacking error
Offset in eding values for objects related to staff
Fixed help in license number input box
Cosmetic fixes for MyriadHQ palette
Harmony Assistant: Fixed crashs when editing accompaniment or drum patterns
Harmonica tablatures: multiple grace notes and mordents weren't properly displayed
Changed help text of "Slide" effect, improperly called "Bend"
Fixed possible crash when clicking on the Dock
Fixed crash when inserting MyrScript item
Fixed a dozen of small memory leaks in SVG/PDF/Myrweb export
Fixed memory leak in menu management
Fixed memory leaks in ock management
Windows/Linux: When opened, some bowes were truncated when the main window is too narrow
MacOS: Conflict with the Finder Dock
MacOS: Dialogs could be sent behind the previous dialog
MacOS: Fixed window activation on some OS versions
MacOS: Fixed folder opening from Finder
MacOS: Located and fixed memory leak in file selector
MacOS: Fixed app deactivation event problems on macOS 10.14
Linux: Crash when opening Virtual Singer palette
Linux: Fixed problem in file compression, when sending an e-mail from the program
Linux: Crash when reducing score to minimum
Linux: confusion in font size, some character coud be displayed at the wrong size

New in Melody Assistant 7.9.0 (Jun 13, 2019)

This version is the first in 64-bit
The main difference is that, in Myriad HQ, the VST modules that can be used are the 64 bit version instead of 32 bit
On Windows, the program doesn't install at the same location
On Mac OS, 32 & 64 bit are packaged altogether. The user can select which version to be run
On Linux, both versions are included in the installer, and the 64-bit version installs whenever possible. Install of 32-bit version can however be forced through command line
Note that codes for Harmony Assistant purchased before the release of this version are cannot work on 64 bits. A license extension can be purchased.
This version also includes support for Retina/4K display and night (dark) mode.
New:
64 bit version for Windows et Mac OS
Retina/4k mode, enabling to enlage the whole graphical interface, or, on Macintosh, to make all drawings sharper
Night (dark) mode
Drawings are now made in FPCT, which removes graphical aliasing and improves accuracy on screen and on printer. A proprietary export format (.fpct) is available
New icons, palettes and mouse pointers in HD
New graphical interface themes: Aqua 107 and Windows 10
In the "Staves" menu, new entry to quickly edit settings for the related singer.
New staff template, "Percussive > Metronome", to add a metronome staff (in two lines, one for the click, the other for the bell) to a score. Custom sequences can be written, this staff can then be masked from printing.
Macintosh: "Carbon" library is no more used. Replaced by the "Acam" library, that enables to select any graphical theme. Minimal version for MacOS becomes 10.7
Macintosh: now possible to select a Soundfont as sound output
Improvements:
Import/Export:
Improvement of SVG, PDF & Myrweb export
Improvement of MIDI file import quantizing when the file contains lyrics (some notes could be brutally shortened)
MusicXML import: default style for text and lyrics is managed
Harmony Assistant, Myrweb export (File > Export menu option or export from the Jukebox), the HTML code accessing our app now uses the https (secure http) protocol. Generated Myrweb files can then be used directly within a secure web site
Harmony Assistant, MyrWeb export: file protection settings are now exported and processed by the Myrweb app. For instance, a file that is protected against printing can't be printed from the app.
Graphics:
Graphical Interface improvement: better accuracy for icons, palettes and mouse pointers.
Inverting tuplet direction didn't have any effect on isolated tuplet notes. It nows inverts the tuplet number position relatively to the note stem.
Rests on a whole measure were centered on the measure, and the graphical offset was ignored. It is now possible to alter their position through this setting
Improvement in beam tilt for note groups containing rests. This can alter the appearance of existing scores
Improvement of "line" objects appearance. This can alter the appearance of existing scores:
- line width setting was not managed by wavy and dotted lines or by arrow ends
- Dots of dotted lines weren't circular
- vertical/horizontal dashed lines didn't always end well
- Segments for diagonal dashed lines had sharp ends
Harmony Assistant: in page mode, when pages are displayed vertically, space between pages has been reduced.
Harmony Assistant, MyrScript: Note name display script has been improved: it now enables to select latin note names in Italian format ("Re" instead of "Ré"), to select the horizontal and vertical offset of note names relatively to their default position, as well as text angle and size
Better readability of selected text in editable fields
Sound rendering:
Improvement of sound output: internal sound sources can now be mono, stereo or quadriphonic. Thus, stereo position and effect for VSTi instrument are managed
Improvement when reducing sound space (7.1) to dual channel (stereo)
The Pause button starts playback if not already playing
Virtual Singer: improvement of treble notes rendering. Unconscious phonetic alterations from the singer when performing treble notes have been simulated
Virtual Singer: part that have been muted by a dynamics or a tacet were still faintly audible
Editing:
Improvement in management and configuration of dynamics ("fff, "ppp", etc) et pedal ("Ped" and "*") symbols: they can apply to:
- The staff on which they are written only
- This staff and all the staves merged with it (default value in general case)
- This staff and all the staves in the same group (system), i.e included in the same brace or bracket in the margin. It's the default value for dynamics placed between the staves of a dual-staff system
- All staves in the score
Pedal end symbols (*) become optional. When to symbols of pedal start (Ped) follow each other, the pedal is briefly released before being pressed again
In "Edit > General", "Target" tab, selecting "Apply to note pitches" and letting the field empty will apply the action to all notes instead of none.
Before that, "C0-C9" had to be entered in this field
Added ornaments "Volume up and down" and "Graphics" to "Mark 1 tools" palette
Some notes couldn't be selected in chords when graphically shifted
Virtual Singer: some commands for changing language had changed. Now, both the old and new syntax is accepted.
Thus, switching to Latin can be done through [!lat] or [!latin]
Switching to Spanish can be done through [!sp] or [!espa]
In "Dock" mode, icon sets cannot be selected anymore from general settings
In Dock, a new icon has been added, to deselect all selected tools and get back to default values
Harmony Assistant: new command to quickly copy lyrics from a staff to another
Miscellaneous:
When displaying a system alert (memory problem, etc), validating this box with Shift-Alt-Click will gerate a crash on purpose, in order to send us a clear error report about the problem that has been encountered
Starting application: documents that were open when closing the previous session are now displayed in the same order
Several functions in the program have been sped up (exports, graphical transfers, etc)
Better management of default folders for load, save and export file selectors
Harmony Assistant: improvements in User space (MUSL) management and archiving
Harmony Assistant: possible to select several files at once when adding files to MUSL space
Harmony Assistant, MyrScript: possible to define custom black and white patterns in hex or binary, instead of only using preset values only
Harmony Assistant: menus are updated when script info changes
Harmony Assistant: new versions for graphical export scripts
Windows: Web access library has been replaced by another more reliable
Windows: the application windows wasn't selected at startup (needed a click to get focus)
macOS: Now, manual will be located in "Myriad Documents/Docs" instead of being embedded in the application package
macOS: windows masking when application is masked
macOS: switching to and from the application could un-collapse windows
macOS: better management of system keyboard shortcuts
Linux: display functions have been rewritten and sped up
Linux: installer has been improved, when the .run was located in a folder which name contains a space character
Fixes:
Rotating a dynamics by Alt Click only covered half a circle
Fixed color error in PNG export. This occurred when exporting a score containing colored symbols.
Closing a split score widow with palettes in "Dock" mode could generate a crash
When printing or graphically exporting a score with stemless notes, the hook could still appear close to the notehead.
When a play start marker was present, MP3 export from a script exported too long files, ending with silence
Fixed possible crash when exporting MP3 with lyrics
Fixed crash when testing a rhythm pattern in the grid with the hammer tool
Fixed crash when switching a drum instrument to MyrSynth
Fixed problem when applying style in batch mode from the jukebox
Fixed RealSinger phoneme recording
Fixed RealSinger phoneme equalizing
Fixed crash when editing text with Windows-style end of lines
Lyrics syllables on narrow measures could disappear from display in scroll mode
Fixed default value for volume increase/decrease ornaments
Fixed error that could lead to characters mismatch in SVG/EPS/Myrweb export
The option for copying lyrics from one staff to another (staff contextual menu) made the original lyrics line inactive
Fixed problems on some palettes (e.g. note appearance) when rotated, scaled, opened from the master palette, or a combination of these three operations.
Fixed tuplet export in ABC format
Possible crash in custom digital instruments management
Harmony Assistant: the check mark before "last bar to print" in page mode didn't work well
Harmony Assistant: il was impossible to select the last visible bar in page mode when a printing bound was defined
Harmony Assistant / MyrScript: Score.PositionView(...)didn't work when pages were displayed vertically
Harmony Assistant: The script for exporting all the tracks in audio format was corrupted, and the fixed version available from the script Internet update. The proper version is now provided in standard
Macintosh: Fixed an old problem in DFont browsing, that could make the Myrweb or SVG export crash
Windows: Fixed possible crash in Internet accesses

New in Melody Assistant 7.8.1e (Jul 13, 2018)

New in Melody Assistant 7.8.1d (May 18, 2018)

New in Melody Assistant 7.8.1c (Apr 27, 2018)

New in Melody Assistant 7.8.1 (Apr 26, 2018)

New features:
Possible to export .myr score files as a .zip archive. This prevents file corruption during transfers.
Possible to open a mono or mult-file .zip archive, and extract any music file from it.
To override the limit to only one slur starting or ending on each note, an unlimited number of "slur" ornaments can be added to any note, rest or clef
Harmony Assistant, Accordion tablatures: possible to define the left hand notes (basses and chords) pressure time
Harmony Assistant, Accordion tablatures: possible to disable the imposed push-pull direction by left hand when computing right hand
Improvements:
Possible to define individual display scale of each dynamic, ottava or pedal symbol
Moving any note in a group of notes tied together by slur symbols will now move the whole group
Slur symbols used to tie notes together avoid the note dot if necessary
Encore file import script has been sped up when the file isn't at the right format
Accordion tablatures: cell number display in chord is now in ascending order
New default settings for score display. This only affects new scores
MusicXML import: text alignment modes in lyrics are processed
MusicXML import: vertical position of lyrics line is processed
MusicXML import: consistency check between line number and precise position. This enables to properly import MusicXML files in which lyrics line numbers are incorrect.
Harmony Assistant, MusicXML export: lyrics position has been fixed, they are now exported using two coordinate systems (line and absolute position) to ensure higher compatibility
Harmony Assistant, MyrScript: the function to quickly play a group of notes has been improved to manage non-interger semitone values, enabling to play quarter tones and commas
Harmony Assistant, MyrScript: Added "Rawtable.ToBase64(),
RawTable.FromBase64(), Instrument.Duplicate()
Some operations could corrupt the current score display scale and position. These operations include:
Myrweb Export (Harmony Assistant)
MusicXML export (Harmony Assistant)
Multi-pages SVG export (Harmony Assistant)
Karaoke play mode
Forcing number of measures per line (Harmony Assistant)
Key signature change
Graphical export from print preview
Score printing
Chord grid printing (Harmony Assistant)
Lyrics printing
Street organ cards printing (Harmony Assistant)
Staff template display using MyrScript (Harmony Assistant)
Fixes:
Fixed melisma display problem on line start
Crash when loading some scores without staves or notes
Fixed staff conversion to digital track (the audio was one octave too low)
In "nwclike" keyboard layout, crash when hittng Ctrl + Backspace on an empty staff or when the cursor is before the first note
Fixed a possible crash source at application start
Fixed chord diagram display in the display settings window
Fixed crash or vanishing icons when deactivating/reactivating Dock
Fixed graphical offset between selection range display and its actual position on some text windows (e.g example sections in MyrScript manual)
Possible crash when loading MP3 files that include Unicode ID3 tags
Fixed MIDI output forcing when playing scores from the Jukebox
Fixed problem when changing note duration in selection range, when the selection covers several staves, or a merged staff
Fixed potential problem of user sound or Realsinger voice recording. This problem was especially noticeable on MacOS and Linux
Channel number display in staves/instrument edit
Changing fingering on a guitat tablature didn't recompute chord line diagrams
Fixed default cell number in guitar tablature contextual menu
Fixed chord diagram calculation from tablature fingering on high-pitched notes
Implemented automatic cleaning of chord diagrams that have been automatically generated to match tablature
Fixed problem (inconsistent string) when inserting a note on the standard staff of a priority tablature
Fixed dynamics display scale problem in MusicXML import
Myriad HQ: fixed crash when playing on a MyrSynth instrument that own less strings than the tablature (for instance, playing a 7-string lute score on a 6-strings guitar)
Harmony Assistant, MusicXML export: MIDI channel numbers were wrong
Harmony Assistant, MusicXML export: ppppp dynamics export
Harmony Assistant: fixed beats graphical position in MusicXML
Harmony Assistant: Myrweb export from a view other than general view corrupted the general view settings
Harmony Assistant, MyrScript: Fixed problems in date/time management functions
Harmony Assistant: In language other than French or English, the MUSL space file pannel didn't refresh well
Windows: Moving notes in discontinuous selection briefly displayed green note stems in the document window upper left corner

New in Melody Assistant 7.8.0f (Feb 27, 2018)

New in Melody Assistant 7.8.0e (Feb 16, 2018)

New features:
New script-driven palette to add a text annotation to score files.
Improvements:
MP3 Import/Export: ID3 tag encoding can now be of 4 kinds: ISO-8859-1 (Windows), UTF-16LE with BOM, UTF-16BE without BOM or UTF-8.
In the MP3 export box, ID3 tags are selected through a menu. The selected value is preserved between sessions.
In script editor, now possible to define the standard text color
Improvement of Dock appearance: different placement of the miscellaneous tool strip, movements and scale change of icons are limited
Windows: Improvement of crash reports to our tech support: fail-safe procedures for screen copy, mouse position is now marked
Management of ".musicxml" file extension for MusicXML files
Improvement of staff lines and clefs drawing accuracy in Gregorian mode
Now, sixteenth note beams are split on half-beat when this setting is set to "Very strong"
Added page in manual to explain Dock management
In MyrScript, whole kit for managing chord diagrams related to chord lines, and fingering in chord diagrams.
Myriad HQ: Workarounds to improve VSTi modules compatibility - module list updated
Possible to define that the default path when selecting "Save As..." is the document's original folder.
Harmony Assistant: PDF export has been improved to make these file processed better by PDFtoMusic.
F1 and F2 keyboard shortcuts are available in the whole program.
F1 display the manual, F2 provides a form to contact tech support.
SVG/PDF/Myrweb export: better management of Unicode-32 font charset
MacOS: SVG/PDF/Myrweb export had probmem with Geneva, Courier, Monaco, Helvetica and Times fonts, that are provided by Apple in a non-standard format. This format is now properly managed
Fixes:
Application crash or freeze when inserting a note on Accordion tablature through right-click
Fixed a potential problem of alternate fingering seeking on Accordion tablatures
Crash when adding a lyrics line to a digital track
MusicXML Import: Fixed management of some tempo indicators (tempo was then set to 5000)
Myrweb Export: fixed wrong metronome "tick" export (were replaced by metronome "bell")
Fixed possible application crash or unstability source when pasting at the very beginning of a staff
Unwanted alert about missing VSTi module when importing non-native files
MP3 Import/Export : Fixed ID3 tags in unicode format (added BOM at the beginning of each tag)
Fixed crash when sending scores to the MUSL space
Fixed incomplete update of MUSL space due to special characters in space description
Fixed possible crash when using automatic accompaniments based on an empty pattern
Possible crash in special text management, when defining tuplet with a first number greater than 15
Fixed infinite loop in fretted string instrument tablature editing
Fixed crash when using Master palette
Fixed several problems in the "Digital Sound > Change Pitch/Tempo" script
Fixed (rare) statics sounds due to a digital saturation in some effect processors
Fixed crash in management of some fonts when exporting in SVG/PDF/Myrweb format
Windows / Linux: better positioning of child palettes when the master palette is horizontal
MUSL: erreur in comment management. Comments from the first page were duplicated on all the other pages. To fix this, the user will have to upload these files again
MyrScript: fixed possible crash in variable window
MacOs: fixed non-persistance of selected interface language
It was possible to change neck when editing chord diagrams related to the chord line or chord grid
Fixed crash in management of some VSTi modules (when the module provides more than 8 output channels)
Fixed problem when copying chords to the album
Fixed memory corruption problem in copy/paste operations
Fixed missing fonts when exporting to PDF from the print preview
In the same box, crash when exporting to PDF or EPS after exporting pixel image (BMP, PNG...)
Fixed export of text and graphics ornament related to a note
When editing staff chord line, update problem when changing parameters in real time

New in Melody Assistant 7.8.0d (Jan 11, 2018)

New:
New options for sending e-mail to the tech support: send frontmost document, send a screen capture, send several files chosen by the user...
New crash management: with the user agreement, all necessary information will be sent to tech support, including all the open document at the time of the crash, and a screen capture
Myriad HQ: new guitars, new ukuleles
Improvements:
Improvement of sharp symbol appearance in the default music font (SToccata / Myriad Music Font): vertical lines have been shortened to avoid overlapping in chords
Improvement of digital export settings: sample rate, bit depth, number of channels in WAV, AIFF and BRT export
Dots for square-head notes (Fasola notation) were shifted right. They are now aligned with those for other notehead shapes
Key changes in the middle of a line were too close to the barline
Improvement of the "graphics" ornalement editing: in the note edit box, the "Edit effect" button enables to select another graphic file
MusicXML Import: automatic management of cautionary clefs, keys and time signature at end of line
Jukebox: space bar can be used to start/stop playback again
Myriad HQ: Management (exclusion) of crashing external modules during initialization phase. A button has been added to process again such modules excluded because of their instability.
Myriad HQ: In optimized echo mode, MyrSynth and VSTi instrument echo is now instantaneous
Myriad HQ: Tuning for MyrSynth instruments didn't offer neither all the strings setups for Harmony/Melody, nor the user-defined settings
Myriad HQ: when replacing automatically a a "sound base" instrument by a MyrSynth instrument, tuning is selected so that all notes currently present on the score for this instrument can be played
Myriad HQ: entering license number instantly unlock all the module capabilities.
Harmony Assistant / MyrScript: the "Guitar & color" script can now color notes composing a chord according to they relative position from the root note
Windows, Linux: graphical improvement for zoomed icons
Windows: Installer improvement: on some versions, the installer got folder access right issues
Fixes:
Problem when playing back slurs used as ties
Using pedal symbols on overlapping staff brace groups could lead to freezes in score playback
Fixed crash when loading a too wide PNG file (>9700 pixels wide)
Saving a score "broke" graphics related to notes (e.g. wind instruments tablature), as well as slur types
Virtual Keyboard: keys remained highlighted (pressed) when playing note echo
MP3 Export: wrong management of input sample rate
MyrScript: modifying digital track data by indexing on NormalizedDigitalData element didn't work
Graphical export, "Page mode" option didn't manage forced page size
Fixed default value for user instrument digital data compression quality (empty field and export error)
Fixed crash in "Fix all" option in staff object global edit window
Fix in list management of global setup
MusicXML import: fixed time signature error, leading in unexpected tempo change when playing the score back
Myriad HQ: deactivating HD output deactivated VSTi external modules
Windows, Linux: crash when displaying an alert box over the staff chord setup box

New in Melody Assistant 7.8.0c (Dec 14, 2017)

News:
A long right-click on the Play icon (non-Dock palettes) enables to adjust the score general volume
A long right-click on the metronome icon (non-Dock palettes) enables to adjust the metronome volume
Option to reset the ornaments settings to their factory values (all, or only the currently edited type)
Improvements:
MusicXML import: tempo change objects could be invisible. They are now visible by default
Macintosh: The "Times" font, provided from the beginning of MacOS isn't included anymore in MacOS 10.13. We adjusted our font substitution strategy to manage this
Stability improvement for VSTi plugins support
Improvement of general settings default values:
- Old-style palettes
- Only third-party file format have their instruments converted to MyrSynth
Fixes:
Miscellaneous crashes when editing score that include views
In MP3 export settings box, ghost pop-up menus could appear when clicking on an empty area
Fixed crash when playing echo for a MyrSynth instrument on an empty staff
Fixed crash when a multi-rest measure was located at the very end of the score
Impossible to select the Myriad HQ palette in "Dock" interface mode
Fixed information display for tempo objects in the global edit box.
Fixed problem on the German version of Melody Assistant
Crashes related to a discontinued feature (management of old desktop accessories of MacOS 9) could occur randomly on Windows and Linux
Numbered ending management has been restored to the old version, the new algorithm could generate infinite score repeat
User-defined ornament default settings were not applied when adding the ornement through the note edit window
Crash when playing some trills with Virtual Singer
Some fixes on guitar tablature display
Fixed merged tablature display in scroll mode
Fixed crash when a part sung by Virtual Singer contained more than 32000 syllables. Maximum score duration Virtual Singer can sing is still limited to 3h1/4 though
Fixed chord diagram preview in score display setup
Fixed mistakes when adjusting instruments to existing sound devices on file loading or import
Fixed MyrSynth and VSTi instrument use on rule-driven multi-instrument staves (could crash with VSTi)
VSTi plugins: problem when several staves were sharing the same instrument
Myrweb export: crash when the document included a digital track
Myrweb export, SVG and PDF graphical export: fixed export of Chinese Unicode characters

New in Melody Assistant 7.8.0 (Nov 30, 2017)

New:
Myriad HQ module that improves sound output for the application:
High-definition digital output and PCM export (up to 96 kHz, 32 bits)
High-definition digital post-processing, with a multi-band equalizer
Multi-channel digital output (up to 8 loudspeakers -7.1-)
MyrSynth-Guitar Physical Modeling Synthesizer, for realistic guitars, basses, etc
VSTi external module support, for using third-party sound modules
New splash screen that shows the additional module status (Virtual Singer, Myriad HQ, GOLD Base)
New management of chord diagrams (fretted string instruments)
Possible to define the preferred chord diagrams for each document
In chord diagrams, added a 5th finger to use thumb for some chords
When chord diagrams are related to a playable chord line, the diagrams are actually played, as if the chord was really strummed
New option to add chord diagram library at the end of the score
Piano chord diagrams
Ambitus notation has been included in the program. It is set up globally for the score, but can be disabled on a per-staff basis. Its appearance can be set up for each score, and it's automatically updated when changes are made to the score
Dialog box to view all the additional objects related to a staff: dymamics, ottavi, tempi, text objects, etc. From there, object settings can be seen or objects deleted
Added keyboard shortcuts for increasing/decreasing volume, activate AGC, bass boost, reverb, etc
Harmony Assistant: New script to play grace notes earlier so that the main note plays at its written position (time for grace notes is then borrowed from the previous note)
Improvements:
Improvement of TAB files import
Management of complex clipping regions (used to hide measures) in SVG, PDF and EPS export
Measures are automatically added when the user enters lyrics after the last measure
Improvement of tablature calculation when grace notes or a glissendo define the string to be played
When editing graphical objects related to a staff, problems are detected, and errors displayed, with an option for automatic correction
Better splitting of ghosts rests, and rests when created from ghost rests
Partial implementation of loop point storage in WAV files when exporting instrument samples
Possible to directly edit tablature display settings from staff display settings edit box
MusicXML: general tempo is Imported/Exported
Improvement of MUSL upload. In the 1st (automatic) conversion, very long tunes are truncated to 15mn, in order to avoid a too fast storage space overload. They can be exported in a longer form afterward.
From the jukebox, when exporting in Myrweb format files that are protected with the same password, this password is asked only once.
Multi-page PDF files can be created from the print previex.
In "distance values display" mode, digits after the decimal dot can be edited directly on the document.
New option in the staff contextual menu to activate/deactivate quickly chord playbackl
Changes in security management for protected documents.
MacOS versions are now digitally signed.
Macintosh: text display through CoreText
Macintosh: digital audio input through CoreAudio
Better display of grace notes on accordion tablatures.
New notation for the "Note names" script: dTAB.
Now possible to display a cautionary accidental on grace notes
Noteworthy import improvement: marcato problem
Improvement of documentation to explain more clearly the relations between Harmony Assistant and Melody Player
Note management in accordion tabletures has been improved:
Now the miscellaneous chord notes can be accessed directly from the tablature
When changing push/pull state for a note or a chord, the other notes are computed accordingly.
Row display has been improved to manage complex chords
When asking for playing the accordion left hand through a chord line and a chord isn't present in the playable chords list, nothing is heard. Now, an alert is displayed to warn the user.
When notes isn't found for right hand in the push/pull state defined by left hand, a "?" is displayed on the line that matches push/pull
Management of tempo changes in ABC export.
New option in staff display settings, to print empty staves, even if the "Do not print empty staves" option is on in print setup
When changing settings of an ornament related to a note, these latest values will be used as default when :
adding a new ornament from the note edit window
injecting a new ornament directly on score
adding ornament to several notes from the "Apply to selection" box
These default value will apply to all documents, and are kept when launching the program again
Slash chords (inversions) are managed in chord names
Management of maj7 chords (alternate spelling for M7)
File overwriting confirmation box now also applied to multi-pages graphical exports.
Improvement of ornament positioning in TAB text files
Commands have been adder to the contextual menu in page mode: group two by two, separate page, etc
Option to deactivate addition of scripts to other application menus
Improvement of conditional parts (endings) in nested repeats
Improvement of triplet automatic beaming over barlines
When editing ornaments related to symbols, only useful ornaments are displayed, in particular when editing rests.
This mode can be disabled in global settings in order to add any ornament to rests, when editing symbols or using the injector tool
Possible to activate/deactivate lyrics on staff directly from the staff display mode window
Improved automatic correction of GOLD base, "Bouzouki" instrument, when loading old files
Fixes:
Problem of notes that didn't disappear from the virtual keyboard after having played slides or grace notes
Possible incorrect windows size after import of documents created by PDFtoMusic
Fixed Dock automatic activation after program update
Fixed appearance of staff-related digital effects edit box
Fixed problem when creating chord diagrams for Ukulele.
In dynamics edit box: second value was edited for simple dynamics
Fixed click problem in tree list scroll bar, that opened the first folder.
Fixed horizontal offset for grace notes drawn after the note on harmonica tablatures
Fixed lyrics line masking problems
Fixed multi-rest bar calculation when end-of-line positions are forced
Fixed lyrics export problem in MIDI Karaoke (.kar) files when chords are displayed on the sung staff
Virtual Singer crash when playing notes with a 0% pressure time
MusicXML import: some misplaced objects could lead to measures with extra length
MusicXML import: fixed wrong measure duration when followed by a time signature change
Quite important graphical positionning problems fixed in clef, key and time signature display.
Problems when importing/exporting barlines at the end of a measure (e.g. repeat end barline) when the measure is split by a clef or key signature change
Clicking "No" when the program asked for truncating a too long score coule leat to a crash
Fixed crash when exporting chord diagrams in PDF format
Fixed lyrics printing on organ cards
Fixes on chord diagrams printing
Fixed extra/unnecessary staff name display in page mode with control handles on
Fixed crash when closing the About box when virtual keyboard palette is open.
Fixed Tablature palette graphical update when switching to another document.
Fixed display problem on guitar tablatures
Fixed Myrweb export problem in tryout mode.
On MacOS, fixed default path management when opening folders
Fixed tempo change positionning in ABC import
Fixed problems in TAB import
Fixed problem in Unicode characters transcoding (e.g. bullet) into HTML
Fixed option mismatch in Dutch version, for the staff display mode edit box
Fixed compatibility problem between Dock and rhythm editing
Fixed user palette refresh when all palettes are deactivated
Fixed "Full width" mode in automatic document resizing when loaded
Fixed horizontal scroll bar when editing text without line break
Music playback module has been redesigned, to fix some mistakes. For instance, grace notes after the main notes weren't played when trying with the hammer or from the note edit box
Linux: Fixed copy/paste to Harmony/Melody from another application

New in Melody Assistant 7.7.1c (Feb 6, 2017)

New in Melody Assistant 7.7.1 (Feb 6, 2017)

New:
Direct PDF export from the program (File > Graphical export).This format is also available from Batch Export.
Gold Sound base sound identifiers can now be stored into MusicXML files
New way of calling PDFtoMusic from Harmony
Now possible to convert PDF files from Harmony (via PDFtoMusic) and publish them on MUSL
Harmony Assistant (scripts): New diagnosis tool, especially dedicated to SATB. Searches for voice crossing (Soprano who sings at a lower pitch than Alto for instance), or close voices (Soprano & Alto, Alto & Ténor) singing with a difference of more than one octave. These notes are highlighted in color.
Improvements:
Jukebox appearance and features have been improved : same display of list, score view, keyboard and karaoke between Melody Player and the Jukebox
MusicXML import: crescendo/decrescendo (wedge, hairpin) are applied from the current dynamic value and not in an absolute way (a crescendo from a forte starts from forte then increases)
MusicXML import: mélismas or dashes over more than one measure could not be properly handled by Virtual Singer
During a copy/paste of notes with special beam, stem direction remains identical to the original
PNG import//export are no more dependent from the system (OS)
Graphical improvement of deactivated palette icons
Change in metronome state didn't mark the document as modified
Better positioning of dots in tempo mark. The setting in score display mode is now managed
Now possible to select the ghost rest display type for the wol score from "Score > Display setup". This setting can be overriden on each staff through "Staves >Display options"
New contextual menu on Album to save, load, add or delete albums
Possible to move the whole content of an album to another by drag&drop
Added fingerings on the "Guitar neck" palette
Better graphical adjustment between printing and graphical export
Better accuracy in graphical export (10th of millimeter)
Ghost rests are displayed again in page mode even when control handles are hidden. Then are then displayed semi-transparent
Floating palettes can be moved through a click in the window area
Jukebox list can be saved as a text file
New script to duplicate dynamics on all staves
Better computation of audio delays on Macintosh: they are now shorter, since we now use CoreAudio.
Document and staff templates with lyrics have been updated
Virtual Singer: In a manual phonetisation, using an unknown phoneme could shift the sung part from the rest of the music
Virtual Singer: Improved Bayesian module for automatic lyrics language guessing
Virtual Singer: Fixed pronunciation problems on some Greek transitional vowels
Virtual Singer setting files loading have been speeded up at application start
Staves with masked lyrics (from the staff display options) still showed the frame around (not clickable)
Accidental bar indicator on chromatic harmonica tablature has been graphically repositioned
Unclosed parts (endings) display has been improved
On Harmonica tablatures, grace notes generated from an ornament are now displayed the same color as the ornament. Engraver mode now handles them for its calculation
Better input of alternate fingerings on Accordion tablatures
Fixes:
Crash when changing note duration on a discontinuous selection, when these notes have ornaments
Fixed problem in custom character sets
The Mya export was unusable
Possible crash in Myrweb export
Possible crash when staves were deleted within staff groups (braces, brackets)
Fixed problem when masking Dock.
Fixed problem in relation between contextual menus and tooltips
Loading MU3 files then saving them in the new format could generate corrupted files
A conflict between automatic saving alert box and tooltips could hang
Multi-page SVG export: bitmap fonts could only be displayed on the first page
SVG export: Some bitmap fonts weren't exported well
SVG export: Some characters in vector fonts could be missing when the document contains vector drawings that are not part of a font
Fixed interaction problems between file export and virtual keyboard
Fixed display and double-notes printing on multi-voices tablatures
Fixed file size display problem when adding a file to MUSL
Virtual Singer: possible crash when lyrics without notes were present
Virtual Singer: crash when trying words in voice editing
ABC import: possible crash when the file contained syntax errors
Incompatibility with custom digital instruments. Custom instruments (.mui) created with version 9.7.0 to 9.7.0f and containing digital effects might not be loaded with next version.
In some cases, copying/pasting Fx processors could forget some settings
Fixed ornament management when applying pitch change to a range of notes
Fixed access to Accidental panel on tablatures
Fixed problem when moving an element from an album to another
Fixed fingering calculation on accordion tablatures
Fixed alternate fingering selection on accordion tablatures
Fixed slur display on unresolved notes on accordion tablatures
The "other fingering" option in guitar tablature could change the note pitch.
MyrScript: Fixed scroll bar problem in Log window
MyrScript: Problem with some Unicode characters in gsub with %p %d %s and %x
MyrScript: crash when closing a dialog from the "Idle" method of one of its item
Windows: problem when calling PDFtoMusic
MusicXML import: wrong management of some fermata
Melody Assistant: missing file when installing the Japanese version
Harmony Assistant, Macintosh: fixed a problem of graphical inaccuracy in Myrweb/SVG export

New in Melody Assistant 7.7.0f (Dec 8, 2016)

New in Melody Assistant 7.7.0e (Dec 8, 2016)

New in Melody Assistant 7.7.0d (Dec 8, 2016)

New in Melody Assistant 7.7.0c (Dec 8, 2016)

New in Melody Assistant 7.6.3i (Oct 5, 2013)

New in Melody Assistant 7.6.3h (Sep 30, 2013)

Improvements:
Now possible to quickly activate or deactivate the frame around lyrics by right-clicking a lyrics cell
Activation/deactivation of frame around lyrics can now be undone
After having edited the staff lyrics, text is automatically formatted according to the syllables in the score
Default height of triplet brackets has been reduced, in order to be graphically nicer. This default value can still be adjusted by double-clicking the 3:2 icon in the palette, then individually for each triplet by editing the note
Height of triplet brackets can now be forced on a whole area through "Edit > Appearance > General"
Harmony Assistant: "Track Export" script has been changed in order to manage file format that include staves (myr, mu3,xml)
Fixes:
Fixed problem in break symbol management
Fixed problem in break symbol deletion
Fixed translations in various languages
Fixed offset in numbered part start, coda and segno at the beginning of a line with cautionary clef
Fixed display of $B tag in page footer
Fixed application freeze when editing ill-formatted lyrics
Fixed a problem in styled text edit
Fixed display problem on Virtual Keyboard
Fixed possible crash when editing lyrics, when moving to previous cell
In Virtual Singer, language couldn't be changed via the [!language] command when the document contained one measure.
Melody Assistant: Possible crash when loading a file created with Harmony Assistant that contains dynamics
Harmony Assistant: In page mode, moving an object on a text staff could result in the object moving to another staff
Harmony Assistant / MusicXML export: possible crash on split bars that contain lyrics
Harmony Assistant: Fixed MUSL interface definition
Harmony Assistant / Diatonic Accordion Tablature: Fixed mistake in notes played by left hand buttons in the "Diatonic G/C 3 rows" accordion definition
Harmony Assistant / Diatonic Accordion Tablature: Fixed grace notes display
Harmony Assistant / Diatonic Accordion Tablature: Fixed user-defined accordion editing
Windows: it was impossible to open folders that contain accented characters when right-clicking on the document title bar
Windows: Fixed graphical offset of palettes below the menu bar
Windows: crash when prinnting pictures of less than 3 pixels wide
Windows: fixed access to sound base by the low-latency synthesizer

New in Melody Assistant 7.6.3g (Sep 13, 2013)

Improvements:
When the selection range is played in loop, metronome pre-count can be played at each loop.
A slur between two consecutive notes of same pitch (equivalent to a tie) didn't radjust graphically when changing its direction
When inserting a slur between two consecutive notes of same pitch, its graphical appearence was slightly different from a "real" tie
When saving a picture from a free object to a separate file, the file extension now matches the content of picture data
Hierarchical lists (template selection, MUSL space): improvement and overall speed-up
Now possibme to create parameter curves that contain discontinuous values, i.e. in which the parameter will take the required value, and keep it until a new value is encountered
Management and appearance of parameter curves have been improved
When inserting a dynamics in the bar margin (space between barline and first note), the dynamics could be not inserted at the required position
Problem for selecting multiple objects on several staves using the Shift key
Lyrics text file: the default file name is now built from the document and the staff name
Compressed storage of pictures in the MusicXML format addition
MusicXML Import: management of implicit lyrics line numbers
Windows: The low-latency softsynth has been improved, in order to manage MIDI bank numbers
Windows / Harmony Assistant: A setup file has been created in order to enable using the "Doremi" music font
Windows: Specific alert that will tell the user that he didn't run a version of the program that matches his version of Windows.
Windows: An alert saying that the program didn't close properly appeared just after having updated the program
Fixes
Fixed a problem of memory deallocation when using dynamics
The text of break symboles at end of bar could be shifted and truncated when displayed at the end of a line on printer (or in Harmony Assistant's page mode).
Fixed display of brackets on barlines
Fixed problem on interface search (Help menu)
Fixed memory problem in user palettes
Fixed a problem of target staff selection after a real-time MIDI input, when the list needed a scroll bar
Amendments on German version of the interface
Amendments on Italian version of the interface
MusicXML Import: Fixed a page layout difference for tablatures between the plugin/player and Harmony/Melody
MusicXML Import: Fixed management of page lost margins, that generated discrepancies between page mode and printing
MusicXML Import: Fixed chord line when the chord kind stored in MusicXML was unknown.
MusicXML Import: Fixed crash when loading files that contain errors (created by an old version of Photoscore)

New in Melody Assistant 7.6.3f (Aug 5, 2013)

New in Melody Assistant 7.6.3e (Aug 5, 2013)

New in Melody Assistant 7.6.3d (Aug 5, 2013)

New in Melody Assistant 7.6.3c (Jul 1, 2013)

New in Melody Assistant 7.6.3 (Jul 1, 2013)

New:
To insert very low or high pitched notes outside the staff area, you can press the Shift key while inserting the note.
In multi-voice staves or in a staff group, it's now possible to insert notes that continue the melody that has been written on the above or below staff (continuous input). It becomes easy to write a melody that switches between staves without having to fill with rests.
An option shows the rests in continuous input
New accidental notation: Old accidental cancellation
When importing a Karaoke MIDI file or a MusicXML file with lyrics, the algorithm for deciding on what language to use (for Virtual Singer) has been completely rethought. It is now much more accurate.
When inserting points in parameter curves, the Shift key enables to insert a "end of curve" point, that is detached from the following point. This enables to create discontinuous segments, or even isolated points.
New optional way to display flagged notes : flags are displayed as unconnected horizontal beams (Flamenco notation)
New ornaments : golpe (guitar body hit for flamenco), strumming up, strumming down
In the complete mixer, it's now possible to adjust volume or panning of all the select staves at once, by pressing the Alt key while a value is changed.
Now possible to hear the hovered notes on score
New kind of tablature for Kuntigui, a single-stringed African instrument
Pictures related to staves are now exported and imported in MusicXML
Harmony Assistant: A new "Voice meter" script lets you hear the beats and fractions of beats, counted by a human voice (German Auszählen)
Harmony Assistant: Two piano learning scripts enable to view and fix performer mistakes when playing a complete score, or to view the note names to be played step-by-step
Harmony Assistant: A "MIDI-Digital Sync" script helps computing very finely the audio output latency, and doing so synchronize Digital output with MIDI output
Harmony Assistant: When the compressed MusicXML format is used (.mxl), pictures that are embedded in the document are processed according to the mxl guidelines and recognised as such by music programs that manage pictures
Harmony Assistant / MyrScript: New powerful graphical functions ("Surface" object) enables to work on picture, and import or export them in various formats.
Harmony Assistant / MyrScript: Quick help on the selected word in the script editor
Harmony Assistant / MyrScript: Auto-completion of keywords, variable and function names in the script editor
Improvements:
Changing a measure width through the ruler handle now changes the next measure with in order not to alter the total width of the system. The previous way or managing measure width is still available by pressing the Ctrl (Windows/Linux) or Command (Macintosh) key while moving the handle.
In the French version, the term for "beaming" has been changed from "accroche" to "ligature"
Possible to beam eighth notes by groups of 4 in 4/4 time signature
When working on a note, the area on which beams are recomputed has been shrinked in order to impact as few notes as possible
The "end of printing after this bar" mark is now shifted when set to the end of tune and a new measure is inserted there.
Now possible to insert vertical lines objects with bracket ends
When while editing break symbols, a jump to a missing measure was set, an alert box could appear endlessly, making difficult to apply any change.
Better accuracy when clicking on a text with the dedicated mouse pointer
On the virtual keyboard, played note display is smoother and more in sync with audio. No note is forgotten, even when the audio output latency is high.
Play cursor can now switch smoothly between bars.
Notes outside pitch range (Edit > Search) are now located while taking transposing instruments into account. To make this search run properly with some instruments (e.g. clarinet), transposition has then to be set as expected.
Some items of the interface slightly overlapped.
Play cursor width can now be adjusted
Improvement in the appearance of drum grid staves. The various line widths can now be adjusted in the score appearance box
Improvement in the appearance of crescendo / decrescendo symbols when they cross over an end of line.
Rotation in degree of graphical objects related to the document, a staff or a symbol
When the mouse hovers an ornament, the ornament area as well as its owning note are shown.
Key signature changes are now aligned when a clef is invisible
When asking for loop playing and a play start mark is set, music restarts from the mark.
While editing, the Alt key switches temporarily in selection (lasso) mode
On scores that contained tempo changes and at least one not with an important negative delay, play could go off-sync
Key change at the first bar of a piece doesn't inster a double barline at the beginning anymore
Removed the inopportune alert box when cancelling export of a digital track area
Mouse wheel handling has been implemented in mixers and on the document itself: titles, text related to a staff, staff name, etc. Using the mouse wheel on a scroll bar, a slider or a knob will increase or decrease its value.
Text alignment mode can now be selected in manual chord line settings
When the user adjusts manually a slur symbol control handle, the "automatic adjust" setting is deactivated for this slur.
Dynamics now apply to all the staves in a multi-voice staff, even if the staff became multi-voice after the dynamics has been inserted
When some palettes were moved outside the screen bounds, they jumped back too far to the center of the screen
Virtual Singer palette has been redesigned. Icon positioning now occurs in perspective on the stage
When targets were present on an empty line, the staff was displayed even if "do not print empty staves" was turned on. Now, the staff isn't displayed anymore, but the target mark is
New tuplet display and editing. This can slightly change the appearance of existing scores.
Improvement in dynamics insertion accuracy
Now possible to insert dynamics and solme other kinds of objects in velocity edit mode
New default area for dynamics and tempi, that avoid areas that can't be accessed by the mouse
In page mode with small zoom, staff lines can go over the last barline on the right. We reduced this unwanted effect
MIDI playing and export of scores that contain panning curves made some instruments to be heard completely to the left
A more explict message is now displayed when trying to adjust the digital input an no audio input device has been selected
Removing th ebackground picture of the document windows doesn't affect the "complete mixer" and "user" palette backgrounds
All document templates have been changed in order to remove the play start mark
Space or carriage return characters are now allowed in the played bar list
Improvement of beam management over an invisible rest
Improvement of the Karaoke window, with cautionary clef and selection of staff display size
Gregorian notation: horizontal episemes are now managed (ancestor of the tenuto)
Default page header and footer of "Configuration > Global Setup> Print" are now used when importing an external file (e.g. MIDI file)
When processing stem direction, the reversible ornaments (e.g fermata) didn't always move to the right side of complex chords, and were losing the user adjustments
ABC Import: missing parenthesis in the imported text could freeze the program
MusicXML Import: staves with a different time signature are now automatically converted
MusicXML Import/Export: better calculation of the distance between a note and its ornaments
MusicXML Import/Export: general settings for score appearance are processed: stem width, staff line width, grace note size, etc.
Default tempo value when importing MusicXML has been changed from 120 to 80
MusicXML import and export have been improved, especially for the graphic position of pedal, dynamics, ottava, chord diagrams, text objects.
Above this, tempo change objects are now properly imported and exported
Improvement of automatic edit area positionning in scroll mode
Line width of inverted triangles in harmonica tablature wasn't properly managed
MusicXML import: break symbol text, ending bracket, beam, slur and tie widths now follow the staff scale
MusicXML import: ottava symbols could make note stems be abnormally long
MusicXML import: Better management of orphan ties
Harmony Assistant / MusicXML Export: Beams and clef change in the middle of a bar have been improved
Harmony Assistant / MusicXML Export: Management of staves that are not printed (for instance, when empty)
Harmony Assistant / MusicXML Export: Switched to MusicXML 2.0 format
Harmony Assistant / MusicXML Export: Better export of grace note accidentals
Harmony Assistant: street organ card printing didn't manage note delay. This could lead in wrong punch position when, for instance, the score had been made from a MIDI import
Harmony Assistant: lyrics can now be printed on street organ cards
Harmony Assistant: for each file collection in the jukebox, a delay between pieces can be specified
Harmony Assistant: Now possible to grab a staff that has been moved out of the screen bounds
Harmony Assistant: Better management of resizing and moving of free objects: now possible to work outsitde the page area
Harmony Assistant: When there is no staff in the document, the "Views" menu is inactive
Harmony Assistant / MyrScript : update of split text windows when stopping debugging has been improved.
Harmony Assistant / MyrScript: now possible to access the character set related to a staff
Harmony Assistant / MyrScript: The "Tablature for Wind Instrument" scripts has been amended to properly manage grace notes.
Harmony Assistant / MyrScript: Improvement of Encore/MusicTime/Rhapsody/Compositeur import script
Windows: resizing of all the palettes have been rewritten, in order to manage the click & drag on any of the 4 palette edges.
Windows: the Enter key confirms alert boxes
Windows: In some window that enable to edit a multi-line text and that own a default button (e.g. document title edit) the Return key of the main keyboard inserts a line break in the text, while the Enter key of the keypad validates the box
Windows: general improvement in application stability
Fixes:
Fixed crash when clicking in the tempo staff margin in scroll mode, then selecting an option in the menu
Fixed problem when dragging objects from a discontinuous selection (Alt-click) to the next staff
Slider for selecting scale of graphics related to an ornament has been fixed in the note settings selection box
Fixed problems in list update
Fixed numbered parts display problems when the score starts by a text staff.
Fixed crash in break symbols edit box
Fixed display of octave change when clef is hidden
Fixed number of repeats display, at the end of a line
Flags of 128th notes didn't display when stem is downwards
Fixed change in staff area height, when moving the bar number line down
Fixed calculation of bar start symbols according to the score display settings.
Fixed behavior of embedded text editor when moving the cursor while a selection is present.
Fixed brace display position on staff groups of one staff
Some MIDI Karaoke file export could crash or hang when some very long lyrics are present
When adding a staff to an empty score, the "Edit", "Delete" and "Duplicate" buttons were active. The "Delete" button crashed.
When defining a rule, it was difficult to enter "Do" (Latin notation) as a criterion for rule matching
Fixed problem in NoteWorthy import.
Fixed problem in editing grid drum staves
Fixed small graphical glitch in .ogg export box
Fixed a crash in MIDI export on files containing several hours of music
Fixed copy/paste problem on notes with double-stem
Fixed problem in slur digital adjustment
Better management of dynamics and multi-rests
Fixed problem in brace and bracket display when music is stopped
Display problem on frame and line between an ornament and its note when hovered
It was not possible to define a staff group (brace or bracket) that joins a regular staff and its tablature
The tuplet direction conversion didn't work on quarters and unbeamed eighths
Management of dynamics on volatile staves
Fixed display problem on document number of pages when ueing start page number offset
Fixed calculation of number of pages when reserved pages are present
Fixed minor problems in MIDI import, while processing illegal meta-events
Minor fixes in lists and some floating windows
Crash in Edit > Appearance > Colorise.
Possible crash in tablature calculation, when the user forced a cell number for the last note of the staff
Play start mark could be misplaced when creating a document that starts with an upbeat, or when inserting bars at the beginning of the document
Crash when a (de)crescendo symbol was overlapping the last barline of the score
Buffer overflow in Virtual Singer when the whole lyrics were written without any space or separator
Crash when closing the score appearance box
Fixed note stem display on harmonica tablatures
Fixed display of some notehead when staff scale is different from 1.
Search for note outside pitch range didn't work anymore
MusicXML import: several instances of buffer overflow could lead to unstable memory or crashes
MusicXML import: chord names in italian notation if the option is activated
Harmony Assistant: Wrong processing of line breaks when computing lyrics syllables width in engraver mode.
Harmony Assistant: Undoing an operation of printing scale change (page mode) didn't work properly
Harmony Assistant: Fixed a defect in vertical scroll bar manageùent when deleting lines in the script editor
Harmony Assistant: Fixed "Virtual Singer > Show lyrics phonetics" script
Harmony Assistant: Several scripts have been fixed in order to avoid unwanted program termination in rare cases
Harmony Assistant / MyrScript: Fixed string sunstitution problem that could make the Tabledit import crash
Harmony Assistant / MyrScript: Fixed text block indent in text editor
Harmony Assistant / MyrScript: Fixed font problem in log window
Harmony Assistant / MyrScript: Fixed window resizing problem
Windows: Problem when printing graphical object with alpha (transparency) layer
Windows: Fixed memory loss when managing low-latency MIDI echo

New in Melody Assistant 7.6.2m (May 30, 2012)

New in Melody Assistant 7.6.2h (Mar 29, 2012)

News:
MP3 Export: lyrics can be exported in the MP3 file, as a full text or as synchronized lyrics
MP3 import: synchronized lyrics or full text les paroles en texte complet ou syllabes synchronisées sont importées.
Windows: now embedding a low latency software synthesizer, in order to provide echo for master MIDI keyboard input (Hardware configuration, "MIDI Echo" section)
Improvements:
A "patch" for "Grand Piano 1" and "Grand Piano 1 Soft" sounds of the GOLD 2 sound base has been included. Fix is therefore automatic.
Detection of new versions of the program has been improved
A graphic mark enables to locate the first note to which a dynamic applies.
When inserting and moving (de)crescendo, ottava or smooth tempo change, notes that match the beginning and the end of the action are marked
"Real-time" MIDI input: Midi echo device is set to the instrument of the selected staff
Change in the order of the phonemes to be recorded in RealSinger to create a new voice
MP3 export: Now possible to select the tag format:: old format, ID3 ISO 8859 or ID3 Unicode.
When pasting notes with automatic beaming deactivated, original stem directions an beaming are preserved
Some text operations have been sped up
Accuracy improvement when inserting dynamics
Improvement in tablature calculation on merged (multi-voice) staves
When moving a text object in the staff margin that follows a multi-rest bar doesn't "break" the rest anymore.
MusicXML Import/Export: processing of slurs used as ties.
Harmony Assistant, MusicXML Export: change in the multi-rest bar export, in order to improve compatibility with other programs
Harmony Assistant: When running the application, script browsing has been sped up.
Harmony Assistant: Better display of script names in the keyboard shortcut map.
Harmony Assistant: Improvement of the NoteWorthy import script
Harmony Assistant: Improvement of the Finale import script (beaming and triplet problems).
Harmony Assistant: Improvement and fixes in the "About scripts" summary
Harmony Assistant: Now possible to change column width in the MyrScript variables window
Windows/Linux: Double echo when inserting a note in step-by-step MIDI input has been removed
Fixes:
Possible crash when deleting bars that contains slurs or special beams
Trills and some other ornaments could not play the right notes when last bar repeat symbols are present on the staff
Possible crash in multi-voice tablature management
Fixed position of break symbols (D.C, D.S) over multi-rest bars
When deleting or inserting bars, some lyrics text styles could be altered.
Fixed a problem in automatic dot positioning within a chord
Crashes when moving a dynamic, text, line, graphic from a staff to another in scroll mode when displaying distances
Fixed lyrics line count when unmasking lyric cells
Fixed problem in masked lyric cells when loading a file
Unmasking lyric cells could make an extra bar appear at the end of the piece
Possible problems when displaying lyrics at the end of the score in page mode
Fixed problem in Italian resources.
Fixed a problem in default templates.
Fixed ABC import module (custom key signatures)
Fixed resizing problems in symbol-related picture object
Fixed a problem with the hammer tool
Cosmetic problem of stem end over the beams
Graphics color could be incorrect on printed page
Fixed MusicXML import problems
Fixed mouse pointer display when inserting some dynamics
Fixed "Da segno", "Da coda" display when inserting.
Possible file corruption when using digital tracks
Several errors have been fixed in display and edit of styled text (containing font, size, color... changes)
Some trills didn't play well when the staff contains previous bar repeat symbols.
Possible crash when deleting bars if there were slurs or special beams over a barline
Adjusting slurs on a priority tablature moved the slurs too far away from notes
Harmony Assistant: MusicXML Export, null and could confuse some other programs.
Harmony Assistant: Problems in keyboard note input when a document is split into several areas
Harmony Assistant: Fixed display/edit of line number in the MyrScript manual
Harmony Assistant: Fixed some interactive samples in the MyrScript manual
Harmony Assistant: Fixed SAMPA extraction in MyrScript when there are language changes in the lyrics.
Windows: problems in standard mouse pointer management (window resizing arrows)

New in Melody Assistant 7.6.2 (Dec 30, 2011)

News:
Graphic objects (effects, free objects, graphics related to a staff, background) can now be in JPG, PNG, GIF or TIFF format
Ornaments of type "Graphics" can now be related to notes
Ornaments (or graphics) can be related to Clef objects
Staves in a system can be joined by a vertical line on right side
In the management of curves related to staves, the current curve can now be deleted quickly.
Tablature computation on multi-voices staves.
TAB export of multi-voices staves.
New mode for applying staff appearance settings: "to all merged staves"
New commands in the multi-voice staff management contextual menu
Braces, ties and slurs are now drawn and printed as actual curves.
Slur "tension" can be adjusted in order to make them more flat and their ends hooked.
Fine management of lyrics positioning and masking: for each bar, it's now possible to insert or mask any line by right-clicking a cell.
Windows & Linux : mouse pointer size can be adjusted.
Improvements:
A new setting in the staff appearance enables to tell whether the grace note stems are aligned on the staff center line
Improvement in time signature and upbeat bar selection when creating a new document from a template.
Better error management while opening files for writing.
"Edit" menu items now follow selected object kind.
Changing ghosts rests into rests now splits them according to beat
Now possible to mask, on each staff, each kind of object (lyrics, text, graphics, dynamics...)
Triplets made of notes with different slur directions are now properly grouped. This can change the appearance of previous scores.
Better management of objects, notes an lyrics position when inserting or deleting bars, or when changing the time signature.
New keyboard shortcuts: fast forward and rewind. This can be especially useful to those who rehearse a score using a footswitch.
New management for the default document file name.
The area-driven discontinuous selection now only applies to the selected parts in merged (multivoice) staves.
MusicXML import/export: better management of ottava (8va,8vb, etc)
Virtual Singer: management of note slurs and bend effects
Harmony Assistant: In engraver mode, note position calculation has been sped up.
Harmony Assistant: When forcing the number of bars per line, the automatic computation of bar width in engraver mode is deactivated.
Harmony Assistant in page mode: improvement of document window maximize/minimize/restore management
Fixes:
Virtual Singer : SAMPA Q in English.
Audi sync problems could occur when the score contains both notes with negative delay and tempo changes
Jump & target display on text staves.
CMF export.
Graphical objects dialog box: file import.
Text formating while writing an email.
Palette duplication while hide all /show all.
Score file loading, as well as some editing operations, didn't work on very heavy staves (more than 32,000 symbols)
Fixed appearance of curve over triplets
Fixed ckef change problem on merged (multi-voice) staves
Fixed vu-meter display on staff with lyrics when output is MIDI.
Possible to deactivate the cautionary key signature display at end of line once activated
In some cases, some objects were graphically misplaced when viewing the staff in the Karaoke window
Multi-voice staves couldn't be properly duplicated
Fixed digital track contextual menu.
Fixed page setup problem when "score" object were used within a score.
Harmony Assistant: Fixed MyrScript problems on staff merging
Harmony Assistant: in engraver mode, display of tied notes connected by a special beam
Windows: in some tutorials, squares appeared in text.

New in Melody Assistant 7.6.0d (Mar 25, 2011)

New in Melody Assistant 7.6.0c (Mar 19, 2011)

New in Melody Assistant 7.6.0 (Mar 2, 2011)

News:
Embedding of the Kooplet search engine (new icon in the "Edit tools" palette)
In order to simplify the license management of our products, a new "Manage my licenses" option has appeared. On Windows, this option is available in the "?" menu, and on Macintosh in the application's menu.
Harmony Assistant: Management and printing of tablatures for Zither
New available keyboard shortcuts:
Tempo tool activation
Clef change activation
Time signature change activation
Key signature change activation
Now possible to set a note split duration greater than its actual duration. The note then appears longer than the real duration.
Possible to select the appearance of the eighth rest: "modern" look, as it appeared in the previous versions, and "ancient" look, in which it appears as an inverted sixteenth rest
New symbol fonts, that can be used in any text input
Harmony Assistant: New music fonts, new management of the font list for an easier use. Possible to set the font for a new document.
Improvements:
When a crescendo/decrescendo is inserted, it now matched what is shown on the mouse pointer.
In the note duration change box, the default value is now the one selected in the palette.
In order to avoid confusion, the note head shape selected in the "Note display tools" palette is no more memorized when exiting the program. It is now reset to the default value (round full head shape).
For single-button mouse users, Ctrl+Click can be used instead of the long right click.
When opened, the Jukebox window now fits the screen dimension.
When changing the character size in the staff appearance, dynamics and text position is recalculated to fit the new staff height.
Jukebox: the purely alphabetical sort has been replaced by an alpha/digit mixed sort
Improvement of dotted notes management by the quantize algorithm.
Holding the Shift key down while loading a file saved with an old version moves back the dynamics and tempo changes to their original position.
MusicXML import: better management of empty lyrics (repeat the previous line)
MusicXML import: New management of beamed tuplets.
When importing a multi-score files in ABC format, it is now possible to listen to the tunes before selecting the one to load and edit.
Virtual Singer: now possible to apply a semi-tone offset to the Virtual Singer voice.
Harmony Assistant, Tabledit import: management of Dulcimer tablatures
Fixes:
Editing a symbol could ruin the page layout
Fixed problem of slur handles grabbing.
Fixed text ornament style edit when they are at their default value
Fixed problem of slur move
Fixed problem of stem size on guitar tablatuires
Fixed problem of beam display of a guitar tablature when an offset is required between the note and its stem.
Search on the interface didn't include User Spaces
Fixed problem of list update
Fixed problem of child palettes opening from the master palette
Fixed problem of key shortcuts in the virtual keyboard
Fixed problem of zoomed user windows when loading
Fixed minor problem in copy/paste
Fixed problem of music playing from the album
Fixed display problem in the chord line
Fixed display problem of "barres" in some chord diagrams
Fixed problem on "undo"
Fixed crash in S3M import (index overflow)
Fixed multi-staves ABC file export problem
Fixed problem of note duration in ABC import
Fixed overflow in MIDI import on some very special files
Fixed "duplicate note with inverted stem" when several notes are selected.
Fixed cursor appearance when inserting a crescendo/decrescendo.
Fixed crash when forcing the played bar list to an empty list, when the score includes a digital track.
Fixed problem when in accidental display on grace notes
Fixed key signature display problem when the clef is hidden
Fixed user keyboard shortcut saving.
Harmony Assistant: Fixed problem of margin in GuitatPro import
Harmony Assistant: Fixed problem on NoteWorthy import (dynamics)
Harmony Assistant: Fixed Tabledit import
Harmony Assistant: Fixed Finale import.
Harmony Assistant, MusicXML import: full-bar rests management was wrong, that could generate rests of uneven durations in non-empty bars
Harmony Assistant: Fixed problem of accordion tablature calculation on grace notes.
Harmony Assistant: Fixed problem in the MUSL space management.
Harmony Assistant: Fixed digital instrument group generation script.
Harmony Assistant: Fixed problem in font setting on lyrics text script

New in Melody Assistant 7.5.1e (Jun 24, 2010)

New in Melody Assistant 7.5.1 (Jun 10, 2010)

New:
New layout for the virtual keyboard
It is now possible to define the way tied rests are split.
Improvements:
Default placement of the "previous bar repeat" symbol
Better tolerance when recording RealSinger phonemes
Key signature management when adding a staff on a score in concert key mode
When the score is set up to display nothing (all bars excluded from printing), it is now impossible to switch to page mode after the alert.
Better graphical update of the virtual keyboard after a change in its settings, and better management of very short notes.
Better management of staff groups, insertion, deletion and move in the miscellaneous views
Improvement of chord editing in the chord grid
Forced chords in the chord grid are not recomputed when loading the file, only the note name is possibly adapted according to the latin/anglo-saxon notation
Minimal thickness of the slurs on screen has been reduced in order to get a sharper rendering
Performance improvement for multi-bar tied notes display, engraving mode positioning, and tied notes display in general.
Better graphic adjustment of currently edited note marker on staves with lyrics
Windows: the printing session name is now correct when the score name contains accented characters. This name appears in the Windows spooler, and is used as default file name by PDF pseudo-printers.
Fixes:
Display problems on virtual keyboard
Tuning display on guitar tablatures
Moving notes on guitar tablatures when the "limit editing to one bar" mode is not active
Fixed break symbols display
Memory loss when using views
Size of the scroll bars when opening a document
Melisma display problems
Many buffer overflow fixes when the staff name is very long.
Fixed crash in the chord grid try, when the document contains no staff
Fixed note durations in Virtual Singer, in quite rare cases
Fixed display problem in chords made of tied notes of different durations
An error in the custom harmonica tablature file structure could prevent proper reading of old files. The problem has been fixed, and the compatibility between versions restored
Windows: fixed problems when selecting digital output low quality mode.

New in Melody Assistant 7.5.0e (May 12, 2010)

New in Melody Assistant 7.4.6d (Oct 14, 2008)

New in Melody Assistant 7.4.3 (May 29, 2008)

New: From the jukebox, management of .mya file format, enabling to store several scores into a single file, in order to be displayed later from the Myriad Plugin or Melody Player.
New: compatibility of Harmony Assistant with most of the USB footswitchs (page turners).
Improvement: When displaying distances in page mode with Harmony Assistant : added distance between staff baseline and lyrics line, distance between staff top line and chord line.
Improvement: When a slur is used to notate a tie, its graphical settings (position, bending, ends) mimic a tie's.
To open a note contextual menu when in "Add" (pencil) mode, the Alt key has to remain pressed while right-clicking on the notehead.
Fixed: styled text problem in pahe header and footer
Fixed: "Antialias symbols" option of the global setup didn't have any effect on the music symbols in scroll mode.
Fixed problem in "undo" after editing notes
Fixed item shifts in contextual help
Fixed problem of bracket adjustment when a staff was unmerged in the staff group.
Fixed problem of system justifying when a cautionary clef/key/time signature was present at the end of the line
Fixed graphical problem: barline at the end of a line could disappear when this line ends with a multi-bar rest
Fixed wrong positionning when pasting notes or moving the selection cursor.
Fixed crash when decreasing the number of voices when music is playing
Fixed graphical settings of a staff line when inserting new bars
Fixed the printed view when using the "Printing options" button in the preview of a single view
Fixed transitional graphic problem when exiting the note settings edit box
Fixed crash when defining a displayed time signature of 0/0
Fixed wrong management of forced stem direction in the staff display mode edit box
Fixed problem in MIDI output/export: some staves beginning with a rest became mute.
Harmony : Fixed crash when moving a chord grid cell edge in page mode.
Windows 95/98/ME : fixed management of the Windows' clipboard content
Windows, roaming mode, fixed access path to the settings folder. If you installed in roaming mode and wish to keep your settings, copy the "Myriad" subfolder to "ACAMPREFMyriad"