What's new in Nootka 2.0.2
Aug 16, 2021
- Importing entire musical scores:
- In spite of Nootka still supports only single voice, when the app is opening musicXML format file with entire musical score, then an import dialog window appears, displaying every score part and its voices as a separate melodies. User may select what to open in the application.
- Also any of those separate voices can be transposed, divided for smaller fragments and if it has chords – one of the chord note can be selected.
- It can be very handy when creating exercises from user scores.
- Support for compressed musicXML format *.mxl:
- Either opening and saving scores in this format is possible from now.
- Along with importing musical score parts it gives many new possibilities when learning how to play user favorite pieces and creating exercises and exams based on them.
- Ukulele:
- Transposing notes in the score
- Either to key or by interval. Can be also used during creation of levels with melodies to adjust the melodies for instrument and user abilities.
- Bug fixes
New in Nootka 1.7.4 Beta 4 (Apr 1, 2021)
- Here are some news implemented in this release:
- ‘Got It!’ texts about important Nootka features:
- In some places Nootka can be complicated to manage, so a few additional information will popup in potentially difficult situations.
- Got It!’ about a few pitch detection rules.
- If no note is selected on the score notes are added one by one:
- Either by playing real instrument or by selecting sounds on displayed one. When playing – rhythms are detected as well, but when clicking displayed instrument – then rhythmic value currently selected on score toolbox is taken.
- On older Nootka versions there was ‘note by note’ mode which might be confusing. Now there is no terminology – it just works. But to be more clear appropriate ‘Got It!’ popups when any note is selected first time.
- Handle notes beaming of each piano staves separately:
- Even if Nootka is single-voice it can imitate separate left and right hands (for piano, bandoneon or others). All beaming routines were fixed and improved.
- Exam summary gives more information about the results:
- Nice pie charts were added and answer/question details are displayed.
- Added wizard page to select between single-note or full score:
- To let user select what is better for him at very beginning and give some image what the app can do further.
- Fixed pitch detection for low-pitched instruments (bass guitar):
- To properly detect lowest notes – below 82 Hz (lowest string of the guitar) Nootka has to operate on longer chunks of audio data – it increases minimal note duration and complicates rhythm detection routines. Some additional algorithms were added to mitigate those limitations.
- Stop blocking microphone when app is in background:
- It has happened under Android when user didn’t close Nootka. Mic was “stolen” by the app and other applications could not use input sound. Now Nootka switches off sound anytime it is not in use.
New in Nootka 1.4.5 (Jul 31, 2019)
- Added Hungarian translation
- Thanks for Gábor!
- Fixed paying issues during exercises
- Pitch detection is properly switch on/of when question is sound to listen to and answer is to play it on an instrument.
- Stylus support
- On touch screens stylus can be used along with touch - it requires Qt 5.9. On Android it works from 4.2 version (Jelly Bean)
- Fixed possible reasons of random crashes on Android
New in Nootka 1.4.4 (Sep 10, 2017)
- Completed German translation. Many thanks for Renato!
- Fixed crash when instrument other than guitar was used. It was very annoying, in some situations opening settings dialog finished with application crash. Now it works well.
- Other small things
New in Nootka 1.4.3 (Sep 10, 2017)
- Discovered memory leaks were patched
- [Android] - attempt to fix random crashes
- There were a few reports about Nootka crashing related to audio input stack. Possible reason was removed.
New in Nootka 1.4.2 (Feb 21, 2017)
- Fixed bug that stopped pitch detection after playing a note
- Correctly detect default system language under Win 10
New in Nootka 1.4.1 (Jan 20, 2017)
- Fixed issues with note range in custom levels
New in Nootka 1.4.0 (Dec 14, 2016)
- New method to make random melodies more... melodic
- melody can be randomized from selected notes, i.e. pentatonic scale
- so added level with pentatonic scales
- solfege or letter note names can be selected during first run wizard
- improved look of sound views, better fit to high DPI screens
- Bug fixes:
- fixed positioning of tips with question content
- other small fixes
New in Nootka 1.2.7 (Sep 18, 2016)
- translated to Spanish language
- better method of handling input audio data, increased buffer size
- forwarding input to output works with every sound system now
- BUGS FIXES:
- fixed reason of random crashes when audio input started
- repaired starting exam with melodies from single note mode view
- file descriptions are translated under Mac Os Finder
- fixed deb package compatibility with Ubuntu 16.04
- other minor fixes
New in Nootka 1.2.6 (Jul 11, 2016)
- Clicking on melody note displays guitar position:
- This small improvement allows to see where to play on a guitar a note of a melody in exercise before user started playing. In previous versions, it was possible only during corrections - after melody played with mistakes.
- Better support for high resolution screens:
- A few improvements were made to better fit Nootka window on devices with high resolution and/or with high pixel density (DPI). It affects either desktop version and Android one.
- Also errors of scaling were fixed.
New in Nootka 1.2.5 (Jul 11, 2016)
- Fixed compatibility with Qt 5.6:
- Oldest version will not work properly with newest Qt 5.6, so it is important fix when it is built with this Qt version
- Added new levels:
- To increase functionality and to demonstrate how levels can be configured there are new levels with grand staff and bass clef
- Added donors list:
- To say TANKS those peoples the page of donors was added to About dialog
- other bug fixes
New in Nootka 1.2.4 (Feb 15, 2016)
- reduced memory consumption of pitch detection process
- other bug fixes
New in Nootka 1.2.3 (Dec 22, 2015)
- During exams - don't run pitch detection after settings dialog was closed
- Fixed layout of exam results when note name is visible
- Additional staff lines are hiding properly
- Fixed conditions when 'correct' tool button is displayed
- Questioned note and corrected one might have distorted colors - fixed
New in Nootka 1.2.2 (Nov 28, 2015)
- Updated Russian translation
- Fixed other translations
- Fixed bug casing crash
New in Nootka 1.2 (Sep 6, 2015)
- Improved displaying accidentals and neutrals - as long as rhythms will not be implemented Nootka score is not yet real score, but those changes made Nootka closer to reality
- More documentation is available on the site and Nootka has quick links to it depends on context
- Again, fixed many bugs and glitches
New in Nootka 1.1.7 RC 2 (May 28, 2015)
- improvements/fixes related to low latency and real-time audio
- updated Qt libraries to the latest version in Windows installer
- changed all static font sizes to system related sizes
- BUGS FIXES:
- proper clef rendering in question tips
- proper re-sampling when rate is bigger than 48000
- avoiding multiple calls of status messages for better performance
- fixed loading Qt translations and switching languages
- fixed Debian package dependencies, Ubuntu 14.04 is supported now
New in Nootka 1.1.6 RC 1 (May 13, 2015)
- Pitch detection improvements:
- Pitch detection is the foundation of Nootka. She is deaf without it. So now, playing of question melodies is smooth and application can hear exactly what was played. (Still, Nootka is not able to guess what was intended to play but reading minds is out of road map).
- Additional options for the detection:
- Splitting notes when volume rises - under-laying pitch detection engine was not able to detect the same sound, quickly repeated - They were recognized as single, continous note. With splitting, Nootka is able to do that.
- Also there were cases when played open string, fading out generated a harmonic note. It can be avoided with skip stiller than option.
- Improved multiple audio devices support:
- Audio input and output work separately, to avid syncroinze issues when audio devices are different. Input to output forwarding with mixed devices is still possible but it work properly with Windows ASIO and Linux JACK.
- In other words: If there are two sound cards used - one for input and other for output, forwarding input to output is not recommendet with ALSA, PulseAudio under Linux and WASAPI under Windows.
- Polishing and fixing:
- So many new features give possibility to commit many new mistakes... But they were fixed. Nootka seems to work robust now. Maybe even more robust than previous stable 1.0.1 version.
New in Nootka 1.1.5 Beta (Feb 21, 2015)
- detailed preview of melodies in charts
- added new tool button with menu to manage a score
- new, quick, click-less way for adding notes to a score
- improved pop-up for selecting note name over score
- a note from played exam melody can be selected to start playing from it
- improved look of sound meters widgets
- intonation accuracy can be set from intonation view
- first run wizard comes back improved - it is a plugin now
- improved user visible texts
- updated Windows installer
- BUGS FIXES
- tons of fixed bugs, mistakes and glitches...
- Under the hood
- external executable-s converted to plugins, loaded on demand
- audio device has single instance shared with external settings plugin
New in Nootka 1.1.4 Alpha (Dec 23, 2014)
- Melodies:
- In short, from now Nootka is able to play melodies and it also can recognize them.
New in Nootka 1.0.1 (Mar 31, 2014)
- German translation was completed
- Fixed JACK related crash
New in Nootka 1.0.0 (Mar 29, 2014)
- A lot of small fixes
- Changes related to installing/packaging
New in Nootka 0.9.8 RC 4 (Mar 29, 2014)
- alternate note names on an axis chart
- adjusting pitch detection range to possibilities of a clef
- BUGS FIXES
- fixed animation of corrected position for left-handed players layout
- styles of note names on linear charts are displayed properly
- fixed desktop entry for rpm packages
New in Nootka 0.9.7 RC 3 (Feb 27, 2014)
- Added German translation
- A lot of other small fixes
New in Nootka 0.9.6 RC 2 (Feb 11, 2014)
- Fixed cooperation with PulseAudio
- Due to bug, Nootka with PulseAudio took high CPU usage - it was fixed.
- A few other small fixes
New in Nootka 0.9.5 RC 1 (Feb 5, 2014)
- Exercises mode:
- There is another mode of learning. Now Nootka can be friendly and understanding teacher. There is no elapsing time during exercises and when you make mistake the application can show you correct answer. Exercise will prepare you to pass an exam.
- Nootka certificates:
- When you pass an exam you will be awarded with a certificate. You can save it for remembrance.
- Maybe now it is valueless, but who knows, in close or far future it could give you extra points in some exams to University or Musical Academy or just better marks on music lessons, not to mention about improved skills when you pass.
- Checking intonation:
- You can check accuracy of intonation and it will be detected during exercises or exams. The program warns when you are out of tune.
- Increased transposition range:
- Base frequency of middle a which affects either pitch detection and sound output can be changed in range of octave up or down. Nootka can be used for transposing instrument as such as clarinet, trumpet, saxophone and so.
- Extended support for instrument different than guitars:
- Guitar can be hidden and you can practice without it. With configurable transposition, clefs and instrument scale you can adjust Nootka to instrument you play.
- Audio input settings dialog enhancement:
- This is hard part with many useful options. It is divided on sections now and well described so sound input should be easier to configure.
- Level preview and management improved:
- There are many windows where it appears, and information about exam/exercise level are more neat now.
- Also an option to remove level from a list was added and even deleting it from a hard drive is possible from there.
- Finish exam without confirm:
- There is new option in exam settings now. When checked, Nootka can be closed without any pop-upping windows. Question, if not answered, will be marked as wrong and exam file, if not set, will be automatically put in recent exam directory or in home path.
- English translation corrected and improved:
- Thanks for Luster a coefficient on English in English was maximally increased. There are no more Polish in English or Dutch and Chinese in English.
- Crossing of played notes is fluent:
- When you are clicking intensively on a score and notes are played one by one (or one over another) there is no cracks. It sounds smoothly.
- Many bug-fixes:
- Fixed pitch detection for basses and other audio issues and etc...
New in Nootka 0.8.2 Beta (Aug 1, 2012)
- New charts
- Improved question dialog
- A few minor changes
New in Nootka 0.8.1 Beta (Jun 1, 2012)
- Nootka is going to be stable
- gradually implementing missing features
- partially adding exams' reports (charts, analysis)
- alternate Note Name widget (with support for typing names)
- add different clefs
- tuner
- checking of sound intonation
- guitar background improvement
New in Nootka 0.8 (Apr 6, 2012)
- sound support (output & input)
New in Nootka 0.8 Beta 2 (Jan 17, 2012)
New in Nootka 0.7.7 Beta 1 (Oct 3, 2011)
- with bugfixes and translations
- partially with sound support
New in Nootka 0.7.0 Beta 1 (Jul 14, 2011)
- executing exam
- storing results
New in Nootka 0.5 Alpha (Jun 21, 2011)
New in Nootka 0.4 PreAlpha (Jun 21, 2011)
New in Nootka 0.3 PreAlpha (Jun 21, 2011)
New in Nootka 0.2 PreAlpha (Jun 21, 2011)
New in Nootka 0.1 PreAlpha (Jun 21, 2011)