Harmony Assistant Changelog

What's new in Harmony Assistant 9.6.3i

Oct 4, 2013

Improvements:
Editing lyrics on a score without lyrics that only includes one staff will automatically add the lyrics line to that staff
Macintosh: On Macs with a single-button mouse, Ctrl + Click is now equivanent to a right-click. (the "Shift" key now being used to insert/move object outside the staff area).
Fixes:
Some palettes could move away from the screen edges
When unsuccessfully trying to tie two notes (different pitches, etc), an unwanted alert box was displayed
Dutch interface text has been amended

New in Harmony Assistant 9.6.3h (Sep 28, 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 Harmony Assistant 9.6.3g (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
Harmony Assistant: Improvement of file import from recent version of NoteWorthy (205).
Harmony Assistant: improvement of the "MIDI > Echo Program Change" script in order to make the use of an external MIDI keyboard simpler
Harmony Assistant: improvement of the "File > Export > Batch Export", by enabling to clone the source folder tree in the target folder
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)
Harmony Assistant: the picture of the 6-holes Native American flute was missing in "tablature for wind instruments" script.
Harmony Assistant, MyrScript editor: Fixed a crash that could occur when creating dictionaries for autocompletion
Harmony Assistant: Fixed display problem when using the "Maestro" music font
Harmony Assistant: Fiexe a problem of key signature position when using some music fonts
Harmony Assistant: Possible computation errors in tablatures for accordion
Harmony Assistant: Fixed display problems on some scripts
Linux: menu bar is now displayed 25 pixels below in order to avoid overlapping the system barline
Macintosh: Fixed a problem of user instrument export in .mu3 format

New in Harmony Assistant 9.6.3f (Jul 31, 2013)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.6.3e (Jul 29, 2013)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.6.3d (Jul 4, 2013)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.6.3c (Jun 29, 2013)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.6.3 (Jun 29, 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
Linux: order of templated in the "new staff" box was random. They are now sorted in order to make the most frequently used staves appear first.
Linux: improvement of graphical accuracy when printing.
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 behaviour of embedded text edior 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 onversion 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
Linux: Crash when using some windows. The overall program stability has been improved.
Linux: Management of text including music symbols from another font than Stoccata has been fixed
Linux: Wrong management of fonts without gap between lines like "My Figured Bass"
Linux: A type of notehead disappeared when printing
Macintosh: Problem in rendering of some instruments from sound bases. This made some notes of the GMSE sound base sound out of tune, for instance E5 of the French accordion.
Macintosh: Fixed MIDI input init if the device is off when application is started
Macintosh / Harmony Assistant: Fixed display of picture free objects
Macintosh / Harmony Assistant: Fixed icons printing problem
Macintosh / Harmony Assistant / MyrScript: Fixed problem in GetPixel

New in Harmony Assistant 9.6.2m (May 29, 2012)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.6.2k (May 15, 2012)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.6.2j (May 3, 2012)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.6.2i (Apr 20, 2012)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.6.2h (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)
Mac OS X: Fixed MIDI output
Linux: Fixed GetCapability
Linux: Fixed filehandle overload

New in Harmony Assistant 9.6.2f (Feb 7, 2012)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.6.0f (Mar 30, 2011)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.6.0d (Mar 24, 2011)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.6.0 (Mar 3, 2011)

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
Fixed drag and drop problem
Fixed minor problem (cosmetic) on installer
Fixed text rotation problem
Fixed relation between file extensions and our programs

New in Harmony Assistant 9.5.1 (Jun 9, 2010)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.5.0d (May 5, 2010)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.5.0c (Apr 20, 2010)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.5.0 (Apr 10, 2010)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.4.7 (Apr 21, 2009)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.4.6e (Oct 22, 2008)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.4.6d (Oct 14, 2008)

MusicXML import: "Nested slurs" errors could display an alert that was difficult to get rid of.
For several years, time signature change are not displayed on tablatures. This new version will display them when the related standard staff is hidden.
In some cases, ghosts rests could be printed. It has been fixed.
The "Voice" menu was available on "Text" staves, and the "Add voice" option crashed.
Fixed a very long delay when applying settings to the global note appearance.
Infinite loop when applying an action to the selection range on a staff with lyrics.
Wrong calculation of rule related to fundamental when the fundamental doesn't start at the same time as the note.
Wrong placement when moving notes from discontinuous selection.
Line shift for notes with inverted head.
It was possible to override the numerator capacity in time signature while loading a MusicXML file.
Crash when creating an empty (staffless) document, then adding a staff and clicking OK immediately.
Crash when loading a RealSinger voice that contains an empty fragment.
When creating a new document, name of the staves that have been added in "Change orchestra" and changed by the user are now preserved.
Possible crash when editing a special beam.
When changing clef/key, the affected area now runs up to the next clef/key, even if it is a cautionary or recall marker.
Beam display problem in reversed special beams.
Virtual Singer: it wasn't possible to force the phonetics of a syllable that was not pronounced in the original language.
Fixed GUI problems in dynamics/tempo object resizing.
Fixed melisma display problems when commands were included in the lyrics text.
Improvement of TAB file import.
Infinite loop after editing a note when sung voice are played.
Harmony Assistant: New MyrScript method: Dialog.IsFrontFloatingWindow.
Harmony Assistant: MyrScript: Fixed stack overflow when event vector were called (e.g. MouseWheel)
Harmony Assistant: New MyrScript value: Score.CurrentDisplayDpi to change score display scale.
Harmony Assistant: New MyrScript methods: Score.EditComments, Staff.EditBarNumbering, Staff.EditLyrics, Staff.EditTablature.
Harmony Assistant: MusicXML Export: crash when the score ended with non-printed bars, and a note overlaps these bars.
Harmony Assistant: MyrScript: Score.Preserve() didn't preserve the views.
Harmony Assistant: it was impossible to create a view without staves.
Harmony Assistant : Fixed crash in MyrScript: floating palettes were incompatible with adding a staff manually.
Harmony Assistant: Possible crash in engraver mode, when a tuplet was cut by a barline.
Harmony Assistant: Minor fixes in the NoteWorthy import.
Fixed contextual menu behaviour in accordion tablatures.

New in Harmony Assistant 9.4.6 (Aug 21, 2008)

When trying a digital effect processor, now plays from the first written note after the beginning of the selection range.
When importing a stereo digital audio track switched to mono: panning of the digital track is now centered.
MIDI Export: when some notes had negative delays (sound before the written time), the export generated a score that had a small delay at the beginning.
MIDI Export/Play: the way of sending bank number has been changed (MSB then LSB) to comply to the MIDI guidelines.
Harmony Assistant: when creating a new drum pattern, if no drum instrument is present in the file, open a pattern from "Drum Bank/DefaultDrumPattern" instead of opening an empty score.
New function for displaying and printing curves (braces, ties, slurs).
FASOLA: Solmization with accidentals: management of key signatures and implied accidentals.
Fixed a memory problem when displaying a digital track in engraver mode.
The automatic update didn't manage alphabetical sub-versions (e.g : 9.4.5c).
Crash when printing a "two previous bars" repeat symbol, when it hadn't been displayed before.
Crash in the voice overflow when the "play tools" palette was opened from the master palette.
Fixed guitar tablatures for some rare cases.
Up/Down by one degree: problem in the management of implied accidentals.
Problem in management of the first note in the selection range, when it had a negative graphic offset.
Crashes when creating, editing or deleting targets on a score without staves.
Digitall effect processor edit: crash when defining a flat LFO curve, when direction is reversed.
Moving notes selected individually (discontinuous selection) didn't work well outside the first staff.
Crash when restarting music through the "Pause" button after having deleted staves.
Possible crash when changing velocities into dynamics.
MusicXML 2.0 import: Management of "volume", "pan", "blank-page" and the "page" attribute in "credits".
MusicXML Import/Export: Tablatures are now written and read properly
MIDI Import: Problem when loading bank number MSB/LSB.
Fixed problem in NoteWorthy import.
Harmony Assistant: when creating a drum pattern, drum instruments added automatically could be in "user" mode.
Harmony Assistant: adjustments on the Finale import script
Harmony Assistant: MyrScript : Fixed GetLyricsAtBar(), that deleted text style information.
Harmony Assistant: Trying an accompaniment from its selection box while music is playing could erase the first staff of the score.
Harmony Assistant: Fixed problem in all the MyrScript floating palette, when a note was edited individually on the score (double-click on the notehead with the "lasso" tool).
Harmony Assistant: MyrScript: The MIDI.RawPacket method didn't send the right data.

New in Harmony Assistant 9.4.5 (Jul 24, 2008)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.4.3 (May 29, 2008)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.4.2 (May 8, 2008)

New in Harmony Assistant 9.4.0 (Apr 11, 2008)

To each document can be related a set of "views". A view is a different way of displaying the same score.
Object types to be processed by "copy" and "delete" can be selected through the "Edit >Apply to..." menu option
Grace notes can now form chords.
Now possible to change the way notes are beamed inside a triplet group.
New note attribute to display the dot at an alternate position.
In the staff appearance, offset between lyrics lines can be defined.
Tuplet brackets can be inverted, resized and moved finely
The engraver mode has now an "enhanced" setting, with which scores are more readable and more compact (default)
Automatic subdivision of the secondary beams, to group notes on beat fractions. Can be set up from the score appearance panel, "Notes" section.
Tuplet brackets (or other symbol) can be inverted relatively to the stem direction. Vertical and horizontal distance between the symbol and the stem can be adjusted. The tuplet value can also be moved vertically.
Secondary beam size can be limited (lines and beams in the staff appearance panel) (*)
For each staff line, cautionary clef, key and time signature can be displayed at the end of the line. Printing mode that displays automatically changes at the end of lines has to be disabled.
Inserting a note through a right click overrides the "limit editing to one bar" setting.
Caption display for score targets.
Quick creation/deletion of targets via the ruler contextual menu
New printing mode, that can be toggled on or off in the global settings : hi-quality printout through a picture.
New effects: drummer left and right hand, inverted bow
In global setup, "Ornaments" section, the default positioning for each kind of ornament type can be set up. This setting will be applied to newly created ornaments while "default" mode is selected in the palette.
Ornaments whose appearance changes according to their relative position to the note stem are automatically adapted if the ornament positioning is defined as "relative to the note stem". This behaviour can be switched of from the global setup, "Ornaments" section.
Typeface for digital value of multiple rests and multiple repetitions can be changed from the document appearance settings.
Software install in roaming mode
New management of note Copy/Cut/Paste, in order to avoid staves to go out of sync.
Objects kinds that will be managed by Copy/Paste can be selected through "Edit > Apply to" menu option.
New settings in the score display: automatic slur calculation, tuplet bracket thickness, grace note slur thickness, font and style selection for displaying digital values in multi-rests and multi-repeats.
Harmony: Right-clicking the "Action" palette icon enables to select in a list the kind of objects managed by Copy/Paste.
Packed MusicXML (.mxl) format import
Harmony: Packed MusicXML (.mxl) format export.
Harmony: Fine position deletion can now be partial (selectable)
Windows: new "Vista" skin for the graphical interface
Harmony: In page mode, pages can now be displayed one above the other instead of side by side (Right-click on the document desktop).
Harmony: Selection of object kinds on which "copy" and "erase" apply can be done through a right-click on the matching icon in the "Actions" palette.
Harmony: New version of MyrScript, that includes and manages the new attributes.
Linux: Wine is detected, and character fonts are selected accordingly.