What's new in SmartScore Piano Edition 10.5.7
Nov 11, 2014
- Recognition:
- Fixed multiple Recognition crash issues.
- False recognition of numbered endings fixed.
- Recognition of Trills improved.
- Reset Permuation default for trills to 8.
- Improved Percussion and TAB staff localization / recognition.
- Recognize fingerings. Fingerings assigned a green color.
- Assign a blue color to slurs (legatos).
- Playback:
- Base transposition for Bass and Alto Part Names fixed: Playback console & Instrument Templates now return a tranpose value of 0.
- Correct Playback Pan problem.
- MusicXML Export:
- MusicXML export bug: Bb transposition attribute problem fixed.
- Write chord extensions and augmentations to MusicXML files.
- PianoR was listed twice when exported to MusicXML files. Fixed.
- ENF Editing:
- Mac keyboard shortcuts for Rests and Accidentals fixed.
- Overlapped notes behavior fixed.
- File > Open: Set "File Type" to "All Readable Files" as default.
- DVD Installers SmartScore Pro no longer the default selection.
- General:
- Correct mis-spelled word in Recognition Options ("Suppress").
- Macintosh installer updated Apple Developer code signing updated.
New in SmartScore Piano Edition 10.5.6 (Feb 21, 2014)
- MusicXML Export:
- Accidental elements that belong to tied notes when crossing barlines now reiterated.
- elements added for tempo and dynamic markings. Sfz and Sf elements included.
- -and tags now added helping to define transposed instruments.
- Tuplet attribute added to nodes.
- Empty elements removed from guitar fret symbols.
- Recognition:
- Reduced false positives: Numbered endings and Ped markings.
- Suppress Chord Symbols bug fixed.
- Join Offset Voices default = smaller gap.
- Playback:
- Base transpositions for various instruments fixed.
- Playback Console can now be suppressed (EDIT > Program Preferences).
- Save As .WAV / .AIFF - Burn to Audio CD:
- Truncated .WAV recording bug fixed.
- Aria/Garritan playback now supported.
- Installation:
- All installers and demos now digitally code signed (Mac and Windows).
- MIDI Edition Only:
- Editing note events in Piano Roll bug fixed.
- SmartScore Player:
- All available toolbars now visible.
- TIF-to-ENF files automatically associated.
New in SmartScore Piano Edition 10.5.5 (Sep 2, 2013)
- Improved recognition accuracy for various beamed groupings.
- .WAV / .AIFF recording bugs fixed:
- Muted track are now supressed properly.
- All settings in Playback Console are now applied during Aria recording.
- Playback of dynamics in Aria Player improved.
- Improved differentiation between staff lines during recognition.
- Begin Recognition default options:
- "Join Offset Voices" active region widened to 1/4 of the width of each notehead.
- Recognition Options reset to default when new SmartScore session is opened.
- MusicXML bug fixed: Guitar fret symbols no longer write frame elements.
- Quick-select (Ctl+Click) fixed for selecting existing mordants.
- Improved recognition accuracy (Prodigy Engine) and playback (Aria):
- All rests (whole, half, 8th, 16h, 32nd, 64th)
- Whole notes
- Whole note clusters
- Half notes
- Half note clusers
- Multi-measure rests
- Less false positives
- Playback of dynamics (cresc/decresc/hairpins,etc) in Aria Player improved.
- Piano Edition Save As.. bug fixed ("ENF not implemented").
New in SmartScore Piano Edition 10.5.4 (May 1, 2013)
- Improved recognition with Prodigy Engine
- All rests (whole, half, 8th, 16h, 32nd, 64th)
- Multi-measure rests
- Less false positives
- Piano Edition Save As.. bug fixed ("ENF not implemented).
New in SmartScore Piano Edition 10.5.3 (Mar 25, 2013)
- Improved recognition with Prodigy Engine:
- Whole notes
- Whole note clusters
- Half notes
- Half note clusers
- Piano Edition bug (ENF not implemented) fixed
New in SmartScore Piano Edition 10.5.1 (Mar 13, 2013)
- Save As > ENF ("Not implemented") bug fixed
New in SmartScore Piano Edition 10.5.0 (Mar 13, 2013)
- Significant improvement in music recognition accuracy with the addition of new Prodigy Engine. Accuracy is improved for:
- Poorly printed / poorly scanned originals
- Jazz fonts / Fake books
- Lyric / text recognition (OCR)
- Barlines
- Key signatures and change-of-key signatures
- Time signatures and change-of-time signatures
- Triplets including standalone (without brackets)
- Non-triplet tuplets
- Notes with broken stems
- Beamed groups with broken stems
- Accidentals
- Improve recognition accuracy of scores having overly "thin" or "thick" lines
- Recognizes umlauts for German characters
- Scanning Interface improvements:
- Improved Canon & Epson performance, MacOS 10.6/7/8 optimization
- Improved recognition options
- PDF processing improved. User always controls thresholding.
- Playback:
- Includes custom orchestral, pop and jazz instrument sound set from Garritan
- Includes Aria player from Plogue (VST & AU)
- Includes custom Aria "Ensemble" presets for quick instrument assignments
- Insert change-of-instrument in the ENF notation window (MIDI playback only)
- Pause feature added to Jukebox
- Karaoke view displays both moving lyrics and moving notation
- Default playback tempo reset to 100 BPM
- ENF Notation Editor;
- "Insert MIDI Instrument change" anywhere in ENF score
- Unify Key Signature default automatically resets according to score structure
- Select All (Ctrl+A) activates voice splitting ("H") and stem direction change ("S") globally
- Changed Staff Properties to Score Properties Insert / Delete Part added
- Save and Open now browse to last directory accessed
- Streamlined menu selections
- EDIT (Insert / Delete System, Part & Staff moved to Score Properties)
- Layout Properties changed to Score Properties (Insert/Delete Part added. TAB added.)
- Add "None" to VIEW Menu > Show > Chord Symbols
- Edit > Page Setup: Bug fixes and wording change
- "Format Score" button added to System Manager Window
- "Change Line / Staff Spacing" button added to Staff Properties Window
- VIEW and WINDOW (Items swapped for clarity)
- Fix Recognition Option > Join Offset Voices = Exactly aligned
- Help menu / User Manual:
- "Using SmartScore X2" manual rewritten
- Interactive online help (HTML) updated and improved
New in SmartScore Piano Edition 10.3.2 (Mar 13, 2013)
- PDF Creation / MusicXML / Finale Export:
- Bug fixed during PDF creation when Program Preferences > Printing & XML = Center on page.
- Fixed: Intermittent crashing (1 in 30) during .XML file creation.
New in SmartScore Piano Edition 10.3.0 (Mar 13, 2013)
- Scanning:
- Improved scanner connectivity and control for Canon LIDE and PIXMA scanners when using SmartScore's scanning interface.
- Implemented smart sensing for non TWAIN-compliant scanners.
- MusicXML / Finale Export:
- Improved chord symbol / guitar fretboard placement. Symbols now position directly above corresponding note clusters.
- Improved exported page handling:
- >Music automatically centers to middle of page: (Program Preferences > Printing & XML > Center to Page = On)
- >XML pages now export according to default page size
- Notation Editing:
- Transposition bug fixed: When a pair of notes with accidentals were tied across a bar line, transposing by key signature would break the tie.
- First scan: "Select Scanner Driver" appears (initial pass only)
- Staff Properties added to Layout Properties control (right-click on any staff line).
- sf and sfz dynamic markings now appear below and not above staff line per convention.
- Problem with chord names not scaling when zooming out now fixed.
- View > Part Names default reset = 1st System Abbreviation
- Claified wording for Edit > Auto-spacing and Auto-beaming: "Select all. Then Apply".
- Printing;
- Music automatically centers to middle of page: (Program Preferences > Printing & XML > Center to Page = On)
- Image Editor:
- -Greyscale Thresholding control default = Apply to all pages = On
New in SmartScore Piano Edition 10.2.6 (Mar 13, 2013)
- MusicXML:
- Improved XML page formatting: Page and system breaks now included.
- Page Setup:
- "Format Score" button added to Page Setup window. Format Score environment allows for re-scaling printed output as well respacing and resetting number of barlines per system.