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SmartScore Pro Changelog

What's new in SmartScore Pro 10.5.8

Jul 20, 2015
  • Recognition:
  • Improved recognition of triplets including angled tuplets
  • Improved recognition of ties
  • Improved recognition of dots of prolongation
  • Improved recognition of multi-measure rests
  • Improved recognition of trill (tr) symbol
  • Improved recognition of flags in single notes.
  • Improved recognition accuracy of notes with very thick or very thin beams
  • False positives fixed: Dots being assigned to notes with staccatos
  • Recognition Option: 4-line staves now default to TAB (Choose Percussion option added)
  • Recognition Option default changed: Join Offset Voices to "Within 1/8 of a notehead"
  • Recognition Option: Recognition of "heavy beams" removed
  • Playback:
  • New: "Set Playback Range" window now floats and includes play function buttons.
  • Improved dynamic range for Hairpins, Cresc. and Decresc. Markings
  • Improved Trill Properies: Permuation default reset to 8
  • New: Individual velocities for each note event are now visible and editable in MIDI Event List
  • Fixed: Playback Console Pan problem
  • MusicXML Export:
  • New: MusicXML support for double tremolos
  • New: Convert "Cresc" and "Decresc" markings to hairpins in MusicXML
  • New: Multi-measure rest symbols fully supported
  • Fixed: "Nested tuplets" now translate properly to MusicXML
  • ENF Editing:
  • New: Delete or assign any attribute (staccato, tenuto, etc.) to selected range of notes (Select range with right click or all with Ctrl+Al)
  • Fixed: Overapping noteheads now offset properly during editing
  • Fixed: Default location of Mini Play Console (Mac) reset
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed: Crashing on poor-quality image files improved
  • Fixed: Karaoke -> Options -> Scroll ball = Crash
  • Fixed: Crash While Editing Percussion Staff Lines
  • Fixed: Error when allocating memory during recognition of tabulatures
  • Fixed: Page Setup > Page Layout > Custom layouts are now saved (Windows only)
  • Fixed: Alto, Tenor and Bass "instrument" part names Restore playback transposition to "0"
  • Fixed: Mac keyboard shortcuts for Rests and Accidentals not working
  • Fixed: Image editor freezes when saving (Mac Yosemite)

New in SmartScore Pro 10.5.7 (Oct 28, 2014)

  • Recognition:
  • Fix 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. Color fingerings green
  • 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 fixed incorrect attribute. 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 Pro 10.5.6 (Feb 20, 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 OnlyL
  • Editing note events in Piano Roll bug fixed.
  • SmartScore Player:
  • All available toolbars now visible.
  • TIF-to-ENF files automatically associated.

New in SmartScore Pro 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 Pro 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 Pro 10.5.3 (Mar 25, 2013)

  • Improved recognition with Prodigy Engine:
  • Whole notes
  • Whole note clusters
  • Half notes
  • Half note clusers

New in SmartScore Pro 10.5.0 (Mar 11, 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
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  • 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 Pro 10.3.2 (Jun 29, 2010)

  • 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 Pro 10.3.0 (Jun 8, 2010)

  • 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 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 Pro 10.2.6 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • 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.
  • .WAV creation (Windows)
  • Problem with random crashing fixed.

New in SmartScore Pro 10.2.5 (Jan 26, 2010)

  • MusicXML:
  • Bug in assignment of ENF Voices (Layers in Finale) fixed. Voices now import properly as Finale Layers.
  • ENF Parts now export transparently to Finale Instruments.
  • ENF Editing:
  • FILE > Open: "Last looked" directory reinitialized. (Win only).
  • Page Setup > Center on Page > Apply: Margin tab controls highlight green for visibility.
  • Demos:
  • Demos now convert PDF to TIFF for recognition.

New in SmartScore Pro 10.2.4 (Oct 22, 2009)

  • ENF Editing:
  • EDIT > Program Preferences: New category added: MIDI.
  • Includes MIDI Channel color and MIDI Instrument defaults.
  • EDIT > Document Preferences > Measure numbers:Beginning measure number added. Default = 1.
  • Staff Properties: Percussion Map access button added to "Apply Staff Type" option.
  • Playback > Automatic Drum Track:
  • (Mac Only): Drum track list now refreshes when opened and when reordering list.
  • MIDI View > Piano Roll > Changing velocities of selected range of events
  • Problem with files crashing when attempting to change velocities of selected MIDI events (Edit > Velocity/Duration) in Piano Roll now fixed.
  • CD Burning:
  • (Win Only): Problems with some CD burning devices not recording fixed.
  • Printing with Hidden Symbols:
  • Problem with Hidden Symbols printing in Print Preview mode fixed.
  • MusicXL Export:
  • Problem with major seventh chords (e.g. Gmaj7) being interpreted as dominant sevenths (e.g. G7) fixed.

New in SmartScore Pro 10.2.3 (Jul 12, 2009)

  • ENF Editing:
  • Transposition: Beamed notes now adjust stem direction after transposing across the middle staff line.
  • Score Structure: "Apply to New" button now creates new ENF documents with staff line and system width distances, visibility and instrument properties cloned from source.
  • System Manager and Score Structure buttons now appear in the Navigator bar.
  • Playback:
  • Garritan “Aria” player now integrated with SmartScore VST and AU environments.
  • Playback Range: Functionality improved. “Play All” option removed.
  • Expanded and improved Auto Drum accompaniments. Better, hipper grooves.
  • Tablature (TAB) Editing:
  • Dynamics, dynamic markings and articulations correctly resized.
  • Auto-spacing of TAB staves now defaults to OFF.
  • MusicXML and Finale Export:
  • Cross-staff beaming logic improved in exported SmartScore (ENF) and MusicXML files.

New in SmartScore Pro 10.2.1 (Apr 16, 2009)

  • Error traps improved (Image Editor and MIDI Editor).

New in SmartScore Pro 10.2 (Mar 31, 2009)

  • Improvements:
  • Pro, Songbook & Guitar: New multi-string Custom TAB library added: Convert & edit 16 new string configurations. Add custom configurations.
  • Guitar Edition: Single-line TAB recognition and editing now included.
  • Improved Part Name / MIDI instrument linking in Playback Console.
  • New ENF Jukebox for continuous playback of multiple SmartScore files.
  • Change default instruments presets for 1, 2, 3 and 4-stave systems.
  • Improved menu configuration and choices.
  • Improved guitar fret diagram recognition. "Align chord symbols" added.
  • New "Supress chord" and "Supress lyrics" recognition options.
  • Automatic tuplet cloning: Improved to include tuplets with rests.
  • "Right-drag" + "Copy" writes ENF region to clipboard for pasting as image.
  • Fixes:
  • Lyric dashes now become centered between lyric syllables. Single dash for each note replaces multiple dashes in a melissma.
  • 2/4 now defaults to 120 bpm during playback.
  • Import MIDI -> ENF: Key signature interpretation problem fixed.
  • Problem with Part Names not updating after relinking parts fixed.
  • Problem with Part Names resetting in Super System fixed (in optimzed scores).
  • Lock / Unlock problem in Playback Console fixed.
  • Save to MIDI (Type 0): Intermittent crash problem fixed.
  • Numerous house-keeping, maintenance issues and bug-fixes implemented.

New in SmartScore Pro 10.1.3 (Oct 13, 2008)

  • Improved page formatting: Margin, page and staff size now properly written.
  • Triplets improved.
  • Chord and guitar fret symbol positioning improved.
  • MIDI instument data now written.
  • Tranposed instruments (variable key signatures) now written.

New in SmartScore Pro 10.1.2 (Sep 18, 2008)

  • "Use PPC drivers" now defaults to OFF.
  • NOTE: If scanner fails to respond, try turning "Use PPC drivers" option = ON.
  • Improved conversion of PDF files to TIFF. Files now convert with Packbit compression significantly reducing file size .
  • ENF files automatically acquire TIFF filename.
  • "First look" directory = SmartScore application directory.
  • If Overlay view mode is closed, TIFF/ENF Split Screen now opens.
  • Split system (coda fragments) now recognized. See revised Recognition Option.
  • Problem with Auto-Drum Track list display fixed.
  • Percussion staff playback improved.
  • Editing and positioning control of sf and sfz symbols improved.
  • Expanding Palettes: Cntl + click and middle mouse button now open palettes.
  • "Error in Measure" highlight feature improved.
  • Text Editing - Modify Style: Click on Text Style now displays example in "Sample" window.
  • Program/Document Preferences - Default size of selected Chord Names, Text and Tempo symbols refined.
  • Chord library expanded with 35 new chord configurations.
  • (b9) and (+) signs added to "Augmentations".
  • Problem with "Ask for new chord symbol" option fixed.
  • Problem when transposing music containing dynamics or lyrics with German "umlaut" character when "transpose by clef " is selected now fixed.
  • Tranpose by Clef feature improved (optimized).

New in SmartScore Pro 10.1.1a (May 27, 2008)

  • Part Names in System Manager restored.

New in SmartScore Pro 10.1.0 (Apr 16, 2008)

  • Mac Scanning (10.5 - Leopard): Scanning in Leopard has been fixed. When scanning in Leopard, de-select "Use PPC Drivers" checkbox in SmartScore scanning interface. NOTE: Only Epson scanners have been tested.
  • CD Writer and .WAV creator (Windows Vista and XP): CD writing and .WAV file creation under Windows has been fixed.
  • Recognition and linking of written chord symbol to Guitar Chord Library: Chord symbols written as text can be configured in various ways. Linking various text strings to the correct chord in the GCL has been improved.
  • Problem with Hidden Symbols reappearing after restarting SSX fixed. Dynamic markings (e.g. fff, p, sf, f) now remain hidden after saving and reopening the ENF file.
  • Changing misrecognized staff type fixed: Any single staffline in a system with misrecognized number of stafflines (e.g. Guitar TAB instead of 5-line melody), can now be reassigned to its proper staff type by using Properties Tool > Staff Properties > Apply staff types.
  • .TIFF extensions now recognized as Image Files: Mac .TIFF file extensions are now recognized as image files for editing or recognition.
  • Installer / activator for OSX on Japanese systems fixed.