v7.6.3.1009 [Mar 3, 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
Linux version: Compatibility with Ubuntu 10.04 - 11.10, KUbuntu, XUbuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Mint 12, Fedora 15, Mandriva One 2011, OpenSuse 2.1, Debian 6.0.3.
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
Macintosh, Linux: Fixed palette handling problem on multi-screens
Windows: in some tutorials, squares appeared in text.
v7.4.7 [Aug 27, 2009]
see http://www.myriad-online.com/en/docs/meloharmowhatsnew.htm
