Synfire Pro

Feature Enhancements:

MIDI Import: Double-click to include or exclude track

MIDI Import: Ability to import library from multiple files in same folder

MIDI Import: Ability to switch all tracks to "Static Pitch"

MIDI Import: Library import did not obey manual recognition settings per track

(MacOS X) Option to have main menu bars inside all windows

Resolved Bugs:

Issues dropping a single-parameter phrase from library (e.g. Harmony only)

MIDI Import: Progress bar not updated for library import

MIDI Import: Process not always terminated after user aborted

Harmonizer: Play button in Harmonizer should play arrange using current result

Palette Coloring Settings: Description field background broken

Other Changes:

Phrase Editor: Playback start position should not go earlier than current container

Harmonizer: [+] button should be always enabled if a span is selected

Harmonizer: Selecting a span should not immediately play the selection

Harmonizer: Harmonize button should be disabled if only a zero-length span is selected

Figure inspector should label GM note names where available

Trace Parameters should be on by default

Pencil tool should never draw accidentals for static pitch

Chromatic parameter no longer an experimental feature

MIDI Import: All but Cancel button should be disabled while processing

Make Help menu tutorials point to current content on web site

Simplified misc error messages

Resolved Bugs:

Selection states of arrange window tabs not restored after load

Entering chords note by note failed for first chord in a progression

Fixed misc minor bugs with Audio Engine (1.7.17)

Container comment lost when saving arrange while editing

Palette not marked clean after save to file

Screen set not saved reliably with a new document

Other Changes:

Ensure interoperability with new Express edition

Consolidate changes to synchronize Pro & Express editions

More elaborate error messages on application startup

Added support for NFR and other license types

(MacOS X) Updated all builds to 10.5 SDK (requires 10.5 or later)

(Windows) Updated all builds to new SDKs (requires WinXP 2002 and later)

Improved installers

(MacOS X) Removed iLok driver installer from package

(MacOS X) Fixed sample files that sounded awful on 10.7 and later

Feature Enhancements:

Improved render quality of example phrase library

Option to disable container highlighting during playback (View menu)

Resolved Bugs:

Record button happened to be disabled in song window

Fixed crash when printing palettes or progressions

Notation Export: Processing of rests was broken

Fixed issues with keyboard shortcuts

Fixed major issue with parameter selection in phrase editor

Fixed a crash when adjusting playing ranges

Record button not lit red during recording

Interpretation parameter not handled correctly by phrase library

Fixed an issue with phrase pool editor and symbol type selection

Drawing with repetitions disabled should span entire sketched range

Other Changes:

Replaced term "Accompaniment" with "Sketch"

Make more factory patterns use global instruments

Improved error handling and reporting

Also collapse paused instruments when using the "m" button

Avoid adding multiple "New" prefixes to a private device name

Allow drawing duplicates by default (option remains to disable)

About box did not support scrolling

Further simplified and cleaned up parameter grouping and sorting

Feature Enhancements:

Improved handling of plug-in presets

Allow live chord detection on progression editor tab (also for recording)

New dialog for creating plug-in presets from arrangement

Added context information & circle of fifths to harmonizer tab

Ability to drag from the context information display to a progression

Indicate extreme scale selections with a question mark in chord

Preference setting to eliminate repetitions when drawing figures (better figures)

Improved pencil tool to fill the sketched span only (more intuitive and logical)

Library drag & drop: Improved naming of dropped items

Indicate in instrument sheet whether a container is an alias

Ensure integrity of playing ranges while editing them

Indicate keyboard split on keyboard widget

Improved the gestalt tool to better preserve original shape of the vector

Resolved Bugs:

Error scrolling vector editor sideways

Instrument inspector: Crash when extracting device description from plug-in

Ordering of phrases unpredictable during split & merged

Keyboard shortcuts error in main app

Crash when opening old documents with broken progressions

Selection inspector at bottom of phrase editor not updated

Fixed problems with parameter selection and main window tabs

Fixed a crash when using right-click menu on multiple selected containers

Toolbar did not follow parameter selection correctly

Gestalt tool was able to produce values out of legal range

Shared rack also saved reserved (unused) DAW ports, which is wrong

Plug-in not restored if device was disconnected when rack saved

Fixed a crash with Shift parameter and its fader control

Example phrase library did not appear in accompaniment editor

Fixed a crash when opening old arrangements referencing unknown port names

Chord not followed visually when probing Harmony with "chords-only" mode

Should use arrange/song tempo for progression probe

Audio & MIDI Setup saved all devices where not necessary

Other Changes:

Prevent opening multiple editors on same phrase

Lists should also show partial items at bottom to suggest scrolling

Moved [C] and [A] indicators from track label to instrument inspector

Improved ordering of parameters in block & added "Mix" group

Tolerate loading a DAW project that is only missing 1 original drone

Moved external sync settings to extra tab in arrange view

Speed up load times of phrase libraries

Improved readability of selected list items

Avoid playing staccato feedback while hyper-editing Step parameter

Fixed minor confusing details in instrument inspector

Fixed misc graphics glitches

Middle C of keyboard widget should not be colored differently

Big user interface improvements

Feature Enhancements:

There should be a progress indication when loading large files

Add a warning if DAW transport is not linked

Add a pre-roll when starting transport from current segment/symbol selection

Reversing a figure now defaults to "reversed tape" behavior

Add new instrument after current one (was: before)

Warn if AudioUnit is used as MIDI Drone (only VST supports that to date)

Added more comfortable "Select Private Sound" button to inspector

Resolved Bugs:

Clicking an existing chord selection in a progression should unselect it

Issues with drone audio, if guest plugin has 4, 8 or more outputs

Issues with drone in Logic when Logic switches render buffer size

Time ruler selections must not mess with a running DAW transport

Instrument inspector: Inserting/replacing a device description had issues

Crash when clicking into vector display of Interpretation parameter

Spacebar unresponsive once after segment playback

Force Legato had issues with polyphonic figures

Fixed issues with selecting tracks through keyboard commands

"Adopt Properties From Sound" disabled if a replacement sound is used

Eliminated "ghost loops" during figure editing

Other Changes:

Drag & drop export: No longer require "Export" button to be pressed

Drag & drop export: Reduced meta data in exported tracks

Removed unnecessary "Export" button next to transport control (menu still available)

Instrument inspector: Hints are misleading if port is unknown (shown red)

Reduced verbosity of optional parameter explanations

Sometimes last take showed up as "REC" after loading a file

Recording MIDI input from engine requires engine to be on local computer

Minor streamlining with instrument inspector

Misc graphics tweaks

Feature Enhancements:

New ability to merge and split multiple phrases by symbol type

Ability to easily save and restore plugin+device presets [AR1263]

Audio & MIDI Setup: Use drag & drop also for connecting devices

Audio & MIDI Setup: Show availability of a plugin preset with [P]

Container import dialog: Improved instrument pre-assignment

Allow multiple instruments to be removed in one go [AR1275]

Show warning if private sound was not given a name

Preference setting to open plugin editor immediately after loading

Audio & MIDI Setup: Ability to discard saved presets (right-click menu)

Resolved Bugs:

Latency issues with recording based on audio engine [AR1271]

Must disable "Follow Container" during recording (stay in same container) [AR1274]

Fixed a crash when learning metronome pitches

Setting tempo could result in a crash (HN2) [AR1272]

Playing Ranges: Changing a range must not change volume

Grouping segments should retain articulations (where possible)

Container import dialog: Fixed some bugs

Synth Effects category should be unpitched

Instrument inspector should show original instrument settings, not replacement

Fixed misc bugs with audio engine setup

Progression template menu should be listed alphabetically

Other Changes:

Drawing tool should immediately draw (anywhere) and not ask for snapshot [AR1273]

Reduced latency when playing Engine instruments live

Audio & MIDI Setup: Simplified the appearance of the device list

Make sound browser search field deliver more results (start with a wildcard)

Container>>Pack should not move Harmony, Scheme, Tempo (globals)

Container>>Pack should minimize unused instruments when done

Audio & MIDI Setup: More room for device names in list

Minimize instrument after moving a phrase with drag & drop

Changed default analysis window of many recognition presets to 1/16 (was: 1/32)

General purpose default interpretation should NOT generate sustain pedal

No longer add "(Copy)" or "(Template)" suffixes to private devices

Audio & MIDI Setup: Indicate on window title whether shared rack needs to be saved

Less verbose messages when loading racks

Export button was hard to read

Feature Enhancements:
* Integrate bundled LoopBe30 driver [AR958]
* Ability to disable the merging of successive identical harmonies [AR955]
* Remember default viewed progression items [AR956]
* Remember export preferences across sessions [AR659]

Resolved Bugs:
* Fixed issues with keyboard and menu input focus and disablement
* (Windows) Reduce flicker and lag with drag & drop [AR874]
* (Windows) Tooltips and menus appear behind panels [AR563]
* Pattern Editor: Edit menu has cut/copy/paste disabled for global parameters [AR962]
* (Windows) Changing the default app folder should retain the app name [AR942]
* Fixed various issues with installer

Other Changes:
* (Windows) Application code signed with official certificate
* Install example documents to user folder by default [AR960]

Feature Enhancements:
* Ability to round symbols (get rid of accidentals)
* Most experimental features now official
* Easy menu for picking a backup copy of a file [AR915]
* Phrase Editor: Symbol selectable over full length [AR897]
* Experimental: Show synthesized auto-chords for interpretation [AR903]
* Support chord completion also for upright arppeggio segments [AR906]
* (MacOS X) Last used files menu item added to idle menu bar
* Paste span selection into library broken
* Improved "what's wrong" status report
* Harmonizer: Accept partial progression only, if span selected [AR758]
* Retain selected window settings across multiple window instances
* Export option for container and phrase [AR840]
* Instrument sheet/mixer flickers when follow container option is on [AR886]
* Experimental: Show global figure shadow
* Use fractional notation for time signatures [AR947]
* Warn about empty vectors in "what's wrong" feature [AR930]

Resolved Bugs:
* Loading pre-1.1.5 progressions did not reset bass assignment
* Auto-chords voice leading was broken [previous build]
* (MacOS X) Problems installing ReWire extension on Mac [AR925]
* Bypass interpretation should ignore playing ranges (e.g. drums)
* Crash when using View >> Window as Panel
* (MacOS X) Application startup takes 5 minutes at times [AR938]
* Recording prematurely stops near the end of long arrangements [AR949]
* Phrase editor: Hotkey for fractional transposition not responsive [AR888]
* Phrase Pool: Phrase selection feedback used wrong sound
* Phrase: Selection lost while in Hyper-edit mode [AR889]
* Recording stops prematurely (metronome too short) [AR902]
* Problems rendering symbols near end of arrangement [AR905]
* SMF import: Entry of import offset and length not correct
* Crash for certain figures with disabled VL
* (Windows) Annoying flicker when walking menubar menus w/mouse [AR943]
* (Windows) Input focus conflicts with tool panels (Windows) [AR946]
* (Windows) Menu bar menus shutting down prematurely [AR944]
* (Windows) Swap monitor option not properly restored on startup [AR945]
* Shortcut keys for undo not shown in menu bar [AR884]
* Minor issues with interpretation presets
* Phrase Pool: Unable to delete phrase if only two phrases left
* Phrase Pool: Various bugs [AR890]
* Library: Various bus fixed
* Error displaying bass on keyboard widget
* Pitch tracking for arpgegio symbols fixed
* Minor bug with span selection in harmonizer
* Progression documents did not remember selected part
* Library: Volume/Pan issues during preview fixed
* Palette layout misaligned when notepad editor open
* Sound preview did not render sustain pedal
* (MacOS X) Keyboard shortcut for container resizing broken

Other Changes:

* Phrase preview should render figure in context [AR776]
* Default sound should not be GM.Acoustic Bass [AR899]
* Phrase Editor: Do not require ALT key for length change [AR898]
* Auto-Superimposition received experimental status
* Hotkey "x" toggles between segment and symbol selection both ways
* Drag & drop phrase from library should not clear volume/pan [AR917]
* Progression: Show bass, vertical scale and global key by default
* Revised interpretation presets
* Moved "Intelligence" parameter block up due to frequent access
* Revised accompaniments, documents and sound preview phrases
* Added an example phrase library
* Palette should spawn new palettes with same layout [AR928]

Resolved Bugs:
* Progression editor messes up with parameter selection [AR800]
* Preview of certain selected note symbols not audible [AR795]
* Removing last and only instrument causes issues [AR801]
* Improved stabilty of parameter inspector
* Could not stretch a phrase that was recorded [AR802]
* Snapshot of constants (Interpretation, Morphing) not always valid [AR810]
* Issues when scaling span selection on numeric vectors [AR812]
* Fixed many minor bugs and crashes
* (Windows) Container progression not always redisplayed [AR793]
* Ghost notes: Preview in editor should not loop [AR796]
* Custom chord printing messed up [AR809]

Other Changes:
* Corrupted figures repaired automatically upon file opening
* (Windows) Removed flicker and minor display issues with drag and drop