Maestro Frankenstein

0.4 beta (Codename: "Wow it sorta does what it is supposed to now!")

* Added global commands window that allows you to make changes to all tracks at once. Accessed from the 'Display' menu.
* Added "Midi File Export Sync Assurance" option in the global commands that adds a tiny midi note at the beginning of each score so that exported MIDI files can be re-synced with confidence in sequencers such as Logic which don't import the beginning of a MIDI file if there is no data in it. Remember to remove this note when you put your piece back together in your sequencer!
* GREATLY improved the power spectrum plotting in maestro frankenstein. Plots are now done by default with one fft of a zero-padded set of the data. Average power spectra with several frames/lags using a windowing function can still be done.
* Improved peaks finding feature in the power spectrum – now you can sort by intensity before viewing/exporting peak data. Also it usually works now, and lets you set how many peaks to find with live feedback in the plot.
* Power spectrum plot window enlarged and vertical view scaling bar improved, with a number field for textual vertical view ceiling entry.
* Controls in the 'Create Score' window now automatically update the score
* New brighter UI look in main window
* Time Scaling changed again – I realized my previous way of doing it was stupid. This method scales the original space between the original 0 and the original first data point, but does not scale any time offset you have added manually in Maestro Frankenstein. Thus temporal relationships between datasets can be maintained when they are all scaled by the same amount.
* Track colors are now saved
* [ Change ] since score update is now faster and happens automatically, the colored "update score button" of each track in the main window is no called "Export Score" and now exports the score as a MIDI file in one click, instead of opening the "Create Score" window for each track.
* [ Fix ] More bug fixes than I can (or want to) remember. Here are a few:
o Fixed an annoying bug that could skip the first note when generating a score under certain conditions.
o Getting velocities of notes from a column of data from the same track will now work the first time after a previously saved project is reloaded
o Maestro Frankenstein no longer takes FOREVER to quit. However, it still takes a long time to erase tracks or to start a new project if you have one open with lots of tracks. This is due to Max's pattrstorage object being really slow at reorganizing itself and there being no way I can find of stopping it from doing aside from deleting the object before close. This is what I do when you quit, so it makes it faster. But I cant do that otherwise, or Maestro Frankenstein will cease functioning altogether. So, I suggest quitting a restarting before creating or a new project or opening another project if you have more then three tracks currently open.
o Bugs with sample rates in power spectrum window
o Getting note velocities from other tracks now uses interpolation instead of the value of the last data point

0.3 beta

* Added playhead indication on timebar and page-scroll during playback. A green line on the timebar shows your progress during playback, placing a tick mark where each note is played. When you reach the end of your screen, Maestro Frankenstein will now scroll to the next page.
* Score generation is now exponentially faster.
* [ Change ] Scaling of data now takes into account only the time spanned by the data, eliminating some display and computation errors.
* [ Fix ] Indication of % length of data is maintained between saves for all new documents, so pressing 100% will always return you to the original length of the data, even after closing and re-opening a project.
* [ Fix ] Several small unit display and project loading bugs fixed.

0.26 beta Release 2

New version of FTM library (1.7.12) brings enhanced stability
[ FIX ] Score windows now close on Play to avoid crashes
GUI tweaks
"All Windows Active" is no longer enabled by default. It can be toggled via the "Window" menu.

Version 0.26b:
[ Fix ] Now works on Intel macs – 0.25 used to crash on creating a new track on Intel based macs. Sorry about that!

0.25 beta:

Redesigned the windowed interface:
Maestro Frankenstein is now all contained in one easy to manage window, saving you screen space and headache
The timeline bar no longer scrolls vertically with the tracks, so it will not disappear when working on tracks at the bottom of a large project :)
The window height automatically adapts to your screen size
The horizontal scrollbar is in the same window as the tracks
Fixed problems with loss of some settings on project load in version 0.22 beta
Fixed anomalous behavior of audition controls is "Create Audio Sample" window
Added Master Playback Speed Control in the toolbar: allows for adjustment of playback speed from 0.001x to 1000x in realtime during playback. This is an easy way to speed up or slow down playback of all tracks at once. However it does not affect the speed or tempo of exported MIDI files.
Slight file format change (unfortunately this breaks compatibility with projects saved using earlier versions on Maestro Frankenstein and there is no easy way to convert them at this time).
More accurate rendering of graphs thanks to updates to the FTM library.
Built as a Universal Binary with FTM 1.7.11 – no longer are there two separate versions for PPC and Intel Macs!
A few minor cosmetic changes and console error messages eradicated