Melody Assistant

Melody Assistant is a useful software for computer-assisted music writing and composition.

What is new in this release:

News

• A long right-click on the Play icon (non-Dock palettes) enables to adjust the score general volume
• A long right-click on the metronome icon (non-Dock palettes) enables to adjust the metronome volume
• Option to reset the ornaments settings to their factory values (all, or only the currently edited type)

• MusicXML import: tempo change objects could be invisible. They are now visible by default
• Macintosh: The "Times" font, provided from the beginning of MacOS isn't included anymore in MacOS 10.13. We adjusted our font substitution strategy to manage this
• Stability improvement for VSTi plugins support
• Improvement of general settings default values:
  - Old-style palettes
  - Only third-party file format have their instruments converted to MyrSynth

• Miscellaneous crashes when editing score that include views
• In MP3 export settings box, ghost pop-up menus could appear when clicking on an empty area
• Fixed crash when playing echo for a MyrSynth instrument on an empty staff
• Fixed crash when a multi-rest measure was located at the very end of the score
• Impossible to select the Myriad HQ palette in "Dock" interface mode
• Fixed information display for tempo objects in the global edit box.
• Fixed problem on the German version of Melody Assistant
• Crashes related to a discontinued feature (management of old desktop accessories of MacOS 9) could occur randomly on Windows and Linux
• Numbered ending management has been restored to the old version, the new algorithm could generate infinite score repeat
• User-defined ornament default settings were not applied when adding the ornement through the note edit window
• Crash when playing some trills with Virtual Singer
• Some fixes on guitar tablature display
• Fixed merged tablature display in scroll mode
• Fixed crash when a part sung by Virtual Singer contained more than 32000 syllables. Maximum score duration Virtual Singer can sing is still limited to 3h1/4 though
• Fixed chord diagram preview in score display setup
• Fixed mistakes when adjusting instruments to existing sound devices on file loading or import
• Fixed MyrSynth and VSTi instrument use on rule-driven multi-instrument staves (could crash with VSTi)
• VSTi plugins: problem when several staves were sharing the same instrument
• Myrweb export: crash when the document included a digital track
• Myrweb export, SVG and PDF graphical export: fixed export of Chinese Unicode characters

What is new in version 7.7.1c:

• Editing lyrics on a score without lyrics that only includes one staff will automatically add the lyrics line to that staff
• On Macs with a single-button mouse, Ctrl + Click is now equivanent to a right-click. (the "Shift" key now being used to insert/move object outside the staff area).
• Some palettes could move away from the screen edges
• When unsuccessfully trying to tie two notes (different pitches, etc), an unwanted alert box was displayed
• Dutch interface text has been amended