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Encore5 ReleaseNotes
Encore5 ReleaseNotes
4 Release Notes
First Passport Music Software, LLC release
NEW FUNCTIONALITY
Multilingual - now includes English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch
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NEW FUNCTIONALITY
Opti-Fingering add-on software opportunity included
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NEW FUNCTIONALITY
Added a "safe save" feature to prevent corruption if crash during saving, etc. -- it also
allows You can now access the last 20 saved versions in
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\GVOX\)
Made expressions, graphics, text, dynamics, slurs and symbols assignable to any voice.
Small change in default slur location at noteheads.
Palette now keeps dot and tuplet when hotkey switches note/rest value.
Lyrics are now not centered when note has a right tie (Win was changed to match Mac).
Now any note in a chord can be clicked on for lyric insert.
Dynamics now playback on any other voice that is not using dynamic marks (this gives
users the flexibility to use different MIDI channels on separate voices, but keep
dynamics in one voice for entire staff)
Notes are automatically re-beamed when option/ctrl-drag a note.
Added arrows palette header to match mac.
Selection now does not change which switching voice view.
Auto-adjusting of slurs when dragging notes, et al now handles more than one slur at a
note.
Enabled negative numbers for measure number offset.
Added tempo object as part of top-text extraction of part.
Added a message asking the user to save file first when opening legacy files .
Made ellipse and circled string numbers to draw using GDI+ anti-aliasing .
Removed hard-coding of voices 2-4 & 6-8 to always beam down.
Encore now looks in all voices when calculating tie direction.
Added ability to create a non-score file as Default New Score.enc in the template
directory - which will then bypass opening a template at launch.
Made follow playback always ON when recording.
Made QWERTY mode always turn off when keyboard closes.
Added the right-click popup menu in palette header to MTD Windows.
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Encore 5.0.1 Release notes
New Installer (allows installation in any location, and fixes many install/uninstall
conflicts).
Fixed various bugs muting playback -- occurred sometimes when dragging an object,
with slurs or beams, etc.
Fixed various bugs importing older files, causing wrong error messages, strange page
setup settings, corrupted scores, and crashes.
Fixed freezing bug when dragging some objects.
Fixed some memory problems/leaks related to various crashes. (was especially
problematic with rulers)
Fixed crash in Open window related to popup help tips on older systems.
Fixed bugs/crash when extracting parts with automatic file name generation with illegal
characters (like line return) in file name.
Fixed bug where extracting parts with staff names on every page created misaligned
staves in part.
Fixed problems loading printer info in some files saved with certain printers, relating to
many page alignment problems.
Fixed bug printing too many multiple copies with some printers.
Fixed bug in delete meas/page dlogs where typing in page/meas number typed
"backwards".
Fixed bug where control key + arrow selection of notes did not work.
Fixed bug where center staves left too much space at the bottom of page.
Fixed bug where a change to bass clef appreared below staff.
Fixed display bug with parenthesis object.
Fixed bug where some lyric lines were not greyed out when editing.
Fixed bugs with preferences ( print color not read properly, removed conflicting prefs
that affected some new documents and not others)
Fixed "sticky" handfont button bug in New Score Window.
Fixed bug where new "none" button in choose MIDI instrument didn't actually clear the
setting.
Fixed unevenly spaced staff lines when drawing at < 100% zoom.
Fixed orientation bugs when creating a hairpin when dragging vertically and/or pressing
shift key.
Fixed "perfect 6th" typo in transposition key staff sheet popup menu.
Fixed bug where turning click on/off while playing was not permanently set.
Fixed bug where legacy files had strange MIDI Device settings on import.
Fixed bug where nudging a note with specific voice in view re-beamed notes in all
voices.
Fixed bug where barlines drew too high when top system was smaller size than lower
one.
Fixed bug where transposing notes and key signature in first bar created unwanted
"courtesy" accidentals.
Fixed problem preventing running 4.5 and 5.0 at the same time
Fixed bug where a zoomed-in score showed pitchtip in wrong position.
Fixed various problems in Drum Map Edit Window.
Changed the bass setting default to none in Insert Chord Window.
Fixed bug where a new percussion staff did not default to MIDI channel 10.
Fixed bug where turning note staff into perc/tab staff did not remove key signatures.
Added automatic selection of next note after chord parsing entry.
Changed program default for MIDI Follow Staff to ON (now matches mac).
Disabled pageup/down/space/home/end/arrow keys when recording.
Added some protection to prevent squashing measure too small to where notes notes
can collide.
Changed drum map pitch tips to show drum name instead of MIDI #.
Added automatic justification when changing page margins (l/r) and auto-space is
enabled.
Various minor cosmetic changes and fixes.