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- MIDDLE EARTH SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
- MUSIC WORKS VERSION 2.3
- 14 Oct 1997
-
- This document details some of the additions and modifications to
- Music Works since version 2.1.2.
-
- Build 49
- ========
- - Auto format.
-
- - Compress/Expand.
-
- - Further changes to Transpose.
-
- - Futher example files.
-
- - Symbol Palette.
-
- - Adjustable ties/slurs etc.
-
-
- Build 47
- ========
- Internet evaluation version of software.
-
- - Support has been added for popup menus when right mouse button
- is pressed.
-
- - Transpose has been changed extensively. Please be aware that
- while this has been added to the evaluation version of the
- software, it is still being tested. It is being added to the
- retail version now.
-
- - Menu layout has changed.
-
- - Dialog boxes have been changed to fit onto a 640x480 screen.
-
- - Additional options have been added to the Preferences dialog
- box.
-
- - An option has been added to swap between American and European
- nomenclature.
-
- - The left double click option now performs the default edit
- operation on a note instead of displaying the Edit Dialog box.
-
- - Some problems have been fixed in the recording routines to
- improve recording ability from instruments that send "stay
- alive" and timer messages.
-
- - Some problems have been fixed in the handling of system
- exclusive messages.
-
- - Additional accents have been added to the Note Palette.
-
- - Some terms have been renamed within dialog boxes and menu
- options.
-
- - Toolbar icons have been changed to fit onto a 640x480 screen.
-
- - An option has been added to make the division spacings
- automatically change when a different note value is selected.
-
- - A problem with adding MW to the start menu when running under Windows NT
- was corrected.
-
- Build 43
- ========
- - This is the same as Build 42 except that it is a retail version of
- the software.
-
- Build 42
- ========
- Internet version of software.
-
- - Modifications made to keyboard interface for placing notes.
- Some problems created after using control key combinations
- were corrected.
-
- - Shortcut keys to choose menu options have been changed to
- remove conflicting and duplicate keys in existing menus. Key
- combinations were added to access all menus with Alt key
- shortcuts.
-
- - First time repeat symbols have been changed to be open to the
- left. This option is on by default. The old behaviour can be
- restored by adding the following to the ini file:
-
- [Preferences]
- ShowLeftDropOnRepeatMarkers = 1
-
- - Drum names were read incorrectly from the DRUM.LST file. The
- first line of drums should be line 3 of the file. The program
- was adopting line 1 of the file.
-
- - The Edit Note and Edit Selected Notes dialog boxes both
- demonstrated problems interpreting pitch and MIDI input values
- when drum names were displayed. This has been corrected.
-
- - Double sharps and flats were not read from files after they
- were saved. This has been corrected.
-
- Build 41
- ========
- Same changes as in Build 38 incorporated into retail version of
- software.
-
-
- Build 38
- ========
- - The Select Special dialog box has changed. The Sharp and Flat
- buttons selected pitch incorrectly.
-
-
- Previous Revisions
- ===============================================================
-
- Keyboard entry of objects
- =========================
- Notes, rests and ornaments can now be entered into the
- composition using the cursor keys and a number of hot keys. To
- properly make use of these facilities, the palette corresponding
- to the object to be inserted should be visible. Following are the
- keys that can be used:
-
- Left arrow Move cursor left one division if snap is on, one
- tick if snap is off
- Right arrow Move cursor right one division if snap is on, one
- tick if snap is off
- Up arrow Move cursor up
- Down arrow Move cursor down
- Tab Move cursor right one division regardless of snap
- setting
- Shift-Tab Move cursor left one division regardless of snap
- setting
- N Scroll through note types in the note palette
- D Scroll through note dot types in the note palette
- A Scroll through note accidental in the note
- palette
- E Scroll through note accent (effect) in the note
- palette
- F Toggle note flip in the note palette
- H Toggle note head type in the note palette
- R Scroll through rest types in the rest palette
- O Scroll through ornaments in the ornament palette
- Space bar Add the currently highlighted object at the
- cursor location
- B Add a semibreve at the cursor location
- M Add a minim at the cursor location
- C Add a crotchet at the cursor location
- Q Add a quaver at the cursor location
- S Add a semiquaver at the cursor location
-
- Note also that N, R or O will activate the most recently selected
- object in their respective palettes, if the palette is not
- currently active. For example, if you have been adding notes, and
- wish to add a rest, pressing R will highlight the last rest used
- from the rest palette. Pressing R again, will scroll through the
- rests in the rest palette.
-
- When the cursor is moved off the screen using either the tab or
- arrow keys, the screen will now follow the cursor left and right
- as well as up and down.
-
-
-
- Double sharp symbol
- ===================
- A new font is provided with version 2.2 which allows support for
- the double sharp symbol. This is accessed through the accidental
- button in the note palette in the usual way.
-
-
-
- Bar numbering
- =============
- Automatic bar numbering is now provided through the Preferences
- dialog box. Bar numbers are displayed and printed above the
- barline of the first visible stave of each system.
-
-
- Display notes while recording
- =============================
- By default, notes are now displayed on screen as they are recorded from
- a MIDI device.
-
- --End
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