2023.7.1
2023-08-19
- Jazz-Medium Up Swing: 160 BMP default tempo
- new flat ride cymbal sound
- ride swing at 72%
- new drum fills and snare comping accents
- new piano comping rhythms
- bass accents match new 72% swing feel
- Jazz-Medium Swing: 120 BMP default tempo
- all the changes from Medium Up Swing plus:
- better position of hi-hat because of the sample attack at slower tempo
- new piano comping rhythms
- Jazz-Up Tempo Swing: 240 BMP default tempo
- new flat ride cymbal sound
- ride swing at 62%
- new piano comping rhythms
- Jazz-Doo Doo Cats:
- two feel swing on hi-hat at 72%
- Jazz-Guitar Trio: now uses bass and drums from Medium Up Swing
- Jazz-Bossa Nova: new flat ride cymbal sound
- Jazz-Bossa/Swing: new flat ride cymbal sound and same bass and drums as Medium Up Swing in the middle choruses
- Jazz-New Orleans Swing: same bass and drums as Medium Up Swing in the middle choruses
- Jazz-Swing Two Four:
- two feel swing on hi-hat at 72%
- same bass and drums as Medium Up Swing in the middle choruses
- Simplified Piano rhythms in 3/4 for Medium Up Swing 2 and Up Tempo Swing 2
- Double Time Swing now also works with 3/4 and 2/4 time signatures
- Better guitar/keys rhythms with 2 chords per measure in 4/4 in Blues: Funky, Gospel, Muddy, Nola, Shout, Texas Rock
- Better piano rhythms with 2 chords per measure in 4/4 in: Latin-Brazil Samba, Latin-Cuba Bolero, Salsa-Cuba Bolero, Salsa-Cuba Cha Cha Cha
2023.7
2023-08-17
- Jazz-Medium Up Swing: 160 BMP default tempo
- new flat ride cymbal sound
- ride swing at 72%
- new drum fills and snare comping accents
- new piano comping rhythms
- bass accents match new 72% swing feel
- Jazz-Medium Swing: 120 BMP default tempo
- all the changes from Medium Up Swing plus:
- better position of hi-hat because of the sample attack at slower tempo
- new piano comping rhythms
- Jazz-Up Tempo Swing: 240 BMP default tempo
- new flat ride cymbal sound
- ride swing at 62%
- new piano comping rhythms
- Jazz-Doo Doo Cats:
- two feel swing on hi-hat at 72%
- Jazz-Guitar Trio: now uses bass and drums from Medium Up Swing
- Jazz-Bossa Nova: new flat ride cymbal sound
- Jazz-Bossa/Swing: new flat ride cymbal sound and same bass and drums as Medium Up Swing in the middle choruses
- Jazz-New Orleans Swing: same bass and drums as Medium Up Swing in the middle choruses
- Jazz-Swing Two Four:
- two feel swing on hi-hat at 72%
- same bass and drums as Medium Up Swing in the middle choruses
- Simplified Piano rhythms in 3/4 for Medium Up Swing 2 and Up Tempo Swing 2
- Double Time Swing now also works with 3/4 and 2/4 time signatures
- Better guitar/keys rhythms with 2 chords per measure in 4/4 in Blues: Funky, Gospel, Muddy, Nola, Shout, Texas Rock
- Better piano rhythms with 2 chords per measure in 4/4 in: Latin-Brazil Samba, Latin-Cuba Bolero, Salsa-Cuba Bolero, Salsa-Cuba Cha Cha Cha
2023.6
2023-06-02
- Fixed issue with iCloud sync error not showing an alert in the app setting
- Fixed various guitar chord fingerings
- Fixed MusicXML export with 1st and 2nd endings
2023.5
2023-05-14
- Fixed cell selection in editor in song with vertical spacers
- Fixed issue with starting playback from coda with END symbol
- Fixed issue on iPhone with measure selection for long songs (12 staves) with vertical spacers
- Fixed issue with tap target to select a measure after a new line with extra vertical space and single bar line
- Fixed issue with opening chord diagram slide-up window stopping playback
- Fixed accessibility with invisible roots
- Fixed issue with floating keyboard in Editor on iPad
- Fixed Ukulele D7 chord
- Improved some guitar chord fingerings
- Improved matching style text in editor to player style
2023.2
2023-01-30
Minor Bug Fixes
2022.11
2022-11-29
- Reduced size of exported playlists
- Fixed some translations
- Fixed a few guitar chords
- Updated AirTurn SDK to version 4.7.0
- Updated exported MusicXML to version 3.1
- Fixes to VoiceOver with numeric font
2022.10
2022-10-18
- Better controls for Chord Diagrams and Chord Fonts
- Changed Share menus into Export menus
- Added Print option in the Export Chord Chart menu
- Added CMD-P keyboard shortcut to Print on iPad
- Fixed key Signature of exported MIDI files
- Fixed default guitar chords
- Fixed synth brass sound
- Lowered Volume of synth sounds
2022.9
2022-10-09
- Print and export of long songs is now stretched to fill the page
- Improved selection for copy/paste in the editor
- Sending feedback or support email now works if Gmail or other is set as the default email client
- Fixed issue with song background color picker in landscape on iPhone
- Fixed issues with Title and Composer clashing when displaying long songs on iPad
- Fixed issues with large accessibility text in song view controls
- Fix chord fonts not displaying for some charts in odd time signatures
- Fix export in MusicXML format for transposed charts
- iOS 14 is no longer supported
2022.7
2022-07-31
- Updated all styles with better fade out endings
- Fixed AirTurn issues with old pedal devices
- Fixed issue in editor with button shapes accessibility enabled
- Fixed rare crash when displaying a song with only two equal chords with piano or guitar font
- Fixed too high one handed piano chord font diagrams
2022.2
2022-03-03
- *NEW* Salsa styles backing tracks
- Added more triads to the guitar chords library
2021.12
2021-12-18
- New Stereo sampled piano sound
2021.8
2021-09-12
- Editor: move staff text "// New Line" symbol to dedicated button next to the input text field
- Editor: revert to previous behavior of having the clear button for deleting chords in the text field
- Editor: the ••• chord quality suggestions button has moved to the right of the text field
- Editor: allow Repeat symbols to be inserted even if the input method is set to alternate chords
- Editor: fixed bug where it wasn't possible to edit the last cell in the chart
- Editor: Moved Song Info button to navigation bar to have more room for chord input field
- Editor: Fixed issue where it was impossible to enter a chord in the last cell without a closing bar line
- Editor: Changed behavior or delete key to also delete symbols after a chord is deleted
- Change Son Montuno behavior to only put fills at the change between heads and middle choruses
- Fixed long standing crash in the page swiping mechanism
- Fixed issue with piano chords font not drawing after a vertical spacer
- Added Portuguese and Russian language localizations
2021.7.1
2021-07-13
Fixes to the song layout on iPad
2021.7
2021-07-03
- Revert to iPad stretching tall songs horizontally when in full screen
- Simplify behavior of symbol popups in the Editor keyboard
- Colorize the symbol keys of the Editor to distinguish them from the chord entry keys
2021.6
2021-06-25
- Improved editor by consolidating all symbols into one keyboard
- Fixed copy/paste behavior in the editor
- Added support for special symbol "//" for multiline staff text
- Fixed issue with long staff text flowing off of the right edge of the chart
- Improved export to PDF
2021.4.1
2021-04-23
- Fixed issue with drum breaks not working with uppercase "Break" text
- Fixed issue with drum breaks not working when multiple text snippets were added to a single measure
2021.4
2021-04-10
Added new Jazz style with alternating Bossa Nova and Swing sections
2021.2
2021-02-27
Minor fixes and improvements
2021.1
2021-01-18
- Hide keyboard after selecting a song from search results on iPad
- Improved performance of song search
- Fixed A6/E guitar chord diagram
2020.12
2020-12-16
- Added support for drum breaks! Insert the word “Break” in the staff text and the drums will stop with a shot on one until the next double bar line.
- Added two new chord qualities: minor add 9 (-add9) and diminished major 7th (o^7).
- Fixed issue with scrolling in landscape so that current measure always stays centered.
- Change behavior of the Full Screen setting on iPad: it now also hides the side bar in addition to hiding the player controls
- Fixed issue that prevented importing of playlist sent through the support chat
- Don’t show import preview window when importing existing single song and override player settings in existing song with incoming imported song
2020.9
2020-11-25
- New design and layout of song list and playlists
- Support for Dark Mode
- New screen when creating a New Song where you can set all the song info before starting to edit
- New screen for more easily adding songs to a playlist from within the playlist with a simple search
- New feature: search for songs from home screen Spotlight search
- Added support for new iPhone 12 models
- Added support for trackpad on iPad
- Accessibility improvements for Voice-Over reading of the chord chart
- Improved Forums so that you remain logged in when sharing songs to the Forums from the song view
- Fixed PDF size for better printing
- Fixed add9 chord voicings so that the 9th is not at the top
- Added foot Hi-Hat sound to click sounds (useful for 2 & 4 click track)
- Tweaked swipe actions in various song lists to help avoid accidental song deletion
- Dropped support for iOS 12
2020.7.1
2020-07-05
New in 2020.7.1:
- Minor bug fixes
New in 2020.7:
- Updated Cuba-Son Montuno 2-3 and 3-2 styles
- Improve search with high quality results at the top
- Fixed Pop RnB Rhodes part going out of sync on long songs
- Change guitar part in Blues Lucille to play long notes with 4 chords per measure
- Fix issue with songs in 7/4 and 9/8 time signatures not playing a drum crash at the beginning of song sections
- Improved voicing selection for keyboard and guitar instruments to avoid really high and low registers
- Added small disclosure indicator in chord diagrams to help discover alternate options
- Improved support for AirTurn
- Fixed volume getting louder with distortions when adding reverb in the mixer
- Replaced song view background color picker with newer version
- Updated Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Chord Scale Libraries with better scrolling and position indicators
2020.7
2020-06-29
- Updated Cuba-Son Montuno 2-3 and 3-2 styles
- Improve search with high quality results at the top
- Fixed Pop RnB Rhodes part going out of sync on long songs
- Change guitar part in Blues Lucille to play long notes with 4 chords per measure
- Fix issue with songs in 7/4 and 9/8 time signatures not playing a drum crash at the beginning of song sections
- Improved voicing selection for keyboard and guitar instruments to avoid really high and low registers
- Added small disclosure indicator in chord diagrams to help discover alternate options
- Improved support for AirTurn
- Fixed volume getting louder with distortions when adding reverb in the mixer
- Replaced song view background color picker with newer version
- Updated Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Chord Scale Libraries with better scrolling and position indicators
2020.4.1
2020-05-27
- Fix crash when playing Pop Rock 12/8 in 2/4 or 6/8 time signature
- Better endings in all Blues and Pop styles
2020.4
2020-05-19
- Added a second harmony part (Organ) to the Pop Reggae style
- Added a second harmony part (Guitar) to the Pop Rock 12/8 style