Harmony Navigator 2.1
Feature Enhancements:- Ability to disable merging of adjacent equal chords [AR1069]
- Implement a more standard transport model [AR756]
- Ability to backup entire configuration folder (preferences)
- Can not save arrangement while playing [AR918]
- MIDI Setup: Display overall pitch range on keyboard widget
- Provide visual indication where figure exceeds section length [AR865]
- Setup: Ability to switch MIDI port of direct addressing devices
Resolved Bugs:
- User interface lockups during playback [AR1000]
- (MacOS X) Problem with file dialogs crashing the program [AR1061]
- Bug with instrument manager and sound lookup
- (Windows) Can't double-click open documents when app is already running [AR388]
- Allocation problem with fixed channel instruments
- MIDI Through not cancelled when instrument was released
- Song length trimmed wrong when resizing sections
- First chord in palette notepad does not play in root position [AR1097]
- (Windows) Context menu keyboard hotkey broken [AR1071]
- Template devices must not connect when routing is restored from file [AR1087]
- Fixed minor issues with instrument categories
- Error adopting sound properties for multiple instruments
- Context menu issues with instrument properties dialog
- MIDI Setup: Disconnected device should not be sent any data
- Several issues with loop selection and playback
- Loop selection ignored when starting after loop begin [AR1090]
Other Changes:
- MIDI note off velocity now uses standard value 64
- Removed option to always reset instrument manager (obsolete now)
- Improved ruler selection tracking and graphics
- Increased robustness of various GUI widgets
- Improved behavior of resizing handles and repeat switches
- Retain last used device selection after closing setup window
- Minor fixes in the GM instrument hierarchy
- Do not move to next input field after Enter key [AR1092]
- Warnings: Opt to not show a message again [AR1101]
Harmony Navigator 2.0.5
Feature Enhancements:- Make selected sound properties multi-selection capable (setup)
- Ability to sort sounds by name, channel, or category
- Allow Select All option for sounds list (setup)
- Added more subcategories to Synth
Resolved Bugs:
- Palette chords triggered twice on mouse button release
- Fixed serious bug with track selection and drag+drop
- Various bugs fixed with sound category editing
- Global instrument volume/pan setting lost after restart
- Bug with time span class caused multiple side-effects
- MIDI Through broken when multiple input ports enabled [AR1013]
- Playback in loop mode not looping smoothly (jerks) [AR1052]
- Selecting global instrument should make it midi through destination
- Progression: Gap selection at end of row was invisible
- Unable to paste chord at end of progression
- Progression: End gap selection behaves inconsistent [AR1062]
- Catalog: Chord rotations not matching correctly
- Catalog cluttered with redundant modes
- Catalog: Make new structures become active and persistent on save
- Hotkey for progression transpose shown wrong in menu
Other Changes:
- Open instrument property dialog at last used postion
- Always play chord last entered in progression editor
- Global Reset Controllers switch now off by default
- Fixed minor issue with Scale Prober pattern
Harmony Navigator 2.0.4
Feature Enhancements:- Simplify global Audio and MIDI setup [AR1051]
- Imported basis accompaniment should be globally available [AR1047]
- Ability to play selected song section as live accompaniment
- Save global instruments and midi settings with routing file
- Support direct sound addressing for global instruments
- Ability to add sounds to a rack from device templates
- Sort device descriptions by kind
Resolved Bugs:
- Fixed various issues with program startup and MIDI
- Instant Feedback option defunct in catalog [AR935]
- Fixed issue with symbolic instruments in patterns
- Sound Allocation Monitor hidden when MIDI setup opened
- Harmonizer preview mix changes have no permanent effect [AR1048]
- Sound allocation monitor missed misc fixed channels
Other Changes:
- Ensure devices can be shared across HN and Synfire [AR443]
- Streamlined device description creation
- Updated user manual (PDF)
- Provide more helpful error messages when midi subsystem fails
- Make buttons for palette and circle panels be toggles [AR1018]
- Various minor user interface tweaks
Harmony Navigator 2.0.3
Feature Enhancements:- Option to display fretboards in landscape orientation
- Added 5th global default instrument (Guitar)
- Option to reference global instruments in patterns
- Marked middle C key with a dash
Resolved Bugs:
- (Windows) Tool tips cause annoying flicker of panels [AR1039]
- Fretboard panels did not scale well with window size
- Instrument names not refreshed after global setup changed
Other Changes:
- Changed basic patterns to use global instrument references
- Hide panels while certain windows are open (e.g. audio setup)
- Use GM.SynthStrings1 as default sound for global chords
Harmony Navigator 2.0.2
Feature Enhancements:- New Navigation menu for palette window
- Shortcut key to bring up playback settings [AR1014]
- Added hotkey for Audio + MIDI Setup
- Improved palette layout settings dialog
- Disabling chords-only mode now restores previous pattern
Resolved Bugs:
- Problems copying phrases from templates
- Problem with disabled menu bar items
- Preview phrases should use target instrument
- (MacOS X) Keyboard issues with global vs. local menu bar
- Reimporting midnam XML offsets program changes by one [AR998]
- Basis pattern name sometimes not indicated
- Fixed a bug with multi-palette navigation
- Pause switch on track did not redisplay correctly
Other Changes:
- Revised preset management
- Hide default device description from user
- Renamed "Section" to "Group" (instruments)
- Renamed "Part" to "Section" (song)
- Sort coloring schemes and similar menus alphabetically
- Revised palette layout and coloring presets
- Circle of 5th and context panel buttons toggle panel on/off
Harmony Navigator 2.0.1
Feature Enhancements:- Option to distribute imported track across multiple parts
- (Windows) Integrate bundled LoopBe30 driver [AR958]
- Ability to disable the merging of successive identical harmonies [AR955]
- Support drag and drop in addition to arrow keys for moving parts [AR981]
- Ability to copy and paste a part [AR994]
- Remember default viewed progression items [AR956]
- Remember export preferences across sessions [AR659]
- Mark middle C on keyboard widgets [AR923]
Resolved Bugs:
- Fixed issues with keyboard and menu input focus and disablement
- (Windows) Reduce flicker and lag with drag & drop [AR874]
- Direct sound addressing may get lost [AR919]
- (Windows) Executable instance orphaned when closing last window [AR967]
- Crashes when exporting MIDI file
- Unable to launch a document from the Explorer/Finder
- Direct Addressing: Problems editing sounds with identical names/templates [AR993]
- (MacOS X) Program refused to start into native 64bit kernel
- Copy and paste chord from palette to progression broken [AR966]
- (MacOS X) Some hotkeys don't function with local menu bars on [AR931]
- Setup: Entering metronome pitch by name crashes
- (MacOS X) Fixed a conflict with global and local menu bars
- Fixed problems with single-track midi import
- Enablement of cut/copy/clear phrase was depending on parameter selection
- Initializing a GM sound bank did not create a default drum kit
- Fixed various issues with installer
- Minor issues with copy/paste fixed
- Rhythm detection was partly broken
- Improved handling of file dialogs
Other Changes:
- Install example documents to user folder by default [AR960]
- Added some arpeggio patterns to example library
- Disable cut and copy options if multiple parts selected
Harmony Navigator 2
Feature Enhancements:- New major product release. Please read product description for details.