Overture 4.1.5 Changes

Known Mac issues not resolved

• Audio Preferences in AU menu has not been implemented..
• Audio Units saved with a score are not loaded when score is opened on Windows platform and vice-versa.

Patch 7 - 5/31/2012

• Fixed a bug with reading old files that caused a crash.
• Fixed bug that caused a crash when editing the Chord Library.
• Fixed a bug that with some tempo expressions that caused a crash when playing.
• Fixed a bug when rests were inserted in hidden measures.
• Fixed bug that prevented Tempo changes from being invisible.
• Improved slur positioning.
• Improved beam tilt on some beam situations.
• Greatly improved importing MusicXML files. NOTE: There are still more improvements needed.
• When deleting measures that contain a Multi-Measure rest, the count is set correctly in Dialog.
• Fixed text palette bug where the correct tool was not selected after clicking on bar, system, etc. text.
• Fixed problem with entering notes in pickup measures.
• Added underline option to Font Dialog.
• The MAC version now supports non-English characters in file name.
• Fixed Lyric hyphen alignment that crossed a barline.
  (NOTE: Previous manual adjustments to correct this will have to be rest with old files.
• MAC version will now load old PPC Chord Libraries.

Patch 6 - 9/8/2011

• Fixed a bug with reading old files that created empty measures.
• Fixed a bug that caused fonts to be remapped incorrectly on old files.
• Fixed a bug with First Endings not working in playback in old files.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused track device to be incorrect when deleting VST/AU plug-ins in rack.
• Fixed bug that prevented repeats from being drawn at the end of Multi-Bar Rests.
• Fixed bug that added extra character to melissmas when reading old files.

Patch 5 - 7/30/2011

• Improved spacing of Multi-Rests in measures containing Repeats or heavy barlines.
• Fixed two bugs that may have caused crashes when opening old files.
• Fixed spacing on whole notes and half notes when they occurred at same staff position in different voices.
• Fixed problem that prevent some fonts from being chosen in Symbol Dialog (from graphics palette). (Mac only)
• Fixed problem that prevented setting playback of Pause when attached to a rest.

Patch 4 - 7/6/2011

• Fixed incorrect placement of flags on tablature notes
• Fixed problem with dragging Track Names once they have been moved to the right of left edge of staff
• Fixed problems that occurred after extracting parts (Mac Only)
• Fixed problem with displaying correct key switch information for articulations in voices other than 1

Patch 3 - 6/28/2011

• Fixed Step Input bug that had input types out of order. (PC Only)
• Fixed placement of right winged bracket. (Mac Only)
• Improved placement of Dynamics that are attached to Hairpins.
• Fixed problem with lyric color in multiple voices.
• Fixed Rehearsal Box width problem when reading old files.

Patch 2 - 6/19/2011

• Fixed Fixed bug that sometimes did not convert tuplet bracket into a tuplet number over beam.
• Improved spacing for some symbols in collision avoidance.
• Added extra space for Jazz font bass clefs at beginning of systems.
• Removed drawing garbage when inserting a hairpin. (Mac only)

Patch 1 - 6/9/2011

• Fixed Unhide Staves bug that did not not respace the staves.
• Fixed bug in Edit Playback and Edit Articulation dialog that ignored bank settings from track.
• Fixed bug that prevented auto rests when changing note to rest using computer keyboard.
• Improved a feature that is a big Time-Saver. Try turning on Options>Auto>Avoid Collisions.
  This works for most symbols. Basically Overture moves symbols around to make space for
  new dynamics, hairpins, etc as they are inserted, dragged, transposed, etc.
• OK, another new one. When hairpins are inserted just past a dynamic, the dynamic is
  combined with the hairpin, so when they are dragged, both are dragged. Double click the hairpin to edit as before.
• Fixed problem with importing "tremoloNotes" setting from VST XML files.
• Fixed Tempo with text bug that didn't allow dragging of Tempo marking once moved away from Tempo text.
• Setup Track now sets Program Change in Tracks Window after choose GM Patch.
• Fixed bug that prevented changing rest values using computer keyboard.
• Fixed bug that prevented the first VST/AU Effect from opening after loading a score.
• Fixed bug that only allowed system fonts to be chosen while editing text. (Mac Only)
• Fixed crash in Instrument Rack when opening an Audio Unit and then removing it. (Mac Only)
• Fixed bug that prevented Bar numbers and Pitch from being shown in Graphic Window. (PC Only)

Release - 5/29/2011

• Fixed Shift-Click on Dynamics handle to align dynamics and hairpins.
• Improved collision avoidance when entering dynamics and hairpins
• Fixed problem with moving cursor to next measure with arrow and then pasting. Paste was off by one measure.
• Fixed Step Input not entering notes after eighth notes.
• Fixed crash after Extracting Parts (with Split and Divisi set on)
• Improved tie placement and accidental spacing on clusters.
• Fixed crash when recording real time, with Auto-Transcribe turn off, on tracks above or below a track containing lyrics.
• Fixed problem with hairpin playback.
• Fixed problem with dragging Ottavas that wrapped to next system.

Mac Specific - New Native Intel Version

• Implemented Audio Units (See AU Menu in application)
• Fixed problem that prevented playback to be stopped.
• Fixed Set Key Signature dialog bug that did not transpose correctly.
• Fixed print bug that sometimes did not print bracket on first system.
• Fixed staccatissimo symbol problems
• Fixed problem with selecting note and sharp at the same time.
• Right click now allows Set Key Signature and Time Signature.
• Fixed problem that prevented stretching dotted/dashed lines on Expressions.
• Fixed problem with heavy beam thickness when printing.
• Fixed a few problems in Lyrics Window. Return key now enters a space instead of closing the window.
• Enabled Option/Cmd-Arrows on MacBook Pro as Home, End, Page Down, and Page Up.
• Implemented "Default Document" to work on both opening and saving files.
• Fixed problem with MIDI Thru not working on some situations.

Overture 4.1.0 Changes

Patch 20 - 2/03/2010

• Fixed some jumping around while editing on large scores that were zoomed in.
• Fixed a hang bug when exporting a MIDI file and the last bar had a repeat in it.
• Also fix a serious bug that has been in Overture 4 code for years that eventually caused crashes if you dragged certain items around many times. This bug would also cause a disconnect from the Audio Engine.
• The default folder when extracting parts is the folder containing the main score.
• Changed the Selection Filter to select items only in the selected range. If there is no selection range the items are selected throughout the entire score.
• When Wrap System is off staves dragged below the page will get a warning. The Page Size will not change under any circumstances unless the user does so in Page Dimensions Dialog.
• Improved spacing of Lyrics when using the Justify routine and improved spacing on notes with melismas.
• Fixed bug that packed wrong legato data into a slur, when multiple slurs are created simultaneously on tracks that used different legato data.
• You can now flip beams vertically by selecting them and choosing the Flip menu command.
• You can now nudge notes even with Auto>Justify turned on but if you insert or delete notes in the measure they will be aligned if Auto>Justify is on.
• Added VST device xml files for the Aria player. (Please let us know if there are any problems with them)

Patch 19 - 11/30/2008

• Changed All Tracks/Entire Score option in Dynamic Dialog box to work as expected.
• Alt and Ctrl dragging to apply to multiple staves now works when dragging staves.
• Fixed cross-barline beaming problem.

Patch 18 - 9/18/2008

• Fixed jumping around movement when entering notes on large scores that contained systems larger than the screen.

Patch 17 - 7/01/2008

• When entering dynamics and hairpins the default location is used if they are entered below the top of the staff.
  If they are entered above the staff the current dragged position is used.
  If they are entered below the top of the staff and the default location is used, the dynamic/hairpin is moved below any notes or beams that would collide.
• Fixed problem with Expressions not being played correctly.
• Fixed problem in Text Style Palette that displayed the Bold button incorrectly.

Patch 16 - 6/19/2008

• Fixed crash problem when printing some scores with hidden tracks.

• Fixed problem where articulations that altered velocity were not working.

• Removed Accidental Font button from Chord Library Dialog.

Patch 15 - 6/10/2008

• Fixed Help contents to work with Lyric window and Chord Window.

• Fixed a crash caused by changes that deleted pages.

Patch 14 - 5/06/2008

• Fixed bug that had incorrect placement of natural accidentals on some chord clusters.

• Changes Options>Save Settings to Options>Save Window Positions. Because of numerous complaints and confusion I did this to match the MAC version and because it makes sense. Preferences are saved at exit and window and palette positions are save manually by user.

Patch 13 - 4/25/2008

• Fixed bug that destroyed timing when hiding tuplet numbers on beams.

• Fixed crash when importing some  MIDI files.

• Fixed default insert characters for of Inverted SForzando and SForzando Dot in articulation palette.

• Fixed crash when dragging slurs that crosses measures and were into the previous staves general area.

Patch 12 - 4/16/2008

• Fixed display update problem when switch from inches to centimeters in Page Dimensions dialog.

• Shift clicking or shift dragging on the Chord, Lyric, and Dynamic position handles forces appropriate symbols to baseline.

• When changing meters the new meter hides surrounding meters if they are identical.

• Fixed a bug that prevented dragging notes vertically if they were out of the instrument's range set in Setup track.

• Made dragging notes chromatically a little easier.

• Added the ability to use keySwitchOff and prgChgOff values to xml files.

• Add a fix that will eliminate some crashing when reading corrupted files.

Patch 11 - 4/14/2008

• Fixed a small problem in choosing pitches from Drum Library.

• Fixed a crash when reading an old score with symbols created from Graphic Palette.

• Fixed a playback crash of some scores that contained the repeat measure symbol.

• Fixed a problem in Setup track Dialog when going between percussion tracks and normal tracks.

Patch 10 - 3/25/2008

• Completely re-wrote the Help to be compatible with Windows Vista.

• At startup The GS Wavetable Synth now has it's volume set to the max on both channels at startup. This cures the problem with Windows Media Player leaving it set at 0.

Patch 9 - 3/12/2008

• The position of the Hollywood lines can be set for individual meters. You can drag the meter characters up or down if they are Alternate Font characters, and the line endpoints near the meter characters can be dragged both horizontally and vertically within certain limits. Holding down the Ctrl (MAC cmd) key applies the change to all meters.

• Meters on scaled staves are now centered with all meters vertically. NOTE: On previous files you'll have to open the Meter dialog for the meter and then choose OK, so that the meter can center itself.

• Increased the size of chord symbols in Chord window when using small fonts.

• Fixed a beam bug while entering beamed notes with the mouse that had the stem directions incorrect when one of the notes was on the middle line and the others were below it. (Only with mouse input and switching to Transposed Scores)

• Fixed bug that transposed certain chord symbols like Gb incorrectly when choosing octave up or down.

• Colors for meters and key signatures at left edge are turned off when Options>Show Symbols in Colors is not checked.

Patch 8 - 3/07/2008

• Fixed problems with previous patch that caused crashes when deleting pages.

• Tweaked the new Hollywood lines feature to print better with PDF creators.

• Fixed bug that prevented first note being played of glissandos (diatonic)  that end note was on same scale position.

• Allowed more meter space when using alternate meter fonts.

• Added more settings for Hollywood lines.

Patch 7 - 3/04/2008

• Fixed a problem that caused ties to end short of a note on certain clusters.

• Fixed a problem that a dot on dotted notes to be drawn too low on certain clusters.

• Fixed problem when changing a Multi-Measure rest amount that caused layout problems on last page.

• Fixed problem that cause the end of  graphic items like vertical lines to be moved when measure width changed.

• Fixed bug that cause meters not to be drawn when a previous meter had the same top and bottom values.

• Extracted parts will have the Show Time Signature and no Hollywood lines (New feature) set on all tracks by default.

• OK HERE IS A BIG CHANGE FOR YOU FILM COMPOSERS. The meter dialog has two new buttons and a new switch.
  1. The Alternate Font button allows you to set the Alternate Meter font for the current score. It is no longer controlled by the preferences. The Preferences Meter Font is only used when new scores are created.
  2. The Track Settings button allows you to Show or Hide the meter on tracks in one simple dialog.
  3.  The Hollywood lines switch tells Overture to automatically draw thick lines between meters. It only draws over staves that have their meters hidden in the Setup track dialog or through the Track Settings dialog.

Patch 6 - 2/24/2008

• Fixed the problems with Multi-Measure rests introduced with previous patch.

• The Show Above in Multi-Measure rests when showing range now works properly.

• Fixed problem that displayed the incorrect number when stacking Multi-rests back to back.

• Fixed crash when ctrl clicking multiple objects.

• The whole measure/system layout process has been much improved. The original bars per system is retained as much as possible when inserting, deleting measures, and other operations that affect the layout. When it has to choose it choose from the last setting for the current page set in the Layout Page dialog.

• New scores now use the Preferences>Engraver>Measures per System setting correctly.

Patch 5 - 2/22/2008

• There is an option in the Setup Track dialog box to force the track to use the enharmonic key signature for the key of F# and C# to Gb and Db, when choosing Options>Show>Tracks Transposed. There is a slight problem that will be cured soon. If you have this switch set and choose Options>Show>Tracks Transposed, and then open the Measures>Set Key Signature dialog box and click OK,  key signatures in the middle of the piece get funny when you switch back to Concert Pitch and your notes will start adding double sharps and flats. So don't go back or don't open the Key Signature box. This will be fixed soon.

• Multi-Measure rests now retain the original bars per line when being created. This will be improved even more down the road.

• Alto Sax and others now has the correct key signature for the concert key of E, when Options>Show Transpose is enabled.

• Fixed bug introduced in last patch that prevented System Text from being dragged.

Patch 4 - 2/19/2008

• Corrected the rectangle used to select Harp pedal settings.

• Page Dimensions - Set Orientation changes Page Setup setting and is no longer lost in Undo.

Patch 3 - 2/17/2008

• Improved position of page while following playback and editing.. Playback no longer tries to keep the current track on the screen. This way if you scroll down to see another track on large scores, the vertical position is retained throughout the playback.

• Fixed transcribe bug that cause the third note of a tied group not to be attached to the tie.

• Removed the following restriction: Older versions of the Overture will not be able to open files saved with this version. This may cause a few problems with device names on scores created with versions 4.0.0 - 4.1.0. Nothing major.

• Fixed a playback bug found in MAC version that could appear in the PC version although at this time is was dormant.

Patch 2 - 2/12/2008

• Fix problem when opening scores that contained devices that were no longer available.

• Fixed more errors in Overture 4 manual.

• Fixed a bug that displayed the Thru patch name incorrectly in the Transport.

• NOTE: Older versions of the Overture will not be able to open files saved with this version.
  The free update cures the problem.

Patch 1 - 2/11/2008

• You can now directly create multi-measure rests beyond 999 measures.

• The font sizes in preferences are now stored in preference file.

• Fixed bug that caused double bar lines to disappear when inserting key signatures.

• Fixed errors in Overture 4 manual.

Patch 0 - 2/08/2008

• Fixed bug that prevented notes and graph position from being dragged when MIDI Data Mode was Notes Only.

• Fixed bug that prevented play position vertical line from being displayed on first beat when window scrolled during playback.

• Fixed problem when converting a group of notes (played out trill) to a trill (with hidden notes) and the group required a tie. The tie was being played even though it is not necessary.  the tie's playback should have been disabled because the main note and hidden notes are played and the tie is unnecessary.

• Fixed bug that prevented System text and Codas, Segnos, etc. from showing color.

• The step input chords now default to mute. Playback can be enabled using the Edit >Enable Playback menu option.

• Added playback of mordents and turns including a new dialog.

• Added Notes>Beam>Hide Tuplet menu item to show/hide the tuplet number on beams.

• Fixed incorrect accidentals being forced to show inside the measure. To show an accidental that is automatically hidden if the previous note had the same accidental, simply select the note and type 's', 'f', 'n' for the appropriate accidental to toggle it showing.

• Changed bracket symbol in Groups palette to behave correctly.  Both top and bottom points now stretch the bracket and the bottom point can be connected to the bottom staff of a Grand Staff. Bracket pen width is the same as the staff line width.

• Added Default Volume Controller field in Preferences>Playback dialog.

• Fixed several crashes when opening certain scores.

• Updated the Overture manual and also added the new Mordent/Turn dialog and Trill dialog.

Overture 4.0.2 Changes

Patch 22-11/08/2007

• Fixed lyric underscore bug that extended too far or skipped a note in some rare cases.

• Fixed crash when dragging expression extension lines past one measure.

• Fixed crash when inserting a note into a measure that had a beam from previous measure.

Patch 21-10/16/2007

• Enabled System, Rehearsal text, and Tempos for copying and pasting.

Patch 20-10/03/2007

• Fixed a incorrect horizontal spacing bug when dragging notes on staves below top staff and Auto Justify is on.

• Fixed beams and ties not being displayed in proper in some colors

• Fixed track stem directions for different voices not being obeyed when inserting notes.

• Fixed drawing slur bug on tuplets that are drawn using a slur at small scale sizes.

Patch 18-5/10/2007

• Added an EOS button that when checked, pressing load button loads lyrics to the end of score skipping all barlines.

• Fixed crash when reading some Overture 3 files created with Macintosh version. (PC Only)

• Fixed crash when playing some scores that had an expression before the first note.

Patch 17-4/21/2007

• Fixed unusual problem where blinking cursor disappeared when computer has not been rebooted in over 30 days.

• Added a dialog to ask about enabling the Audio Engine, the first time program is run.

• Fixed the New and Open buttons not being enabled on some machines.

• Fixed problem with beams when reading Overture 2 files.

• Fixed problem with application not Maximizing and being Minimized.

• Fixed cursor problem in Lyric Window.

• Fixed problem with not being able to undo after inserting an Ending with a single click.

• After dragging a velocity value in MidiData box, mouse stays at top of velocity.

• Fixed irregular dash position when entering lyrics directly on score.

• Esc key terminates test edit.

• Fixed font buttons spacing in title text dialogs.

• Fide the 'w' keystroke to work in Chord Window.

Patch 16-4/3/2007

• Fixed crash when reordering tracks in tracks window that contained numerous elements .

• Removed quick popup dialog during auto save.
• Music symbols from the Symbol Palette clicked in white space, can now be remapped to other fonts.

Patch 15-3/1/2007

• Fixed crash bug when opening some old files containing a glissando.

• Fixed an accidental screen update bug caused by changing pitch on a previous note using up or down arrow keys.

• Fixed key signature change not being reflected correctly in Recalc Layout.

• Fixed incorrect accidental bug when pasting across a key change

• Fixed playback problem with tied notes containing tremolos. Tremolo now plays for duration of all tied notes.

• Fixed problem that caused endings in Overture 2 files to disappear.

• Add a horizontal bracket for grouping notes . Drag across two or more notes with the bracket tool in groups palette.

• Creating a Multi-Bar rests now retains the current page layout as much as possible.

Patch 14-1/8/2007

• Fixed crash when playing or exporting some files that contained a double bar repeat.

• Enabled 2-Up, Booklet printing, and Manual Duplex option in Print Dialog.

• Improved some slurs so that their tails do not land on staff lines.

Patch 13-12/04/2006

• Fixed crash when reading Overture 3 files that had lot's of lyrics.

• The default for the playback of an articulation added to midi data that was recorded (not manually inputted) is now on.

• Add Printer Paper Size button to Page Dimensions Dialog. This changes paper dimensions to the dimensions of the Paper Size setting in Page Setup Dialog.

• Fixed bug on beams that crossed staves that displaced the half beam flag on the first note and caused incorrect stem length.

• Auto save settings are automatically save when exiting.

• When Auto Justify is off notes can be repositioned with the mouse or selecting them and using the cursor keys

• Fixed bug that cause some menu items to be disabled.

• Fixed crash when clicking on a cell in a tool bar with no score open.

• Fixed bug  that caused playback using vertical pages to always show page one.

• Fixed bug that caused text to change it's size each time you edited it when clicking on a staff of another size to end the edit.

Patch 12 -10/20/2006

• Fixed crash when deleting last not of score that was tied from previous measure. This could have cause other problems when not in last measure.

• Improved dot position on a dotted note with up stem sharing the same staff line with a non-dotted note with its stem down.

• Fixed Import and Extract menu item not being enabled.

Patch 11-8/23/2006

• Improved repeated pasting of notes patterns that contained grace notes. Graces notes used to get mis-aligned.

• Ctrl-Dragging or copying expressions from track to track keeps current values when ever possible.

Patch 10-7/31/2006

• Corrected problem when dragging notes vertically on percussion tracks.

• Changed default stem direction for percussion tracks to stems up for notes above center line and stems down for those below.

• Added a percussion palette after Guitar Palette.
  Cell 1. Inserts a number of grace notes to represent a flam, ruff, etc.
  Cell 2. Add parentheses to indicate a note as a grace note.
  Cell 3. Open symbol
  Cell 4. Close symbol
  Cell 5. Left sticking
  Cell 6. Right sticking

• Tenuto and natural harmonic articulations are slightly darker at 100%.

• There is a new articulation which is tenuto and dot combined. (It's not in articulation definitions yet)

• Fixed printing problem with arrow heads on lines.

• Fixed several inserting grace note problems.

• Corrected problem when dragging the end of a diminuendo hairpin horizontally.

• Fixed problem with upside-down fermata.

• Fixed printing problem with the square bracket in groups palette when it is flipped.

Patch 9 -7/4/2006

• Fixed stem flipping and rest position problem when entering polyphonic rhythms.

• When creating drum maps in Setup Track, the bass drums automatically have their stems set downward.

• Ctrl clicking a measure to select the entire measure has been removed because of a conflict with discontigous clicking.

• Crosshair cursor now indicates the staff that non-notes symbols are about to be placed on.

• Pedal Down and Up now send MIDI sustain by default.

• Changing thru on transport now matches what manual says and now changing patch does not change the track's patch unless Control key is down when choosing patch.

• You can now Control and Shift click individual controllers in the Graphic Window as stated in the manual.

• Step Inputting chords now moves cursor correctly on all systems.

• Codas, Segnos,  etc. can now have their color set.

• Sustain pedal is automatically turned off when playback stops.

• Fixed crash when deleting marks on notes that had multiple marks of different sizes.

Patch 8-3/10/2006

• Audio engine can now write a 16 bit file or 24 bit file. The 24 bit file is written in "wave extensible format". This is the expected format for Windows Media Player. Note: Some wave editors might refuse this format.

• Fixed problem with screen redraw when step inputting chords.

• Fixed a problem with playback after reading old Overture 2 files, especially chords.

• Fixed several lyric importing problems including importing Karaoke files.

• Fixed midi file export problem that created very long tracks.

• Fixed some scrolling display problems during playback.

• Lyrics are now written when exporting a MIDI file.

• Fixed crash bug when importing some MIDI files.

• Staccatissmo articulations now point toward the note at all times and the shape has changed a bit.

• Fixed channel assignment problems in Insert Track and Track Properties dialogs.

• Expressions and articulations on notes are now remapped to track's default settings when copied to a different track.

Patch 7-2/21/2006

• Fixed slur note duration percentage bug.

• Articulations using key switches now restore the key switch of the previous expression.  The next release will do this for program changes and controllers.

• Corrected a few bugs with articulations that used program changes.

• Corrected bug that did not remap some guitar string numbers to correct font.

• Fixed bug that caused text to occasionally jump tracks when editing.

• Corrected pasting problem with percussion tracks that had notes/voice that were not defined in Setup Track.

• The parenthesis tool now works with chords and guitar frames. Just click on the item with the tool.

• Accidentals now get a bit more space when next to a note that has a flag.

• Support for more sample libraries.

• Corrected some problems with articulations that used program changes.

• Improved MusicXML import. Only MusicXML 1.1 is handled correctly because 1.0 was very ruff and inadequate.

• Fixed Bank changes in articulations.

• Added to sfp to dynamics.

• Fixed ctrl-dragging notes smaller than an eighth note crash bug.

• Added instrument definitions for Garritan Jazz Big Band, Edirol HQ Orchestra, Edirol Hyper Canvas, Edirol Virtual Sound Canvas,  Super Quartet, and EWQL Platinum Libraries.

• Lyric spacing in justification has been improved.

Patch 6-1/27/2006

• Fixed importing bug where triplet rests were incorrect.

• Fixed crash when importing large Overture 2 files.

• Correct bug where articulation values were not being saved correctly with score.

• Corrected problem with converting tempos from some old files.

• Fixed incorrect slur controller off value for GPO tracks. This was introduced in patch 5.

• Fixed expression values from instrument definitions not being saved.

• Expressions that are automatically mapped to another voice have their key switches, controllers, etc. disabled.

• Insert Track now sets clef correctly for Treble and Bass clef instruments.

• Fixed crash caused by a missing font in hairpins and glissandos.

• Holding down the shift key while scrubbing on the top staff of a grand staff plays both tracks.

• Fixed a few playback problems with slurs that used program changes, voice changes, etc.

• Articulations that switch voices override the first note of any other elements that set a voice changes such as slurs. Trills and tremolos that have an articulation that switches voices also work correctly.

• Durations are adjusted on using Quantize Swing.

Patch 5-1/18/2006

• Articulations, slurs, etc. can now send program changes.

• Fermata offset is defaults to 0.

• Hairpins are now thinner when using Jazz font as main font.

• Flipped hairpin control point problems have been fixed.

Patch 3-1/5/2006

• Fixed crash when reading old Overture 2 files.

• Fixed problem with MIDI device not be set properly in Tracks window.

• Fixed problem that caused incorrect font for Cresc. and Decresc. text.

• Fixed incorrect font problem when entering 1 character at zoomed levels.

• Trills sections now draw across pages. Dragging the end is limited to the original page and requires trial and error to see change the ending position on next page.

• Notate As trill bug has been fixed.

• Fixed playback problem with hairpins covering whole notes.

• Accidental To Note and Click in Play values are now saved in preferences.

• Fixed remapping of track device to VST devices when changes are made to VST rack.

• Hairpins now use the dynamic values surrounding them only if they match the enter direction.

Patch 2-1/2/2006

• Fixed hairpin problems when calculating values based on surrounding dynamics.

• Fixed incorrect note problem when entering chord members with accidentals.

• Fixed problem with MIDI device setup not be saved properly.

• Fixed Add Interval>below bug that always entered the same note.

Patch 1-12/15/2005

• Fixed problem when two scores open with different view percentages and using the preferences dialog.

• Fixed adding intervals to notes with accidentals.

• Fixed problem with text box shifting with large amounts of text.

• Fixed incorrect key signature problem when creating a new measure while recording pas end of score.

• Fixed printing of arrowheads.

• Fixed problem with using FX Freeze. This program is a wrapper that allows the output from a VST plug-ins to be frozen.

• Fixed problem with Stylus RMX.

• Beaming of runs with notes above and below middle staff line has been improved.

• If you hold the shift key down when entering an expression you get  menu choice of all expressions.

• VST Rack Instrument menu has changed to include Folder Names and an Open command.

• Fixed conflict problem problem with removing devices from the rack and Track Properties.

• Added a Ghost Note check box to slur properties dialog for use with VSL.

• Fixed hairpin playback to start on the closes note time. Also Hairpin dialog has fields for attaching dynamics at control points.
  This means you no longer have to insert a dynamic in score before and after hairpin. The hairpin will display them.

• Fixed problem with Bass Guitar Track staff line information changing to 6 lines in Setup Track dialog.

• The New Score dialog now allows for more than 32 characters in Title fields.

• Fixed a crash when entering text/lyrics and clicking outside with nothing was entered.

• When choosing an instrument for a voice other than the first voice in track Properties or Insert Track dialogs that has an articulation associated with it, you are given the option to change the default articulation for the track to remap to this voice.

• Key switches for articulations are automatically turned off.  This means you no longer have to enter a key switch at the end of a phrase of notes that have articulations that send key switches. The first key switch for the instrument is sent just before the first note that does not have a key switch. Note: Key switches in expressions are not automatically turned off. Expressions are modal and therefore any mode that an expressions sets, has to be reset by another expression. Articulations have offset times from start on note.

• Articulations are now stored  individually with each track instead of the entire score. When you choose an instrument for voice 1 in a track the default articulations for that instrument are loaded for the track. The Score>Articulations dialog is now track specific. Any changes made in this dialog affect only the articulations for the current track show at the top of the dialog.

• When inserting any of the following expressions (Marcato, Stacatto, arco, and pizz.) their default settings are taken from the xml definition files instead of the expressions palette. You can always double click on the inserted expression and change it.

• Playback of articulations has been fixed and has greatly been improved.

• Expressions with key switches are now chased before and after playback.

• Patch and controller names for unknown VST devices now show correctly as General MIDI names

• Online Help has been updated to the new Overture 4.

• Set Symbol properties, colors, etc. now work with right click options. Previously they had to be selected.

• Preferences now has a switch that allows you to only show the named controllers and key switches in popup menus.

• Dynamics default to velocity for percussion tracks.

• Inserted trills default to playback of 16th notes, unless head is smaller than a quarter note, then it is duration / 4.

• Chords now playback the correct notes.

• When loading GPO scores, the initial volume (mod wheel) is sent.

Overture 4.0.1 Changes

Patch 2-10/13/2005

• Fixed scroll button in Expressions palette while floating.

• Palettes now show tool tips.

Patch 1-10/13/2005

• Fixed problem with winged repeats not playing back properly.

• Fixed problem with sending Bank changes within Expressions.

• Fixed playback problem with articulations that were created in the transcription (recording) process.

• Fixed playback of glissandos across barlines.

• Options>Show>System Separations now toggles between three states. 1) None, 1) Left  2) Left and right.

• Encore imports now reads lyric vertical positions.

• Crescendo and Decrescendo text items dialog now allows you to change the text and font.

• Fixed printing of Jazz font characters that have  x, y offsets.

• Fixed drawing lyric hyphens that cross system boundaries.

• You can now click outside the margin with tools that do not insert data such as Arrow tool, zoom tool, etc.

• Dragging a rectangle with Zoom tool, now centers selected area correctly.

• Slurs that switch voices not playback correctly.  Also the note durations are set properly when the percentage is not changed in dialog,

• Inserting a note without an accidental attached now uses the accidental of the previous note at the same scale position.

• Text palette now has a Lyric Tool. Also the text style bar now show the default font for the current Text tool when opened. Also the correct  font is shown for the current selected text within a text or lyric operation.

• Fixed several text size problems associated with zooming in and out.

Patch 0 -10/1/2005

• Fixed and improved Insert Track and Track Properties dialog. Channels numbers are intelligently assigned as you choose instruments for each voice. Each time you choose Insert Track, the next available channel number for its device is set in the Track/Voice area. The bank changes now work and Overture now supports bank changes in VST instrument definition files.

• Deleting notes with eraser or backspace key now replaces them with rests. Deleting rests changes the timing of measure.

• Playback voice on notes is now shown in the voice color in Graphic window and when converted to raw.

• Copy and pasting triplets has been fixed.

• Added 1/2 second to end of record to allows for decay of sustained notes.

• Fixed some printing alignment problems.

• Braces do not expand horizontally when stretched vertically.

• Track Properties dialog has an option for changing track name, clef, etc. from definition files and has been fixed.

• You can hold the shift key down when opening About dialog to show current patch number.

• Right click on text, rehearsal marks, and bar numbers and choose Set Enclosure properties, to change their enclosure.

• The load and delete lyrics button now consider a lyric stream to end at a double bar, repeat, etc. not a note without a lyric.
  The delete button in Lyrics window, now deletes the lyric stream until a double bar, repeat bar, etc. is found.
  Fixed crash when backspacing in a phrase that had an underscore.

• Page Dimensions dialog now has an option to recalculate the score when slider changes. Fixed bug when slider went below 30%.

• Encore reader now reads lyrics and chord symbols.

• Fixed playback of chord symbols.

• When positioning non-note attached symbols, if there is not a note close by, their timing defaults to the nearest logical beat, determined by position.

• Braces and Brackets inserted into score can now be flipped. Their height can be adjusted by dragging top or bottom third part.

• Notes with alternate Playback voices are show in Graphic Window with the playback voice the same as in main score window.

• Glissandos imported from pervious versions of Overture now have a line width.

• Fixed crash when deleting tracks with eraser cursor.

Overture 4.0.0 Changes

Patch 5

• Fixed problem with not setting tremolo values when opening files.

• Fixed crash when opening files on some machines.

• Key signature dialog now uses the new range settings as in patch 4.

• Fixed crash when setting range at end of score.

• Save As dialog now uses the default folder when saving new untitled scores.

• Preferences dialog has setting for ctrl-clicking to select entire measure.

• Changed Undo buffer to to 16 to conserve memory.  This is by request of users.

• Double click on repeats to make them a Winged Repeat.

Patch 4

• You can now select the entire measure by ctrl clicking on white space and ctrl-shift to extend it. These values are used in several
  dialogs like Multi-Measure rests and Delete Measure. We may make holding down the control key a preferences in the future.

• The space bar always plays from current position and the " Space Bar is Cursor" has been removed from preferences dialog..
  Ctrl-Space plays from beginning.

• The Set Folder Dialog for VST Folder now works correctly if just the folder name is selected. You do not need to be inside the
  folder.  Also the OK button is disabled if the selected folder is "C:\" or " C\:Program Files". This is also true for the default folder in Preferences dialog. NOTE: Individual files should not be stored here.

Patch 3

• Fixed problem with scanning all .dll files on some machines.

• Changed Undo buffer to to 32.  It was 256 , which could eat up a lot memory.

Patch 2

• The patch installs GPO Templates.

• After loading a score, any instruments and effects that were not in the score, are removed from the VST rack.

• Right Mouse Click menu has changed a bit.

• Fixed problems with arpeggios, trills, and guitar Barres from old scores.

• Fixed problem that prevented all key switches from being loaded.

• Fixed problem with Preset not being updated in VST Rack.

• Fixed lead in clocks and Punch In problem after recording Tap Tempos.

Patch 1

• Fixed playback of trills

• Fixed crash when dragging Page Text.

• Fixed printing misalignment of small staff sizes.

• Added Tap Tempo feature.  While editing tempos in MIDI Data mode, start record and use the Enter key or play a MIDI note to move to next beat. Press the space bar or stop button to stop the tap tempo recording.

• Eraser tool in Midi Data Mode erases tempos and dynamics when they are clicked on.

• Adding tempos in Midi Data Mode puts them on the half beat if they are entered as continuous data.

• Improved the response time when dragging notes vertically.

• Added CPU meter to status bar if using Audio Engine.

• Paste now justifies the system after pasting items.

• Tracks Window now allows banks select for individual voices within track.

• Add accidental space to note option in Engraver dialog, Also increased resolution to 1/8th space.