Symphony Pro - Music Notation

- Playback: fixes stuck/held notes issue, which occurred during and after stopping playback - Fixes playback bug where simultaneously played notes (i.e. chords, multi-track events) sometimes didn't generate the full chord for audio, or lost timing resolution - Several other bug and crash fixes - Several improvements to the interface and editor

- Fixes a major crash (in 6.0.10) that occurs when going into Select mode and tapping a note with the Input Cursor open. Improvements in 6.0.10: - Playback: fixes stuck/held notes issue, which occurred during and after stopping playback - Fixes playback bug where simultaneously played notes (i.e. chords, multi-track events) sometimes didn't generate the full chord for audio, or lost timing resolution - Several other bug and crash fixes - Several improvements to the interface and editor

- 6.0.12 is a critical update that fixes crashing and other commonly encountered bugs, including when editing parts, instrument properties, score expressions, and playing back a project containing expressions Other recent fixes: 6.0.11 - Fixes a crash in 6.0.10 that occurred when going into Select mode and tapping a note with the Input Cursor open. 6.0.10: - Fixed the stuck/held notes issue, which occurred during and after stopping playback - Fixes playback bug where simultaneously played notes (i.e. chords, multi-track events) sometimes didn't generate the full chord for audio, or lost timing resolution - Several other bug and crash fixes - Several improvements to the interface and editor

6.0.14 General bug and crash fixes 6.0.13 * Updated for iOS 14.4, including to resolve the following issues with latest iOS version: - Chord symbols, lyrics, and text: text input cursor was not movable to a new editing location - Text editing keyboard/mode couldn't be dismissed - Other interface and editing inconsistencies * Other bug fixes - Several crashes that occurred while editing and navigating the score - Bug where ties became highlighted where none existed Other recent updates: 6.0.12 - Fixes crashing and other commonly encountered bugs, including when editing parts, instrument properties, and score expressions, and during audio playback/file rendering 6.0.11 - Fixes a crash in 6.0.10 that occurred when going into Select mode and tapping a note with the Input Cursor open. 6.0.10: - Fixes the stuck/held notes issue, which occurred during and after stopping playback - Fixes playback issue where simultaneously played notes (i.e. chords, multi-track events) sometimes didn't generate the full chord for audio, or lost timing resolution - Several other bug and crash fixes - Several improvements to the interface and editor

Customizable interface (via Navigation Menu > new Editor Preferences menu) * Show the Notes Toolbar as a vertical sidebar on the left or right of the screen * Full Dark Mode as app setting (Editor Preferences > Dark Mode) -- Dark score background/canvas -- Fully redesigned color scheme for the interface and notation * Choose AirTurn connections to connect a compatible device * Easily scroll with Apple Pencil using the screen space outside of the score canvas Reliability Updates * iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 compatibility * Stability and crash fixes * Efficient battery usage for active state & new background audio mode Handwriting Recognition * New Chord Symbol Handwriting Recognition tool, included with Handwriting In-App Purchase * Improved recognition of handwritten notes * Improved gesture recognition while in Handwriting mode, including lasso-select, slurs, and quick-connect beam * Improved stray pen mark detection and palm rejection * Make space in between existing notes for handwriting: just select a note, then choose 'Add Space for Handwriting' * Easily access all touch-based editing features while in Handwriting mode, without ever clicking out of the Handwriting Tool Apple Pencil * Improved Apple Pencil recognition across the general interface and editor * New Annotations Tool (included with Handwriting In-App Purchase) Part Management & Layout * Change of Visible Parts feature (via Measure Dialog > Staff Layout) -- At any bar in a project, change which parts are visible or hidden * New & improved layout engine -- Reworked multi-measure rest layout and easier editing -- Auto-create multi-rests feature via Score Menu > Display Settings * Print Preview Feature (via Score Menu > View Mode) -- View & edit the full score or individual parts as preview sheet music -- Support for vertical and horizontal pages * Easier editing of page display settings, bars per line, system breaks, and other staff customizations across individual part configurations * Directly adjustable part group brackets within the score * Smart auto-create part group brackets * Bug fixes when inserting, deleting, and reordering parts via Staff Side Panel and Instruments menu Notation and General Editing * New & improved score symbol copy/paste, including chord symbols, lyrics, and multi-element paste * Cross-staff beams & notes: individual notes of a chord can now cross between staves * Fully non-destructive editing with new undo/redo system * Score symbols & expressions: -- In Write mode, now apply an articulation or symbol to multiple notes by swiping over them -- Improved expression auto-alignment & content-aware layout * Improved 'Shift Notes Across Measures' feature and pasting of notes across bar-lines * Paste entire bars via Paste Special > Paste Copied Bars * Refined two-finger swipe shortcuts (e.g. to undo/redo) and multi-touch gesture recognition (e.g. start/stop playback) Audio/Playback/MIDI * Audiobus integration for sending audio and multi-track MIDI messages to AB3-compatible apps * MIDI-Out to Core MIDI: -- Assign multiple instruments (parts) to different MIDI channels via new patch menu * New & improved MIDI Record * Split point feature for MIDI Import and Record * Add multiple endings by highlighting a second ending in the score, then tapping plus sign * Playback fixes for live dynamics and tempo changes Import/Export * Better MusicXML inter-op with other notation applications * Improved general MIDI File Import/Export * 'Render' dynamics, tempo changes, and articulations to exported MIDI file via the new options dialog * Audio file export: 16x faster bounce to AAC More Interface Improvements * Full compatibility and adaptive UI for latest iPhones * Faster loading, saving, toggle playback, and app launch – Hundreds of other improvements: to view full release notes, please visit symphonypro.net. Stay tuned for updated help resources and other guides after the holidays in Q1 2021!

* Fixes major crashes that occurred when: - Editing tempo changes in Quick Start (new project) menu and Playback Options menu - Adding instruments in the Quick Start (new project) menu - During record, playback, and editing text * Other major bug fixes: - Playback: stuck/held notes issue when notes are not otherwise playing - Tablature ledger lines written across frets numbers make them unreadable - Instances where the application froze - Unresponsive gesture when attempting to open the cut/copy/paste menu items (Region Selection Area) - Slur positions were lost when changing visible parts, changing Score View Mode, and printing * General Improvements

6.1.4 - General stability and reliability improvements - Fixes crash when pasting score symbols in earlier updates - Fixed issues where selected notes menu items were not visible - Improved consistency of editing behavior when interacting with the Notes toolbar and choosing QWERTY commands - MIDI Out: Fixes additional bugs, including validating MIDI off messages and MIDI out configuration - Fixes issue where multiple repeat signs beyond the third ending were not displayed properly or playing back - Improved (graphical) preview when transposing a selected note - Fill Measures with Rest and note shift function: fixes a bug where invisible rests were present in between non invisible notes in the same measure - Bug fixes regarding, and, fully precise repositioning by specified time units (i.e. selected note value) when choosing the "Shift Notes.." option, or when inserting a note, then choosing "Shift Notes Across Measures" - Improved Chord Symbol Configuration Menu and bug fixes when editing Chords - When cut, copying, or pasting score symbols, chord symbols, or lyrics, an option is now provided when pasting multiple such symbols, and those symbols were distributed across a range of time units. If pasting N symbols across N distinct time units, a new option allows you to choose whether to (a) paste into the next N notes at or ahead of the selection, or (b) paste according to the time units that were originally in between the copied symbols - Fixes several text editing issues that occurred when editing text boxes, chord symbols, lyrics, and other score elements - Improved Chord Symbol Handwriting Recognition 6.0.14 General bug and crash fixes 6.0.13 * Updated for iOS 14.4, including to resolve the following issues with latest iOS version: - Chord symbols, lyrics, and text: text input cursor was not movable to a new editing location - Text editing keyboard/mode couldn't be dismissed - Other interface and editing inconsistencies * Other bug fixes - Several crashes that occurred while editing and navigating the score - Bug where ties became highlighted where none existed Other recent updates: 6.0.12 - Fixes crashing and other commonly encountered bugs, including when editing parts, instrument properties, and score expressions, and during audio playback/file rendering 6.0.11 - Fixes a crash in 6.0.10 that occurred when going into Select mode and tapping a note with the Input Cursor open. 6.0.10 - Fixes the stuck/held notes issue, which occurred during and after stopping playback - Fixes an issue where zooming didn't respond to pinch gestures correctly - Fixes playback issue where simultaneously played notes (i.e. chords, multi-track events) sometimes didn't generate the full chord for audio, or lost timing resolution - Several other bug and crash fixes - Several improvements to the interface and editor

6.1.5 is an important update that includes major bug fixes, reliability improvements, and features: - Resolves an issue where window and/or toolbars had incorrect dimensions or were in some cases not visible when launching app or navigating between apps - Resolves a Handwriting issue introduced in the previous update where it was not possible to draw on the canvas in Select or Write mode - Fixes issues adjusting number picker (e.g. tempo) and accessing menu items - Fixes bug where On-Screen Piano was unresponsive to multi-touch key presses - Handwritten Annotations maintain their relative positioning and proportions more reliably when the layout of the score is modified - Major bug fixes to the playback, editing, layout, and rendering of repeat signs, multiple repeats, and alternate endings - Fixes issue where chord symbols, lyrics, and other text elements didn't autoscroll/navigate correctly to a different note/measure - Improved chord symbol playback and handwriting recognition of chords - More accurate translation of notes by specified time units when choosing the 'Shift Notes' menu item above the Note Input Cursor and when inserting a note in Write mode - When repositioning or advancing the Note Input Cursor in Write mode within a bar, the cursor now navigates correctly to the adjacent note in cases where it previously jumped between non-adjacent notes - Fixes recent bugs when pasting chord symbols, dynamics & articulations, and other Score Symbols. Playback & audio improvements: - Correct metronome click and metronome subdivision operation in relation to MIDI record, audio metronome, and visual metronome - Initial metronome mark (master tempo) is properly editable - Playback/MIDI improvements, including resolving a recent bug that affected audio and MIDI-out where notes didn't play according to their written durations and sustain level - Cue (small) notes can now be adjusted/scaled in their phrase duration to longer or shorter than their written note values, and also independently of the duration of the phrase implied by the length of the containing measure. To customize this playback property, open the Note Adjust Menu (double tap on a note selection containing cues), then choose the 'Grace Note Duration' option - Fixed issue where 'crescendo/decrescendo amount' playback customization was not restored when choosing the 'Playback..' menu item for the symbol 6.1.4 - General stability and reliability improvements - Fixes crash when pasting score symbols in earlier updates - Fixed issues where selected notes menu items were not visible - Improved consistency of editing behavior when interacting with the Notes toolbar and choosing QWERTY commands - MIDI Out: Fixes additional bugs, including validating MIDI off messages and MIDI out configuration - Improved (graphical) preview when transposing a selected note - Fill Measures with Rest and note shift function: fixes a bug where invisible rests were present in between non invisible notes in the same measure - Improved Chord Symbol Configuration Menu and bug fixes when editing Chords - When cut, copying, or pasting score symbols, chord symbols, or lyrics, an option is now provided when pasting multiple such symbols, and those symbols were distributed across a range of time units. If pasting N symbols across N distinct time units, a new option allows you to choose whether to (a) paste into the next N notes at or ahead of the selection, or (b) paste according to the time units that were originally in between the copied symbols - Fixes several text editing issues that occurred when editing text boxes, chord symbols, lyrics, and other score elements - Improved Chord Symbol Handwriting Recognition

6.1.9 - General bug and crash fixes - Resolves issue introduced in previous update (6.1.8) when zooming the score - MIDI Record improvements - Improvements related to iOS 14: -- Fixes interface layout issues (incorrect toolbar/window dimensions), including after launching app or adjusting screen orientation, -- Note transpose options (8va, 8vb, etc.) such as transpose, cut/copy/paste, and other menu items appear when expected to after scrolling - QWERTY keyboard improvements - Note Adjust Menu: 'Cut/Copy Selected Notes' now works properly. - Note transpose improvements via dragging vertically - 'Initial metronome mark' (master tempo) setting is properly editable - Multi-bar rests: layout and specification in the score is improved, including when multi-voice staffs and when individual parts were viewed or exported - Ongoing improvements to 'Shift Notes..' option and when adding a note to an over-full bar - In ‘Reflow’ Score view mode: Note Selection Area now allows for the selection of notes from a specific pitch range (vertical staff position) when dragging a rectangle across multiple lines. To specify such a range interactively, you can now vary the initial drag point and height of the rectangle when selecting notes across multiple lines. - Improvements and bug fixes to MIDI Input and Output (live MIDI messages) - MIDI Import/Export improvements 6.1.5 is an important update that includes major bug fixes, reliability improvements, and features: - Resolves an issue where window and/or toolbars had incorrect dimensions or were in some cases not visible when launching app or navigating between apps - Resolves a Handwriting issue introduced in the previous update where it was not possible to draw on the canvas in Select or Write mode - Fixes issues adjusting number picker (e.g. tempo) and accessing menu items - Fixes bug where On-Screen Piano was unresponsive to multi-touch key presses - Handwritten Annotations maintain their relative positioning and proportions more reliably when the layout of the score is modified - Major bug fixes to the playback, editing, layout, and rendering of repeat signs, multiple repeats, and alternate endings - Fixes issue where chord symbols, lyrics, and other text elements didn't autoscroll/navigate correctly to a different note/measure - Improved chord symbol playback and handwriting recognition of chords - More accurate translation of notes by specified time units when choosing the 'Shift Notes' menu item above the Note Input Cursor and when inserting a note in Write mode - When repositioning or advancing the Note Input Cursor in Write mode within a bar, the cursor now navigates correctly to the adjacent note in cases where it previously jumped between non-adjacent notes - Fixes recent bugs when pasting chord symbols, dynamics & articulations, and other Score Symbols. Playback & audio improvements: - Correct metronome click and metronome subdivision operation in relation to MIDI record, audio metronome, and visual metronome - Playback/MIDI improvements, including resolving a recent bug that affected audio and MIDI-out where notes didn't play according to their written durations and sustain level - Cue (small) notes can now be adjusted/scaled in their phrase duration to longer or shorter than their written note values, and also independently of the duration of the phrase implied by the length of the containing measure. To customize this playback property, open the Note Adjust Menu (double tap on a note selection containing cues), then choose the 'Grace Note Duration' option - Fixed issue where 'crescendo/decrescendo amount' playback customization was not restored when choosing the 'Playback..' menu item for the symbol

6.2.2 - Fixes critical bug where app froze after selecting notes or working with any other selected score element - General crash fixes - In 6.1.9, there was substantial difficulty dragging to transpose one or more notes - Fix bug where selected notes or cut/copy/paste menu items sometimes didn't appear - Bug where slow performance, instability, and crashing can occur in the context of multiple selected notes, via the Note Selection Area - In 6.0-6.1 and earlier, fix substantial slowdown in performance when copying and pasting a long passage (via the Region Selection Area), such as a sequence of ~100 or more notes - (Ongoing) More intuitive Custom Tuplets function. -- In particular, this function now makes it so that the full ratio that is inputted is reflected automatically in the notation - Handwriting: when drawing, the application better detects when an input should be a pen mark, versus a touch interaction or long press to interact 6.1.9 - General bug and crash fixes - Resolves issue introduced in previous update (6.1.8) when zooming the score - MIDI Record improvements - Improvements related to iOS 14: -- Fixes interface layout issues (incorrect toolbar/window dimensions), including after launching app or adjusting screen orientation, -- Note transpose options (8va, 8vb, etc.) such as transpose, cut/copy/paste, and other menu items appear when expected to after scrolling - QWERTY keyboard improvements - Note Adjust Menu: 'Cut/Copy Selected Notes' now works properly. - Note transpose improvements via dragging vertically - 'Initial metronome mark' (master tempo) setting is properly editable - Multi-bar rests: layout and specification in the score is improved, including when multi-voice staffs and when individual parts were viewed or exported - Ongoing improvements to 'Shift Notes..' option and when adding a note to an over-full bar - In ‘Reflow’ Score view mode: Note Selection Area now allows for the selection of notes from a specific pitch range (vertical staff position) when dragging a rectangle across multiple lines. To specify such a range interactively, you can now vary the initial drag point and height of the rectangle when selecting notes across multiple lines. - Improvements and bug fixes to MIDI Input and Output (live MIDI messages) - MIDI Import/Export improvements 6.1.5 - Resolves an issue where window and/or toolbars had incorrect dimensions or were in some cases not visible when launching app or navigating between apps - Resolves a Handwriting issue introduced in the previous update where it was not possible to draw on the canvas in Select or Write mode - Fixes issues adjusting number picker (e.g. tempo) and accessing menu items - Fixes bug where On-Screen Piano was unresponsive to multi-touch key presses - Handwritten Annotations maintain their relative positioning and proportions more reliably when the layout of the score is modified - Major bug fixes to the playback, editing, layout, and rendering of repeat signs, multiple repeats, and alternate endings - Fixes issue where chord symbols, lyrics, and other text elements didn't autoscroll/navigate correctly to a different note/measure - Improved chord symbol playback and handwriting recognition of chords - More accurate translation of notes by specified time units when choosing the 'Shift Notes' menu item above the Note Input Cursor and when inserting a note in Write mode - When repositioning or advancing the Note Input Cursor in Write mode within a bar, the cursor now navigates correctly to the adjacent note in cases where it previously jumped between non-adjacent notes - Fixes recent bugs when pasting chord symbols, dynamics & articulations, and other Score Symbols.

6.2.5 release notes - Bug and crash fixes - Fixes issue and errors with MIDI record - Resolves issue where menu items above selected notes or cut/paste didn't appear - General improvements to reliability and usability

6.3 release notes - Bug and crash fixes - Fixes issue and errors with MIDI record - Resolves issue where menu items above selected notes or cut/paste didn't appear - General improvements to reliability and usability

This update contains a variety of bug fixes, including improvements to note alignment, crashing, and stability issues.

- General bug and reliability fixes - General support update including improved compatibility latest iOS and iPad OS versions

- Fixes crash when opening Imported/Exported Files in Projects Window - Fixes piano and fretboard animations during playback - General improvements

- General bug fixes - Fixed issue on iPhone with iOS 17 where toolbars were not clearly visible - Fixes other issues on iPad and iPhone where menus and icons were sometimes not clearly visible

- Version 6.7 brings many general reliability improvements, crash fixes, and bugfixes, including the following and more: - Text fields in the Score Menu and Instruments Menu (e.g. when editing instrument names, score title, etc.) respond correctly when tapping to edit - Correct textbox and title/composer/arranger rendering for iOS 18 and later when exporting to PDF/AirPrint - Bug fixes and updates for the latest versions of iPadOS and iOS 18 and 26 - Fixed playback of swing expressions for tied notes - Handwriting Recognition and more: -- Fixes SP not responding to Apple Pencil inputs and generating spurious pencil marks: -- More responsive to edits using the Apple Pencil in cases where the app previously entered inconsistent states* in several other instances -- Fixes issue where touch input (e.g. selecting a note) sometimes unresponsive due to an inconsistent state, especially with the Handwriting tool being engaged -- The annotations tool now works better with Apple Pencil, and scrolling is easier -- Fixes rare issue where the whole app simply appeared to be frozen and unresponsive to user input, particularly when the Apple Pencil or other appliances may have been engaged - Fixes importing a file from a different app, File Browser, or from AirDrop not working due to permission issue - Fixes microtonal accidentals not being saved to project

- Updated for iPadOS and iOS 26 - Fixes bug in iPadOS 26 where scrolling caused incorrect score display and scroll behavior

- Fixes issue in iOS/iPadOS 26 where editing menu items next to a Note Selection or Region Selection area did not respond to user actions - Other iPadOS 26 updates - General reliability improvements across the app

- Fixes blank score issue after zooming and scrolling - Fixes rendering issues while scrolling - More updates for iOS and iPadOS 26 reliability