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This doc gives a list of major new features and bug fixes by version,
with dates when known.
For details, read these files:
Readme.Zer Version 4.6.0 -- Major Improvements
Readme.One Installation and Versions 4.4.1 thru 4.7.2
Readme.Two Version 4.7.5 thru 4.9.0
Readme.Tre Versions 4.10.0 thru 4.10.0a and 10.10.1
Readme.For Versions 5.x.x and 11.x.x and above
Bug & Feature History by Version:
Version 4.4.1 (over 3.3.0 thru 3.4.1d)
* 32,767 score objects (notes, etc.)
* Menus mostly point and click
* Instrument (Patch) Changes can be disabled from the MIDI Menu
Version.450 December 03, 1989
* General Volume Levels (Genvols)much
* Ties now carry accidentals over barlines, as in written sheet music.
* All Menus can be exited with a Mouse Click or ENTER.
* MIDI "Volumaster" velocity level offset (master volume)
* Menus are much more convenient with some New Items:
Slide Selectors choose one of several alternatives;
Check-Boxes that toggle and indicate on/off modes;
Fill-in-the-Blanks for variable quantities like Transpose.
* MIDI "running status" reduces the data rate to your synths.
* Umuse3 warns at startup if GrfDrv is not in memory or in CMDS.
* Player handles /MIDI device as a Modes Option
* Separate MIDI Modes options menu
Version 4.6.0 -- MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS
MAJOR:
Percussion Clefs to fit all Synthesizers
MIDI Clock for Drum Machines, etc.
Point-n-Shoot file load & store.
Separate Side-info files available.
Point-n-Click on some Text menus.
General:
Parts can hop to different MIDI channels dynamically.
Notes no longer straddle Barlines.
Score cursors change to reflect current tool selected.
Brush cursor really looks like a brush for notes/rests.
Menu button shapes indicate function.
Setup/Layout Menu:
Setup Prompts removed (restored in later versions!)
Rangefinder finds highest and lowest notes per Part.
New Integrated Files Menu:
5 file types -- Score, Instrs, Percussions, MIDI Chans, Vol Levels
Overwrite question gives file name
Point n shoot, with type & edit options. No .ext needed.
"fd" shows non-.ume files only
Also Save & Load directly from Instrument and Percussion Menus.
Block-Edit Menu:
Fixup function cleans up barline overhangers & holes
Score ToolBox:
Simplified toolbox on/off control -- menu bar, clicks.
Brush Rep can be viewed instantly under cursor.
POWER TOOLS -- new lower deck:
Insert Barline
Chisel Smasher speeds up writing many notes
Part Copy stamps a pattern of notes anywhere
Join two adjacent note/rests into one
Squawker shows current instrument, volume, etc.
Note Translator, good for converting Percussion parts
Version 4.6.2
* Play handles "triplet" time signatures (6/8 etc.) right.
* More Printer types supported: Gemini 10X and Epson compatibles.
* Two big image files in /SYS replace /IMAGES's dozen .img files
* Plug mouse or joystick into either port, with or without HiRes box.
* Fast change-directory
* Auto-sleeping of Umuse when in some other window
Version 4.7.0
* Note Articulations -- Stuccato, Marcato, Legato for crisper playing.
* Continous Printing of Full Score
* Automatic Crecendo and Diminuendo
* MIDI Clock can be turned on and off within score anywhere
* Improved Search Goto commands
* Setup Prompts are back!
* MIDI Transpose Value saved and read with score, used by Jukebox
* Tied note before Tacetized or Cleared measure no longer keeps sounding
Version 4.7.1
* Can insert Barline that slicles notes/rests
* Oil Spills bug gone for good!
* Hardcopy dumps stopped by 'q', not BREAK.
Version 4.7.2
* Keys adjust note sizes and duration-mods
Version 4.7.5 91/09/29
* Transpose scores to new keys
* Individual enable/disable of each Part
* And each MIDI Channel
* User-set upper & lower limits on MIDI Note Numbers
* Playing more accurate, never loses time
* Tempos greater than 127 no longer show as Zero
* Bell "beep" sounds correctly
* No more Tied notes from nowhere
Version 4.7.5B
*Play no longer crashes 1-Meg systems.
*Umuse3 now works with unmodified Shell+ 2.1.
*Right edge of screen easier to click on with mouse
Version 4.8.0: (92/02/11)
* Alto and Tenor Clefs added, for Viola, Cello and some Trombones
WARNING: -- any Level 8 score (.ume) file using these clefs will not
play properly on any earlier version of UltiMusE.
YOU MUST UPDATE SYS/AllUm3.img file to use version 4.8.0 and above.
Version 4.9.0 and 10.9.0 93/4/29, from 9/92
* MIDI Events -- send any desired byte sequence to your synths.
* Hard Copy Printing added to MM/1 version (already in Coco)
* All Menus now under Mouse Control -- less typing required.
* New sub-menus for Expression volume levels, Instrs, etc.
* < and > keys (Shifted) scroll Left & Right.
* "Brush" note cursor calls up Barline or Expression menus
Version 4.10.0 and 10.10.0
* Append (Splice) two scores together -- at last!
* Accents and Layoffs for easier volume expression
* Letter Labels in Scores
* Score Printing vertical squeezing can be turned off
* Score Printing supports CGP-200 printer
* Barline Menu gives mouse separate choices of Begin and End Repeats.
* Cursor Snap (MM/1 only)
Versions 4.10.0a (Coco) and 10.10.1 (MM/1)
* Time Signature now defaults to 4/4 on startup instead of 0/0.
* Draw lines to connect notes of each part (MM/1 only)
Versions 4.10.2 and 10.10.2
* Sort "chord" notes on a staff
Versions 5.10.0 and 11.10.0 95/4/20
* NEW VENDOR takes over from Kala Soft
* Play can write output to Standard MIDI ( .MID) files!
* Files Menu Improvements:
* 3 columns show up to 78 files, vs 52 in 2 columns
* Kill (delete) files from menu
* File names are Sorted in menus
Version 6.10.0 95/9/18
* VDG Screen not needed anymore, even in Boot!
Version 6.10.3 and 12.10.3 96/3/30
* NEW VENDOR -- Glenside Coco Club
* "Clone part" Chord Features
+ cursor pulls new notes out of old
Flagless notes now mean something in Layout Menu
MIDI channel assign by clone groups
part reorder
"Sort Notes" now "Parts", respects stems, clones
* Note pitch carryover option
* Part-copy transposes to fit target clef
* L and R cmds to connect notes of same part
* Smaller Toolbox with simpler mouse control
* Finder-Filter for sorting out note/rest pileups
* Cursor-snap option
* Dialogue boxes pop where cursor is
* Less drift of notes on redisplay
* Fast -flash on note pickup
* Bug fix re chip/bombing of notes
Version 7.11.1 (same number 7 now used for MM/1 OSK) 96/2/25
* SHAREWARE or maybe Freeware -- no Vendor
* New "Basic" Manual doc, with "Advanced" planned
* Instruments (Patches) greatly improved:
64 instruments, vs old 16
Names up to 15 characters, vs old 9
Menu tools to move and swap instrs around for quick changes
--option for "sticky" tool cursors
Menus show which instrs are currently used in score
Menus scroll to show all 64 instruments
* Titles Comment Box now up to 9 lines from old 4
* Squawker "?" Tool shows Part affected by Partwise Expressors
* MIDI Events don't waste memory on duplicate byte sequences
* No mouse-dirt on MM/1 startup screen
4.9.1 for fixing 2 bugs and separate ( and )
4.10.1 for no ,Y opcodes
4.10.2 for Partsort, Kill
5.10.0 SMF .MID files, North eX
5.10.1 1st attempt at soowee(); (unreleased)
6.10.0 Non-VDG; better Play clock compensation
6.10.1 R and L lines commands
6.10.2 Plus-parts, filter, & other MM/1 catchup
6.10.3 reOrder parts & staves
At 7, OSK (MM/1) version numbers stopped adding 6 to corresponding
CoCo version, and both went to 7.x.x.
SUMMARY of SCORE LEVELS (Middle DIgit):
8=Beta Clefs, 9=Events, 10=Accents, Labels;
11==extra Instrs and Title lines
/* 6.100.A = bug in soowee macros shut down score printing! */
/* 6.10.0.B = adding/killing Part updates partens[] */
/* 6.10.3A = notesort does Rests right; Patience on clone rests */
/* 6.10.3B = default Perc synth is "no synth named."
and Random Menu's 'f' is one col wider. */
/* 6.10.3C = Instr Menus show in-use with '+', but no Swaps yet */