Symphonix Evolution Version 1.91 Release

Symphonix Evolution version 1.91 hits the App Store today!

The big news for this release is the ability to export songs in MusicXML format, the addition of a guitar chord library to show fret diagrams and finger positions, and Play Lists for managing music and grouping songs into albums. 

Here's the full list of changes:

• Songs may now be exported to MusicXML format for use in other notation applications 
• It is now possible to group songs into Play Lists 
• Added Delete track button to the Track Summary view 
• Added "Move Up/Move Down" buttons to the Track Summary view for changing track order 
• Chord Builder now allows chords to be added to the score as Notation, Text (Chord Name Only) or Guitar Fret Diagram 
• When pausing song playback, the current position is now selected automatically, allowing playback to resume from that position by pressing Play again

The following bugs were also fixed:

• The track name could display as garbage in the Track Summary view if no mapping for an instrument in a song could be found 
• Saving over an existing file in Dropbox resulted in a duplicate file with (1) at the end of the name instead of replacing the old file 
• Beamed notes could display incorrectly after using the Copy/Paste function
• Fixed various issues with the Virtual MIDI implementation and background play  
• The Clear function on the main toolbar now leaves measures, key changes and time signature changes in place, and only deletes notation 

Improvements to Chord Builder

We're busy improving the Chord Builder in Symphonix Evolution so it works with guitar chords!

In the next update to Symphonix Evolution it will be possible to add the guitar fret diagrams into the score, or just the chord symbol without notation.  This will make the app even better for the creation of lead sheets.

We'll keep posting here as we continue to add more features.

MusicXML is Coming to Symphonix Evolution

Even though version 1.90 has just been released, we're already working on the next update to Symphonix Evolution and it will soon be possible to export your songs to MusicXML format!

MusicXML has become the standard file format for music notation and it means that a song can be created in Symphonix Evolution and then loaded into a desktop application such as Finale or Sibelius, without any change to the interpretation of the music score.

We'll reveal more about this over the coming weeks as we move toward version 1.91.