T Software News

TabView 1.33

nospam@example.com (Simone) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:31:00 -0800

TabView 1.33 has just been released.

This version uses the same algorithm implemented in Tablatures to decide the direction of note flags in the standard notation.

TabView product page

MP3 Cat review by FindMySoft

nospam@example.com (Simone) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:04:00 -0800

MP3 Cat has just been reviewed by an editor at FindMySoft who found it to be

"an intuitive and powerful tool that will help any user with a large collection of music files"

Here's the full review.

Tablatures 1.24

nospam@example.com (Simone) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:48:00 -0800

Here we go with an update for Tablatures.

This release carries the following changes:

Guitar In symbols could disappear when undoing a change to a system. Fixed.

Improved stability when editing the tablature while playback is in progress.

UPDATE: due to a terrible mishap, a wrong archive went online some hours ago. If you run into problems when switching between scores, please download it again. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Tablatures product page

TabView 1.32

nospam@example.com (Simone) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:05:58 -0800

An updated TabView is ready for download.

This release improves the stability during MIDI playback, by fixing a couple of issues that were reported by users.

TabView product page

Wiz Solitaire (for Windows) 2.17

nospam@example.com (Simone) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:52:34 -0800

A minor version of Wiz Solitaire for Windows is available for download.

There are no new features: it simply removes a menu item which has become obsolete.

Wiz Solitaire product page

Wiz Solitaire (for Mac OS X) 1.45

nospam@example.com (Simone) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:13:00 -0800

A new release of Wiz Solitaire is available.

This version adds a new game: Gaps. Have fun!

Wiz Solitaire product page

Tablatures 1.23

nospam@example.com (Simone) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:18:00 -0800

A new year has arrived, so why shouldn't a new Tablatures be released as well?

After a lot of digging, I've discovered a bug in the compiler (the tool used to convert ideas into applications you can use on your Mac) that caused some crashes while saving certain tablatures. It's been reported to Apple, so that their engineers can fix it.

In the meantime, a workaround has been implemented to avoid the problem.

Tablatures product page

Tablatures 1.22

nospam@example.com (Simone) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:21:26 -0800

Another quick update for Tablatures is here.

This release adds keyboard shortcuts to several items of the System menu.

Tablatures product page

Season's Greetings

nospam@example.com (Simone) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:16:00 -0800

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Tablatures 1.21

nospam@example.com (Simone) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:24:00 -0800

A new Tablatures release is here, just in time for your own Christmas present

The list of changes since the previous version includes:

Added option to change the size of chord names (Edit -> Chord Names Properties...).

Improved rendering in tablature-only display to prevent chord names to overlap with the first notation line.

Tablatures product page

3Doku 1.6

nospam@example.com (Simone) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:46:00 -0800

An update of 3Doku for Mac OS X is now available.

This release fixes an issue that could cause problems when saving a game.

3Doku product page

TabView 1.31

nospam@example.com (Simone) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:19:00 -0800

A fresh release of TabView is ready for download.

A Preferences window has been added. You can now choose which score to see by default (if empty, TabView will display the other one anyway) and which score to mute by default.

This change should please bass players, who can now set TabView to display the bass score and mute the guitar score by default.

TabView product page

Tablatures 1.20

nospam@example.com (Simone) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:23:00 -0800

Here's a new Tablatures update.

The list of changes since the previous version includes:

MIDI playback: the tempo slider can be used to speed the song up too (up to 2x faster than the tempo set in the document).

Standard notation: extra notation lines could be drawn with an huge length, thus causing excessive slowdown, when a system contained many positions. Fixed.

Tablatures product page

TabView 1.30

nospam@example.com (Simone) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:55:18 -0700

An updated TabView has just been released.

In this version, the tempo slider can be used to speed the song up too (up to 2x faster than the tempo set in the document).

TabView product page

Why doesn't playback emit any sound?

nospam@example.com (Simone) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:46:06 -0700

The typical requests can be summarised as "I hear the metronome clicking and then silence".

The usual culprit is the lack of a Guitar In symbol at the start of the document. Tablatures uses Guitar In's to determine which instrument (as defined using the Score -> Edit Guitars menu) should be used for playback.

When you create a new document, Tablatures already puts a Gtr I symbol at the beginning.
If you delete it or need to change instrument in the middle of a song, adding a guitar in symbol is very easy to do:

Tick the Guitar In checkbox in the Musical Symbols Panel:

Then choose the guitar(s) which should be start playing from the current caret position:

Finally, you might want to make sure that all the guitars you have used are actually defined among the instruments used by the score. So let's use the Score -> Edit Guitars menu and edit them as needed:

Here you can choose the MIDI instrument to use, apply some effects and change its tuning.