Version History

AnthemScore Version History

4.16.0 released 2023-02-03

Option when processing multiple songs to save in any format and location
Fix the notated pitch in tablature
Less lag when dragging beats
Fixed PDF export on Ubuntu 22
Added a dedicated 'done tapping beats' button
Fixed problems with the side panel being too small or wide and chaning in size, which sometimes caused the display to jump
Fixed issue where undo/redo occasionally does not produce the exact same state
Fixed several bugs related to copy and pasting notes
Catch invalid triplets caused by editing beats
Fixed issue where the end of the song is sometimes not viewable
Remember the user's colormap preference
Specify start/stop time in MM:SS format when processing part of a song
Added 'lost activation key' to the help menu
Consistent key numbering, starting at 1 everywhere
Fixed discrepancy with octave transposition in the export dialog
Better error logging

4.15.1 released 2022-06-28

Bug fixes

4.15.0 released 2022-06-17

Copy and paste selected notes anywhere with Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V and click
Allow tapping downbeat locations during playback to quickly specify beat positions
Clone selected notes nearby with Ctrl + click + drag
Allow moving a group of selected notes together
Create longer notes quickly by clicking and dragging from start to end
Locking notes sets their start time so they don't shift when the grid size becomes smaller
When time signature top number is changed, beats are re-numbered without changing positions
Keep triplets when moving or cloning notes
More seamless looping and less delay for audio playback
Added user-submitted Brazilian Portugese translation file
Created new context menu for note editing and moved dynamic note threshold inside it
Stop creating empty measures at the start of songs in most cases
Option to make selected notes have auto-stops
Allow deleting of any measure, including the first measure
Ctrl + A to select all notes
Save dynamic note threshold preference
Display the playback speed % in the status bar
Beats start moving immediately when dragged
Ctrl + click and right click on display both play a note
During sheet music export, stop trimming empty measures at the beginning and end of the song to allow for exporting multi-part recordings
Prevent moving locked notes and fixed bug where dragging locked notes created duplicates
Prevent note edge getting stuck when mouse moves too quickly
Disabled dynamic threshold when moving notes
Better error message for unsupported audio files
Prevent window from shifting when selection is played with no selection present
Faster performance when dragging beats in long songs
Prevent beats from becoming too closely spaced in rare circumstances
Remove restriction that last beat must be after audio end
Fixed blank program icon in some situations
Fixed bug where end of song can be dragged before the previous beat
Fixed bug by preventing note deletion while moving a note or beat
Fixed note group sometimes being 0 when set to a different value
Fixed issue with bounds when dragging a note start to a new position
Fixed occasional incorrect MIDI tempos for the ‘User annotated tempos’ option
Fixed handling of ASDT files created from different versions of AnthemScore

4.14.2 released 2021-11-22

Added keyboard shortcuts to assign all note groups 0-14
Fixed playback pause/stop bug when the show playback line is unchecked
Other bug fixes

4.14.1 released 2021-11-19

Fixed positioning of note context menu

4.14.0 released 2021-11-16

Left click and drag a note to change its position
Left click now adds/removes notes and right click selects for more intuitive interface
Right click on a note brings up context menu to edit MIDI velocity and other attributes
Ctrl + click & drag beats to shift all following beats by the same amount
Made number of frets, string, and tuning adjustable for tablature in advanced settings
Edit sheet music settings without needing to export a file
Added soprano and concert Ukulele with tablature options
Transposing now works for MIDI export
Fixed XML instrument for import into MuseScore and other programs
Slower minimum playback speed, from 25% to 10%
Menu action to clear recent files
Use '♭' and '♯' instead of 'b' and '#' when they are supported by the system font
Added toolbar icons for settings and undo/redo
Less glaring text color
Keep playback line visible when paused
Option to hide an entire note group when exporting sheet music
Fixed missing audio error messages
Fixed discrepancy between note group numbers in the main window vs export dialog
Fixed bug with custom instrument in Non-English languages
Fixed several tablature bugs
Save as default now includes the smallest note size
Command line option to skip finding notes
Fixed locked notes temporarily disappearing when note threshold slider moves
Fixed disappearing beat grid lines
Fixed undo/redo bug when undo results in 0 notes
Correctly calculate when there are unsaved changes after undo/redo
Removed limits on how far beats can be dragged
Changed disk toolbar action from 'save as' to 'save'
Other minor UI improvements

4.13.0 released 2021-03-11

Added guitar tab option for sheet music
Added bass guitar to instruments list
Added missing beat numbers when time is vertical
Made measure numbers always visible timeline
Fixed small time discrepancy between timeline and main display
Use ASDT name as window title
Save measure offsets in .ASDT files
Stop opening blank sheet music when 'spectrogram only' is selected
Changed the internal viewer paper size from A4 to Letter

4.12.1 released 2021-02-05

Bug fix for Windows only

4.12.0 released 2021-02-04

Added web browser option to display sheet music with adjustable zoom and page size
Fixed compatibility issue with older GPUs that resulted in no notes
Fixed MIDI instruments being off by 1
Fixed occasional skipped first notes in MIDI export
Fixed 3rd triplet sometimes being misplaced when loading .asdt files
Reduced risk of a crash on startup affecting some users
Got rid of license utility and root requirement on Linux

4.11.0 - 4.11.4 released 2020-11-08

Added dynamic note thresholds option to auto add/remove notes based on user edits
Allow locking groups of notes to prevent deletion
Customizable keyboard shortcuts and additional shortcuts
Save export settings in .asdt files
Added Do Re Mi ... note names option
Added beams to notes in musicXml
Cuda 8.6 support for Windows
Fixed bugs in internal sheet music viewer
Fixed unwanted window scrolling during playback
Fixed UI bugs with note group dropdown, note count label, note transparency, side panel resizing, and playback line jumping
Other bug fixes

4.10.1 released 2020-07-30

Registered .ASDT file extension on Mac
Allow changing the activation key
Bug fixes

4.10.0 released 2020-07-26

Option to scroll the spectrogram instead of the playback line
Shift all beats left or right
'save as default' option when exporting MIDI
'Export' toolbar button
Adjustable playback delay offset to allow better syncing of audio during playback
Adjustable measure numbers to enable alignment with sheet music
Hide the file queue area when not processing songs to conserve vertical space
Automatically change playback mode to 'Selection' after selecting a time range on the keyboard
New keyboard shortcut keys for playing back song, notes, and song + notes
Increased undo/redo queue size from 25 to 50 actions
Prevent long, multi-measure notes in automatic note detection
Renamed 'MIDI Track' to 'Note Group' since it applies to both XML and MIDI
Corrected the unsaved changes indicator when undo/redo are used
Fixed audio import bug with MIDI imports
Fixed crash during MIDI export when first beat occurs after the start of audio
Fixed crash when opening some unsupported/corrupted WAV files
Fixed crash when the print or display sheet music buttons are clicked rapidly many times
Other bug fixes

4.9.0 released 2020-04-14

Prevent repeated compression of audio when saving and opening ASDT files
Increased ASDT internal audio Ogg Vorbis quality factor to 3
User-submitted translation file for Dutch

4.8.1 released 2020-04-09

Build for Windows 8/10 with better crash reporting. No other new features.

4.8.0 released 2020-04-08

Fixed static noise during note playback
User-submitted translation files for Italian and Spanish
Restricted 'Save' and 'Save As' to .ASDT only and created 'Export' for other formats
Icon UI scaling option in preferences to accommodate high DPI monitors
Print command in toolbar and file menu
Saved song position and zoom to ASDT files to auto return to the working location
Help menu option to display the application data folder
Added soprano saxophone to instruments list
Enabled processing of WAV files that contain markers
Keyboard shortcuts including ctrl + scroll to zoom

4.7.1 released 2020-01-03

Fixed compatibility issue with older Windows machines
Fixed bug setting MIDI track when no file is open

4.7.0 released 2019-12-19

Built-in support for MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG Vorbis, OGG Opus, WavPack, and MusePack to reduce reliance on operating system libraries
User-submitted translation files for French and German
Added some missing text to translation files
Fixed resampling for songs that have a sample rate other than 44100 Hz
Fixed MIDI files saved with raw, unrounded timing
New notes go into current MIDI track index by default
Fixed timeline alignment when opening a second file
Fixed --threads command line option
Added full path as tooltip for recent files
Various other bug fixes

4.6.1 released 2019-10-14

Rebuild of version 4.6.0 for Windows only, reverting back to Qt 5.10.1 due to crash reports with 5.12.5

4.6.0 released 2019-10-11

Support for language files that can be edited by users--added auto-generated translations for German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, French, and Chinese
Created 3 timing options for saving MIDI to allow syncing with audio
Set the MIDI track for any group of selected notes
Open recent files in the file menu
Updated GUI library to Qt 5.12.5 for Linux, Windows, and Mac
Added scrollbar to side panel when needed for smaller displays
Higher contrast for sliders and scroll bars
Adjustable transparency on notes
Fixed instrument name display when save as default is checked
Enforced a min value on smallest notes per quarter based on the time signature
Fixed undo/redo related bugs
Allow adding notes outside the audio region

4.5.0 released 2019-07-29

Added undo/redo
Made note threshold slider smoothly add/remove notes
Added conservative triplet detection back in with manual editing in GUI
Added print button for OS X
Automatic shortening when dragging notes backward into other notes
Ctrl + click to select multiple rectangular regions
Split AnthemScore into lite, professional, and studio editions
Use key signature note names in side panel
Fixed issue saving MIDI files
Fixed sheet music key signature issue
Open .XML files in internal viewer
Remember advanced options when save as default is checked

4.4.0 released 2019-06-03

Added MIDI instrument to SaveAs options
MIDI transposition and custom note range
MIDI option for using raw note times or musical timing
Fixed bug with deleting notes and OS X issue when closing the application

4.3.1 released 2019-04-14

Moved progress bar to file queue area to prevent clipping of status text
Bug fixes

4.3.0 released 2019-04-12

Editing start/stop times by dragging note edges
Dropdown box for target instrument when saving sheet music
Selection of a group of notes. Note threshold slider applies to the selection, delete key removes any selected notes, and red reset button restores original notes
New graphics for notes, candidates, and key highlights
Added grid showing possible note positions based on smallest allowed note
Highlight notes on keyboard during playback
Added new spectrogram color map options
Rearranged side panel with more important items higher up
Increased internal audio sample rate to 44100 Hz
Removed candidate notes where there's a confirmed note already
Cleaned up sheet music by only annotating one initial tempo, removing any duplicate notes, and trimming empty leading and trailing measures
Smaller .asdt files using OGG Vorbis compression internally
Fixed bugs related to cancelling jobs and a small memory leak
Triplet detection disabled until editing triplets in GUI is implemented

4.2.0 released 2019-01-31

Very fast note finding for Cuda capable Nvidia GPUs on Windows and Linux (cuda status in 'about' menu)
Added cancel option to save changes prompt
Reduced occurences of the missing values error

4.1.4 released 2019-01-14

Faster saving of changes (orange text for no-prompt overwrite)
Show asterisk in title for unsaved changes
Fixed memory leak when processing multiple files
Improved error messages

4.1.3 released 2018-11-15

Updated Linux license utility to work on a larger number of distros
Updated Linux README with clearer instructions

4.1.1, 4.1.2 released 2018-11-10

Bug fixes

4.1.0 released 2018-11-09

Added tempo map and time signature to saved MIDI files
Applied sheet music save options to MIDI
Split staffs into separate MIDI tracks
Update audio playback when selection changes

4.0.0 released 2018-10-26

Editing of beat locations, tempo, time and key signatures
Support for reading MIDI files
Prompt for unsaved changes and better suggested naming
Setting the smallest possible note and the bass/treble split point
New ASDT file format with option for compact file size
Moved note lines to boundaries instead of note centers and made note image smaller
Smaller grid spacing when adding new notes
Added print button in internal sheet music viewer for Windows and Linux
Cursor changes to indicate when a note will be removed
Bug fixes for saving default prerences and opening files via command line

3.8.0 released 2018-09-23

Allow editing of notes while internal sheet music viewer is open
Estimation of note volumes for MIDI
Option for saving MIDI with estimated or fixed volumes (MIDI velocity)
Fixed issue with note playback when start time is not 0

3.7.1 released 2018-09-15

Bug fixes

3.7.0 released 2018-09-14

Added note threshold slider. Right click on keyboard selects threshold for individual keys.
Added option to contribute files to help improve accuracy
Slightly more accurate neural net
Keyboard opens on startup
Renamed 'potential notes' to 'candidate notes'
Fixed keyboard click region for white keys
Removed _combined_channels from saved csv filenames

3.6.0 released 2018-06-20

More accurate (slower than version 3.5, but faster than 3.4) net with higher recall
Automatic creation of save folders if they don't exist
Option for sheet music title in the save-as dialog

3.5.1 released 2018-06-10

Bug fixes

3.5.0 released 2018-06-08

Much faster, runs in about 1/2 the time as v3.4.0
Slightly more accurate neural network

3.4.0 released 2018-05-12

Built-in viewer for musicXML
Saving as PDF
Option to open sheet music with external program in preferences
Upgraded to Qt 5.10.1 for Windows/Linux GUI

3.3.2 released 2018-04-23

Conversion of ASDT files to XML, MIDI, and CSV from the command line
Added command line options to get license and custom note range settings for sheet music
Fixed bug with removing notes outside a custom range
Support relative paths from the command line

3.3.1 released 2018-04-04

Finer grid for manually adding notes
Fixed issue with saving MIDI files from command line
Fixed issue opening .aiff files

3.3.0 released 2018-03-04

Ability to select the playback region with mouse
Added bar lines and measure numbers to display
Created 3 play buttons for music and/or notes
Added keyboard shortcuts to help menu
Made 'loop' and 'harmonic lines' into checkboxes

3.2.2, 3.2.3 released 2017-12-18

Bug fixes

3.2.1 released 2017-10-23

Improved error messages

3.2.0 released 2017-10-22

Added saving as MIDI
Fixed cut off of the end of songs in OS X

3.1.2 released 2017-09-18

Set space bar shortcut to play/stop
Improved error messages
Reduced max note volume

3.1.1 released 2017-09-10

Added playback of notes and notes + audio
Created trial extensions as alternative to purchasing

3.1.0 released 2017-09-06

Improved rhythm accuracy
Added conservative detection of triplets
Improved catching and displaying of out-of-memory errors

3.0.6 released 2017-08-14

Added save icon to toolbar
Moved default save folder to preferences

3.0.5 released 2017-08-08

Bug fixes

3.0.4 released 2017-08-07

Skip the open dialog for .asdt files
Skip unnecessary redrawing of the display

3.0.3 released 2017-08-06

Stacked the frequency and time labels in the GUI to prevent jitter when the text becomes too wide

3.0.2 released 2017-08-06

Added icons in side panel and made the display more compact for smaller screens
Changed the spacing of the solid lines to every octave

3.0.1 released 2017-08-05

Added support for dragging and dropping audio files over side panel

3.0.0 released 2017-08-04

Significantly faster. Processing takes 1/4 the time it took in version 2.3.1.
New neural network that is slightly more accurate on average
Ability to edit notes in AnthemScore with right click
Ability to save AnthemScore project files (.asdt) containing note and spectrogram data
Added potential notes layer to show possibly missed notes
Created a note graphic to replace white circles
Re-organized the GUI and added toggling of layers
Added ability to loop playback
Added option to remove notes outside of a custom range when saving
New options to set custom frequency resolution and time step
Keyboard shortcuts to open, save, and play/pause

2.3.1 released 2017-02-28

Bug fixes

2.3.0 released 2017-02-19

Added a file queue to allow adding additional songs to a queue while a song is being processed
Added option to change the number of processor cores used
Used consistent capitalization in file menus
Removed restriction on transcribing multiple songs in the trial
Made the Linux playback service not found message more helpful

2.2.0 released 2016-10-23

Added save options to show only the treble or bass clef and allowed specifying a custom note range
Made the sheet music button open the most recently saved file instead of the temporary file

2.1.3 released 2016-08-12

Switched to Qt 7.5.0 for Linux so that audio will play in Ubuntu 16.04 with gstreamer 1.0
Added out-of-memory message for some memory allocation failures

2.1.2 released 2016-07-13

Added message on Linux about gstreamer packages

2.1.1 released 2016-06-21

Bug fixes

2.1.0 released 2016-06-20

Made the convnet faster by using FFT convolutions

2.0.0 released 2016-06-14

Added convolutional neural network for better accuracy
Added progress bar
Grayed out sheet music button until sheet music is ready
Added option to convert multiple files
Added additional CLI commands
Moved toolbar to settings panel

1.1.1 released 2016-04-22

Added command line interface
Switched to utf-8
Added optional usage reporting

1.1.0 released 2016-03-03

Added variable speed playback
Added suggested filename for saving and exporting

1.0.2 released 2016-02-04

Added keyboard and timeline
Added drag to scroll
Added click to play note
Added desktop file for Linux

1.0.1 released 2016-01-10

Replaced spin boxes with sliders

1.0.0 released 2015-12-23

Initial release