StaffPad

November 10, 2023

This update contains fixes and enhancements - Fixes a problem with display of tuplets when using Piano Capture - Fixes an issue with the Muse Solo Cello - Fixes an issue that could affect playback if a tempo point was created at the very end of the score - Eliminates clicks/artifacts that could sometimes be present in score audio export. - Fixes an issue with symbol placement above the stave in certain situations. - Improved the way that instrument changes are represented in the "ghost staff" - i.e when scrolling past the initial instrument name - Fixed an issue that can cause the score to continue playing even after the document has been closed - Fixed some silent notes that could occur when using the built-in Oboe sound

October 24, 2023

This fixes several issues discovered since the large 1.6 update, including - A fix for some MIDI keyboards that could cause held notes - A fix for some clicks that could occur during playback and audio export - A fix for an issue that could sometimes result in instruments not being available in a new score. - fixes for a few reported crashes

October 6, 2023

This is a hot fix to address a few issues found in the 1.6 release - Fix time signature dialog chopped off on iOS 17 - Various playback fixes (including choppy sounding playback, clicks, artifacts, and occasional crashes) - Fix issues with transcription on some systems - Fix silent playback bugs for several instruments (single staff piano, Bb trombone, C trumpet, and A clarinet) - Fix print layout with chord symbols

September 26, 2023

- Use your real piano to input notes in StaffPad! Piano Capture uses the device microphones to convert audio signals into music notation. Record your real acoustic piano performance and see it convert into notation as you play - or convert an existing piano performance into notation. - Don't have a real piano? We've got you covered: you can now connect a wired or wireless MIDI keyboard and record directly into StaffPad in realtime. - Video Staffs are here! Import a video into your score and work with it easily - move it around, trim the start and end points, and export it with your music. - New Muse Sounds libraries open up incredibly expressive playback for orchestra and choir. Grab them FREE, in the StaffPad Store. - Harmonise mixer effect; automatically create harmonies on vocal audio staffs, using the chord information in the score. Great for backing vocals! - A new Dynamic Mastering effect can be applied from the score settings; Dynamic Mastering applies smart loudness, EQ, stereo widening, enhancer and limiting to act as an instant mastering engineer. - Smarter MIDI import: we've designed a new algorithm that is better equipped to convert and clean up messier MIDI performances. There's also many smaller enhancements and improvements throughout the app. We hope you continue to enjoy making music with StaffPad!

July 6, 2022

What’s new in 1.5.7? - NEW: Time Staff. Add a time staff, choose a time base (e.g mins/secs, or a SMPTE timecode). - NEW: Drop labelled time markers directly on the time staff - NEW: Reduce Treble, and Reduce Bass mixer effects for audio and instrument staffs. - NEW: Niente hairpins. You can now drag down and up on hairpins to add a niente circle. This ensures the dynamic goes to or from silence, saving edits to the expression layer. - Dynamics will render above the staff for the print view when lyrics are used - Fixed some audio import issues on Windows - Fixed an issue when recording to stereo staffs on mono-mic iPads - Various fixes to file format stability - Fixed touch keyboard issues on Windows 11 - Adjusted logic for Round Robin samples on chords, resulting in more realistic RR playback - General MusicXML import and export fixes - Fixes for playback jumps during repeats, DC and coda structures - StaffPad will now favour tempo numbers when tempo words and numbers are used together (e.g Allegro 140bpm will favour the explicit tempo of 140bpm) - Fixed an issue with the abbreviation display for audio staffs within the “ghost staff” - Various stability fixes and performance improvements

February 18, 2022

- Fixed an issue whereby some dynamics could be rendered incorrectly during print/page layout processes - Fixed various MusicXML import and export issues

February 16, 2022

- We fixed an issue whereby lasso copy and paste of dynamics could sometimes freeze, if the selection crossed multiple time signatures - We fixed an issue related to writing in an open key in a transposed score, which could sometimes result in unexpected accidentals showing through - We fixed an issue with hairpin display and dynamic symbols colliding with bar lines in some circumstances - We fixed an issue whereby multi-rests weren’t displayed in the full score if you had a bar number staff present - We fixed an issue whereby tapping on a beat marker on a chord staff on an empty score could sometimes cause the app to crash - Various other minor bug fixes

February 2, 2022

This is a hot fix update to address an issue with copy and paste that could occur in some situations. -- previous update notes below This minor release is focused on fixes and enhancements: - You can now choose if multirests should break for tempo changes on the printed score: Choose "curated" if you'd prefer the multirest to ignore dense tempo changes - this can make the display of parts more efficient when working with detailed tempo maps and click tracks. - Fixed an issue with playback of portamento and glissandi after a tied note - Fixed an issue with breath marks not affecting multiple voices - Fixed an issue whereby you could sometimes draw on an audio staff, but not erase that ink stroke - Addressed some layout issues involving boxed text, rehearsal marks and bar lines. - Fixed a responsiveness issue with erasing cautionary accidentals - Fixed the display of half rests on staffs with fewer than 5 lines - Fixed scores being corrupted if you swapped voices on two-note tremolos - Fixed an issue with the core library strings not always playing back simulated measured tremolo - Fixed an issue with crossfading loops on some sample libraries - Chords are now included in copy/paste images - Lasso select is now more responsive and easier to use - Fixed the playback of two note tremolo when the second note was below the first. - Manually created chord labels are now transposed if selected with the lasso or bar selection mode and transposed - Fixed an issue that cause StaffPad to crash if the “full forward” shortcut was used during audio recording - Fixed semitone offset for playback of generated mordents and turns - Fixed an app crash if a MIDI or MusicXML file was imported that contained unsupported characters - Made audio recording more reliable after minimising or backgrounding then returning to StaffPad, whilst record mode is enabled - Fixed the timing of the core bass guitar library C#3 note (FF layer) - Fixed successive insert text states after a boxed text formatting option was chosen previously - Adjusted the core library Bass Trombone to cover extended ranges - Fixed some collisions that could occur with boxed text - Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause the Welcome Page to render invisible after returning from a score or rotating the device - Fixed an issue causing repeated sections to not always take the correct tempo - Fixed an issue that could sometimes occur when dragging/copying the final bar in a piece - Fixed a crrupted state that could occur if using infinite or invalid musical repeat structures - Fixes some MIDI fie import issues when e.g a tempo isn’t present in the MIDI file - Fixes an issue with note events sometimes wrapping around a repeat section - Fixes an issue with small auto-crossfade amounts being applied to audio clips - Transposition of chord labels on printed parts now includes manually added chords - Fixed a crash that occur when importing “bad” MIDI that contained erroneous track lengths - Fixed an issue that could cause mutes/slurs to snap incorrectly to previously erased elements - Fixed an issue that could occur when lengthening the score via a time signature change, when a long audio clip is present - You can now import MusicXML exported from other iPad apps directly from the share sheet - Various performance improvements

January 31, 2022

This minor release is focused on fixes and enhancements: - You can now choose if multirests should break for tempo changes on the printed score: Choose "curated" if you'd prefer the multirest to ignore dense tempo changes - this can make the display of parts more efficient when working with detailed tempo maps and click tracks. - Fixed an issue with playback of portamento and glissandi after a tied note - Fixed an issue with breath marks not affecting multiple voices - Fixed an issue whereby you could sometimes draw on an audio staff, but not erase that ink stroke - Addressed some layout issues involving boxed text, rehearsal marks and bar lines. - Fixed a responsiveness issue with erasing cautionary accidentals - Fixed the display of half rests on staffs with fewer than 5 lines - Fixed scores being corrupted if you swapped voices on two-note tremolos - Fixed an issue with the core library strings not always playing back simulated measured tremolo - Fixed an issue with crossfading loops on some sample libraries - Chords are now included in copy/paste images - Lasso select is now more responsive and easier to use - Fixed the playback of two note tremolo when the second note was below the first. - Manually created chord labels are now transposed if selected with the lasso or bar selection mode and transposed - Fixed an issue that cause StaffPad to crash if the “full forward” shortcut was used during audio recording - Fixed semitone offset for playback of generated mordents and turns - Fixed an app crash if a MIDI or MusicXML file was imported that contained unsupported characters - Made audio recording more reliable after minimising or backgrounding then returning to StaffPad, whilst record mode is enabled - Fixed the timing of the core bass guitar library C#3 note (FF layer) - Fixed successive insert text states after a boxed text formatting option was chosen previously - Adjusted the core library Bass Trombone to cover extended ranges - Fixed some collisions that could occur with boxed text - Fixed an issue that could sometimes cause the Welcome Page to render invisible after returning from a score or rotating the device - Fixed an issue causing repeated sections to not always take the correct tempo - Fixed an issue that could sometimes occur when dragging/copying the final bar in a piece - Fixed a crrupted state that could occur if using infinite or invalid musical repeat structures - Fixes some MIDI fie import issues when e.g a tempo isn’t present in the MIDI file - Fixes an issue with note events sometimes wrapping around a repeat section - Fixes an issue with small auto-crossfade amounts being applied to audio clips - Transposition of chord labels on printed parts now includes manually added chords - Fixed a crash that occur when importing “bad” MIDI that contained erroneous track lengths - Fixed an issue that could cause mutes/slurs to snap incorrectly to previously erased elements - Fixed an issue that could occur when lengthening the score via a time signature change, when a long audio clip is present - You can now import MusicXML exported from other iPad apps directly from the share sheet - Various performance improvements

January 13, 2022

There’s been a few general improvements, including some work to further extend battery life on ProMotion displays. Change log: - Fixed importing MusicXML from other apps via the iOS share sheet - Fixed MIDI import for MIDI files containing nested or irregular tuplets - Fixed an issue caused by changing the time signature near the end of score containing an audio file - Fixed an issue which resulted in duplicated scores not retaining saved audio - Fixed an issue with tempo markings that could cause corrupted scores - Printing multiple individual parts with multi-rests now works correctly - Editing arranger and copyright from the Edit Details screen now saves correctly - Made it easier to insert popular chord qualities such as minmaj9 etc - Invalid repeat/coda structures no longer cause a score crash - Mid bar instrument changes are handled more reliably - Fixes piano import for MusicXML files resulting in piano (audio) staffs, rather than notation staffs - Fixed crash if chord input starts with a / character - Fixed some issues with glissandos that could cause score corruption - Fixed issues that could be caused by mute lines and slurs ending on a rest/empty beat position - Fixed a layout issue whereby sometimes chord symbols don’t line up with notes - Various safety fixes to address some UI crashes discovered

Retro Keyboards

Rhodes; Wurlitzer; Hammond; Challen Upright

Muse Strings

Orchestral and Solo Strings for StaffPad

Muse Keys

Pianos, Keyboards and Orchestral Keyboards

Muse Harp

Orchestral Concert Harp for StaffPad

Muse Brass

Orchestral Brass for StaffPad

Muse Percussion

Orchestral Percussion for StaffPad

StaffPad Essential Guitars

Nylon, Uke, Mandolin, Electric and a Charango

Toy Glockenspiel

A glockenspiel - for grown-ups!

Muse Woodwinds

Orchestral Woodwinds for StaffPad

Muse Choir

Cinematic SATB Choir for StaffPad

Muse Guitars Vol. 1

Essential Acoustic, Electric and Bass guitars

StaffPad Essentials: Accordion

A musette accordion sample pack