Symphony Pro - Music Notation

Symphony Pro - Music Notation

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Version History of Symphony Pro

6.5.2

March 18, 2024

- General bug fixes - Fixed issue on iPhone with iOS 17 where toolbars were not clearly visible - Fixes other issues on iPad and iPhone where menus and icons were sometimes not clearly visible

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6.5.1

February 22, 2024

- Fixes crash when opening Imported/Exported Files in Projects Window - Fixes piano and fretboard animations during playback - General improvements

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6.4

January 16, 2024

- General bug and reliability fixes - General support update including improved compatibility latest iOS and iPad OS versions

6.3.3

July 18, 2021

This update contains a variety of bug fixes, including improvements to note alignment, crashing, and stability issues.

6.3

June 12, 2021

6.3 release notes - Bug and crash fixes - Fixes issue and errors with MIDI record - Resolves issue where menu items above selected notes or cut/paste didn't appear - General improvements to reliability and usability

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6.2.5

June 12, 2021

6.2.5 release notes - Bug and crash fixes - Fixes issue and errors with MIDI record - Resolves issue where menu items above selected notes or cut/paste didn't appear - General improvements to reliability and usability

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6.2.2

April 20, 2021

6.2.2 - Fixes critical bug where app froze after selecting notes or working with any other selected score element - General crash fixes - In 6.1.9, there was substantial difficulty dragging to transpose one or more notes - Fix bug where selected notes or cut/copy/paste menu items sometimes didn't appear - Bug where slow performance, instability, and crashing can occur in the context of multiple selected notes, via the Note Selection Area - In 6.0-6.1 and earlier, fix substantial slowdown in performance when copying and pasting a long passage (via the Region Selection Area), such as a sequence of ~100 or more notes - (Ongoing) More intuitive Custom Tuplets function. -- In particular, this function now makes it so that the full ratio that is inputted is reflected automatically in the notation - Handwriting: when drawing, the application better detects when an input should be a pen mark, versus a touch interaction or long press to interact 6.1.9 - General bug and crash fixes - Resolves issue introduced in previous update (6.1.8) when zooming the score - MIDI Record improvements - Improvements related to iOS 14: -- Fixes interface layout issues (incorrect toolbar/window dimensions), including after launching app or adjusting screen orientation, -- Note transpose options (8va, 8vb, etc.) such as transpose, cut/copy/paste, and other menu items appear when expected to after scrolling - QWERTY keyboard improvements - Note Adjust Menu: 'Cut/Copy Selected Notes' now works properly. - Note transpose improvements via dragging vertically - 'Initial metronome mark' (master tempo) setting is properly editable - Multi-bar rests: layout and specification in the score is improved, including when multi-voice staffs and when individual parts were viewed or exported - Ongoing improvements to 'Shift Notes..' option and when adding a note to an over-full bar - In ‘Reflow’ Score view mode: Note Selection Area now allows for the selection of notes from a specific pitch range (vertical staff position) when dragging a rectangle across multiple lines. To specify such a range interactively, you can now vary the initial drag point and height of the rectangle when selecting notes across multiple lines. - Improvements and bug fixes to MIDI Input and Output (live MIDI messages) - MIDI Import/Export improvements 6.1.5 - Resolves an issue where window and/or toolbars had incorrect dimensions or were in some cases not visible when launching app or navigating between apps - Resolves a Handwriting issue introduced in the previous update where it was not possible to draw on the canvas in Select or Write mode - Fixes issues adjusting number picker (e.g. tempo) and accessing menu items - Fixes bug where On-Screen Piano was unresponsive to multi-touch key presses - Handwritten Annotations maintain their relative positioning and proportions more reliably when the layout of the score is modified - Major bug fixes to the playback, editing, layout, and rendering of repeat signs, multiple repeats, and alternate endings - Fixes issue where chord symbols, lyrics, and other text elements didn't autoscroll/navigate correctly to a different note/measure - Improved chord symbol playback and handwriting recognition of chords - More accurate translation of notes by specified time units when choosing the 'Shift Notes' menu item above the Note Input Cursor and when inserting a note in Write mode - When repositioning or advancing the Note Input Cursor in Write mode within a bar, the cursor now navigates correctly to the adjacent note in cases where it previously jumped between non-adjacent notes - Fixes recent bugs when pasting chord symbols, dynamics & articulations, and other Score Symbols.

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6.1.9

March 26, 2021

6.1.9 - General bug and crash fixes - Resolves issue introduced in previous update (6.1.8) when zooming the score - MIDI Record improvements - Improvements related to iOS 14: -- Fixes interface layout issues (incorrect toolbar/window dimensions), including after launching app or adjusting screen orientation, -- Note transpose options (8va, 8vb, etc.) such as transpose, cut/copy/paste, and other menu items appear when expected to after scrolling - QWERTY keyboard improvements - Note Adjust Menu: 'Cut/Copy Selected Notes' now works properly. - Note transpose improvements via dragging vertically - 'Initial metronome mark' (master tempo) setting is properly editable - Multi-bar rests: layout and specification in the score is improved, including when multi-voice staffs and when individual parts were viewed or exported - Ongoing improvements to 'Shift Notes..' option and when adding a note to an over-full bar - In ‘Reflow’ Score view mode: Note Selection Area now allows for the selection of notes from a specific pitch range (vertical staff position) when dragging a rectangle across multiple lines. To specify such a range interactively, you can now vary the initial drag point and height of the rectangle when selecting notes across multiple lines. - Improvements and bug fixes to MIDI Input and Output (live MIDI messages) - MIDI Import/Export improvements 6.1.5 is an important update that includes major bug fixes, reliability improvements, and features: - Resolves an issue where window and/or toolbars had incorrect dimensions or were in some cases not visible when launching app or navigating between apps - Resolves a Handwriting issue introduced in the previous update where it was not possible to draw on the canvas in Select or Write mode - Fixes issues adjusting number picker (e.g. tempo) and accessing menu items - Fixes bug where On-Screen Piano was unresponsive to multi-touch key presses - Handwritten Annotations maintain their relative positioning and proportions more reliably when the layout of the score is modified - Major bug fixes to the playback, editing, layout, and rendering of repeat signs, multiple repeats, and alternate endings - Fixes issue where chord symbols, lyrics, and other text elements didn't autoscroll/navigate correctly to a different note/measure - Improved chord symbol playback and handwriting recognition of chords - More accurate translation of notes by specified time units when choosing the 'Shift Notes' menu item above the Note Input Cursor and when inserting a note in Write mode - When repositioning or advancing the Note Input Cursor in Write mode within a bar, the cursor now navigates correctly to the adjacent note in cases where it previously jumped between non-adjacent notes - Fixes recent bugs when pasting chord symbols, dynamics & articulations, and other Score Symbols. Playback & audio improvements: - Correct metronome click and metronome subdivision operation in relation to MIDI record, audio metronome, and visual metronome - Playback/MIDI improvements, including resolving a recent bug that affected audio and MIDI-out where notes didn't play according to their written durations and sustain level - Cue (small) notes can now be adjusted/scaled in their phrase duration to longer or shorter than their written note values, and also independently of the duration of the phrase implied by the length of the containing measure. To customize this playback property, open the Note Adjust Menu (double tap on a note selection containing cues), then choose the 'Grace Note Duration' option - Fixed issue where 'crescendo/decrescendo amount' playback customization was not restored when choosing the 'Playback..' menu item for the symbol

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6.1.5

March 17, 2021

6.1.5 is an important update that includes major bug fixes, reliability improvements, and features: - Resolves an issue where window and/or toolbars had incorrect dimensions or were in some cases not visible when launching app or navigating between apps - Resolves a Handwriting issue introduced in the previous update where it was not possible to draw on the canvas in Select or Write mode - Fixes issues adjusting number picker (e.g. tempo) and accessing menu items - Fixes bug where On-Screen Piano was unresponsive to multi-touch key presses - Handwritten Annotations maintain their relative positioning and proportions more reliably when the layout of the score is modified - Major bug fixes to the playback, editing, layout, and rendering of repeat signs, multiple repeats, and alternate endings - Fixes issue where chord symbols, lyrics, and other text elements didn't autoscroll/navigate correctly to a different note/measure - Improved chord symbol playback and handwriting recognition of chords - More accurate translation of notes by specified time units when choosing the 'Shift Notes' menu item above the Note Input Cursor and when inserting a note in Write mode - When repositioning or advancing the Note Input Cursor in Write mode within a bar, the cursor now navigates correctly to the adjacent note in cases where it previously jumped between non-adjacent notes - Fixes recent bugs when pasting chord symbols, dynamics & articulations, and other Score Symbols. Playback & audio improvements: - Correct metronome click and metronome subdivision operation in relation to MIDI record, audio metronome, and visual metronome - Initial metronome mark (master tempo) is properly editable - Playback/MIDI improvements, including resolving a recent bug that affected audio and MIDI-out where notes didn't play according to their written durations and sustain level - Cue (small) notes can now be adjusted/scaled in their phrase duration to longer or shorter than their written note values, and also independently of the duration of the phrase implied by the length of the containing measure. To customize this playback property, open the Note Adjust Menu (double tap on a note selection containing cues), then choose the 'Grace Note Duration' option - Fixed issue where 'crescendo/decrescendo amount' playback customization was not restored when choosing the 'Playback..' menu item for the symbol 6.1.4 - General stability and reliability improvements - Fixes crash when pasting score symbols in earlier updates - Fixed issues where selected notes menu items were not visible - Improved consistency of editing behavior when interacting with the Notes toolbar and choosing QWERTY commands - MIDI Out: Fixes additional bugs, including validating MIDI off messages and MIDI out configuration - Improved (graphical) preview when transposing a selected note - Fill Measures with Rest and note shift function: fixes a bug where invisible rests were present in between non invisible notes in the same measure - Improved Chord Symbol Configuration Menu and bug fixes when editing Chords - When cut, copying, or pasting score symbols, chord symbols, or lyrics, an option is now provided when pasting multiple such symbols, and those symbols were distributed across a range of time units. If pasting N symbols across N distinct time units, a new option allows you to choose whether to (a) paste into the next N notes at or ahead of the selection, or (b) paste according to the time units that were originally in between the copied symbols - Fixes several text editing issues that occurred when editing text boxes, chord symbols, lyrics, and other score elements - Improved Chord Symbol Handwriting Recognition

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6.1.4

March 11, 2021

6.1.4 - General stability and reliability improvements - Fixes crash when pasting score symbols in earlier updates - Fixed issues where selected notes menu items were not visible - Improved consistency of editing behavior when interacting with the Notes toolbar and choosing QWERTY commands - MIDI Out: Fixes additional bugs, including validating MIDI off messages and MIDI out configuration - Fixes issue where multiple repeat signs beyond the third ending were not displayed properly or playing back - Improved (graphical) preview when transposing a selected note - Fill Measures with Rest and note shift function: fixes a bug where invisible rests were present in between non invisible notes in the same measure - Bug fixes regarding, and, fully precise repositioning by specified time units (i.e. selected note value) when choosing the "Shift Notes.." option, or when inserting a note, then choosing "Shift Notes Across Measures" - Improved Chord Symbol Configuration Menu and bug fixes when editing Chords - When cut, copying, or pasting score symbols, chord symbols, or lyrics, an option is now provided when pasting multiple such symbols, and those symbols were distributed across a range of time units. If pasting N symbols across N distinct time units, a new option allows you to choose whether to (a) paste into the next N notes at or ahead of the selection, or (b) paste according to the time units that were originally in between the copied symbols - Fixes several text editing issues that occurred when editing text boxes, chord symbols, lyrics, and other score elements - Improved Chord Symbol Handwriting Recognition 6.0.14 General bug and crash fixes 6.0.13 * Updated for iOS 14.4, including to resolve the following issues with latest iOS version: - Chord symbols, lyrics, and text: text input cursor was not movable to a new editing location - Text editing keyboard/mode couldn't be dismissed - Other interface and editing inconsistencies * Other bug fixes - Several crashes that occurred while editing and navigating the score - Bug where ties became highlighted where none existed Other recent updates: 6.0.12 - Fixes crashing and other commonly encountered bugs, including when editing parts, instrument properties, and score expressions, and during audio playback/file rendering 6.0.11 - Fixes a crash in 6.0.10 that occurred when going into Select mode and tapping a note with the Input Cursor open. 6.0.10 - Fixes the stuck/held notes issue, which occurred during and after stopping playback - Fixes an issue where zooming didn't respond to pinch gestures correctly - Fixes playback issue where simultaneously played notes (i.e. chords, multi-track events) sometimes didn't generate the full chord for audio, or lost timing resolution - Several other bug and crash fixes - Several improvements to the interface and editor

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Symphony Pro In-App Purchases History

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Description of Symphony Pro

Symphony Pro 6 is a complete and intuitive app for writing music notation on iPad. It allows you to compose music for just about any size ensemble, from piano, symphonies, band, lead sheets, chord charts, guitar tabs, and more. Starting Version 5, Symphony Pro now offers handwriting recognition as the only in-app purchase: Perfect with Apple Pencil, and works great with touch or capacitive stylus GETTING STARTED SP provides all of the key options to begin your work. Import a score via MusicXML, MXL, MIDI, or SP file from your computer, or from apps like Dropbox, Mail, iCloud Drive, or Safari. You can base your project on a template, or start a blank score and add additional parts later. EDITING To add notes, choose Pencil mode, and tap anywhere on a bar to begin editing right away. You can quickly specify note properties before or after placing notes. By switching to Select mode with one touch, you can also transpose, erase, cut, and paste multiple notes/tracks. With an on-screen instrument, a QWERTY keyboard, or Core MIDI compatible keyboard, you can quickly enter notes & chords in step entry mode. Record a part in real-time with on-screen instruments to transcribe into notation. Versions 4 & 5 take greater advantage of the iPad touchscreen. With shortcuts and contextual menus to edit note & bar properties, many of the commonly used editing commands are right at your fingertips. SP supports a wide range of notational elements for your composition. Including dynamics & articulations, time & key signature changes, clef changes, pedals, and repeat conventions. Edit chord symbols, lyrics, and annotations using the iPad’s standard keyboard. EXPORT & SHARE When you’re finished, print out your score with AirPrint, or export it as a PDF, MusicXML, AAC, MIDI, or Symphony file. Share files via email or directly to another computer or iPad via Dropbox/iCloud Drive. KEY FEATURES • Introducing Handwriting Recognition for Apple Pencil & touch • Starting Version 5, Handwriting is the only In-App Purchase to enable the complete app • Now download SP on your iPhone • 24+ professionally recorded and sound-designed acoustic instruments, free out of the box Earlier features offered free, to existing & new owners • 114 built-in instruments for playback, and auditioning the notes you entered • Create in standard music notation or tablature • Edit with an on-screen piano, QWERTY keyboard, or a MIDI input device • Dozens of shortcuts & gestures to edit & navigate • Reduce your score size, range, or combination of parts for viewing & editing* • Print directly to AirPrint • Up to 48 instruments, 100 staves, 4 voices/layers per score • Record a part in real-time with clicks at the beat with optional emphasis • Backup & sync your scores with iCloud* • Import MusicXML, MIDI, MXL, or Symphony files • Export as a PDF, MusicXML, MIDI, AAC, or Symphony file • Large selection of articulations & dynamics • Multi-measure rests, including automatic rests • Grace notes • Customizable noteheads & note colors • Chord symbol, lyric, and annotation tools • Edit the properties of multiple notes and rests simultaneously by multi-note select • Copy/Paste function supports partial & multi-bar/staff select • Unlimited undo/redo • Customizable stem directions & note beaming • Transposing & concert pitch score option • Change tempo or clef anywhere in score or bar • Stream audio or share your screen wirelessly with AirPlay • Advanced document management • Create your own custom project template or use a built-in one • Customizable part groupings for SATB and instrument families • Customizable chord symbol, lyric, and annotation font • Loop playback feature • Auto-save support * Previously paid, but now free upgrade in Version 5 For More information, please visit: • http://www.symphonypro.net • http://forums.symphonypro.net • Facebook page at www.facebook.com/symphonyapp • Learn about the iPhone-only app: bit.ly/symphonyiphone
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Symphony Pro: FAQ

Can Symphony Pro be used on iPad devices?

Yes, the Symphony Pro app is compatible with iPads.

Who developed the app?

Symphony Pro was released by Xenon Labs, LLC.

What is the minimum iOS version needed for Symphony Pro to work?

To function properly, the app requires at least iOS 11.0.

What user rating does the app have?

Users have given Symphony Pro a middling rating of 3.8 out of 5.

What is the main genre of the Symphony Pro app?

Music Is The Primary Genre Of The Symphony Pro App.

What Symphony Pro application version is the latest one?

6.5.2 is the most recent version of Symphony Pro.

What is the date of the most recent Symphony Pro update?

Symphony Pro’s most recent update was on October 1, 2024.

What is the specific date when the app came out?

The app first launched on February 5, 2023.

What age rating is assigned to Symphony Pro?

Safe for children to use, no mature themes or inappropriate content.

Which languages does Symphony Pro support?

Symphony Pro currently features the following languages: English.

Is Symphony Pro available in Apple Arcade's lineup?

No, Symphony Pro is not available on Apple Arcade.

Are there in-app purchases available in Symphony Pro?

Yes, Symphony Pro offers in-app purchases to enhance your experience.

Is Symphony Pro tailored for Apple Vision Pro compatibility?

Unfortunately, Symphony Pro is not tailored for compatibility with Apple Vision Pro.

Does Symphony Pro display any ads?

No, Symphony Pro does not display any ads.

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  • Best bang for buck! Works!

    I’ve been using this for a few years and really, I can do fairly complex scores with bowings, handling staff additions and deletions, etc. and other score edits like the big editors without the complexity or price. I think is is not perfect, has quite a get-to-know it curve but it’s OUTSTANDING VALUE!
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  • Not too complicated

    It takes a while to learn where all the functions are hidden, but once learn’t it does a great job. I have written and rewritten 100’s of tunes with this app. with lyrics for piano and keyboard in various formats (lead sheets, two clefs etc). It has many other standard formats which can be adjusted to suit. It has many functions I have not used. The print function is good and I can send a pdf copy to other apps. Symphony Pro has a great transposing function. It has a good playback function. The app is continually improving and if you don’t need too many strange requirements then this is a great app.
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  • Overall good, but…..

    This is a great app, but it has two major problems. Because of these two problem, I almost want to give it three stars, but I’m going to give it four because it DOES have potential to be outstanding. A lot of thought went into this app, so it has potential.

    The first problem is that it’s glitchy. Things disappear, get moved around, etc. This is extraordinarily infuriating when you spend hours working on a project only to come back the next day and a bunch of parts of the project are moved or resized or something equally obnoxious.

    The second problem is that entering text is an absolute NIGHTMARE. If you only enter LIGHT text here and there, it will probably work for you just fine. But, if you’re using this particular app to write educational material (like for lessons or classroom), it’s just awful. I did manage to write an entire guitar method book with it, but it wasn’t a pleasant experience to deal with the text aspect of it. Text gets resized, moved around and the worst part - when you export the project, sometimes the text is a jumbled mess.

    If they fix these two issues (especially the text issue), I’ll give this five stars.
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