Rondo Release Notes

v2009r2

Sept 2009

  • A minor update to fix an audio incompatability with OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard'.
  • The '+' and '-' keys to adjust the rate now work with extended keyboards.
  • Known Issue - There is a minor visual glitch on the window, where the title bar and toolbar have a slightly different color tone. Possibly due to changes in gamma between OS X version 10.5 and 10.6.

v2009r1

June 2009

  • The font size in the Library views can be changed via the Preferences dialog.
  • The Library playlist view now has a contextual menu with a number of commands such as finding a file on disk, creating a new playlist from the selection, selecting duplicates or 'lost' files etc.
  • A playlist selection can now be copied and pasted into another application such as Text Edit or a word processor.
  • Playlists can now be printed. The font size used for printing is the same as for display. The contextual menu mentioned above can also show where the page breaks will be.
  • When importing files into the library, if duplicates are detected a dialog will appear asking how they should be handled. They can be ignored, added as usual, or the files location can be updated in the database. This last method makes it easy to relocate files after moving Rondo to a new computer or hard drive. See the help file for more info.
  • Exported files can now be made more General MIDI (GM) compatible by removing Bank Change and System Exclusive events. This may make GS and XG files play better in Rondo.
  • Fixed a bug in the Song Info sheet that gave incorrect counts for some meta events.

v2.8.1

October 2008

  • Fixed a bug which prevented the destination being saved between sessions

v2.8

September 2008

  • All piano columns can now be set to show a full width piano rather than the minimum required to display a file
  • An absolute rate preference allows you to specify the tempo in BPM rather than as a percentage of the original rate
  • Help is now integrated into the application rather than a seperate PDF
  • There are a number of small interface improvements including proper buttons to change views
  • The mousewheel now scrolls all listboxes and PageUp/PageDown now works in most listboxes
  • Fixed a bug that prevented some MIDI files made with Finale from opening

v2.7.2

February 2008

  • Improved compatability with Mac OS X 10.5 - Leopard
  • Fixed a bug that prevented exporting some file selections
  • Fixed a bug where column names were duplicated in the Library Column menu

v2.7

January 2008

  • Added some basic MIDI file exporting options
  • There is now a midiTicks display mode to show ellapsed, remaining and total midiTicks for a file
  • You can now drag a file from the finder to the piano roll viewer to load it into Rondo
  • Columns set to show visual tracks now have an eye indicator so they are easy to recognize
  • When the sequence is at the beginning the position is offset slightly to make it easier to inspect events right at the beginning of the file
  • Playlist columns are now sortable
  • The number of items in a playlist is now shown
  • Two 'user' text fields have been added to the library. The fields can be renamed via the Preferences.Library panel
  • The selected output device can now be saved between launches
  • Added a preference to send a GM Reset after each file has loaded
  • Esc key now closes both About and Preferences windows
  • Added "Begin Playing after Opening" preference so song starts playing as soon as its loaded from Open Dialog
  • Added preference to show note names on the white keys of pianos

v2.5.1

March 2007

  • Fixed a compatibility issue under certain versions of Mac OS X 10.3

v2.5

March 2007

  • Universal Binary and new Unified Toolbar look
  • More realistic pianos
  • Selection handles can be constrained to bars and beats by holding down the Opt key while dragging
  • Piano-la view now supports mouse scroll wheels
  • Selection handles now use Cmd Key to return to start
  • You can scrub the file when it isn't playing
  • Track filter panel is now customizable
  • Rate and scale sliders are now slightly logarithmic in action
  • Minimum rate has been lowered to 2%
  • Tracks with multiple channels now show the last channel color in the Tr. + Ch. column of the track filter panel
  • Playlists can now be organised into folders to any depth
  • There is now full drag and drop between playlists
  • Playlists can be duplicated via option dragging
  • Several new column types have been added to the playlist viewer
  • You can now tab between fields in the playlist viewer
  • Fixed a few minor bugs

v2.0

July 2006

  • Added library and playlists
  • Added visual column to track panel and removed old column tab
  • Added two larger piano sizes
  • Added Send command
  • Fixed a few minor bugs

v1.2

August 2005

  • Channel and staff colors can be modified via a new preferences panel
  • Show Song Info dialog shows information on events and their types
  • Added Select All, Select None, Select Section, Go to Section, Play Section menus
  • Added Recent Items menu that will display last 10 songs
  • Separate audio and column filtering
  • New solo column and the original play column can now be toggled between play and mute using a contextual menu

v1.0

January 2005

  • Initial release