Fixes and improvements • iOS, macOS

What's New in Version 4.2.2:

• Bass guitars are transposing instruments by default now and notated an octave higher than they sound
• Extended the list of supported MIDI controllers
• Added setting for showing or hiding ties on the tablature
• Added setting for showing or hiding implicit rests on the staff
• Fixed alignment of notes of different voices on the tablature
• Fixed displaying of ties and other note relationship elements at line breaks
• Bug fixes

iOS version

• Added the link to Online User Guide in the Settings tab instead of the outdated in-app tutorial
• Fixed an issue with incorrect input of non-ASCII symbols in Lyrics
• Fixed an issue preventing files to be moved to folder on iPhone

macOS version

• Added feature for choosing a chromatic scale for its assistive displaying in the Piano Roll

Fixes and improvements • iOS, macOS

What's New in Version 4.2.1:

• MusicXML and GPX files import improvements
• Fixed an issue where the notes of the transposing instruments were displayed on the wrong staff positions if they were entered from the virtual instruments
• Fixed an issue with Transformations menu on iPad (iOS version)
• Stability improvements on OS X 10.11 El Capitan (macOS version)
• Bug fixes

Transpose and connect! • iOS, macOS

What's New in Version 4.2:

• Transposing instruments support
  • Saxophones (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone), clarinet, trumpet, muted trumpet, french horn, piccolo, celesta, glockenspiel
  • Switching to Concert Pitch via Layout menu
  • Customizing transposition in the Instrument Editor: changing concert note corresponding to written C4
• New and improved note relationships
  • Hammer-On/Pull-Off
  • Picked slide
  • Legato slide
  • Effect slides
  • Ornament slides
  • Custom glissandi
• Octave signs
  • 22ma, 15ma, 8va, 8vb, 15mb, 22mb
• Improved time signatures
  • New templates for simple, compound and complex meters
  • Showing number of beats, beat unit and first subdivision of the beat for the current time signature
  • Fixed notes beaming in compound times
• Rest at the selected position can be removed now by second tap or click on the Rest button
• Lyrics text color corresponds to the voice's color
• MusicXML files support improvements
• Improvements of the terms used in the app
• User interface improvements
• Bug fixes

New macOS-specific features:

• Dark mode support in macOS 10.14 Mojave
• New Preferences Tab: Colors
  • Changing app's appearance mode ¹
  • Selecting custom color accent
• Fixed an issue where the Pitches panel was shown instead of the Percussion panel
• Octave markers for octave clefs moved to the Clefs panel
• Fixed beat's number in the Status Bar
• Mouse Right-click/Control click now opens contextual menu over the whole score not just selection area
• Fixed an issue with duplicating .mxl files

New iOS-specific features:

• Support for new Fall 2018 iPad Pros, iPhones XS and XS Max, and iPhone XR
• iOS 12 support
• Added Delete Bar button which allows to remove the whole bar at the selected position without need of switching to bars' selection mode first
• Showing Repeats button without switching to bars' selection mode
• Fixed an issue where the volume of the separate instrument part was not applied during the playback
• Export to MIDI feature now saves the exported file with .mid extension instead of .midi which allows the GarageBand to import such files via its Loop Browser
• Fixed an issue where the tempo was not changed by tapping Done button in the Tempo view

¹ Requires macOS 10.14 Mojave or later