Development Roadmap | DeluxeNote · Music Notation Software for Windows

Development Roadmap

Current version: 1.5.1

Planned

Delivered

Upcoming Version: 1.6
Expected release date: Spring 2024

Fretboard panel
Like Piano keyboard but for fretted instruments

Done

Beams across barlines

Input recording

25%

Linked Staves

TrueType fonts

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Version History

1.5 January 22, 2023

Tablatures
Lyrics
Repeat count in repeat barlines
Reset window layout
Hide/show all panels
Catalan translation more in line with other software
Fixed hang when using the piano keyboard if there were grace notes

Guitar Tablatures
Tab staff and guitar notation

Done

Text/Lyrics
aligned to notes

Done

Auto-save
Auto-recover at start if last session ended abnormally

Done

Hide Tuplets

Done

Unfold repeats
Write them out as separate bars

Done

1.4.2 August 29, 2022

Auto-save option: recover modified files at start if last session ended abnormally
Hide/show Tuplets
Improved beams slant
Slurs can now start on the same note where the previous slur ends

1.4.1 May 2, 2022

Unfold repeats
Improved slurs start/end position
Usability and operation fine-tuning

1.4 April 12, 2022

Grace notes: appoggiaturas, acciaccaturas...
Split secondary beams: new beam option to start second level beam
Part volume: adjust the volume for each staff from its Part properties
Underline text option
Delete voice from Project browser to remove all notes and rests of that voice within the staff
Tooltips on the opened files tabs with the full file path

Appoggiaturas
and other kinds of grace notes

Done

Split secondary beams
Start second level beam option

Done

Part volume
Adjust the volume for each staff

Done

Snap guide lines
Exact positioning in alignment with other elements

Done

Ortho mode
to move elements horizontally or vertically

Done

Playback tracking
Toggle on/off

Done

Transpose the Keyboard
as with digital pianos

Done

Hide the staff

Done

Bonus Tool #3

Manuscript paper

Textured paper
and background

50%

1.3.5 January 29, 2022

Ortho mode
Volume control (status bar indicator, click: mute/unmute, mouse wheel: up/down)
Pause/resume the playback by right-clicking the Play button
Add/remove Parts in a Part Group by dragging the bracket
Drag of clef/key signature changes to another chord

1.3.4 December 30, 2021

Snap guide lines
Option to hide the staff (from Score properties)
Menu bar and title bar combined into one
Toggles in status bar
Return back to white as the default background color
Fixed mid-score time signature changes error

1.3.3 September 19, 2021

Manuscript paper (bonus tool #3)
Transpose Keyboard octave (Ctrl+Alt + Key/Click on Piano keyboard)
Keyboard octave takes now into account the keyboard language
Improved dragging of Dynamic, Octave and Pedal elements

1.3.2 August 1, 2021

Textured paper
Different selection color for second voice notes
Slightly displaces notes in different voices when opposite stems overlap or form the interval of a second/unison
Avoids collisions of accidentals in different voices

1.3 June 21, 2021

Score scaling
Staff scaling (from Part properties)
Time signature changes
Improved appearance when the Windows display scaling is higher than 100%
New default background color
Notes are now played also when inserted using the mouse
Search for updates is now asynchronous allowing DeluxeNote to start even faster

Advanced transpose:
to key, by interval...

Done

Score scaling

Done

Staff scaling

Done

Meter changes
Mid-score time signatures

Done

Remove Beats
to shorten measures

Done

1.2.2 May 2, 2021

Transpose notes and key signatures to any key or by any interval or by semitones
The player now performs the changes in dynamics (hairpins) and the staccato articulations
Go to... (measure)

1.2.1 April 5, 2021

Shorten measures by removing beats
Courtesy time signature at system end
Swap voices
Select by element type and select similar
Holding down the right mouse button has the same effect as holding down Shift to select a range of notes
Now you can insert notes directly into any existing position regardless of its voice

1.2 March 9, 2021

Arpeggiated chords
Quintuplets, septuplets, octuplets and nonuplets
Hide/show rests
Rests can now be moved vertically
Slur position (above/below) can now be specified or kept auto
Tuplet duration can now be changed in the same way as with notes
Tooltip messages when tool is not applicable to current selection

MIDI input

Done

Export to PNG

Done

More Tuplets I
Duplet, quadruplet, sextuplet

Done

More Tuplets II
Quintuplet, septuplet, nonuplet

Done

Arpeggiated chords

Done

1.1.1 December 22, 2020

MIDI input support
Export to PNG
Chord detection during note input from both Keyboard and MIDI input
General MIDI instrument set in Part properties (used in export to MIDI file)
Antialiasing level in Options
Multilingual installer

1.1 November 25, 2020

Repeat markers and jumps: Coda, Segno, Fine, D.C. al...
Transpose by semitones by pressing Shift + Up/Down
Score position and System spacing can now be modified on each page independently
Text properties for Page numbers and System Measure numbers
System Measure number position can now be edited vertically
Accidentals are now displaced when needed to avoid collisions on chords
Holding down Shift while moving the cursor with Left/Right keys selects a range of Notes
Clicking on a voice in the Project browser selects the corresponding notes

Export to MusicXML

80%

Export to MIDI file

Done

Import MIDI files

Done

Bonus Tool #2

3D Printing preview

Repeat markers:
Segno, Coda, Fine, D.S. al Coda, D.C. al Fine...

Done

Better Slurs

70%

Interactive placing of line-kind elements:
Pedal, Octave, Dynamics...

Done

Improved MusicXML import

65%

Bonus Tool #1

Parallax Score

Transpose
by semitones

Done