TablEdit Users Say:
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- Steve Loring, Michigan, USA
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Full History
V.2.64 (2003)
- MusicXML import/export.
- new "Ad-lib" measure option (in order to avoid bar lines to be printed)
- ability to add a label to a reading list entry.
- ability to increase/decrease the pitch of the playback in real time
- ability to fix a limit to the speed acceleration (in Relative Speed dialog)
- ability to display the fret number in color or within a coloured symbol following the left hand fingering.
- Ability to insert an Accent marker.
- The "Pick Stroke & Fingering" dialog remains open in order you can enter other complex fingerings.
- New sub-menu Reopen in File menu
- Visualinear system implementation.
- Support for Xaphoon.
- Printing of curly brackets for Grand piano Staff
- Ability to display colored chord or scale diagrams.
- Ability to export several modules into an ASCII tab file.
- The "Most Recently Used" list has been replaced with a "Reopen" menu item.
- Ability to change the MIDI sound of the natural and artificial harmonics.
- Numerical notation support.
- Automatical display of silent measures.
- Piano palette improved.
- Support of time signatures up to 15/4.
- Support of US units (See Advanced Options).
- New option for printing chords under the form x32010.
- When the Roll is selected from the Combination list, it ends on the beat.
- The Choke pitch bend can be changed with [>] or [<].
- Ability to export files in MIDI, ASCII and ABC format from the Tablature Manager.
- TablEdit opens TabRite files.
- TablEdit now accepts dropped files.
- New graphical representation of the instrument for diatonic accordion and harmonica.
- Ability to change the printing parameter "Fixed Measure Width" after a line break.
- Reading List dialog is resizable and allows to copy the sequences to Windows' clipboard.
- Ability to display a note one octave lower in notation.
- Ability to edit rests from the notation.
- A new option allows to print the tuning before each line of tablature.
- Ascii Export rewritten. Ability to export to a rtf file.
- first Mac OSX X version (Carbonized)
V.2.62 (2002)
- non multitrack mode allows several rows of tab+notation displayed in the editing window.
- up to 16 modules available.
- Subsequently the user can specify (in Instrument-Module) the instruments that need only one MIDI channel because they don't use pitch bend intensively.
- The rhythm and drum patches features are removed. The existing patches are obviously recycled into normal modules. Plus a new module option for printing rhythms only.
- The "Solo Predefined Instrument" advanced option has been renamed into "First MIDI Instrument privileged".
- The exported MIDI files are more orthodox.
- The pitch bend management has been completely rewritten:
- Ability to get all the slides, bends and vibratos linking up. You can start with a slide grace note, play a vibrato, bend, release, bend again and finish by a slide.
- The pitch bend limitation has been doubled. You can make 16 fret slides if you sound card support hight pitch bend sensitivity or 4 fret slides if your sound system is basic.
- The MIDI timing resolution has been much improved.
- Texts up to 255 characters each.
- Reading lists up to 96 sequences.
- Pick-up measures aren't counted for non proportional printing.
- Ability to select a diatonic instrument configuration file.
- Ability to select the help file.
- Full support for double dotted notes.
- New ability to exclude a note from beaming.
- Support of natural harmonics at 16th, 17th and 19th fret.
- Support of inverted tremolo dive and return.
- Ability to close all windows.
- New window "QuickView". Give a preview of the current measure as it will be printed.
- New predefined tuning for ukulele
- Support of double sharp
- Quantize Note feature is more user-friendly.
- Diatonic configuration change with an existing file impacts fingerings only.
- New Legato feature (Edit -> Insert -> Legato)
- Extended line break.
- Dotted whole note now supported
- MIDI Import to separate modules much more efficient.
- The alteration letters (# and b) whithin the chord names are now converted into pretty musical symbols.
- New formatting macro "&x[nn]".
- Support of "pre-bend" special effect improved.
- Full support of Windows XP visual styles.
- Ability to select and apply a GS sound bank from the MIDI Options dialog.
V.2.60 & 2.61 (2002)
- Multi Document Interface (MDI). Allows the opening of multiple TablEdit files at the same time.
- Beams and ties in the tablature are completely independent of those in the notation (unless the "Variable" option is selected).
- Note beaming in notation improved.
- Improved tied note and slur display.
- Possibility of defining the number of measures per line for printouts in non-proportional mode.
- New horizontal chord diagram option.
- New advanced option: "Colored Notes".
- New advanced option "Capo doesnt impact notation".
- Choice of graphical representation of pick strokes.
- Cross-file editing operations simplified and facilitated.
- New "Format" feature.
- All limitations concerning changing measure types have been removed.
- Ability to change the "No print" or "No Beat" attributes for several measures.
- Export of ASCII tablature in HTML format. Exportation of texts in ASCII tab.
- New feature for importing the clipboard content as ASCII tab or ABC record.
- NIFF (Notation Interchange File Format) Importation
- Ability to select the font for displaying dialogs (this option s critical for japanese users).
- Notation Only screen mode display several staves.
- Ability to choose a bitmapped image as background.
- The fingerboard displays note names within the dots.
- The horizontal scroll bar allows control of MIDI playback.
- Speed trainer improved.
- New Playback Monitor.
- Automatic Reading List feature restored and improved
- improvements to the vibrato special effect
- The Drum Tablature configuration dialog has been redesigned and is now part of the "Module" dialog.
- Substantial support improvement for Lute, Pedal Steel Guitar and Fiddle.
- New autoharp tablature support.
- The Format dialog is now modeless
- Connection between the "Title Information" and "Notes" dialogs.
- Ability to always display full note stems in tablature. The related shortkey is [Shift]+[Y]
- Preferences are now saved both in Windows' registry and in c:\windows\tabled32.ini file
- Ability to restore the factory settings by holding the [Shift] key while launching TablEdit
- New "Quantize Notes" for MIDI import.
- Improved support of Staccato.
- Ability to display slides with an arch (Select "Variation" option)
- New "Pick-Up measure" option in Time Signature
- New ASCII Export option ("Variable2" skips duration letters)
- New ABC Export includes texts.
- New "Special Character" feature. Allows you to insert framed characters.
- New Browse button in Text Manager. Allows you to visualize the occurrences of a given text.
- Pressing the [Shift] key while a paste operation allows to "blend" the pasted content with the existing one.
- All the insertion commands are now available from the notation.
- Ability to play repeatly the selection in the Tab Manager.
- New menu items in File menu in order to restore one of the three last used directories.
- New "Transpose All Modules" option in Transpose dialog box.
- Ability to cut & paste, copy & paste, or copy & replace measures.
- Ability to select several measures from the Track Window.
- "New Tablature" dialog box to create the tracks you want for the tab.
- Ability to insert a let ring bar facing up
- Ability to print to an output file
- Ability to adjust the attributes of grace notes.
- Better alignment of dotted notes and alterations
- Ability to insert a dotted barreacute; %barchord.xx instead of %barchord:xx)
- Ability to search an item backward (type [R] after [q])
- Ability to hide the pp notes in the tablature (type [U])
- [F2] Toggle ruler, palettes and markers on/off
- Ability to increase vertical spacing between systems in multitrack printing.
- Ability to display a multiple slur with one single connecting arch.
- Ability to set the relative speed from the "MIDI Export" dialog.
- New option for numbering all measures by printing.
- Roll and Vibrato enhanced.
- Export to WAV file.
- All clefs are now available for each module separately.
- Tuning Dialog improved.
- Scales/Chords on fingerboard in Key Signature Dialog.
- New implementation of the "Tremolo" special effect.
- Floating/dockable palettes
- Accelerando feature
- Trill grace note.
- Animated metronome. The metronome can also be activated while the tab is playing back.
- Relative Speed feature improved.
- The Text Manager dialog is now modeless Some minor glitches fixed regarding text management. New button to delete unused texts.
- The [Delete] key is now supported by the list controls (Texts, Chord diagrams, Reading list...)
- New Display option "Chord Names only". Also, a custom chord with an empty diagram is displayed as text only.
- MIDI and ABC import of text and tempo events improved
- When the cursor is located in notation, type a number from 0 to 9 to force the minimum fret.
- Fingerboard frame for banjo.
- Vibrato MIDI output improved.
- Ability to access the alternate MIDI Drum sets.
V.2.50 (2001)
- Printout mode equals display mode and vice-versa
- Display, printout, and Preference options grouped together in a single, tabbed dialog
- Module and Tuning functions grouped together in a single, tabbed dialog
- Space between tablature lines can be reduced
- Display of note stems and ties in the tablature to match those in standard notation
- Key display according to tuning in notation
- Space between systems can be adjusted with the mouse
- Option to print "Notes" before tablature and to fully justify the text
- Support of the RTMF (Rich Tablature Midi Format) by MIDI import/export.
- Quantize function (aligns selected notes according to the current duration)
- Manual insertion of return and da signo markings from the Tools palette
- Option to include personal code to allow opening, modification or printout of a file
- "Rewind" function added to "Advanced" options
- Possibility of entering notes above the 24th fret
- Accordianists and harmonica players can now manage the complete tessiture of their instrument
- Option to change background color of the screen
- Integration of the Chord Finder and the Chord Manager
- New "Track view" window in monotrack mode
- Horizontal scrollbar remains always accessible
- Nonuplets are supported now
- Direct text editing greatly improved
- Improved display & printing of notation
- Ability to insert a musical sign above the tablature
- Ability to change the default stem orientation value
- Ability to change the crescendo/diminuendo vertical position.
- Repeated endings management.
- Three distinct options for printing Tied notes, Dotted notes and Rests in tablature
- Ability to hide some notes in notation.
- Ability to change the options and title information without closing the print preview.
- New flat toolbar
- Memorizing of used directories (for opening TEF, saving TEF, importing/exporting MID, importing/exporting ASCII.
- Management of Cb, B#, Fb, E# in notation.
- Memorizing of last used chord diagram catalog.
- Ability to change left hand fingering location in notation.
- Ability to combine most effects with ringing and ghost notes.
- Dulcimer chord diagram and fingerboard printing. Customizable character for extra frets.
- Fingerboard takes capo in account now.
- Capoed 5th string for banjo.
- Tied notes printing in tablature.
- Fade In / Fade Out new special effect
- New Display option: Fingering Errors.
V.2.40 (2000)
- Duration error color user selectable
- Non-modal Jukebox.
- Editing of tablatures for Tin Whistle and Recorder
- Printout of effects in "Notation only" print mode
- Improvements in the "Beam break" function.
- Complete reworking of the "Print preview" function (10 times faster, two-page mode, zoom from 12% to infinity)
- New grace note type, "grupetto".
- Adjustable position of rests within the stave (Select the rest marker then type [+] or [-]) Centered texts
- Suppression of alterations in the menu.
- Improved tool bar management
- General dynamic symbols added to tabledit.ttf.
- Implementation of page number offsets (useful for printing out a collection comprised of multiple .tef files)
- Insert/Delete function based on the current duration and secured to avoid loss of notes
- MIDI import of triplets and pitch-bends
- New "Optimize Fingerings" option in Midi Import dialogue.
- Re-name function (8+3 to longer) for .tef files based on tune title.
- Display of pre-bends within square brackets
- MIDI playback time counter recalibrated to take into account tempo changes and relative speed.
- Direct on-screen editing of texts by clicking on the concerned text.
- Improved management of lyrics.
- Instantaneous tuning changes.
- Ability to select background color to notes for emphasis.
- Color display of markers/anchors.
- Ability to change measure types (for example display of a 4/4 measure with 2/2 (cut-time) beaming)
- Improved management of grace notes in the notation (slurs and alterations)
- Ability to change reading guide vertical position (type [:] or [$] then [+] or [-])
- Support for staccato (Special effects)
- Ability to print odd or even pages (Page Layout).
- New &d or &D macro for inserting the current date in the footer (Page Layout).
- New Playback Cursor Latency corrector (Advanced Options).
- New shortkeys [Ctrl]+[Up] and [Ctrl]+[Down].
- Ability to change fingerings (markers) vertical and horizontal positions
V.2.33 (2000)
- Unavailable function buttons are grayed out.
- Text is saved with MIDI exports.
- "Clean Up" feature in Chord Manager.
- Quick search feature has been improved [q] & [Q]
- Velocity and Notes palettes show the selected note attributes.
- Muted notes can be displayed as 'X' in the tab
- Mouse Drag & Drop on a single selection
- Autosave feature (in My Documents TEtmp.tef, after 10 minutes).
- Automatic restoration after an abnormal termination.
- Ability to enter drum events in the tablature
- Bottleneck slide (new module option)
- Tool bar behaviour improved
- TablEdit logo as true type character
- Diatonic Instrument dialogue improved
- Multitrack printout
- Text and chord vertical position can be changed by typing [+] or [-]
- Bend slurs in notation
- Ability to select and copy to the clipboard a specific area of the print preview
- Mode recognization by ABC import
- Midi importation "Track = String"
- New option to draw borders around accordion tab
- New "More files..." command in File menu.
- Can save an image of the print output as a window metafile.
- Ability to directly add or remove the dotted/triplet attribut,.
- Note suppression in Automatic duration mode.
- Vertical scrollbar for screen scrolling.
- New screen mode button.
V.2.30 (2000)
- TablEdit Version 2.30 exists in both 16 and 32 bit versions.
- Fingerboard Window
- Support of drum tablatures.
- Management of Renaissance and Baroque lute.
- Management of tablatures for violin with finger numbering.
- Import of tablatures in the Wayne Cripps format.
- For diatonic accordionists: register management
- Note display in the tablature as "a, b, c, ...".
- Note display above the strings in the tablature.
- Bank change management.
- Exact vertical placement of text, chords and musical symbols.
- Printout of a summary of chords used on the first page.
- Management of 4 predefined Custom tunings.
- Button to select all measures in the dialogue boxes having to do with the editing of measures.
- New musical symbols.
- New relative Speed feature.
- Ability to print bitmapped logo in various way
- New "Bar numbers" option in "Print Setup"
- Over 5 fret Chord diagram can be built.
- Over 7 string instruments (up to 12).
- New "Command..." button in tablature manager.
V.2.20 (1999)
- greater precision in defining the printout scale
- automatic rests from the stave are printed out in both stave and tablature
- ability to preview a track or channel prior to MIDI Import.
- ability to exclude time signatures from printout
- ability to print a "8va" sign beneath the clef
- new "tremolo bar" effect
- For diatonic accordionists:
- chord management and double right hand notes
- left hand bass and chord management on two distinct lines
- configurable support for all diatonic instruments (accordion and harmonica)
- ability to deactivate beams within a beat [x]
- automatic correction and justification of duration and placement errors [j]
- new advanced option "Extended Bends Slides"
- keep measure number while changing general time signature.
- "search in tab" feature.
- better detection of duration and placement errors.
- ability to split the note section by printout.
- ability to change the current file from the Paste Measures dialogue.
- 32nd Timing (Time signature dialog)
- change case buttons (Information dialog)
- new transposition possibilities by Midi Importation
- first Mac version
V.2.10 (1999)
- a context sensitive help for every dialog box [F1]
- new multitrack screen mode
- ability to change the font for each note
- keyboard palette for note entry and to allow the visualization of the note beneath the cursor
- diatonic accordion support
- slaps, rasgueados and ghost notes (special effects)
- simplified text entry shortcut [t].
- double beams in notation.
- middle C setting.
- comments shownd in Tablature Manager
- clicking on an automatic chord diagram causes Chord Buidler opening
- new features in fingering palette
- rollover help for beginners (Advanced options).
- ability to transpose notes by drag & drop from the notation.
- get duration of selected note as current duration [/]
V.2.00 (1999)
- Enhanced Undo/Redo feature [u] [r]
- Option for printing tied and dotted notes in the tablature.
- Human Play Simulation (Advanced options).
- support for 1/64th notes (hemi-demi-semi-quavers) and 1/16th note septuplet.
- optional saving of the display and printout parameters with tef files.
- MIDI export and import of time signature changes.
- notes in stave copied to another module using a different instrument tuning are preserved.
- tablature conversion in accordance with number and tuning of strings.
- option to select text font among any of the seven available fonts.
- positioning of fingering indications above tablature now possible.
- manual orientation of note stems for each, individual note.
- manual forcing of accidentals for all altered notes.
- grace note display in notation.
- text within tablature function restored.
- integrated support for diatonic dulcimer capo
- chord diagrams with secondary fingerings within parentheses.
- Ringing note: new effect allowing a note to be sounded for twice its natural duration.
- user defined default viewing mode and dynamic level.
- three percussion lines for drum patches.
- definition of up to 3,000 custom chords
- ability to combine special effects
- new musical symbols
- raising or lowering of dynamic level of selected notes
- automatic rest entry in tablature
- save/open playing lists in the tablature manager
V.1.90 (1998)
- Chords diagrams with fingerings
- ABC Exportation
- Beams in notation inclined according to voicing
- Key accidental markings for ALL keys.
- Key signature changes within tablature
- Scale diagrams.
- Inclusion of bitmapped graphics in header or footer,
- Option to reset to last used directory on program launch.
- Auto-load last open file on program launch.
- New ABC import interface.
- New Index feature in the tablature manager,
- Start of slides, bends and vibrato at optional point in note duration
- 3D Look for palettes.
- Recover last tempo change on execution of partial playback
- Up to 512 chord diagrams in the Chord Manager
- Text above notation
- User definable cursor color.
- Option "Let Ring".
- Reverse Roll
V.1.80 (1998)
- Reverb & Chorus
- Automatic creation of the reading list after MIDI import
- TablEdit true type font improved.
- Insert various musical symbols.
- Manual stem orientation
- Manual selection of accidentals in the stave
- Dulcimer Implementation
- Customization of abbreviations (special effects, note names, finger initials)
- Proportionnal ASCII exportation.
- Spacing between tab and notation by printing.
- Slurs in notation.
- Change number of strings using tuning dialogue box.
- ABC Importation improvements
- Bent grace notes
V.1.70 (1998)
- Pause button in the Juke Box
- Banjo 5th string Management
- Automatic or manual optimization of fingerings
- Multiline texts
- UNIX files on ASCII import
- Double strings option
- Mixing. Volume and balance settings for each track
- Capo position and instrument indication in header (&k and &i)
- Printout of selected measures
- Non-proportional printout
- customizable linguistic resources.
V.1.60 (1998)
- Midi Import of velocities.
- New floating palette for fingerings.
- Export Midi files format 1
- Midi Import of drums tracks
- Midi Import of tied notes and Midi patches
- Multitrack management
V.1.50 (1998)
- Midi file preview before Import.
- Management of large tef files (more than 1600 4/4 measures).
- Button icons.
- Separate printout of chord diagrams.
- Head sheet printout
- Metronome options.
- Management of all time signature changes.
V.1.48 (1998)
- Quintuplets.
- Display and printout of triplets
- Long file name management
- Chord Catalogue.
- Import of ASCII tablatures in intelligent mode
- Notes (texts)
- 2nd header height
- Selective playback of the Reading List
- New search engine feature
V.1.47 (1998)
- Status Bar
- Chord diagram manager.
- Detection of duration errors.
- Syncopation changes.
- Predefined tunings for banjo, bass and mandolin.
- Window position & size autosaved on exit.
- Improved file manager.
- Application of time signature changes to the following measures.
- Improved printing features including:
- Printing of time signature changes.
- Time Signature font.
- Variable character spacing in the printed page.
- Colorized fonts.
- Printout of blank staves.
- Save Print preview as bitmap.
- Line breaks in the printed page.
V.1.46 (1998)
- Option for alphabetical sort of the chord names in the Chord Manager.
- Inserting Midi Patch changes
- Extracting & Playing Rhythmic Patches.
- Codas and Signo management.
- Importation of ABC and Midi lyrics.
- Zip feature in the Reading List.
- Multi measures selection and edition.
- Cut/copy from the notation stave.
- Different headers for first and following pages.
- Swing feel effect
- Graphical treble and bass clefs.
- Crescendo/Decrescendo
- Proportional printing
- Slides and Bends optimised for W95
V.1.00 (1997)
- Official release of the first version