Upgrade Manual

Chapter 2: Summary of New Features
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“Favorite Folder-Open Song” button!
By opening a song using the “Favorite Folder-Open Song,” you first select the folder from a list of recently used
folders, and then you can directly open the song from that folder. This allows you to quickly find a song in another
folder.
Lyric breaks hidden in Lead Sheet window!
For Lyrics, line break and paragraph marks (‘/’ and ‘\’) are no longer shown on the Lead Sheet window.
Auto MIDI and Karaoke lyrics display!
Lyric Window now auto-opens for MIDI files and Karaoke files!
Guitar TAB visibility is improved!
For the guitar tab, the numbers are now more visible, as a portion of the black guitar line is “whited out” when a tab
fret number is drawn.
Notation display improved!
The first note in every bar is drawn farther away from the bar line.
Big Lyrics Window Enhancements!
Chords can now be displayed on a row above the lyrics on the Big Lyrics Window. Separate chord colors are used
for the Chords and Lyrics, allowing these elements to be visually separated.
MIDI file text markers for part markers!
MIDI files are now written with descriptive Text Markers for part markers! Text markers are also read in from
MIDI files, and displayed as Section Markers on the Notation.
Decibel (dB) scale now present in the Audio Edit Window!
New rest insert key!
In editable notation mode, you can now insert a rest by holding the back-quote key (tilde key without pressing shift)
then clicking on the notation window. This is a way to avoid having to check the Rest checkbox first.
Reset to factory settings improved!
Reset to factory settings also offers to nuke the drum kit and MIDI Driver choice, making the return to factory
settings complete.
“Transpose” Chordsheet option added!
This is useful for non-concert pitch instruments like Tenor Saxophone. This option is also available on the Notation
window.
“Play Selected Area as a Loop” function!
Shift-click on the Play button, or press F10 (Play Selected Area as Loop) and the program will play a selected region
as a loop. For example, you can select bars 10 and 11, and then press F10, and bars 10 and 11 will play looped.
StyleMaker Enhancements!
If you don’t save the style, the previous style will load in, instead of reverting to “ZZJAZZ.STY.”
Guitar Tutor Enhancements!
The Guitar Chord Tutor now has an “Anticipate” mode which plays the next chord X beats in advance, allowing
time for the user to prepare the chord for playing along. 11 new tutors have been added for the Alternate tunings
like DADGAD, Open G, etc.
No more drum crash cymbals on Bar 1 of the song!
The very first bar of the song is (optionally) no longer considered to be following a fill, so a drum crash cymbal
won’t be played. Most drummers wouldn’t play a crash cymbal on bar 1 of the song.
New Hot keys added for Prefs tab dialog!
This allows navigation of the Preferences tabs by single keystrokes.