Version History
4.2.2
- Fixed bug with looping progressions.
4.2.1
- Fixed bug where metronome would not work.
- Fixed GUI bug in progressions window
4.2
- Updated GUI to be slightly more tolerable on Mac OS X 10.5.
- Removed obsolete iPod notes export feature.
4.1
- Added augmented 7th chords.
4.0.3
- Fixed bug in 4.02 where examples wouldn't install and help wouldn't work.
4.0.2
- Fixed a bug with GarageBand not being able to import MIDIs of progressions.
4.0.1
- Now a universal binary.
- Interface refinements.
4.0
- More chords: flattened fifths, 6/9s, suspensions, and more.
- New "Chord Info" palette displays intervals, notes, and half-steps.
- MIDI Exporting of progressions
- Looped playback of progressions
- New keyboard: now scrollable, resizable, and pretty.
- Major interface enhancements.
- ChordPro importing
3.3.1
- Added support for full Edit menu functionality in progressions window.
- Added support for fractional beats in progressions
- Now includes some example progressions
- Fixed major bug that made some progressions play with incorrect timing
- Fixed crash on canceling printing
- Fixed bug where progressions were exported with wrong file extension
- Other fixes and enhancements
3.3
- Added MusicXML Exporting
- Added text file exporting
- Moved documentation to standard Mac OS X Helpbook format
3.2.6
- Fixed several small bugs
- List of progressions can be reordered
- Results can be dragged from the reverse lookup window into the chord browser or progression window
- Interface refinements
3.2.5
- Fixed bug in printed progressions
- Fixed bug when copying the keyboard graphic to the clipboard
- Other bug fixes
- Interface refinements
3.2.4
- Will now accept registration numbers generated using a new method (old ones work too).
3.2.3
- Metronome now keeps better time.
- Exported progressions now open as they should when double-clicked in the Finder.
- Interface enhancements
3.2.2
3.2.1
- Removed some embarrassing debug code
3.2
- Major interface improvements
- Progressions can be imported and exported
- Progressions can be printed
- The reverse lookup window can now accept MIDI input
- Added option to open up SimpleChord showing the chord that was shown when it was last used.
- Various bug fixes
3.1.3
3.1.2
- Several stability fixes
- Fixed significant glitches with simplified spelling mode
- Minor interface refinements
3.1.1
- Reverse lookup can now return multiple results
- Fixed update checking so that it actually works.
- Fixed a crash when attempting to play an empty chord progression.
- Minor interface refinements
3.1
- Now possible to edit details of a progression after creation
- Now possible to reorder chords within a progression
- Fixed registration issues
- Fixed/refined AppleScript support
- Major interface refinements
3.0
- Added Progressions: Users can create and play back progressions.
- Added Inversions: Chords can be inverted.
- Added Reverse Lookup: Punch in the notes, get back the chord.
- Added built in online help for SimpleChord.
- Major interface refinements
- You can hold down option when pressing play to reverse the method of playback you have selected in the preferences.
- Fixed various bugs
2.3.3
- Totally fixed SimpleChord for iPod bugs for good!
- Changed documentation and some dialog boxes to reflect new company name (dropped 'Group').
- Dock icon now bounces annoyingly when shareware reminders come up.
- This is the last maintenance release before I start adding some major features (progressions, inversions, reverse-lookup)
2.3.2
- Keyboard now draws a little nicer and faster
- Fixed bug with iPod exporting that made it not properly spell chords like the rest of the application can.
- Now supports new registration code format (new codes will not work with old versions)
- Interface refinements
2.3.1
- Fixed bug with iPod exporting that made it effectively worthless.
- Interface refinements
2.3
- Added octave shift option in Preferences to shift the playback up or down in intervals of octaves.
- Added new "Tempo Finder" tool.
- Interface refinements
- Updated documentation
2.2.1
- Fixed bug in display of optional black notes when the highlight color was red.
- Interface refinements
2.2
- Added 2 new kinds of chords (add9, minor add9)
- Added lots of new keyboard shortcuts so it's possible to access nearly any chord quickly from the keyboard.
- Keys now darken while pressed.
- Fixed rare bug with favorites not showing in some circumstances.
- Fixed bug with optional notes not displaying properly
- Interface refinements.
2.1.3
- Fixed bug under 10.2 Jaguar where main window was unresponsive.
- Interface refinements
2.1.2
- "Resolve ambiguous root notes" option added.
- Fixed bug with MIDI input
- Fixed a few small potential bugs with chord spellings.
- Two more key highlight colors added
- Interface refinements
- Code optimizations
2.1.1
- Chord spelling issue really resolved.
- New spelling section in preferences lets user choose between strict and simplified spelling
- Interface refinements
2.1
- 'Random Chord' command added
- Playback Method option added
- Chord spelling issue resolved!
- Fixed display bugs
- Interface refinements
- Code optimizations
2.0.2
2.0.1
- Fixed diminished 7th chords.
- Fixed 'purchase' link in nag dialog (D'oh!)
- Metronome now uses a palette and accepts only numbers for the tempo
- Chord search window slightly refined
- Added keyboard shortcuts to documentation
- Favorites drawer is now a palette, as there were some issues with the drawer.
2.0
- Option to accept MIDI input to control SimpleChord
- SimpleChord for iPod feature added
- Internet Chord Search added
- Added favorites feature
- Added window opacity option
- Added metronome
- Changed the off-by-default 'Extended mode' to be, instead, an off-by-default 'Mini mode'.
- Now costs money (Sorry, folks, but a guy's gotta pay the web hosting!)
- AppleScript support
- Redone manual
1.7.1
- Accidentals are now displayed according to the chord's corresponding keysignature so the chord is no longer "misspelled". Note: This actually wasn't fixed. But it's fixed in the current release.
- The window can now be dragged from any part of the metal surface, not just thetitlebar, like any brushed metal window should be.
- There's now an 'Update Now' button in the update section of the preferences.
- cmd-W now closes windows in SimpleChord.
- Added tooltips on keyboard option.
- Interface refinements
- The up and down arrow keys now change the chord type.
- Arpeggiate option now turned into the more useful 'arpreggiate first' option which first arpreggiates the chord, then holds it.
1.7
- Redesigned preferences window
- New velocity/volume option
- You can click on a key to play it.
- About box now uses the new icon introduced in 1.6.1
- New purple key highlight color option
1.6.1
- Added option to turn off the automatic version checking.
- MIDI playback no longer a half-step too high.
- Code optimizations.
- New icon.
1.6
- Fixed major bug in playback of chords that have optional notes.
- Added option to choose how accidentals should be displayed (defaults to flats)
- Added arpeggiation option
- Green added as a highlight color
- Added 13th chords
- Smoother switching between extended and normal keyboard lengths.
- Now automatically checks for new versions of SimpleChord.
1.5
- Added playback options (instrument, length)
- Added option to change color of highlighted keys
- Added 11 new types of chords
- Improved interface
- One can now control through keyboard (note letters and arrow keys)
- Improved documentation
1.0
SimpleChord Help