Overture upgraded to v. 3.5

Overture has released version 3.5 for Mac classic and for Windows. Free
updates at www.geniesoft.com. Version 3.5 for Mac OS X was released last
month. 

As a serious if amateur musician, interface counts for a lot. Finale is
still difficult, and Sibelius was frankly a little disappointing - good,
but not as good as I¹d wanted it to be. Of the dozen or two other notation
programs I¹ve tried, Overture has the best interface, with printed output
better than anything else except Don Byrd¹s Nightingale. MIDI support is
said to be better than most too, although I¹m not knowledgeable there. I¹m
not affiliated with anyone, just happy to have a tool that¹s this good. 

Per the web site, upgraded features include: 

- Fixed MIDI playback problem in OS X initial release. 
- Added  Open Recent menu item to File Menu in Mac versions. 
- Added a MIDI Devices dialog (Options menu) in OS X version. 
- Fixed inserting tempo bugs in Strip Chart in Mac versions. 
- Added range setting to Set Time Signature and Set Tempo dialogs. 
- Removed channel setting for Remap Unknown Devices in Preferences dialog. 
- Fixed transcription bug that caused tied notes across barlines to have
incorrect playback durations. (PC Only). 
- Fixed bug that caused double barlines before meters to be erased when
ties crossed the barline. 
- Fixed display bug when dragging items that crossed page boundaries. 
- Fixed display bug when dragging graphics that cross measure boundaries. 
- Improved timing placement when dragging items around notes. 
- Fixed crash when Increasing Measures on a page that is not the current page. 

There¹s a mailing list at groups.yahoo.com.

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John Rethorst

jrethorst -at- post -dot- com