Alpha 18

[cameronwhite]

Installing

• For Windows and Mac users, download the installer from the Assets section at the bottom of the release notes.
• For Linux users, a Snap package and Flatpak package are available.

Added

• Added support for exporting to Guitar Pro 7 (.gp) files (Export to Guitar Pro format #350)
• The Bulk Converter dialog can now export to MIDI files (and any export formats added in the future) instead of only .pt2 files (Batch MIDI exporting.  #69)

Changed

• Tuning dictionary changes (Improve how tuning dictionary edits are handled #367)
  • The tuning dictionary in the user prefs folder (tunings.json) now only stores custom tunings instead of the entire tuning dictionary
  • The user tuning dictionary is now combined with the default tuning dictionary when loaded, ensuring that updates to the default tunings take effect
  • Reordered the default tuning dictionary so that "Down 1/2 Step", "Down 1 Step" etc tunings are next to the standard tuning (A reordering of the tunings drop down menu #363)
• Several changes to the .pt2 JSON format to make it easier for other applications to parse (Make the JSON content of .pt2 files easier for other programs to use #368)
  • Note that older releases will likely be unable to open newly-saved .pt2 files

Fixed

• Fixed an error with importing .gpx or .gp files with artificial harmonics for which the harmonic type was set to Pinch
• Fixed a MIDI playback bug where let rings could ring forever in certain situations
• Added a b6 alteration for chord names (alterations #370)

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This discussion was created from the release Alpha 18.