QuickScore Elite Level II 2011 new features

The big news is the new GM soundfont and player, which provides a complete set of very realistic instrument sounds. But there's a lot more, from fast shape notes, a full set of handbell and percussion symbols, a new Song Editor which gives you a much more complete view of your overall composition, to support for quarter tones and microtones.

High Quality Instrument Sounds

The new FluidGM GM soundfont player VST instrument is now included, allowing very realistic instrument sounds. FluidGM uses the FluidSynth soundfont player engine and the Fluid R3 GM soundfont. To use it, first make sure you are using QuickScore's VST plugin folder. This is set in the Audio Setup dialog under the Options menu. Choose Synths and MIDI Effects from the View menu. In the Software Synthesizers and MIDI Effects window, click on New and choose FluidGM. Set the output for the FluidGM synth. In the Track Sheet, set the output to FluidGM for any tracks that you wish to play using the FluidGM soundfonts.

Fast Shape Notes

There is now an edit function to automatically set 4 or 7 shape note heads, without having to select each note individually. This is available by selecting Edit Score from the Edit menu, or by choosing Note Head when selecting notes.

Reduced Staves

Reduced staves can now be printed. Set reduced staves from the Display Track dialog under the Display menu. Reduced staves are printed and can be seen in Print Preview, but not when editing.

New Song Editor

The Song Editor now displays music more intuitively and precisely. Notes are shown in piano roll notation; controllers, pitch bend, aftertouch, program changes and tempo changes are shown as amplitude bars. Text and symbols are shown at their position relative to the staff; and audio files are displayed with their full duration.

Handbell and Percussion Symbols

A full set of handbell and percussion symbols has been added. Handbell symbols are in the Articulation Marks palette and percussion symbols are in the new Percussion palette. Jazz symbols have been moved to the Articulation Marks palette.

Quarter Tones and Microtones

There is now support for quarter tones and microtones. To select quarter tones and microtones, select a note or group of notes and choose Quarter/Microtone from the Edit menu. Quarter tones and microtones can be played. Playing quarter tones and microtones is set in the Play Symbols dialog in the Options menu.

More Control Over Audio

It is now possible to load and save VST plugin banks and programs (fxb and fxp files). To do so, double click on the title bar of any plugin's edit window and choose Load Bank, Save Bank, Load Program, or Save Program.

Faders in the Audio Mixer now go up to 400% to allow higher gain for softer sounding audio tracks.

Windows 7 Compliance

The location of .ini files and temporary files has changed from the installation directory to the application data folder for all users\Sion Software (Typically C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Sion Software). This has been done to maintain compatibility with current and future versions of Windows.

The location of data files, accompaniments and VST Plugins has changed from the installation directory to the documents folder\Sion Software (typically My Documents\Sion Software). This has been done to maintain compatibility with current and future versions of Windows.

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