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Symbolic Composer 6.4 Alpha released For the Mac Lion
[2011, AUG 15] |
Tonality Systems Launch Symbolic Composer Express For the Mac
[2011, MAR 1] |
Symbolic Composer 6.3
Released For the Macintosh
[2010, NOV 26] |
Launching Symbolic Composer 6.3
Professional For the Windows
[2010, NOV 18] |
Launching Symbolic Composer 6.2 For the
Macintosh
[2010, JUN 3] |
Symbolic Composer 6.1 Released For the Mac
[2009, SEP 1] |
Symbolic Composer 6 For The Intel Mac and
Windows
[2008, NOV 27] |
Symbolic Composer 5.6 Released For Windows
& Virtualization
[2008, OCT 14] |
Launching Symbolic Composer 5.5 For
Windows & Virtualization
[2008, FEB 14] |
Shipping Symbolic Composer 5.4 For Windows
[2007, OCT 5] |
Symbolic Composer 5.4 Mac Shipping
[2007, JUN 11] |
Releasing Symbolic Composer 5.3 For the
Windows
[2007, FEB 3] |
Symbolic Composer 5.3 Mac and
Symbolic Composer 5.2.2 Win shipping
[2006, FEB 3] |
Launching Symbolic Composer 5.2 For The
Windows
[2005, DEC 1] |
Launching Symbolic Composer 5.2 For The
Macintosh
[2004, DEC 14] |
Releasing Symbolic Composer 5.1 For The Mac OSX
[2004, SEP 21] |
Symbolic Composer 5.1 Released For Windows
[2004, JUN 10] |
Tonality Systems Shipping Symbolic
Composer 5.0 Modular For Windows
[2003, SEP 22] |
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Press Release: Symbolic
Composer 6.4 Alpha Released For the Mac Lion
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2011, AUG 15 --- Symbolic
Composer 6.4 Alpha for the Macintosh includes Lion compatibily, fixes
and new features.
Symbolic Composer 6.4 New
Features
This update focuses on compatibility, interface, MIDI output location
and project handling issues. New commands were added on the menus,
editor layout can be customize, there are more themes, two icon sets,
opening files on the Desktop, revealing files in the Finder, Time Line
and Local MIDI views, grouped browser listings, backup on/off control.
Logic, Garageband, .aif, .wav, .mp3 and other music application files
can be placed in the My Projects folder, and launched from browser and
menus. It is also possible to relocated My Projects folder into an
external hard disk.
Lion Compatibility
- Fixes bug that caused SCOM to crash on Lion (OS X 10.7).
Launching .scom files from the
Desktop
- double-clicking .scom docs on the desktop opens them in SCOM
- .scom files can be dragged on the SCOM icon to open them
- this feature requires that you only have SCOM 6.4 application
on the hard disk, otherwise OS X gets confused and
may open
previous SCOM version, which does not know how to
open the document
Launching Logic, wav, mp, aiff,
and other files
- Launching from the Menus and Browser views
- .scom filetype is hidden, other launchable filetypes are shown
- Adds freedom to place other music program files inside SCOM
score folders.
- Helps keeping project files together.
Time Line view on the Index
Browser
- Lists the contents of My Projects by date.
- Helps to locate recently edited projects and launch other
project files
Local MIDI Files view on the
Index Browser
- Shows locally stored MIDI files, and their maching SCOM scores
- Helps to locate scores when using Local MIDI save feature
Grouped Browser Category Listings
- Shows items grouped by their category.
- Old alphabetical order can be switched on from Power Settings.
Reveal in Finder
- Topmost Editor Window or selected item in the Browser view are
shown in the Finder.
- You can reveal also Output and My Projects folders from the
menus.
- Also revealed by command-, command-k command-l from the
keyboard.
- Together revealing and launching are very useful tools.
Extending Selection on Editor
- Press shift to extend selection with mouse drag.
- Relies on LW functionality, extension works downward from the
initial start position.
- Extension backward from start position makes start position
the end position, which
is not exactly as in Mac where selection extends in
both directions.
Editor with Divider
- A second edit view appear when you drag the bottom bar of the
editor window.
- This allows to edit function parameters which reside in
different places of the score.
- It is experimental feature and not fully working.
- Copy/Pasting works on the upper view only. Windows resize and
saving restore both
locations to the same (should be fixed).
- Clone Editor is better suited when you want to work
independently on different parts of
the score.
- The divider is still useful to quickly check out what's
happening in the other
part of the score and changing manually score
parameters.
- You can turn it off from Power Settings. After restart editor
windows will display
a single edit view.
Editor and Listener Wrapping
- Wrapping character was removed. Wrapping does not add !
mark at the end of wrapped line.
- Word-wrapping makes long Listener output and editor
lines easier to read.
Easy to access Settings Menu
- Hierarchy was flattened to provide quicker access to Settings.
File/Layout Menu added to the
Settings Menus
Some like icons, some don't. Some prefer keyboard commands, some opt
mouse. For different users there are selections on the interface:
- SCOM Classic (buttons on left)
- Icons Top (Mac-like layout)
- Icons Bottom (aesthetical experiment)
- Plain Window (for the keyboard-oriented user, for smaller
scores)
- Just Go & Lookup (for the keyboard-oriented user, for
large scores)
- Icons Top Minimum (Icons Top without icon texts)
File/Open Recent comand added to
the menu
- Keeps a list of recently edited .scom files.
File/Revert command added to the
menu
- Reverts to the last-saved version of a document that has been
edited.
Compile MIDI/Show in Finder
setting added to MIDI Playback Settings
- Opens the output directory after score compilation has
finished.
MIDI Output added to
File/Settings Menus
- This controls the path and filename where SCOM saves the MIDI
file
prior loading it the MIDI Player. There are 3
options:
- Use Compile Name & Path
- Always Autoname to Output Folder
- Always Autoname to Local Folder
By default the name and path are supplied with compile-song,
compile-instrument
and play-file "name" parameter. This name can now include full
pathname, too.
Other options always save the MIDI file using the score file
name - no matter
what the "name" parameter tells. These are useful options, since
the MIDI file
has the same name as the score file, making it easy to later
find the score
that produces particular MIDI file.
Use Always Autoname to Output Folder if you accustomed using
Output Folder.
Always Autoname to Local Folder is handy, since it saves the
MIDI file into
the same folder together with score file that produced it. Score
and MIDI
files keep together, and at least Logic will save new project
automatically
into the same SCOM score folder when the MIDI file is launched
with Logic
(by selecting Player -> Logic. So, by choosing Always
Autoname to Local Folder
you don't have to edit all your dozens or hundreds compile-song,
compile-instrument
and play-file "name" parameters to start using Local MIDI saving.
MIDI File Autonaming
- Names MIDI File using the Score filename to which it adds .mid
filetype.
Remote My Projects location
- When internal hard disk becomes full you can place My Projects
folder in the external hd.
- My Projects may contain subfolder of your projects, where you
can store all other music
application files related to the SCOM score. This
allows to keep SCOM score and its final
production notation and sequencer files together in
the same place. All docs can be
quickly opened from SCOM.
Project Menu Collapsing
- Hide groups in Projects Menu.
- Collapse group hierarchies on top level menu.
- Speeds up browsing project folders and files.
- Turn off menus which you don't need that often (they are
available in the Browser).
More accurate Lookup Search
- Allows launching of external filetypes, too.
- Files can be revealed in Finder.
- Lookup Search Windows are functional after Desktop and
Snapshot Restoration.
Class System Unity Check Fixed
- Bug that caused Terminal Message in score compilation was
fixed.
Duplicate Index Check while
saving new files
- A warning was added if the filenam ehas been already been
taken by the system index.
- This ensures unique function docs and .mid <-> .scom
file matching.
- The checking can be turned off in the Power Settings.
Hiding Fileinfo and Saving
Backups
- No more duplicate filename items on the Finder view
- Backups of the .scom files are saved in Backups folder on the
same directory
as the edited file.
- Backup-saving can be turned off from the Power Settings. This
enables completely
clean score folder content.
Automatic Listener Clearing
- Clears Listener on each eval selection or compile score (eval
buffer).
- This feature can be swiched on from the Power Settings
PRESS RELEASE SUMMARY
2011, AUG 15 --- Symbolic
Composer 6.4 Alpha for the Macintosh includes Lion compatibily, fixes
and new features.
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Product Information URL
http://www.symboliccomposer.com
Product Download URL
http://www.symboliccomposer.com/download/Symbolic
Composer64Installer.dmg
Download File Size
24.08 MB
Executable File Name
Symbolic Composer 6.4
Buy URL
http://store.kagi.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?storeID=QD7&&
System Requirements
Macintosh, 2-16 GB memory, 200-300 MB
hard disk space is required.
Trial Limitations
SCOM runs first on Demo Mode, which cancels most functions. The
user is free to browse the interface and full documentation of the
system. Authorization restores full functionality.
Full SCOM 6.4 Press Release
http://www.symboliccomposer.com/press/page_mac640.shtml
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