12/03/2022
Denemo version 2.6 has been released.
Denemo is a program for inputting music notation. http://www.denemo.org
The music is displayed as music notation while typing or playing in and
simultaneously it can be typeset via LilyPond. It can also be played
via internal synthesizer. Demo videos are at https://vimeo.com/62188678
New Features for release 2.6
Pitches First note entry method
Notes are visualized on a special MIDI track
Entering rhythms inserts notes from MIDI track
Recorded MIDI is re-synchronized as each bar is entered
Facilities to play, backup, advance, delete, restart recording
Support all system/markup spacing controls
Easy setting of conditional behavior of Denemo Directives
Directives attached all objects (notes, chords, time/key
signatures etc)
Use e.g. for changes of clef only for certain instruments
Editing the LilyPond for individual objects
Applies to all objects (notes, chords, time/key signatures etc)
Use e.g. to create editions with chords for smaller hands
Support creating score/paper/header Directives at startup from
Score Properties Editor
Directives are created only where absent
Allow easy toggling between listening/playing-in pitches via Shift
key.
Create Score and Parts in one PDF
Allow setting transposition on playback easily
Allow recording and attaching musical audio fragments to a score
while composing
Easier setting of Movement Tempo
Improvements to Playback Controls
Better control over playback volume
Simplify setting playback start/end markers
Better use of colors
Improve Legibility
Paler Denemo Cursor
Allow alteration of brightness of playback start/end markers
View Menu Improvements
Turn various windows on/off by shortcut
Switch back to Main Window with Esc or Ctrl-w
Staff Display Spacing Control
Ctrl-Drag to loosen/tighten spacing in display
Auto/Manual spacing available
Allows tight spacing for small screens
Allow trailing staff lines at end of movement
Bug Fixes
Fix setting of movement tempo in playback controls
Fix Inserting Breve and Longa
Fix display of dotted Breve and Longa after reload
Fix spurious 0xffffff keypress on windows
Fix setting/following links to source files esp. on Windows
Fix display of key signatures for tenor and baritone clefs
Prevent staff braces being attached to Marks/Dynamics staffs
Fix sounding duration of grace notes on dotted notes
Check part lists are same in all movements on Check Score.
Fix Performance for case where there is an upbeat at the start
Fix Performance View for LilyPond version 2.22
Fix Hide Movement as Sketch
Fix Duplicated Titles
Fix staff heights in display not resetting
Fix lyric pane not showing sometimes
Fix lyrics clashing with beaming in display
Hidden staff markers avoid clashes
Arrow at right of display now reliably shifts the displayed
measures
Improvements in restoring window sizes on re-starting Denemo
Playback Fixes
Pause no longer hangs notes
Reset places end play at end
Initial Playbutton icon change when pausing fixed
Playback markers in display now follow notes accurately
Fix clutter in display at Playback Start marker
Fix Pause for Windows version
Here are the compressed sources (from a mirror) :
http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/denemo/denemo-2.6.0.tar.gz
If automatic redirection fails, the list of mirrors is at:
http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
Or if need be you can use the main GNU ftp server:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/denemo/denemo-2.6.0.tar.gz
Binary packages, when built, can be downloaded via
http://www.denemo.org/downloads-page/
Denemo is a free music notation program for GNU/Linux, Mac OSX and Windows that lets you rapidly enter notation which it typesets using the LilyPond music engraver. Music can be typed in at the PC-Keyboard (watch demo), or played in via MIDI controller (watch demo), or input acoustically into a micr...
