New features of WaveThunder 9.1

All Music Data of Version 9.0 and earlier are splitted in Music and Music players. Each of them are accessable through seperate dialogboxes.

A Set of Music Players are saved into a .wty file. Each Set of Players has a own MDI Window which is also a Dialogbox. As Music, Factories and Waves, you can Save, Load, Revert and Duplicate Sets of Players, and register it under a unique name. Each Player in a Set of Players has a name, so it is possible to refer to Players from Music.

Every One-Player (each Player consist of one or more One-Players) has got new properties:

• Frequency Factor and Shifting: to change the Frequency to play by this One Player
• Volume Factor: to change the Volume to play by this One Player
• Balance Properties: to give a stereo effect of the sound played by this One Player

• The Music Player itself is placed outside the NoteGroup. The NoteGroup refer to a Music Player by using two names: one for the name of the Set of Players, the second one for the name of the Player inside that Player Set.
• You can navigate to that Player by pressing a GoTo button.
• You can assign a Music Processor Factory to a Note Group. The result (Sound) of the Note Group is given to the Factory and is processed by the Factory. You can for example add echo to the sound from the Note Group, by assigning a Music Processor Factor that create echoes.
• A note Group has a Frequency Factor, the Frequencies from each Note to play, is changed, before it is given to the Music Player.
• A note Group has also a Volume Factor.
• You can easily en- or disable Playing each Note Group (when playing music(parts) or staves).
• You can Play each Note Group seperatedly, or create a Wave Window from it. Both before or after applying a Music Processor (if applicable).
• There are two kind of Note Heads added: a Triangle or Diagonal Cross.

• You can navigate to a Staff in the Music Window by pressing a GoTo button.
• You can assign a Music Processor Factory to a Staff. The result (Sound) of the Staff is given to the Factory and is processed by the Factory. You can for example add echo to the sound from the Staff, by assigning a Music Processor Factor that create echoes.
• You can easily enable or disable Playing and Drawing each Staff (when playing/drawing music(parts)).
• You can Play each Staff seperatedly, or create a Wave Window from it. Both before or after applying a Music Processor (if applicable).

• You can both change or correct a Music Clef. changing a Clef will not have effect on the music, but correcting a Clef has effecton the music, because the vertical position of music Notes after the Clef will not change.
• To delete a Music symbol, you use Del instead of Ctrl-Del.
• To add, change or delete a Accidental you use Shift-H for a Double Sharp, H for a Sharp, E for Natural, B for Flat and Shift-B for Double Flat.
• You can add all symbols by using keys.

• A Turn Item has also a Tempo Factor.
• Most Music Nodes have a Start and End Tempo.
• You can View a Result Tree from a Music Tree. You can see for example how many time each part occupies.

• Also Notes "E" and "B" can by followed by a "#" as a Flat sign.
• Notes without a Octave number will be interpreted as Octave 4 in place of 5. (in version 9.0 and earlier)

Factories

• New kind of Factories
  • Simple Loop: Repeat by putting the Result of Outputs to Inputs.
  • Wave Formula: Create Wave using a formula.
  • Note Players: Generate Sound of a specified Note.
  • Wave Formula: Music Processor: modify (part of) generated Music.


• New kind of Factory Nodes
  • Simple Loop: Repeat by putting the Result of Outputs to Inputs.
  • Wave Formula: Create Wave using a formula.


• Factory Nodes and Factories with kind of Simple Loop uses "Paired" Input and Outputs. Every Output must have a correspondenting Input (not reversed).



• Following Type Domains don't exists anymore:
  • Place in Wave
  • Place in Window
  • Factor or Integer


• Following Types don't exists anymore:
  • Place in Window
  • Angle (don't mix with Type Balance Angle)


• Following Type Domains are new:
  • Wave Position Count: Multi Type Domain which consist of Factor, Time and Wave Position Count
  • Wave Position: every position has a value: a Wave can contain for example 22000 Positions per Second.


• Following Types are new:
  • Wave Position Count


• Following Type Domains are converted:
  • Place in Wave is converted to Factor
  • Place in Window is converted to Wave Position
  • Factor or Integer is converted to Value without Unit


• Following Types are converted:
  • Place in Window is converted to Factor
  • Angle is converted to Factor


• A user defined description is added to:
  • Factory
  • Factory Input (not: Factory Node Input)
  • Factory Output (not: Factory Node Output)
  A Factory description is displayed above a Factory. A Input description is displayed in a Input dialogbox before running a Factory. A Output description is not displayed in this version, it is for future use.



• A sequence value is added to:
  • Factory Input (not: Factory Node Input)
  • Factory Output (not: Factory Node Output)
  A Sequence value of Input is used for displaying a Input dialogbox before running a Factory. A Sequence value of Output is not used in this version, it is for future use.
  
  

Other changes

• Shortcut Make Sinus: Shift-Alt-S becomes Shift-S
• When opening a project failed, no window is left open.
• Existence of Modeless Dialogboxes and it's position and sizes are saved in the Project File.
• Specific toolsbars aligned to the bottom.
• Changed Shortcuts:
  • To delete a Music symbol, you use Del instead of Ctrl-Del.
  • Save the Project: use Shift-Alt-S instead of Shift-S.
  • Export the Project: use Shift-Alt-E instead of Shift-E.
• Saved into Music File:
  • Which Stave and Note Group are selected by the Music Dialogbox.
  • Currently selected Music Symbol.
  • Scroll Positions of the Music Window.
  • Per Music Part: enable or diable Draw and Play.
• Scroll Positions of the Factory Window are saved into Factory File