Upgraded Note Performer 1.4

[Deleted]

I have just loaded the upgrade to Note Performer and I am very pleased. The main issue I had come across - the intonation of the Brass samples, has been fixed. The whole woodwind and brass seem much more precise and clear. I can't comment on the Strings as I have not yet had cause to use them, a project for another time.

I did have one major issue. In a piece I am arranging there are glissandi (?) in the trombone parts. The score plays perfectly until that point, when the playback stutters and the crashes Sibelius. The whole score plays back perfectly when the glissando markings are removed. A little bug maybe. Otherwise I haven't in the limited use come across anything else.

Well done all at Wallander.

PS I have put up on Soundcloud a rendering of Cortege in  NP1.4 for comparision

Trevor

[Joseph]

I have also installed the upgrade. I will write a quick sample with a gliss to see if it crashes the program.

[Joseph]

the "gliss" from the lines menu does in fact cause Sibelius [6.2] to crash and restart. However, the "slide" from the 2nd menu on the keypad does work properly. Go figure!

[Ed Sharpe]

People on facebook are already reporting that that there is a 1.4.1 patch out to fix the gliss issue.

[Joseph]

Feb 25, 2015 17:45:22 GMT Ed Sharpe said:

People on facebook are already reporting that that there is a 1.4.1 patch out to fix the gliss issue.

thanks for the heads up, Ed.  I'll see if it can be downloaded directly or whether we need to wait for them to provide links.

[Deleted]

Downloaded the 1.4.1 Update and it works fine. Thanks Arne for your swift action to ix the bug in this great piece of software.

Best wishes

Trevor

[Deleted]

And now 1.4.2. Those who received the link to earlier attempts should have received an email.

[Joseph]

there were some issues with 1.4.2, Arne provided a BETA version of an update to me earlier today. The issues I had with crashes for now have been resolved in the BETA. You may want to check the homepage to see if the BETA is generally available if you have been experiencing difficulties. KUDOs to Arne and all involved with NP support.

[Kevin]

Absolutely Joe. His customer service is very good. Did you think the upgrade sounded "cleaner?"

[Joseph]

Mar 4, 2015 13:36:55 GMT Kevin said:

Absolutely Joe. His customer service is very good. Did you think the upgrade sounded "cleaner?"

Kevin, I cannot attest to the sound being cleaner or not but it did eliminate at least one issue causing a mini crash in the software.

[ceg]

When I worked for HSBC, it was noted that if you did a wonderful job day in, day out then you never got noticed for that good work. Release buggy code, then fix it fairly promptly, and the world was your oyster...