2024.2
2024-03-04
- Updated piano part in Bossa/Swing and Latin/Swing
- Fixed diminished bass lines in Blues styles
- Fixed issue with piano diagrams font covering N.C. symbol
- Improved behavior of the editor when a selection is in place
- Improved behavior of external keyboard shortcuts in the editor on iPad
2024.1
2024-01-29
- Fixed issue with looping sections containing repeats
- Fixed bass line for min7b5 chords in Glam Funk
- Fixed bass line for dominant chords in minor keys in Blues Flat Tire
- Made small chord qualities narrower
- Fixed position marker not showing after a Final bar line in the middle of a line
- Fixed backup import count with older format backups
2023.7.1
2023-08-19
- Jazz-Medium Up Swing: 160 BMP default tempo
- new flat ride cymbal sound
- ride swing at 72%
- new drum fills and snare comping accents
- new piano comping rhythms
- bass accents match new 72% swing feel
- Jazz-Medium Swing: 120 BMP default tempo
- all the changes from Medium Up Swing plus:
- better position of hi-hat because of the sample attack at slower tempo
- new piano comping rhythms
- Jazz-Up Tempo Swing: 240 BMP default tempo
- new flat ride cymbal sound
- ride swing at 62%
- new piano comping rhythms
- Jazz-Doo Doo Cats:
- two feel swing on hi-hat at 72%
- Jazz-Guitar Trio: now uses bass and drums from Medium Up Swing
- Jazz-Bossa Nova: new flat ride cymbal sound
- Jazz-Bossa/Swing: new flat ride cymbal sound and same bass and drums as Medium Up Swing in the middle choruses
- Jazz-New Orleans Swing: same bass and drums as Medium Up Swing in the middle choruses
- Jazz-Swing Two Four:
- two feel swing on hi-hat at 72%
- same bass and drums as Medium Up Swing in the middle choruses
- Simplified Piano rhythms in 3/4 for Medium Up Swing 2 and Up Tempo Swing 2
- Double Time Swing now also works with 3/4 and 2/4 time signatures
- Better guitar/keys rhythms with 2 chords per measure in 4/4 in Blues: Funky, Gospel, Muddy, Nola, Shout, Texas Rock
- Better piano rhythms with 2 chords per measure in 4/4 in: Latin-Brazil Samba, Latin-Cuba Bolero, Salsa-Cuba Bolero, Salsa-Cuba Cha Cha Cha
2023.7
2023-08-17
- Jazz-Medium Up Swing: 160 BMP default tempo
- new flat ride cymbal sound
- ride swing at 72%
- new drum fills and snare comping accents
- new piano comping rhythms
- bass accents match new 72% swing feel
- Jazz-Medium Swing: 120 BMP default tempo
- all the changes from Medium Up Swing plus:
- better position of hi-hat because of the sample attack at slower tempo
- new piano comping rhythms
- Jazz-Up Tempo Swing: 240 BMP default tempo
- new flat ride cymbal sound
- ride swing at 62%
- new piano comping rhythms
- Jazz-Doo Doo Cats:
- two feel swing on hi-hat at 72%
- Jazz-Guitar Trio: now uses bass and drums from Medium Up Swing
- Jazz-Bossa Nova: new flat ride cymbal sound
- Jazz-Bossa/Swing: new flat ride cymbal sound and same bass and drums as Medium Up Swing in the middle choruses
- Jazz-New Orleans Swing: same bass and drums as Medium Up Swing in the middle choruses
- Jazz-Swing Two Four:
- two feel swing on hi-hat at 72%
- same bass and drums as Medium Up Swing in the middle choruses
- Simplified Piano rhythms in 3/4 for Medium Up Swing 2 and Up Tempo Swing 2
- Double Time Swing now also works with 3/4 and 2/4 time signatures
- Better guitar/keys rhythms with 2 chords per measure in 4/4 in Blues: Funky, Gospel, Muddy, Nola, Shout, Texas Rock
- Better piano rhythms with 2 chords per measure in 4/4 in: Latin-Brazil Samba, Latin-Cuba Bolero, Salsa-Cuba Bolero, Salsa-Cuba Cha Cha Cha
2023.6
2023-06-02
- Fixed issue with iCloud sync error not showing an alert in the app setting
- Fixed various guitar chord fingerings
- Fixed MusicXML export with 1st and 2nd endings
2023.5
2023-05-14
- Fixed cell selection in editor in song with vertical spacers
- Fixed issue with starting playback from coda with END symbol
- Fixed issue on iPhone with measure selection for long songs (12 staves) with vertical spacers
- Fixed issue with tap target to select a measure after a new line with extra vertical space and single bar line
- Fixed issue with opening chord diagram slide-up window stopping playback
- Fixed accessibility with invisible roots
- Fixed issue with floating keyboard in Editor on iPad
- Fixed Ukulele D7 chord
- Improved some guitar chord fingerings
- Improved matching style text in editor to player style
2023.2
2023-01-30
Minor Bug Fixes
2022.10
2022-10-18
- Better controls for Chord Diagrams and Chord Fonts
- Changed Share menus into Export menus
- Added Print option in the Export Chord Chart menu
- Added CMD-P keyboard shortcut to Print on iPad
- Fixed key Signature of exported MIDI files
- Fixed default guitar chords
- Fixed synth brass sound
- Lowered Volume of synth sounds
2022.9
2022-10-09
- Print and export of long songs is now stretched to fill the page
- Improved selection for copy/paste in the editor
- Sending feedback or support email now works if Gmail or other is set as the default email client
- Fixed issue with song background color picker in landscape on iPhone
- Fixed issues with Title and Composer clashing when displaying long songs on iPad
- Fixed issues with large accessibility text in song view controls
- Fix chord fonts not displaying for some charts in odd time signatures
- Fix export in MusicXML format for transposed charts
- iOS 14 is no longer supported
2022.7
2022-07-31
- Updated all styles with better fade out endings
- Fixed AirTurn issues with old pedal devices
- Fixed issue in editor with button shapes accessibility enabled
- Fixed rare crash when displaying a song with only two equal chords with piano or guitar font
- Fixed too high one handed piano chord font diagrams
2022.2
2022-03-03
- *NEW* Salsa styles backing tracks
- Added more triads to the guitar chords library
2021.12
2021-12-18
- New Stereo sampled piano sound
2021.8
2021-09-12
- Editor: move staff text "// New Line" symbol to dedicated button next to the input text field
- Editor: revert to previous behavior of having the clear button for deleting chords in the text field
- Editor: the ••• chord quality suggestions button has moved to the right of the text field
- Editor: allow Repeat symbols to be inserted even if the input method is set to alternate chords
- Editor: fixed bug where it wasn't possible to edit the last cell in the chart
- Editor: Moved Song Info button to navigation bar to have more room for chord input field
- Editor: Fixed issue where it was impossible to enter a chord in the last cell without a closing bar line
- Editor: Changed behavior or delete key to also delete symbols after a chord is deleted
- Change Son Montuno behavior to only put fills at the change between heads and middle choruses
- Fixed long standing crash in the page swiping mechanism
- Fixed issue with piano chords font not drawing after a vertical spacer
- Added Portuguese and Russian language localizations
2021.1
2021-01-18
- Hide keyboard after selecting a song from search results on iPad
- Improved performance of song search
- Fixed A6/E guitar chord diagram
2020.12
2020-12-16
- Added support for drum breaks! Insert the word “Break” in the staff text and the drums will stop with a shot on one until the next double bar line.
- Added two new chord qualities: minor add 9 (-add9) and diminished major 7th (o^7).
- Fixed issue with scrolling in landscape so that current measure always stays centered.
- Change behavior of the Full Screen setting on iPad: it now also hides the side bar in addition to hiding the player controls
- Fixed issue that prevented importing of playlist sent through the support chat
- Don’t show import preview window when importing existing single song and override player settings in existing song with incoming imported song
2020.9
2020-11-25
- New design and layout of song list and playlists
- Support for Dark Mode
- New screen when creating a New Song where you can set all the song info before starting to edit
- New screen for more easily adding songs to a playlist from within the playlist with a simple search
- New feature: search for songs from home screen Spotlight search
- Added support for new iPhone 12 models
- Added support for trackpad on iPad
- Accessibility improvements for Voice-Over reading of the chord chart
- Improved Forums so that you remain logged in when sharing songs to the Forums from the song view
- Fixed PDF size for better printing
- Fixed add9 chord voicings so that the 9th is not at the top
- Added foot Hi-Hat sound to click sounds (useful for 2 & 4 click track)
- Tweaked swipe actions in various song lists to help avoid accidental song deletion
- Dropped support for iOS 12
2020.7.1
2020-07-05
New in 2020.7.1:
- Minor bug fixes
New in 2020.7:
- Updated Cuba-Son Montuno 2-3 and 3-2 styles
- Improve search with high quality results at the top
- Fixed Pop RnB Rhodes part going out of sync on long songs
- Change guitar part in Blues Lucille to play long notes with 4 chords per measure
- Fix issue with songs in 7/4 and 9/8 time signatures not playing a drum crash at the beginning of song sections
- Improved voicing selection for keyboard and guitar instruments to avoid really high and low registers
- Added small disclosure indicator in chord diagrams to help discover alternate options
- Improved support for AirTurn
- Fixed volume getting louder with distortions when adding reverb in the mixer
- Replaced song view background color picker with newer version
- Updated Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Chord Scale Libraries with better scrolling and position indicators
2020.7
2020-06-29
- Updated Cuba-Son Montuno 2-3 and 3-2 styles
- Improve search with high quality results at the top
- Fixed Pop RnB Rhodes part going out of sync on long songs
- Change guitar part in Blues Lucille to play long notes with 4 chords per measure
- Fix issue with songs in 7/4 and 9/8 time signatures not playing a drum crash at the beginning of song sections
- Improved voicing selection for keyboard and guitar instruments to avoid really high and low registers
- Added small disclosure indicator in chord diagrams to help discover alternate options
- Improved support for AirTurn
- Fixed volume getting louder with distortions when adding reverb in the mixer
- Replaced song view background color picker with newer version
- Updated Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Chord Scale Libraries with better scrolling and position indicators
2020.4.1
2020-05-27
- Fix crash when playing Pop Rock 12/8 in 2/4 or 6/8 time signature
- Better endings in all Blues and Pop styles
2020.4
2020-05-19
- Added a second harmony part (Organ) to the Pop Reggae style
- Added a second harmony part (Guitar) to the Pop Rock 12/8 style
2020.3
2020-05-01
- Improved Blues Funky guitar part
- Fix drum pattern in Pop Slow Rock when playing time signatures other than 4/4
2020.2
2020-04-24
- IMPROVED the Pop-Country style with an additional acoustic guitar part
- IMPROVED the Pop-Slow Rock style with an additional organ part
- Fixed an issue when recording on older devices where the last few seconds would be cut off
- Fixed a rare crash on stopping playback
- Fixed an issue with AirTurn not working on restarting the app
- Updated AirTurn SDK to v3.7.4
2020.1
2020-04-15
- IMPROVED Pop-Rock style with a second harmony part and new variations in the drums and bass parts between A and B sections
- Dropped support for iOS 11
- Added a Share Extension for a more seamless experience when importing iReal Pro files (.html)
- Updated the AirTurn SDK to v3.7.2
- Fix in the editor for the keyboard going up and down quickly every time you switch between chords and text
- Added a close X button when inputing staff text in the editor for better experience on iPad with external keyboard
- Updated the audio engine for better performance
2019.7
2019-10-09
- Fixes issues with the search layout in iOS 13
- Disables split view in landscape on iPhones with large screens
- Various cosmetic fixes for iOS 13
2019.6
2019-09-18
Minor fixes for upcoming version of iOS
2019.5
2019-09-16
- Fixes for upcoming version on iOS
- Ignore accents when searching
- Improved persistence of last viewed song and playlist when restarting the app on iPad
10.1
2019-06-21
- Added the option to sort the list of playlists alphabetically
- Removed option to disable Background audio in Settings
- Rearranged Find results for easier access to YouTube and Web search results
10.0.1
2019-03-22
This update contains fixes for some minor issues
10.0.0
2019-03-06
- Added a new import flow that lets you preview the songs and playlists before importing them
- Added support for new iPhone and iPad Pro models
- Improved support for Apple Watch playback controls
- Added option to share exported audio from previous exports or recordings in case of failure
- Updated AirTurn with support for newest bluetooth pedals
- Increased tuning range to 415-466 (a semitone up and down)
- Increased size of repeat indicator text
- iReal Pro now requires iOS 11.4 or higher
8.3.2
2018-08-14
Minor bug fixes
8.3.1
2018-08-02
Fixed an issue on some bluetooth speakers where the first click of the count in would be too soft or inaudible
8.3.0
2018-07-04
New:
- Added setting for tuning of backing tracks from standard A4 = 440 Hz to values between 430-450 Hz
Styles improvements:
- Fixed 3/8 timing of organ in Pop - Funk
- Better mix between instruments in Blues - Flat Tire
- Increased volume of organ in Blues - Mo-Slo
- Simplified bass line for one-beat chords in Blues - Mo-Slo
- Minor tweaks to Blues - Chicago Shuffle
- Fixed bass playing a minor 7th on major triads in Blues - Funky and Stax
8.2.4
2018-06-19
Fixes for compatibility with AirPlay 2
8.2.3
2018-06-09
Fix for crash when recording with lightning port headphones
8.2.2
2018-05-29
Bug fixes and improvements
8.2.1
2018-02-15
In this version:
- Fixed size of PDF when printing.
In version 8.2:
- Added option to share a whole playlist as a pdf
- Added option to Duplicate a playlist
- Added option to share a Playlist as a text format setlist
- Added option to rename a playlist by swiping and selecting the More option
- Added option to rename a playlist by tapping on the Title while viewing the playlist
- Implemented multiple selection for faster deletion/trashing of songs in playlists
- Added support for new tap-n-hold playlist reordering available in iOS 11
8.2
2018-02-09
- Added option to share a whole playlist as a pdf
- Added option to Duplicate a playlist
- Added option to share a Playlist as a text format setlist
- Added option to rename a playlist by swiping and selecting the More option
- Added option to rename a playlist by tapping on the Title while viewing the playlist
- Implemented multiple selection for faster deletion/trashing of songs in playlists
- Added support for new tap-n-hold playlist reordering available in iOS 11
8.0.5
2017-12-20
This is a bug fix release with the following minor changes and fixes:
- Added + button in the Playlists tab to create a new playlist
- Minor performance improvement when pressing play
- Fixed segno drawing with hand font
- Fixed issue with navigation between song view and song list when searching where table view would jump up
- Keep search bar visible while searching in a playlist in iOS 11
- Correctly show an error message when trying to export audio for a song that cannot be played
- Updated AudioBus SDK to 3.0.3.1
- Updated AirTurn SDK to 3.2.1
- Fixed exported audio levels of instruments
- Fixed layout issue with long playlist names in list
- Fixed .html file import instruction
- Fixed rare crash in main song list when searching - rotating - trashing
- Fixed issue where starting measure number wasn’t automatically reset when song reached the end of the playback
8.0.4
2017-11-05
8.0.4:
- Fixes for iOS 11 and iPhone X
- Fixed issue with softer first count in click on older devices
8.0:
Blues
- 12 new Blues styles are now available as a one time In-App purchase
- Each Blues style comes with guitar, keyboard, bass and drums tracks
iCloud Sync
- Upload your songs and playlists to iCloud for safekeeping and for synchronization across any of your iCloud enabled devices such as iPhone, iPad or Mac
Improvements to audio
- Change tempo during playback
- Change instrument sounds during playback (Except drums)
- Exporting audio is now very fast
- Added two new electric guitars
8.0.3
2017-11-02
8.0.3:
Fixes for iOS 11 and iPhone X
8.0:
Blues
- 12 new Blues styles are now available as a one time In-App purchase
- Each Blues style comes with guitar, keyboard, bass and drums tracks
iCloud Sync
- Upload your songs and playlists to iCloud for safekeeping and for synchronization across any of your iCloud enabled devices such as iPhone, iPad or Mac
Improvements to audio
- Change tempo during playback
- Change instrument sounds during playback (Except drums)
- Exporting audio is now very fast
- Added two new electric guitars
8.0.2
2017-09-19
8.0.2:
Fixes for iOS 11
8.0:
Blues
- 12 new Blues styles are now available as a one time In-App purchase
- Each Blues style comes with guitar, keyboard, bass and drums tracks
iCloud Sync
- Upload your songs and playlists to iCloud for safekeeping and for synchronization across any of your iCloud enabled devices such as iPhone, iPad or Mac
Improvements to audio
- Change tempo during playback
- Change instrument sounds during playback (Except drums)
- Exporting audio is now very fast
- Added two new electric guitars
8.0.1
2017-08-27
8.0.1:
Bug fixes
8.0:
Blues
- 12 new Blues styles are now available as a one time In-App purchase
- Each Blues style comes with guitar, keyboard, bass and drums tracks
iCloud Sync
- Upload your songs and playlists to iCloud for safekeeping and for synchronization across any of your iCloud enabled devices such as iPhone, iPad or Mac
Improvements to audio
- Change tempo during playback
- Change instrument sounds during playback (Except drums)
- Exporting audio is now very fast
- Added two new electric guitars
8.0
2017-08-21
Blues
- 12 new Blues styles are now available as a one time In-App purchase
- Each Blues style comes with guitar, keyboard, bass and drums tracks
iCloud Sync
- Upload your songs and playlists to iCloud for safekeeping and for synchronization across any of your iCloud enabled devices such as iPhone, iPad or Mac
Improvements to audio
- Change tempo during playback
- Change instrument sounds during playback (Except drums)
- Exporting audio is now very fast
- Added two new electric guitars
7.0.1
2016-03-16
Bug fixes
7.0
2016-02-09
- Record yourself playing or singing along with iReal Pro
- Added new Pop styles: Glam Funk, Virtual Funk and House
- Added new Drums, Bass, Rhodes, Synth and Organ sounds
- Added support for iPad multitasking
- Added support for iPad Pro
- Added support 3D Touch on iPhone 6s and 6s Plus
- Improved Mixer and Transposition controls
6.3.1
2015-07-17
- Stability improvements and bug fixes
6.3
2015-07-10
- Added Ukulele chord diagrams and font
6.2
2015-05-29
- Added option to choose between normal and embellished chords for each style
- Added min#5 chord quality
- Improved Gypsy Jazz style
- Improved guitar chord diagrams
- Improved playback of diminished triads (lowercase 'o') to not include the diminished 7th
- Fixed issue where Username and Password to forums were not saved when user selected Remember Me during login
- Fixed issue where chord chart would print in wrong size from iPad and iPhone 4
- Fixed rendering of long songs on iPad
- Fixed other minor bugs
6.1
2015-03-20
- New Visual Count-In
- ADDED new Hand Writing Font for the chord charts
- ADDED new option to highlight rehearsal symbols in red
- ADDED a second option for Rhodes sound
- Stability improvements and bug fixes
6.0.1
2014-10-24
- Added support for iPhone 6/6+
- Completely new improved song editor for the iPad that also works in landscape orientation
- Stability improvements and bug fixes
6.0
2014-09-21
- ALL EXISTING STYLES AND CHORD DIAGRAMS are now included for free in the app
- ADDED 12 new Jazz Styles available as In-App purchase:
– Ballad Double Time Feel
– Ballad Melodic
– Blue Note
– Doo Doo Cats
– Even 16ths
– Even 8ths Open
– Guitar Trio
– Medium Up Swing 2
– New Orleans Swing
– Second Line
– Trad Jazz
– Up Tempo Swing 2
- ADDED new instruments (each style will have different instruments available to it):
– Harmony sounds: B3 Organ, Jazz Guitar, Banjo, Strings, Choir, various synths and pads
– Bass sounds: Fretless bass, Picked bass, Muted bass, Slap bass, Moog bass, Q Bass, Sub Bass, Tuba
– Old K ride cymbal to the jazz drum set
– Drumstick sound for Count-In
- IMPROVED the sampled sounds of Piano, Fender Rhodes and Acoustic Guitar
- IMPROVED Practice style is now called Long Notes and allows for many more sound options
- ADDED option to have No Count-In
- ADDED ability to set the volume of the Count-In
- ADDED option to sort playlists in random order
- AUDIOBUS Updated to version 2
- Various improvements and performance enhancements
- critical iOS 8 compatibility fixes