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Melody Assistant
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Melody Assistant

Version 7.9.6c

Music composition and score editor.

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Melody Assistant overview

Melody Assistant is a music composition and score editor with audio playback capabilities. The included digital-instrument database can be assigned to play back your compositions. Also includes a digital effect processor module (Wah, Overdrive, Flanger, Reverb...).Melody Assistant imports MID, KAR, SGU, AIFF, WAV, MP3, ABC, TAB, MOD, S3M, and other sound files, and exports in most of these formats.And also : Tab calculation (fretted instruments or harmonica), multi-voices karaoke, jukebox ...Multi-lingual : English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese.The unregistered version limits exporting to eight seconds, has a watermark on printed documents and does not enable key signature changes.

What’s new in version 7.9.6c

Updated on Jan 30 2023

Improvements:
  • Better management of comma values in ornament selection : if the value is default, it's replaced by the new one when selecting another comma, otherwise it's kept as is.
  • Implementation of a safeguard against crashes in the file selector
Fixes:
  • Possible infinite loop when loading a file while the number of possible undo has been changed
  • Fixed PDF export. Generated PDF files were unreadable.
  • Fixed accented characters problems when performing a search in the interface.
  • Fixed crash when ruler display was on in "Options"
  • Fixed problems when entering file name in "Save As..." or "Export"
  • Fixed crash in "Help > Search" or "Help > Documentation"
  • Cautionary key signature set to a single line didn't display anymore
  • When both PDFtoMusic and Melody/Harmony were installed, MA/HA tended to select by default the reduced sound base dedicated to PDFtoMusic : GMPDFBase
  • Dock: icon mismatch
  • Dock: missing icon, symbol for repeating the 4 last bars
  • Improvement and fix of search and launch of PDFtoMusic/PDFtoMusic Pro from Harmony Assistant
  • Melody Assistant: fixed removal of harmonica tablatures when loading a file
  • File selector: problem of file format selection, especially in graphical export
  • File selector: crash when some files stored with an old format were present in the browsed folder
  • File selector: crash when searching by name in an empty folder
  • Windows, file selector: prise en compte des accentués dans les noms de disque
  • Windows, file selector: "offline" network volumes are detected and removed from the selector
  • Windows, file selector: Problem in file format selection (pop-up menu)
  • Windows: Management of hi-resolution screens in Melody Assistant, PDFtoMusic, PDFtoMusic Pro et Melody Player
  • Windows: fixed compatibility issues of 32-bit versions under Windows XP
  • Windows: fixed graphical errors in menus and palettes transparency

Information

License

Shareware

Size

39.4 MB

Downloads

24587

App requirements

  • Intel 64
  • Mac OS X 10.7 or later
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Chrischram
Chrischram
Jul 29 2013
7.6.3e
0.0
Jul 29 2013
0.0
Version: 7.6.3e
Heads up. Version 7.6.3e crashes when it tried to load some files, probably ones that are imperfect in some way. Developer has been notified. If you have an older version, don't ditch it until you know for sure if it can read all your files.
anonymous-deer-2515
anonymous-deer-2515
Apr 30 2012
7.6.2i
4.5
Apr 30 2012
4.5
Version: 7.6.2i
Melody Assistant is the smaller sibling of Harmony Assistant. I found both Melody Assistant and Harmony assistant to work on OS X 10.7.3 (Lion) I particularly likely the ability to work with a wide range for format with Karaoke MIDI (.kar) and the Virtual Singer (just fun) ... which I did not find in the more expensive alternatives. The developer has also been responsive and fixed a minor issue with the MusicXML import. After working with both Melody Assistant and Harmony Assistant, I later opted for the more featured Harmony Assistant.
Guest
Guest
May 10 2005
7.1.1
4.5
May 10 2005
4.5
Version: 7.1.1
As if we needed any more reasons not to hate the French.
Guest
Guest
Aug 10 2004
7.0.3
4.5
Aug 10 2004
4.5
Version: 7.0.3
I never ever bother with shareware programs [money's been tight ever since college], but after trying a demo of Melody Assistant I knew that I had to register to get the full features... it's just that amazing. I had been trying to find an effective and easy-to-use program to write sheet music with for quite some time, and I was absolutely blown away by what Melody had to offer.
Guest
Guest
Nov 20 2003
6.4
0.0
Nov 20 2003
0.0
Version: 6.4
I've had melody for a real long time now and finally with this release realtime MIDI recording works! Finally! It finally puts the notes in the right place - right where I played them! This version is a great update! As always Melody is a bit eccentric and certain things like stem control for writing SATB on Grand Staff are awkward, but this is OK for now. I continue to use this until, and maybe after Coda upgrades printmusic for OS X. Those slow people! sorry.
Guest
Guest
Jul 1 2003
6.3.5c
4.5
Jul 1 2003
4.5
Version: 6.3.5c
Near-pro quality at just 15 euros/US$ worth. I also experienced directly a very quick responsiveness by the authors when I had to flag a problem. Great piece of shareware at a more-than-fair price. Kudos to those French guys!
Guest
Guest
May 21 2003
6.3.5
4.5
May 21 2003
4.5
Version: 6.3.5
This program is worth every penny/cent/Euro. Like other commentators I have looked at and disregarded commercial rivals but have bought into this. Melody Assistant can do everything I want and more besides. Excellent.
Guest
Guest
May 24 2002
6.0.5
0.0
May 24 2002
0.0
Version: 6.0.5
This progam works great for me, I know just enough about writing music to get into lots of trouble, Melody Assistant takes all the trouble out and I can download all the old & new songs I want in a flash and have great fun in playing along.
Guest
Guest
Apr 16 2002
6.0
0.0
Apr 16 2002
0.0
Version: 6.0
This program is overall well worth the money. I seldom purchase shareware, because it is often hard to justify the price. However, Melody Assistant immediately struck me as a bargain, and I felt compelled to register. I was shopping for music notation software. I first researched the brand-name commercial programs. These all cost upwards of $150, some going into the $400 or $500 range. This was well beyond the scope of my budget. I then discovered Melody Assistant. It has a very competitive feature set, and the price is several orders of magnitude more competitive than any comparable product. The interface is somewhat eccentric, and takes getting used to. However, it is not a POOR interface. Beyond the learning curve, it is quite well designed. I experienced no stability problems. My only qualm is that the printed output is not up to the standards of commerial software. It is adaquate, but do not expect your scores to look like proffesionally engraved music.
anonymous-deer-2515
anonymous-deer-2515
Apr 30 2012
4.5
Apr 30 2012
4.5
Version: null
Guest
Guest
May 10 2005
4.5
May 10 2005
4.5
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Nov 20 2003
3.8
Nov 20 2003
3.8
Version: null
Guest
Guest
May 24 2002
5.0
May 24 2002
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Apr 16 2002
4.8
Apr 16 2002
4.8
Version: null
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