Song Master Release Notes

Release 5.0.03 - August 12, 2026

[Pro] Songs exported to PDFs are now considerably smaller (most will be less than 50k)
[Pro] PDFs now display CJK characters instead of missing character font boxes
Handle changes to the lyric download service that was making service sporadic
Cover art embedded in WAV and AIFF files are now displayed in Song Info panel
[Pro] Added trackpad zooming to Song Sheet viewer
App update notification: Previous versions didn't report new releases if they where minor updates, now minor updates are reported but you have option to ignore the release and avoid further prompting.

[Pro] New: Chordify command extends the start and end notes of selection to all match; useful to quickly align times of a chord.
[Pro] Fix: The MIDI Export flag "Full First Bar" was getting ignored
[Pro] Improved MusicXML export and improved compatibility with Guitar Pro 8 and other notation software
[Pro] Fix: Issue that could occur when exporting mp3 files on Windows
[Pro] Fix: Pasted midi notes was using the time of the first note selected as the offset time, this has been fixed to used the earliest time of selected notes
[Pro] Fix: Pasting chords to a section is leaving tiny sliver chords at the end since the source section's time range is slightly shorter than destination
[Pro] Fix: Several issues in the Pitches midi track control section if the track name is changed in the mixer
Fix: a bug in the File watching code on macos could cause a crash when an audio file is overwritten from another app

Fix Pro: Pitch View - Ctrl-Shift + mouse-wheel does not zoom vertically on mac (this is only an issue on mac using a mouse)
Fix Pro: Midi editor: clicking outside of editor could prevent shortcut keys from working
Fix: File Browser not restoring the list topmost item when move back up a folder
Fix: if an m4a file is corrupt, it now presents an error dialog box
Pro Midi editor: clicking a note now plays the note even when not in Edit mode
Song Master now registers as an app that can handle audio files

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