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  1. v15.0iOS
    NEW: Added a preview bubble of the cursor position to drag & drop gestures (iOS).
    NEW: Added a context menu to the setlist with options to 'Add', 'Print', 'Email' and 'AirDrop' songs. (Accessible via a a long tap/two finger tap/right mouse-click on a song title of the setlist.)
    NEW: Localized the Songs app with the French translation.(You may change your language preference via the app's system settings.)
    IMPROVED: Header pop-up menu, theme recalls, dark/light mode, MIDI syntax editor, circle of fifths, German localization.
  2. v14.9iOS
    NEW: Updated the Songs app's interface for iOS/macOS 26.
    NEW: Enabled smart auto-inversions of PDFs to accommodate the dark mode settings.
    NEW: Added the option to display a left-handed virtual fretboard (and auto-generate left-handed chord diagrams).
    NEW: Enhanced the editing of setlists with an 'Undo' option and a setlist footer.
    NEW: Added the option to adjust the vertical position of the 'Songs & Sets' split-view via a swipe gesture.
    NEW: Enabled the use of the return key to execute the actions of highlighted dialog buttons.
    NEW: Simplified adding multiple copies of a MIDI event to the timeline with an 'Add Again' button.
    NEW: Added more than 100 icons to the iOS/macOS 26 app menus.
    NEW: Consolidated the app's main toolbar on iPhones. (Perform a long tap on the plus button to access the 'Undo, 'Redo', 'Cursor Menu' and chord repositioning options.)
  3. v14.8iOS
    NEW: Updated the Songs app's interface for iOS/macOS 26.
    NEW: Enabled smart auto-inversions of PDFs to accommodate the dark mode settings.
    NEW: Added the option to display a left-handed virtual fretboard (and auto-generate left-handed chord diagrams).
    NEW: Enhanced the editing of setlists with an 'Undo' option and a setlist footer.
    NEW: Added the option to adjust the vertical position of the 'Songs & Sets' split-view via a swipe gesture.
    NEW: Enabled the use of the return key to execute the actions of highlighted dialog buttons.
    NEW: Simplified adding multiple copies of a MIDI event to the timeline with an 'Add Again' button.
    NEW: Added more than 100 icons to the iOS/macOS 26 app menus.
    NEW: Consolidated the app's main toolbar on iPhones. (Perform a long tap on the plus button to access the 'Undo, 'Redo', 'Cursor Menu' and chord repositioning options.)
  4. v14.7iOS
    NEW: Updated the Songs app's interface for iOS/macOS 26.
    NEW: Enabled smart auto-inversions of PDFs to accommodate the dark mode settings.
    NEW: Added the option to display a left-handed virtual fretboard (and auto-generate left-handed chord diagrams).
    NEW: Enhanced the editing of setlists with an 'Undo' option and a setlist footer.
    NEW: Added the option to adjust the vertical position of the 'Songs & Sets' split-view via a swipe gesture.
    NEW: Enabled the use of the return key to execute the actions of highlighted dialog buttons.
    NEW: Simplified adding multiple copies of a MIDI event to the timeline with an 'Add Again' button.
    NEW: Added more than 100 icons to the iOS/macOS 26 app menus.
    NEW: Consolidated the app's main toolbar on iPhones. (Perform a long tap on the plus button to access the 'Undo, 'Redo', 'Cursor Menu' and chord repositioning options.)
  5. v14.6iOS
    NEW: Remote-control the playback of songs on multiple devices via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth (Library Menu > 'Playback Sync').
    NEW: Auto-invert PDFs and images based on their color profile when dark mode is enabled. (Settings > Interface > Apply Dark Mode & Auto-Invert PDF / Image Colors).
    NEW: Perform catalog backups of any size with batch-based file operations.
    IMPROVED: iCloud sync, multi-channel audio mixer, setlist management, auto capitalization (song info panel).
  6. v14.5iOS
    NEW: Play back multitracks via class compliant USB audio interfaces (up to 50 stems routed to 32 individual outputs).
    NEW: Customize the 'Mixer Output Format' (stereo or multi-mono) and specify the bus count (2-32) to optimize performance.
    IMPROVED: iCloud syncing, AirDrop sharing, website linking, song importing, .song file icon, .catalog file icon.
  7. v14.4iOS
    NEW: Play back multitracks via class compliant USB audio interfaces (up to 50 stems routed to 32 individual outputs).
    NEW: Customize the 'Mixer Output Format' (stereo or multi-mono) and specify the bus count (2-32) to optimize performance.
  8. v14.3iOS
    NEW: Add high quality vocal cues to your songs from a collection of 214 vocal recordings. (Note: The SONGS app's previous method of generating vocal cues via the iOS/macOS speech engine has been deprecated because of its limited mixing and routing options.)
    IMPROVED: Guide clicks, MIDI beat clock, song info pop-up, main toolbar, dark mode, compatibility with iOS 15.
  9. v14.2iOS
    NEW: Add high quality vocal cues to your songs from a collection of 214 vocal recordings. (Note: The SONGS app's previous method of generating vocal cues via the iOS/macOS speech engine has been deprecated because of its limited mixing and routing options.)
    IMPROVED: Guide clicks, MIDI beat clock, song info panel.
  10. v14.1iOS
    NEW: Use the new metronome to generate guide clicks and count ins: Enter the song's BPM (beats per minute) into the 'Tempo' field and access the new options via a long click/tap on the metronome icon.
    NEW: Use the new metronome to auto-generate MIDI beat clock signals (including song position pointers) in sync with the current playback/timeline position.
    NEW: Unify the metronome's beat indicators for improved visibility (go to app settings -> 'Instruments').
    NEW: Initiate high precision MIDI events via the timeline when playing back multitracks.
    NEW: Add circled letters to lyrics via the 'Symbol' pop-up menu.
    IMPROVED:  Auto-scroll, highlight markers, varispeed.
  11. v14.0iOS
    NEW: Use the new metronome to generate guide clicks and count ins: Enter the song's BPM (beats per minute) into the 'Tempo' field and access the new options via a long click/tap on the metronome icon.
    NEW: Use the new metronome to auto-generate MIDI beat clock signals (including song position pointers) in sync with the current playback/timeline position.
    NEW: Unify the metronome's beat indicators for improved visibility (go to app settings -> 'Instruments').
    NEW: Initiate high precision MIDI events via the timeline when playing back multitracks.
    NEW: Add circled letters to lyrics via the 'Symbol' pop-up menu.
    IMPROVED:  Auto-scroll, highlight markers, varispeed.
  12. v13.9iOS
    NEW: Play multitracks with sample-accurate timing regardless of sample rate and bit rate.
    NEW: Easily import your content from other chord sheet apps by selecting 'Add to Songs' in the iOS/macOS share menu.
    NEW: Import Stage Traxx 3 song files (.stsa) and backup files (.st3) via the 'Import File' menu option: SONGS will auto-format all lyrics, rebuild all sets, import all backing tracks, apply all volume and EQ mixer settings and auto-generate all timeline markers for songs with time tags and MIDI commands.
    NEW: Specify which song features (MIDI, Vocal Cues, Keywords, etc.) will be updated when bandmates send you new versions via Airdrop or Email. (Go to App settings -> Rights -> Update Options.)
    NEW: Track the playback of songs on a particular device. Access the 'Playback Log' options in the library menu or via a long tap on the play button.
    NEW: View or hide all songs that have backing tracks via the library's search filter.
    NEW: Export a set in the CSV format via a long tap on the set's name. (Perform a right click/two finger tap on macOS.)
    IMPROVED: Highlighting of sections that include tabs, generating of waveforms for audio tracks, execution of vocal cues.
  13. v13.8iOS
    NEW: Play multitracks with sample-accurate timing regardless of sample rate and bit rate.
    NEW: Easily import your content from other chord sheet apps by selecting 'Add to Songs' in the iOS/macOS share menu.
    NEW: Import Stage Traxx 3 song files (.stsa) and backup files (.st3) via the 'Import File' menu option: SONGS will auto-format all lyrics, rebuild all sets, import all backing tracks, apply all volume and EQ mixer settings and auto-generate all timeline markers for songs with time tags and MIDI commands.
    NEW: Specify which song features (MIDI, Vocal Cues, Keywords, etc.) will be updated when bandmates send you new versions via Airdrop or Email. (Go to App settings -> Rights -> Update Options.)
    NEW: Track the playback of songs on a particular device. Access the 'Playback Log' options in the library menu or via a long tap on the play button.
    NEW: View or hide all songs that have backing tracks via the library's search filter.
    NEW: Export a set in the CSV format via a long tap on the set's name. (Perform a right click/two finger tap on macOS.)
    IMPROVED: Highlighting of sections that include tabs, generating of waveforms for audio tracks, execution of vocal cues.
  14. v13.7iOS
    NEW: Play multitracks with sample-accurate timing regardless of sample rate and bit rate.
    NEW: Import Stage Traxx 3 song files (.stsa) and backup files (.st3) via the 'Import File' menu option: SONGS will auto-format all lyrics, rebuild all sets, import all backing tracks, apply all volume and EQ mixer settings and auto-generate all timeline markers for songs with time tags and MIDI commands.
    NEW: Specify which song features (MIDI, Vocal Cues, Keywords, etc.) will be updated when bandmates send you new versions via Airdrop or Email. (Go to App settings -> Rights -> Update Options.)
    NEW: View or hide all songs that have backing tracks via the library's search filter.
    NEW: Export a set in the CSV format via a long tap on the set's name. (Perform a right click/two finger tap on macOS.)
    IMPROVED: Highlighting of sections that include tabs, generating of waveforms for audio tracks, execution of vocal cues.
  15. v13.6iOS
    NEW: Have the timeline's highlight markers update automatically when editing the lyrics.
    NEW: Import/Export LRC lyrics with time tags and have SONGS auto-create all timeline markers.
    NEW: Engage the lock of the varispeed dial to be able to adjust the playback speed during a performance and auto-recall the original settings when the song is reselected.
    NEW: Use the upper/lower or the left/right touch zones to adjust the playback speed/varispeed dial. ('Play Mode' app settings.)
    NEW: Skip forward (or backward) in the playback position via screen taps. ('Play Mode' app settings.)
    IMPROVED: Auto-formatting of chord symbols with non-standard root notes (Cb, E#, Fb).
  16. v13.5iOS
    This update enhances features introduced in 'Songs':
    NEW: Enjoy a seamless transition between sections that auto-scroll at different speeds with a more precise and efficient auto-scroll engine.
    NEW: Add 'Highlight' markers to the timeline to highlight lines during playback.
    NEW: Auto-highlight sections when repositioning songs via section markers.
    NEW: Customize the chord diagram format of specific songs independently of the theme settings.
    NEW: Sort the chord diagrams by root note or by the chord appearance within songs.
    NEW: Customize the sorting order of chord diagrams on a per song basis.
    NEW: Control the varispeed setting via foot controller in the page flip mode.
    NEW: Skip forward (or backward) in the playback position via foot controller in the page flip mode.
    NEW: Execute 'MIDI Queue' commands via foot controller in the page flip mode.
    NEW: Reposition the lyrics via foot controller when the play mode is not active.
    NEW: Avoid transforming capitalized single letters into chords (e.g. 'A') by adding a space via the 'tap' key of the iPad's on-screen keyboard.
    IMPROVED: Auto-scroll, timeline, 'Print Snapshots', audio mixer, large play button, in-app typing keyboard.
  17. v13.4iOS
    This update enhances features introduced in 'Songs':
    NEW: Enjoy a seamless transition between sections that auto-scroll at different speeds with a more precise and efficient auto-scroll engine.
    NEW: Add 'Highlight' markers to the timeline to highlight lines during playback.
    NEW: Auto-highlight sections when repositioning songs via section markers.
    NEW: Customize the chord diagram format of specific songs independently of the theme settings.
    NEW: Sort the chord diagrams by root note or by the chord appearance within songs.
    NEW: Customize the sorting order of chord diagrams on a per song basis.
    NEW: Control the varispeed setting via foot controller in the page flip mode.
    NEW: Skip forward (or backward) in the playback position via foot controller in the page flip mode.
    NEW: Execute 'MIDI Queue' commands via foot controller in the page flip mode.
    NEW: Reposition the lyrics via foot controller when the play mode is not active.
    NEW: Avoid transforming capitalized single letters into chords (e.g. 'A') by adding a space via the 'tap' key of the iPad's on-screen keyboard.
    IMPROVED: Auto-scroll, timeline, 'Print Snapshots', audio mixer, large play button, in-app typing keyboard.
    FIXED: Auto-Scrolling of PDF documents with deprecated scroll speed markers.
  18. v13.3iOS
    NEW: Enjoy a seamless transition between sections that auto-scroll at different speeds with a more precise and efficient auto-scroll engine.
    NEW: Add 'Highlight' markers to the timeline to highlight lines during playback.
    NEW: Customize the chord diagram format of specific songs independently of the theme settings.
    NEW: Sort the chord diagrams by root note or by the chord appearance within songs.
    NEW: Customize the sorting order of chord diagrams on a per song basis.
    NEW: Avoid transforming capitalized single letters into chords (e.g. 'A') by adding a space via the 'tap' key of the iPad's on-screen keyboard.
    IMPROVED: Auto-scroll, timeline, 'Print Snapshots', audio mixer, large play button, in-app typing keyboard.
    FIXED: Auto-Scrolling of PDF documents with deprecated scroll speed markers.
  19. v13.2iOS
    Version 13.2 introduces a new app icon as well as a new app name ('Songs'):
    NEW: Enjoy a seamless transition between sections that auto-scroll at different speeds with a more precise and efficient auto-scroll engine.
    NEW: Add 'Highlight' markers to the timeline to highlight lines during playback.
    NEW: Customize the chord diagram format of specific songs independently of the theme settings.
    NEW: Sort the chord diagrams by root note or by the chord appearance within songs.
    NEW: Customize the sorting order of chord diagrams on a per song basis.
    NEW: Avoid transforming capitalized single letters into chords (e.g. 'A') by adding a space via the 'tap' key of the iPad's on-screen keyboard.
    IMPROVED: Auto-scroll, timeline, 'Print Snapshots', audio mixer, large play button, in-app typing keyboard.
    FIXED: Auto-Scrolling of PDF documents with deprecated scroll speed markers.
  20. v13.1iOS
    NEW: Control the playback of songs via a large play button in the middle of the screen. Enable the large play button in the app settings (under 'Play-Mode').
    NEW: Easily automate page flips and auto-adjust the scrolling speed of imported PDF documents with the timeline's new 'Scroll / Position PDF' markers. (see 'UPDATE NOTES' below to learn more).
    NEW: Single Songs in the PDF format can now be exported and shared in the Song One file format.
    NEW: The selected 'Page Flip Transition' option of the app settings ('Play Mode') now applies to PDFs as well as native Song One documents.
    NEW: Annotation note markers can now be added to the timeline by tapping on the annotations icon in the MIDI event window (top right corner).
    
    UPDATE NOTES:
    - The previously used PDF 'Scroll Speed' markers are now deprecated (i.e. superseded by the new 'Scroll / Position PDF' markers). 

    - Existing PDF 'Scroll Speed' markers on the timeline will continue to function.

    - The timeline's event window no longer offers a pop-up menu to add the old PDF 'Scroll Speed' markers to the timeline: Click/Tab on the location icon to add the new 'Scroll / Position PDF' markers to the timeline. 

    - Placing a new 'Scroll / Position PDF' marker on the timeline will automatically de-activate all existing PDF 'Scroll Speed' markers of the song. (You have the option switch between the old PDF 'Scroll Speed' markers and the new 'Scroll / Position PDF' markers by performing a long tap on the plus icon of the timeline and making the appropriate selection in the submenus.)
  21. v13.0iOS
    NEW: Switch sets when the play mode is active (without having to stop the playback of the current song).
    IMPROVED: Converting songs automatically to the Nashville Number System format.
  22. v12.9iOS
    NEW: The Library's filter menu is now alphabetically sorted.
    NEW: The metronome's default pan (stereo position) is now customizable in the app settings under 'Instruments'.
    NEW: The metronome's volume and pan are now customizable on a per song basis via the built-in mixer.
    IMPROVED: Auto-recalibration of timeline events after substituting audio tracks.
    IMPROVED: Auto-validation of song catalog edits.
  23. v12.8iOS
    NEW: Play back a multitrack with up to 50 stereo stems encoded in a variety of audio formats and sample rates.
    NEW: Adjust the audio playback speed and scrolling speed with a varispeed dial or a Bluetooth controller. Have Song One's varispeed perform automatic pitch correction of audio backing tracks as well as auto-recalibration of all timeline events.
    NEW: Customize the volume level and tone characteristics of backing tracks with a multitrack mixer featuring studio grade parametric EQs.
    NEW: Transpose audio backing tracks to match the singer's vocal range.
  24. v12.7iOS
    NEW: Play back a multitrack with up to 50 stereo stems encoded in a variety of audio formats and sample rates.
    NEW: Adjust the audio playback speed and scrolling speed with a varispeed dial or a Bluetooth controller. Have Song One's varispeed perform automatic pitch correction of audio backing tracks as well as auto-recalibration of all timeline events.
    NEW: Customize the volume level and tone characteristics of backing tracks with a multitrack mixer featuring studio grade parametric EQs.
    NEW: Transpose audio backing tracks to match the singer's vocal range.
  25. v12.6iOS
    NEW: Play back a multitrack with up to 50 stereo stems encoded in a variety of audio formats and sample rates.
    NEW: Adjust the audio playback speed and scrolling speed with a varispeed dial or a Bluetooth controller. Have Song One's varispeed perform automatic pitch correction of audio backing tracks as well as auto-recalibration of all timeline events.
    NEW: Customize the volume level and tone characteristics of backing tracks with a multitrack mixer featuring studio grade parametric EQs.
    NEW: Transpose audio backing tracks to match the singer's vocal range.
    IMPROVED: Library selection, capo changes, dark mode printouts, song importing, chord diagram creation, iCloud syncing of audio tracks, playhead repositioning via waveform swipes.

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