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—————— Melody Wizard - Known Bugs and Limitations

Being Beta software, we all know there are going to be issues. Please remember to email me any bugs or program suggestions. Please also remember that the program is already quite large (and quite complex), and I'm not Microsoft :-)

Limitations...

1. Only 800 Pixel Wide Screens or Better Support.

The software will only start if your screen resolution is at least 800 pixels wide, sorry. As this is the standard in computers today, this should not cause grief for too many users...

Also, if you have screen fonts set to larger than the "Normal" size of 96 dpi then the main dialog may not fully fit on screen (this is not unique to my software).

2. The "Dirty" Flag is Over-Sensitive.

The Dirty Flag, the variable that tells the software if you have made modifications, is sensitive to some events which do not necessarily mean you have changed the SoundScape.

Not really a problem as far as I am concerned. Due to the complexity of the file format, its hard to tell if its been changed... unless a byte-by-byte comparison is used.

4. No "Optimise" Button is Implemented.

Grzegorz Gigol suggested that an Optimise feature be incorporated into the software. Due to the complexity of the code that would be required here, I have not as yet written this.

This feature would, in effect, try to make the SoundScape smaller by finding methods to write the SoundScape more efficiently than the User had laid it out originally.

5. Note Length "2" is not quite 2 beats.

The "2" Beats Note is not quite 2 beats, but is actually 1 7/8 beats. The file format does not support a note longer than this.

Due to the length intervals, and the fact that this was almost 2 beats, I have included it anyway. For practical purposes this should be quite adequate.

6. Notes are not Tonally Accurate.

No, they're not. Call Timex. The notes contained in the watch are widely dispersed tonally, an accurate placing would require a score many times taller, would be ridiculous to work with and serve no purpose.

Instead all the notes have been placed relationally accurate but not tonally so. I have then added accurate tonal information for each note (this appears in the Hints box).

7. Use of Melody Offsets Not Implemented.

It is possible to point to a location within a melody, therefore using only part of the Melody. The reason you would do this is to conserve space. I was reminded of this by someones email the other day. I would propose incorporating an offset feature in the software in order to take advantage of this possibility. This may take some time to implement as the read-in code would also have to be completely rewritten.

Bugs

0. Its Early Days Yet...

I did not release the software with any bugs I knew of...



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