We have officially released version 1.3.0 of Lovely Composer!

In this major update, the basic expressive abilities have been improved first. (Addition of new instruments, note stretching lines, support for Fast arpeggios, etc.)

In addition, the random composition function allows even beginners to create songs, and functions such as multi-function pens have been added to make composition easier. MIDI export quality has also been improved, making it easier to work with other tools.

And wonderfully, we have included 21 excellent sample songs that were created and submitted by Lovely Composer users.  (Thank you all of the users!) Sample songs are also included in the trial version, so please download and listen to them.

More details are listed below.

List of changes

• New tones (23 patterns) … Organ-like triangle wave, Phaser triangle wave, Tilted sawtooth wave, and Slow Drop effects, and fast arpeggio tones.
• Note Extension Line … In addition to making the note edit process easier, several tones are changed sound when extended. (e.g., Piano like tone, with enveloping)
• Multi Function Pen … Note input / Extension line input / Note deletion / Note movement can be done with one pen according to the cursor operation.
• Fast arpeggio support … There are two ways to use fast arpeggio tones or to specify fast arpeggios in rhythm patterns (select ∞).
• Random Composition Function … Simple automatic composition can be easily performed with a single click by setting melody, chord, scales, and rhythm patterns at random. Scales are also set automatically, so it is easy to rewrite melodies. Beginners can use it as a finished product, and advanced users can use it to get ideas for their compositions.
• Various note manipulation buttons … Convenient one-click operation of octave up/down, etc.
• Instruments arrangement function
• Song title / author name / file name setting … Currently only alphanumeric characters and a few one-byte symbols are available (US Keyboard base). The file name will be displayed on the song editing screen and can be used as the file name when file exporting.
• Open in Browser button … You can open the user guide (manual), #LovelyComposer tag on twitter, and LovelyComposer server on Discord with one button (upper right corner of the screen)
• Additional scales (13 types) … additional typical scales such as Dorian Scale, Lydian Scale, etc.
• Additional chord progression patterns (7 types)
• New sample songs (21 user-created songs) … The amazing songs created with 1.3.0 by ordinary users as sample songs. (See the included Readme for more information about each song and author.)

Changes

• Improved MIDI export quality … The connected notes are now output as one long note. Volume and panning have also been improved.
• Slight changes to UI and button layout
• Window size is now slightly larger
• Changed folder selection dialog to show sample song folders at the bottom
• Volume of bomb button lowered.

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that the arpeggio rate value of rhythm patterns affected rhythm pattern parts other than chords
• Fixed a bug that file paths failed when exporting if they contain Japanese characters, etc.
• Fixed behavior after selecting a area with the selection tool
• Fixed a problem that caused error sounds to become louder

We hope you enjoy! :)