Composer 2.6.3 bugs

[Sherry C]

Hi Elana,

The two problems you've mentioned may or may not be related.

Are these happening with all files (eg. also with Twinkle.mid that you can download by clicking here) or just some files? Please try the Twinkle.mid file to see if the problem persists with it as well. If you're having these problems with just particular files, please either post one here or send it to me at support@notation.com and I'll take a look at it/them to see if perhaps it's the file rather than the installation that has nasties in it.

I'll go ahead and address the rest of your post in case it is a persistent problem.

after trying multiple reinstalls I'm looking here for help.

Was the software running properly at some point in the past on this machine? If so, then apparently something changed that is interfering with Composer. Typically a reinstallation will settle things out, but it sounds like if this is the case (that Composer was running fine but now isn't and isn't fixed with a reinstallation), then you may want to try rolling back your machine to a point when Composer was running. When you find that point, you should also know from the restore point on the machine what program/change is the culprit.

If the software has not run properly on the machine before, please let me know a bit about the machine - eg., what operating system, the memory, CPU, and the MIDI device(s) that are connected or installed.

Every time I go to staff setup, composer freezes without fail. Task manager states that it's still running but I get zero responsiveness out of it and I'm forced to kill the process. In addition to this bug I also have an issue with some midi files not using the correct instrument, for example, instead of using "strings" as shown in the instrument options I get some sort of piano. Opening up the instrument selection temporarily fixes this but only for the remainder of the current play through, if I start from the beginning it reverts to playing the incorrect instrument.

I'm a little confused here. Which Staff Setup freezes, and which one are you able to access to change the instrument selection? There are two ways to access the setup for the staves in a file.

• One is via the "big" dialog - Staff menu, then "Setup".
• The other is to click a Staff Setup button for a given staff.

ttfn,
Sherry