11/7/2016

v.79

Fixed autotools warnings, modified voicing,
changed harmonization, 
added a menu item to export to lilypond.
Install lilypond to print leadsheets.

10/7/2015

Updated documentation which you will find as
a pdf or odt file in the doc directory.
Older documentation and translations are
not up to date.

See the ChangeLog for some notes.

8/17/2014 GMorgan v.70

This version works with most GNU/Linux distributions, and
it is much better than the version included with Debian
or Ubuntu (currently they are stuck at V.40.), so for 
best results, do compile from the tarball. 

Just install FLTK and alsa, do the standard
./configure, make, and make install. If you don't install
files will not be in place where they belong, but you can
find them in your source directory.

Unless someone else volunteers, there will be
no windows or mac version.

Incorporated a new drum editor dialog based on the FLTK 
spreadsheet example.

Fixed voicing that formerly was not working.

HTML documentation is incorporated
into the tarball. That way it will be
kept in sync. However, translations will not be
available unless someone volunteers.

On-line documentation may apply to earlier versions, so I 
won't be updating it at all. It actually has some
translation that could still be helpful.

1/18/2013 GMorgan v.58

The sequencer scrolls now.
Reformatted the screen some.

Added a folder:
ls2gmod reformats inpro-visor songs
into gmorgan format.
See the ls2gmod directory notes.
Some slightly altered output is in the data directory.

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Gmorgan is a midi processor which I use with Yamaha UX16 midi to usb cable
and a Yamaha Motif ES8 keyboard. Since it is strictly a midi processor,
it can also be used with other hardware or software synths.

I added velocity sensing to the main gmorgan screen, so it is best
used with a velocity sensing keyboard.

Added an Accordian mode.
which uses the computer keyboard ,but only if the selector
window is active. On the main screen go to Utils -> Selector
where there is now an Accordian button. When you press it, keeping
the selector window active, the computer keyboard becomes much
like the buttons on an accordian. Each key will play a chord, and
you can still use your right hand to play melodic lines on the
midi keyboard.

For the computer keyboard, keys translate as follows:

	1 - Cdim7
	q = C7
	a - Cmaj7
	z - Cm7

	Press the shift key to transpose up a half step, for this column chords will be based on C#.

	Other chords follow:

	2 - Ddim7
	w - D7
	S - DMaj7	
	X - Dm7

	remaining chords follow as you would expect.	

The sequencer has a lead sheet format. Accompaniment patterns and
repeats are easily specified and changed. Demo tunes are in the data directory.

Harmonizing has been reworked so that it can be used not only with
the midi keyboard, but also with accompaniments. Option 5
does block chords.

It was originally written in C, but now includes C++ standard
container classes. It uses the fltk (Fast Light Tool Kt) for GUIs.
The Chord class can be used independently.

It uses gettext for internationalization.  

There are videos linked from the sourceforge main page which are
somewhat better than the documentation (which is not up to date). 

I volunteered to maintain Gmorgan since it appeared to be abandoned. 
It is free software from Sourceforge, works well with Ubuntu Linux and
most likely other GNU/Linux distributions, but not, currently, Windows. 
It would take some effort to port it to windows. Any volunteers ?

vogel at ct dot metrocast dot net

