Noteflight on UserVoice

Allow friends ratings and subscriptions

2010-03-12T02:33:19+00:00

Pablo suggested:
I think it would be nice to add friends so you can send them private messages and have subscriptions so people can be alerted of your new scores every time they log in. also ratings from one star to five stars. it wuold also be nice to let only your friends help you make a score because if you click let otheer useres change this score then anyone can change it.

Make the viola samples MUCH less loud and obnoxious, and the violins a bit louder

2010-03-11T23:01:03+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
The violas are RIDICULOUSLY loud; a viola sample of 'mf' is louder than a violin sample of 'ff.'

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2010-03-10T03:22:26+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
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PLEASE add VOICE to instrument list!

2010-03-10T01:29:47+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
I don't know what instrument to use to accomplish piano and solo voice or choir :( I don't care if it still sounds like piano, but I just want an instrument I don't have to transpose for a vocal line.

Un-connect lines

2010-03-09T23:01:16+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
Make a edit feature where someone can un-connect lines. You know, it looks like this: {. Or make and edit feature that can un-connect lines for instruments other than piano.

use adobe cs5 to save your NoteFlight app as an iPhone app

2010-03-09T18:32:18+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
cs5 allows you to save your flash app as an iphone app. This will help you quickly port noteflight to the iPhone. The notation apps currently available on the iphone are not very good so far

Reallocation of Drum Staff parts [updated]

2010-03-09T14:32:21+00:00

Trap Kits are so personal, the staffs should be just as flexible as the kit itself. There are some universals, but allowing the user to reassign a line to a specifc part of the instrument would really be awesome!

Vasheir said:

For instance, I have 5 Toms and a double bass setup. I need to be able to reallocate the staff to properly reflect my instrument.

Allow the user to change his/her email address on their profile. [updated]

2010-03-09T14:30:41+00:00

I'm just asking that somebody please allow me to change my email address on my Noteflight profile! I have to enter my old one to sign in, and I don't want to create a new account, because I'll lose all my scores. Somebody help me.

Vasheir said:

You could always just export your score, then import it on your new account.

8va, rolled chords, and grace notes would be extremely helpful.

2010-03-08T23:46:21+00:00

Make a web app for this.

2010-03-08T23:23:02+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
Can you maybe make a web app that works off this site? You've got a really good application here, and i think you'd benefit more if users could download it to their computer or even use it from their iPhone.

More voices for Classical Guitar! 2 voices is so little!

2010-03-08T20:17:42+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
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Make the score smaller so yo can fit all the parts on the page if all parts don't fit [updated]

2010-03-08T16:22:51+00:00

joeberkovitz (admin) responded:

Already available -- see Document Layout on the View menu.

Make the score smaller so yo can fit all the parts on the page if all parts don't fit [is now completed]

2010-03-08T16:22:51+00:00

Toggle Sound

2010-03-08T00:07:50+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
Be able to turn the volume up or down, specifically on noteflight. Also, be able to turn off notes played when you click on them or enter new notes.

Make the score smaller so yo can fit all the parts on the page if all parts don't fit

2010-03-07T22:13:23+00:00

Drum tabs should be able to do buzz rolls

2010-03-07T18:28:09+00:00

The Ending was weaker than the rest of the piece. [updated]

2010-03-07T11:48:38+00:00

I suggest that you end it on more of a 16th note pattern rather than the single chord you ended on. Beginning and middle were great, but it kind of died at the end. Maybe give it a good fortissimo, or maybe even a fpc<. I don't know, mess around with that a little maybe.

Daniel Cohen Gindi said:

Man this is not the place for feedback on a particular piece... This is feedback on the software itself :-)

no o posin en angles que no o entenc!!!

2010-03-07T11:23:14+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
Vig a 6é de primaria i tinc un examen de la meva escola de music i vull utilitzar aquest programa per aprendrem la canço que he de cantar pero no entenc casi res perque esta amb angles tot !!!

Allow the user to change his/her email address on their profile.

2010-03-07T03:17:29+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
I'm just asking that somebody please allow me to change my email address on my Noteflight profile! I have to enter my old one to sign in, and I don't want to create a new account, because I'll lose all my scores. Somebody help me.

The Ending was weaker than the rest of the piece.

2010-03-07T00:37:39+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
I suggest that you end it on more of a 16th note pattern rather than the single chord you ended on. Beginning and middle were great, but it kind of died at the end. Maybe give it a good fortissimo, or maybe even a fpc<. I don't know, mess around with that a little maybe.

make this for scottish pipe band drumming. Single line for stave and our embelishments available.

2010-03-06T21:11:24+00:00

allow posting to facebook

2010-03-06T16:57:21+00:00

Ashlee suggested:
I think something to let you post new manuscripts on Facebook would be great. So, a little 'post to facebook' button somewhere?

Add a pedal feature!

2010-03-06T16:43:35+00:00

Ashlee suggested:
My song would sound a thousand times better with the pedal available. Of course I'll be adding the pedal when I play it, but when I'm trying to write it out online, it's hard to imagine how it sounds with pedal. I'd love love love a pedal feature. I know there's slur, but it's not the same as pedal, IMO.

provide a legato option for the whole piece

2010-03-06T15:35:39+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
Meaning that I can create a graceful piece without using hundreds of slurs

to be able to "mute" a part

2010-03-06T11:02:33+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
This way I can isolate the melody or the bass line from the rest. Great for novice like me.

change home page visuals

2010-03-05T17:39:43+00:00

mw suggested:
the big orange whole note against black background looks kinda menacing - like a reptile eye!! creates some cognitive dissonance for me (excuse the pun). image suggests dungeons and dragons, not music notation.

have a 'note properties' bar?

2010-03-05T16:18:46+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
simply a small 'window' or field that tells you the note selected in letter form. would be super handy, also great for education. word up...

Performance improvement suggestion [updated]

2010-03-05T14:01:04+00:00

Right now noteflight is "too flexible" regarding the layout mode. What I mean is, on every step of the way noteflight has to calculate all notes' and symbols' length, then calculate the measure's length, the see how much fits in a line, then calculate this for the whole file. What I'm suggesting is simple: Add a setting where the user picks the default count measures in a row. So assuming the default is 4, noteflight will force each line to have 4 measures in it. And then only if I put a system break anywhere, it will consider that too. This will solve most of the performance issues :-) Daniel C. Gindi

Daniel Cohen Gindi said:

What I meant by "every edit" is every edit like changing a system break, or adding measure etc...

My idea was not to actually limit the number of measures per line, but to set a "default" limit, which can be changed globally, and we will still have the option of adding system breaks wherever we want.

Thanks for the idea of using Strip mode, I'll try that, though it is a bit inconvenient because I can't see the lines organized...

Is there an ETA on an update?

Allow author of file to remove older versions from the list!

2010-03-05T13:39:18+00:00

Performance improvement suggestion [updated]

2010-03-05T12:25:07+00:00

joeberkovitz (admin) responded:

We are currently working on a set of performance improvements to Noteflight that should have a very large impact. Your understanding about what Noteflight does is not quite correct, but what we're doing is very much along the lines you describe.

Performance improvement suggestion

2010-03-05T11:54:17+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
Right now noteflight is "too flexible" regarding the layout mode. What I mean is, on every step of the way noteflight has to calculate all notes' and symbols' length, then calculate the measure's length, the see how much fits in a line, then calculate this for the whole file. What I'm suggesting is simple: Add a setting where the user picks the default count measures in a row. So assuming the default is 4, noteflight will force each line to have 4 measures in it. And then only if I put a system break anywhere, it will consider that too. This will solve most of the performance issues :-) Daniel C. Gindi

Prevent updating layout on every step on the way

2010-03-05T11:47:05+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
Right on when I'm editing a big file, and trying to change the System Breaks, each time I change a System break, the whole page is re-calculated again and you have to wait about 10 seconds(!) before you can go further and edit. So we need a "no-auto-refresh" mode, where we can put the breaks where we want, and then do the refresh when we are done!

Allow posting of forum comments with Noteflight login (not separate UserVoice login)

2010-03-05T03:52:20+00:00

Allow importing of ABC files

2010-03-04T21:33:47+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
ABC is a very simple way of entering music (see e.g. http://abc.sourceforge.net/standard/ for some documentation) that's widely used by folk musicians among others. It would be helpful to be able to import music I've already entered this way.

have more available space for grander pieces of music.

2010-03-04T21:18:55+00:00

to fix the exporting to midi file since it doesn't work both on computer and keyboard

2010-03-04T12:01:11+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
I am always saving my files into .midi files but I cannot seem to open it nor play it in my keyboard.

Importing songs from CD to Noteflight.

2010-03-03T22:24:27+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
My master in on DAT from which I copied my CD. Pls. help me import my songs from CD into Noteflight.

Importing my songs from CD to Noteflight.

2010-03-03T22:24:13+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
My master in on DAT from which I copied my CD. Pls. help me import my songs from CD into Noteflight.

Reallocation of Drum Staff parts

2010-03-03T21:31:21+00:00

Vasheir suggested:
Trap Kits are so personal, the staffs should be just as flexible as the kit itself. There are some universals, but allowing the user to reassign a line to a specifc part of the instrument would really be awesome!

Drum Staff Reallocation

2010-03-03T21:29:02+00:00

MusicXML Import Error 1502

2010-03-03T19:52:26+00:00

Craig Sapp suggested:
It would be useful to give a hint on what Error 1502 means when importing a MusicXML file (and which line of the file caused the importing error).

export as vectorial graphics - eps or svg

2010-03-02T18:48:23+00:00

an anonymous user suggested:
A growing number of composers write only basic scores in notation software which we then export to a graphic (e.g. Illustrator) for finishing touches and alternative annotations. It would be great to be able to do this using Noteflight.

include Portamento / glissando Symbols, if not audible effect? [updated]

2010-03-02T14:33:11+00:00

hey there great program. lovin it. it would be ACE to include Portamento lines, without neccesarily including playback for these. Should't be too hard - just a straight line i can put between notes! bring it on xenakis!

joeberkovitz (admin) responded:

We already have this working in a development release, along with pitch bends and some other nice note-liaison things.

include Portamento / glissando Symbols, if not audible effect? [is now started]

2010-03-02T14:33:11+00:00

Add a forum [updated]

2010-03-02T12:40:18+00:00

I would like to be able to talk to other composers for some advice or just to be able to chat about being composers.

b6a6r6n said:

hey why not have a 'tag' or 'search' ability FOR the comments? this way they'll be linked to the relevant pieces on noteflight anyway, it'd just be a case of presenting the comment information in 'this' format (ie, this forum) instead of solely with the piece. na mean? so there could be a rolling list of new comments, and also perhaps a few pre-ordained 'tags' to attach to the comments like forum titles. for example, i could write a comment on my piece saying 'this should have portamento' and tag it under the 'forum' 'noteflight improvement/requests' type thing. then, the comment could pop up in this very forum with a link to the relevant piece. word?

Tempo Changes [updated]

2010-03-02T12:31:25+00:00

The user should be able to create a song with more than one tempo. Please add a feature that would make it possible to change the tempo in different parts of the score.

b6a6r6n said:

think 'accelerando' , molto accelerando, rallentando - etc - as well as (note length)=(bpm) i reckon. it'd be coolto have, for example, a variable tempo control, but then that could then be difficult to translate into notation. probably better to let the notation guide the tempo change (like, accelerando is about 30bpm over it's length, perhaps)? word x

include Portamento / glissando Symbols, if not audible effect?

2010-03-02T12:16:46+00:00

b6a6r6n suggested:
hey there great program. lovin it. it would be ACE to include Portamento lines, without neccesarily including playback for these. Should't be too hard - just a straight line i can put between notes! bring it on xenakis!

Need to be able to connect beams between treble and bass clef, so need to be able to flip stems.

2010-03-02T01:02:30+00:00

In harp music the direction of stems indicates R or L hand - Need to be able to flip stems.

2010-03-02T01:00:55+00:00

deleting extra bars [updated]

2010-03-01T20:53:32+00:00

I'm having issues deleting extra bars, so if this function could be improved, that would be greatly appreciated

joeberkovitz (admin) responded:

This is already supported and described in the online documentation. If you need further help please write to support@noteflight.com.