History

Software Updates

February 4, 2024: v2.23.5 More mbira dzavadzimu samples

January 11, 2024: v2.23 Improved cell details

January 10, 2024: v2.22 Drums + Percussion instrument class

January 6, 2024: v2.21 Mana embudzi animation and documentation

December 4, 2023: v2.20 Improved Image embedding

November 28, 2023: v2.19 Image embedding

November 27, 2023: v2.18 Mana embudzi instrument class

Oct 29, 2023: v2.17.13 Extended Nyunga Nyunga notations

Aug 14, 2023: v2.17.10 More hera samples

July 11, 2023: v2.17.9 More matepe samples

April 14, 2023: v2.17.4 Njari notations

March 29, 2023: v2.17 New section in pieces list

March 29, 2023: v2.16 Unpublish function; Maintenance

March 22, 2023: v2.15 - 2.15.1 Kalimba mudoko instrument class

March 2, 2023: v2.14 More nyonganyonga samples

January 14, 2023: v2.13.11 More mbila dzamadeza samples

January 4, 2023: v2.13 Karimba with LI manual

December 9, 2022: v2.12.3 Mbila dzamadeza introduction

December 8, 2022: v2.12.2 More mbila dzamadeza (bass on left) samples

December 7, 2022: v2.11-12 Mbila dzamadeza (bass on left & right) animations

December 6, 2022: v2.10 Mbila dzamadeza instrument classes

October 24, 2022: v2.9.10 More mbira dzavadzimu samples

October 3, 2022: v2.9.9 More karimba samples

September 19, 2022: v2.9.3 More mbira dzavadzimu samples

September 5, 2022: v2.8.7 More mbira dzaVaNdau samples

September 2, 2022: v2.8.5 More mbira dzaVaNdau samples

September 1, 2022: v2.8.4 More mbira dzaVaNdau samples, Bugfix

August 24, 2022: v2.8.3 More mbira dzaVaNdau samples

July 19, 2022: v2.8.1 Bugfixes

June 3, 2022: v2.8 Better touch screen editing; Piece name display

May 4, 2022: v2.7.1 Improvements; Fixes

April 29, 2022: v2.7 Improvements; Fixes

April 27, 2022: v2.6.2 Experimental mbira dzavadzimu tunings

April 25, 2022: v2.6 Play back anywhere; Selection shortcuts; Shift ← →

April 7, 2022: v2.5.2 More mbira dzavadzimu samples

March 29, 2022: v2.5 Revised mbira dzavadzimu notations; Translation improvements

March 17, 2022: v2.4 Streamlined user interface

February 17, 2022: v2.3 Mbira dzaVaNdau course

December 8, 2021: v2.1-2.2 More hera samples

November 11, 2021: v2.0 New group features; Username aliases

October 3, 2021: v1.42 Optional start times for embedded media players

October 2, 2021: v1.41 Clickable links and embedded media players

August 24, 2021: v1.40 Announcements and forum subscription

August 6, 2021: v1.39 More mbira dzaVaNdau samples; animation

May 23, 2021: v1.38 More matepe samples

March 13, 2021: v1.37 More madhebhe samples

February 28, 2021: v1.36 More njari samples

February 18, 2021: v1.35 New playback options

February 18, 2021: v1.34 Bot protection

February 13, 2021: v1.33.2 Bugfixes

February 8, 2021: v1.33 Mbira dzaVaNdau instrument class

February 3, 2021: v1.32 More njari samples

February 2, 2021: v1.31 Dedicated matepe, hera, and madhebhe animations

January 29, 2021: v1.30 Instrument gallery

January 23, 2021: v1.29 More njari samples

January 21, 2021: v1.28 More matepe samples

January 15, 2021: v1.27 Improvement

January 14, 2021: v1.24-26 More matepe & nyonganyonga samples

December 21, 2020: v1.23 More nyonganyonga samples

December 11, 2020: v1.22 More njari samples

December 9, 2020: v1.21 Added nyonganyonga animation

December 4, 2020: v1.20 Added karimba animation; Modified karimba notation

December 2, 2020: v1.19 More mbira dzavadzimu & nyunga nyunga samples

December 1, 2020: v1.17.1-1.18 Better search; Bugfixes

November 29, 2020: v1.17 More njari samples and animation

November 27, 2020: v1.15.1-1.16 Njari translators, samples, animation

November 26, 2020: v1.15 Visualizing non-existent keys

November 20, 2020: v1.14 More translators

November 19, 2020: v1.13 Njari instrument class; Njari samples

November 11, 2020: v1.12.9 Improvements; More mbira samples

November 10, 2020: v1.12.8 More mbira samples

November 9, 2020: v1.12.7 More mbira samples

November 6, 2020: v1.12.6 More mbira samples

November 5, 2020: v1.12.1-5 More mbira samples, Documentation

November 1, 2020: v1.12 Playback instrument preferences; Bugfix

October 27, 2020: v1.11 Full-text search

October 25, 2020: v1.10 Nyunga Nyunga animation, notation

October 23, 2020: v1.9 User groups

September 1, 2020: v1.8.2 Playhead animation; Bugfixes

July 31, 2020: v1.7 Analytic notation; Bugfix

July 17, 2020: v1.6 Timbila samples

July 15, 2020: v1.5 Added News Archive

July 13, 2020: v1.3-1.4 Cosmas Magaya's mbira tuning

June 10, 2020: v1.2 Animated visualization of matepe scores

June 18, 2020: v1.1.5 Looping background parts; Matepe page; Bugfixes

June 10, 2020: v1.0 Animated visualization of mbira scores

April 10, 2020: v0.12.2 Clipboard commands

April 3, 2020: v0.11.1 "Art of Mbira" notations for mbira dzavadzimu; Improvements & Bugfix

January 21, 2020: v0.10 More mbira samples

January 9, 2020: v0.9.3 Bugfixes

August 27, 2019: v0.9 Score Editor Improvement

August 26, 2019: v0.8.1 Changed Hosho sound

August 20, 2019: v0.8 Bugfixes; Maintenance; Improvements

August 7, 2019: v0.7 Added Save button for pieces

August 5, 2019: v0.6 Added bulk share for power users

October 25, 2018: v0.5 Added key to karimba notations

October 16, 2018: v0.4 Updated user interface, New hompage, Maintenance & Bugfixes

October 16, 2018: v0.3.68 Added nyonganyonga samples

October 9, 2018: v0.3.67 Added Hera extra keys

September 19, 2018: v0.3.66 Added nyonganyonga

August 29, 2018: v0.3.65 More mbira samples

August 25, 2018: v0.3.60-64 More karimba samples; Documentation fix

June 10, 2018: v0.3.59 Bugfix

May 20-25, 2018: v0.3.57-58 Legal requirements

May 15, 2018: v0.3.56 More matepe samples

May 10-13, 2018: v0.3.53-55 Bugfix, Technical improvements

February 26, 2018: v0.3.52 Maintenance, Bugfixes

February 2, 2018: v0.3.50-51 Added 15-key karimba 'nyunga nyunga'

January 26, 2018: v0.3.49 Added Madhebhe samples, Bugfix

January 19, 2018: v0.3.48 Added 'big' karimba class of instrument

January 16, 2018: v0.3.46-47 Gapless loop playback on Safari, Bugfixes

January 5, 2018: v0.3.45 Pitch Equivalents, Small improvements, Sound fix

December 31, 2017: v0.3.44 More mbira samples

December 28, 2017: v0.3.42-43 More mbira samples, Bugfix

December 27, 2017: v0.3.39-41 More mbira samples, Documentation

December 21, 2017: v0.3.38 Bugfixes, Maintenance

December 16, 2017: v0.3.35-37 Key aliases. Samples of Boyi Nyamande's matepe. More translators.

November 17, 2017: v0.3.34 Added samples of Matomati's matepe

October 19, 2017: v0.3.33 Bugfix

August 26, 2017: v0.3.31-32 Improved translator mechanism, Bugfixes, Small improvements

August 14, 2017: v0.3.30 Improved documentation; more translators; more metadata shown

August 1, 2017: v0.3.29 Mbira transposition; matepe ↔ mbira translators; small improvements

July 15, 2017: v0.3.28 Improved documentation

April 21, 2017: v0.3.27 Improved documentation

April 20, 2017: v0.3.26 Instrument class for mbira with extra keys; Renamed notations

April 14, 2017: v0.3.23 Second Hera tuning, Improvements & Bugfixes

April 13, 2017: v0.3.20 Improvements & Bugfixes

April 9, 2017: v0.3.19 Added samples for second Hera

April 8, 2017: v0.3.18 More notations for matepe/hera

April 4, 2017: v0.3.16 Technical improvements

March 28, 2017: v0.3.14 Support for matepe/hera

March 15, 2017: v0.3.13 Variable playback tempo

March 14, 2017: v0.3.11 "Other" instrument class and notation

December 21, 2016: v0.3.9 Seamless loop playback

November 27, 2016: v0.3.7 Terms of Use, Bugfixes

November 13, 2016: v0.3.1 Improvements

October 29, 2016: v0.3 Playback in differents tunings. A variety of sampled instruments.

July 27, 2016: v0.2.3 Simultaneous Playback

July 8, 2016: v0.2.2 Maintenance

May 26, 2014: v0.2 Looping Playback

May 20-23, 2014: v0.1.11-12 Bugfixes

May 16, 2014: v0.1.10 Improvements & Bugfixes

April 26, 2014: v0.1.9 Improvements & Bugfixes

April 23, 2014: v0.1.8 Notification Feature

April 20, 2014: v0.1.7 Improvements

April 12-19, 2014: v0.1.2-6 Improvements & Bugfixes

April 10, 2014: v0.1.1 Improvements & Bugfixes

March 12, 2014: Bugfix

March 2, 2014: Initial version v0.1 online