TonesInTune

This is the Readme for TonesInTune version 2.0.1.123
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TonesInTune is an add-in to Microsoft Excel 2010 and 2014.
TonesInTune requires Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, Windows7. or Windows8.

HowTo

Prerequisites:

• Microsoft Excel 2010 or 2014. A trial version may be installed together with Microsoft Office from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/home-and-student/.
• Installation of other Microsoft prerequisites may require the computer to be connected to the internet during install, and a reboot after installation; following prerequisites are installed automatically if required:
  • .NET Framework 4
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime (x86)
  • Visual C++ 2010 Runtime Libraries (x86))

In order to install: run setup.exe.
After installation, TonesInTune is accessible through the TonesInTune tab within Microsoft Excel.
See the documentation in TonesInTune->Help->TonesInTune Help.

New features in version 2.0

• TonesInTune can read MIDI files into Excel.
• Following TonesInTune functions are available in Excel:
  • keyName
  • keyNumber
  • keyToPitch
  • fromCent
  • toCent
• Horizontal event-layout is available in TonesInTune Setup.
• Initial MIDI program for each part is available in TonesInTune Setup.
• TonesInTune supports Excel 2010 and 2013. Might still work with Excel 2007 on some systems but no guarantee ..

New in version 1.1

A new format for TonesInTune's events has been introduced in version 1.1 in order to improve performance. It is now possible to work with thousands of events within a single spreadsheet. A tool for upgrading Excel files from older versions of TonesInTune is available here:

Download TinTupdateTo1.1

Demo-version

Version 2.0.1.123 is a Demo-version.
The license expires on 2021-4-27
Please report any unexpected behaviour and suggestions for enhancements here.

Known issues

• Installing TonesInTune by running setup.exe might be blocked by the message: "A newer version of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable has been detected on the machine". Work-around: install missing prerequisites manually. Some of the following prerequisites might be missing:
  • .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (CP) - relevant for Excel 2007 only, accessible at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=119637.
  • .NET Framework 4 - accessible at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=182805.
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime (x86) - accessible at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=158917.
  - and subsequently: install TonesInTune by running TonesInTune.msi.
• Resizing or drag-and-dropping TonesInTune events with the mouse may lead to unpredictable behaviour. Work-around: don't activate events with the mouse, and deactivate any accidentally mouse-activated events by pressing <Esc>.
• Running several instances of Excel simultaneously may confuse TonesInTune. Work-around: run only a single instance of Excel when using TonesInTune.