• Stable version 1.4.13d (64 bits) for mac OS X 10.9 or better.

For people still using older mac OS X versions :

• Stable version 1.4.13 (32 bits) for mac OS X 10.9 or better.
• version 1.4.10 for 10.7-10.8 users
• version 1.4.9 for 10.6 users
• Tiger-compatible build of 1.2.2

Unfortunately I cannot offer support for this old version.

Aria Maestosa on Linux/Unix systems offers stable ALSA support and experimental JACK support

• Ubuntu users can download Aria Maestosa from this PPA
• Alternatively, the KXStudio teams also offers Ubuntu packages in their PPA
• Note that they also conveniently offer sythesizers like Fluidsynth and other useful tools
• See how to compile from source
• The source code may be downloaded from sourceforge
• Aria Maestosa is also available on pkgsrc

Note: If you do not already have one, you will need to install a softsynth like Fluidsynth or Timidity. See Installing a MIDI synthesizer on Linux for more information.

Requires Windows 7 or later

• Installer for stable version 1.4.13d (for 64-bits systems)
• Installer for version 1.4.10 (for 32-bits systems)

See all downloads on sourceforge

What's new

(See full changelog)

What's new in 1.4 (since 1.2)

• Add mute and solo buttons
• Added support for recording from MIDI keyboard/instrument
• Support looping playback
• Under Mac OS X, add support for selecting soundfont
• Added support for multiple program changes (multiple instruments per track)
• Support sending midi output to external devices
• Improve selection to preview which notes are included
• Auto-extend song length when moving notes past end
• Support for importing lyrics events (not yet for editing them)
• Nicer symbols on printed scores
• Fixed reading files with accents in their name on Windows
• Added ability to drag-duplicate notes
• Allow entering precise values in the controller editor
• Allow finer pitch bends
• New translations (Russian, Portuguese)
• Add option to check online for new versions of Aria
• Lyrics management
• More bugfixes and minor improvements

What's new in 1.2 (since 1.1)

• Added a printing feature
• Added a close button on tabs
• Added clicktrack feature
• A new editing tool that lets you add notes without dragging
• Clicking in the left area of editors will now play the clicked note
• Switched to unified (native) toolbar on mac
• Magnetic grid choice done with icons instead of text
• Better "Undo" menu (shows the name of the action to be undone)
• Better dialog when you close with unsaved changes
• Added an option to automatically launch TiMidity and pick port on linux (as well as other minor Linux improvements)
• Added pause button
• Added ability to maximize tracks
• Support for moving score one octave up or down (ottava basse/alta)
• Improved handling of on/off controllers, namely making sustain usable.
• Allowed moving notes by one octave with shift+up/down
• Allowed moving notes by one measure with shift+left/right
• You can now choose the default view for score editor in preferences
• It is now possible to see song length in song info window
• Added built-in docs viewer on mac
• Improved scale dialog
• Refactor of render system (allow software rendering where OpenGL is not available)
• Removed GLUT dependency from OpenGL renderer, giving anti-aliased fonts
• Refactored preferences to look better, be cleaner and allow setting a default value for "follow playback" and score render options
• Added track property dialog, where default note volume can be set in addition to background
• Many bug fixes
• Lots of code cleanup