Rosegarden v1.6.0 is now available.

New features:

• Diatonic transpose.
• Fretboards.
• Marker ruler usability improvements.
• Multiple lines of lyrics.
• Highlight overlapping notes in notation editor.
• Better LilyPond output dialog, preview through Lilypond, print through LilyPond from segment and notation views.
• In-place LilyPond header value editing in LilyPond option dialog.
• Transposition of the staff shown in LilyPond output.
• Show current segment colour in raw note ruler, permit cycling through segments on single staff in notation.
• Menus and configuration dialog reorganised for easier access and greater clarity.
• Infrared remote control: Support for IRKick.
• Add track(s) in middle.
• Use RTC timer when recent kernel and ALSA versions are detected.
• Expanded documentation.
• Reorganised configuration dialog into standard/advanced options.
• Some revised example files.
• Nice new splash screen.

Significant Fixes:

• Several "stuck notes" fixes.
• Many Lilypond output fixes and compatibility updates.
• Fix occasional unexpected disappearance of matrix.
• Fix failure to handle multiple plugins in submaster.
• Safer file-save mechanism.
• Fix race condition when simultaneous loading a file and showing a warning during startup.
• Fix sometime crash when punching out of record mode while transport is rolling.
• Fix over-eagerness to complain about system timer resolution even when an alternative timer has been explicitly chosen.
• Fix failure to show plugin editor dialogs for plugins on submasters.
• Fix MusicXML export so its output can at least be validated.
• Several other substantial fixes.