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DETAILED FEATURE LIST:
Localization: English;
Platforms: Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP....
MAC coming soon
24 staves per system
8 available voices per staff
31 templates
21 Sample Song Files
Input:
· Mouse Note Input (Palette or keypad value
selection);
· MIDI Keyboard Input (Real-time entry);
· MIDI Keyboard Input (Step-time entry);
· Standard MIDI files Import;
Output:
· MIDI Playback Output;
· Print Output (All printers up to 1512 Dpi);
· Standard MIDI files Export;
· Windows/Macintosh proprietary file format
compatibility;
User Interface:
· Easy and friendly visual interface;
· Immediate access through palettes to hundreds
of symbols;
· 10 steps Zoom in and out for score control;
· Transport Commands on Toolbar;
· Graphic Mixer window with settings for
Program Change, Voice, MIDI Channel, Solo, Volume,
Record, Active Voice Monitor and Port;
· 10 documents operable at the same time;
· Windows/Macintosh standard shortcuts for
standard program operations (open, close, save,
etc.);
· Dozens of proprietary shortcuts for almost
all program operations;
· Numeric shortcuts for note value selection;
· 1 level of Undo function available for
all commands.
Main Features:
· Margins of pages definable for each page;
· 24 staves per system
· 8 voices per staff;
· 21 Sample Song Files
· 31 templates
· Single, Piano, Percussion and Guitar Tab
staff
· Graphic Mixer window with settings for
Program Change, Voice, MIDI Channel, Solo, Record,
Volume, Active Voice Monitor and Port;
· Margins of pages definable for each page;
· Centering function of staves and systems,
automatic or manual;
· Direct editing, removing, and inserting
of any symbol with the mouse on the score;
· 10 Zoom steps;
· MIDI output to any external Soundcard or
MIDI interface (Windows);
· MIDI output with internal QuickTime synthesizer
(Macintosh);
· Printing with all Printers, including Postscript
and Quick Draw support, up to 1512 Dpi;
· Insertion of multiple lyrics with custom
settings of fonts, sizes and styles;
· Insertion of Page-Dependent or Staff-Dependent
texts;
· 6 types of bar lines (single, double, repeat
left and right, end of piece, dotted, absent);
· 4 types of connections between staves (simple
line, brace, single bracket, brace + single bracket);
· The ability of inserting key signatures
(major and minor) in any staff and with automatic
note transposition settings;
· The ability of dragging accidentals;
· Cross-System dragging for all symbols (Crescendos
and diminuendos, Octave, Pedal, Dynamic, Slurs,
etc.);
· Control Points for fine positioning and
dimensioning of Slurs, Bar lines, Staff, Tuplets
and Ties;
· The ability of inserting nested Tuplets
(e.g. a triplet with a quintuplet incorporated);
· Automatic or manual spacing of notes;
· Auto beaming feature, with Auto Beaming
Options;
· Customizable MIDI performance of grace
notes (cut into preceding or following note, percentage
of the cut note etc.);
· Diatonic and chromatic transposition of
notes, with all major, minor, augmented and diminished
intervals;
· Automatic value change;
· Automatic application of articulations.
· And Many more....
Play Music allows you to select some of the main
functions in the program from the computer keyboard;
some keys affect settings in dialog windows directly.
Arrow
You can select the arrow tool with the 'a' key
on the key-board.
Pencil
You can select the pencil tool with the 'p'
key on the keyboard.
Eraser
You can select the eraser tool with the 'e'
key on the key-board.
OK
You can select OK in any window with the 'return'
and 'enter' keys on the keyboard.
The Cancel Button
You can select 'cancel' in any window with the
'esc' key on the keyboard.
Tab
The 'tab' button allows you to jump to the next
box in all dialog windows with parameter boxes.
Sharp
You can select the Sharp box (Note palette)
with the 's' key on the keyboard.
Flat
You can select the Flat box (Note palette) with
the 'f' key on the keyboard.
Natural
You can select the Natural box (Note palette)
with the 'n' key on the keyboard.
Play/Stop
You can start or stop the MIDI performance by
clicking the
space key on the keyboard.
Durations
You can insert the selected duration by clicking
the corresponding value on the numeric keyboard:
You can select rests by clicking the 'r' key on
the keyboard.
Zoom
You can enlarge or reduce the zoom factor by
clicking the
keys ctrl + and ctrl - (Win.
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The
Toolbar
The toolbar allows you quick access to the most
used functions of the program. It is comprised of
a group of popup menus and boxes for the selection
of voices, zoom, tools (arrow, pencil and eraser),
etc. Each box displays an icon which represents a
tool.To select a tool, click its icon.
The toolbar contains the following items:
The Zoom Menu
With the Zoom menu, you can set the zoom factor
you want for the document.You have a choice between
these possibilities: 100%, 400%, Fit Page and Fit
Width (100% being the unchanged page dimension).
The Arrow Tool
With the arrow tool, you can edit all movable
items directly on the score. When you click the box,
the arrow cursor appears.With it, you can move notes,
symbols, and beams, select a region in the score,
etc.
The Pencil Tool
The pencil tool allows you to write on the document.When
you select a symbol or a note from a palette, the
pencil tool is automatically activated.The cursor,
in the case of symbols, changes into a +, and in the
case of notes, it changes into a note of the selected
value.
The Eraser Tool
You can cancel items directly on the score with
the eraser tool.
The Function Boxes
Clicking on the eight Function Boxes, you can
apply the following functions:
Redo (Edit menu), Cut (Edit menu), Copy (Edit menu),
Auto center Staves (Score menu),Tie Notes (Note menu),Tuplets
(Note menu), Beam Selection (Note menu), Hide Control
Points (Tools menu).
Save
The small yellow icon with the floppy disc symbol
corresponds to the Save command.
Redraw
Clicking on the small painter icon will redraw
the entire score.
The Voice Menu
With the Voice menu you can select the current
voice. Once you have selected the current voice, all
notes in other non-selected voices will appear in
gray. The first item (All) in the Voice menu reactivates
and displays, in black, all present voices.
Back to Score
The Back to Score box allows you to return to
the score.
Mixer
The Mixer box opens the Mixer window and allows
you to change the midi channel, program changes, and
change the instrument name for individual staves
Play
With the Play box, you can activate a playback
of the score.
Counter Display
This box activates the palette with the measure numbers,
the beat, and the duration in hours-min-utes- seconds
during the performance of the score.
Page Menu
With this pop up menu, you can move between the
various pages of the score. It is equivalent to the
Go to Page function in the Tools menu.
Go to Page
This icon opens up the Go to Page window and displays
the page number setting. This command is equivalent
to the Go to Page function in the Tools menu.
This section briefly illustrates how to insert
the most common items into the score.
Pages: found in the Add Pages dialog window.
Staves: found in the Add Staves dialog window.
Measures: found in the Add Measures dialog
window.
Notes: use the Note palette.
Beams: select a region and use the Beam Selection
function (or Beam on Beat).
Tuplets: select a region (group of notes) and
use the Tuplet dialog window.
Ties: select a region (two or more notes of
same pitch) and use the Tie Notes function.
Slurs: use the Symbols 2 palette (box 2) and
click corresponding to four points of the curve (the
slur will appear at the fourth click).
Various symbols attached to the notes: (e.g.
Bartók pizzicato, articulations, down - or
upstroke, sharp, flat, natural etc.) Use the Notes,
Symbols 1, Symbols 2, Symbols 3, and Articulation
palettes
Various symbols independent of notes: (e.g.
dynamics, octave symbols, crescendos, diminuendos,
pedal, trills etc) use the Dynamics, Symbols 1, Symbols
2, and Symbols 3 palettes.
Clefs: use the Clefs palette.
Lyrics: use the Text palette and the Lyric
box, and click on the interested note head.
Texts: use the Text palette and the Text box,
and click on the score.
Frets: use the Text Palette and the Frets box,
and click on the score.
Tempo: found in the Tempo dialog window.
Time signature: found in the Time Signature
dialog window.
Instrument names: found in the Staff Settings
dialog window; double-click on the interested staff
in the staff list.
Measure Numbers: found in the Measure Numbers
window.
This section briefly illustrates how to cancel
the most common items in the score.
Pages: found in the Remove Pages window.
Staves: found in the Remove Staves window.
Measures: found in the Remove Measures window.
Notes: use the eraser tool, or select note
+ backspace key.
Beams: highlight the area and go to the Beaming
Options section.
Tuplets: reinsert the tuplet on the same notes,
or select one or more control points and press the
backspace key.
Ties: reinsert the tie on the same notes.
Slurs: use the eraser tool at the beginning
of the slur or select one or more control points and
press the backspace key.
Various symbols attached to the notes (e.g.
pizzicato, articulations, down and upstrokes, sharps,
flats, naturals, etc.): reattach the symbol to the
same note or notes or use the eraser tool.
Various symbols independent of the notes (e.g.
dynamics, octave symbols, crescendos and dimin-uendos,
pedal, trills, etc.): use the eraser tool or select
the item and press the backspace key.
Clefs: With the eraser tool or highlight the
area and press the delete key (or also reinserting
the new clef on the existing clef)
Lyrics: Only with the eraser tool.
Texts: With the eraser tool or highlight the
area and press the delete key.
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