Overture Easy-to-use notation software that's powerful enough for use by professional musicians and composers
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Easy-to-use notation software that's powerful enough for use by professional musicians and composers Overture is an easy-to-use notation software that's powerful enough for use by professional musicians and composers. You can enter notes quickly on-screen with your mouse or computer keyboard or record a MIDI performance for instant viewing. Overture's intuitive interface puts powerful editing tools and symbol palettes at your fingertips, so you spend time composing music instead of searching through menus and dialogs. Overture is great for demanding composers, arrangers, music educators, and students those who want the flexibility to create complex band, choral, orchestral, lead sheet, and tablature scores, and do it quickly. Here are some key features of "Overture": Staff/Score: · Easy setup with Setup dialog · 256 staves with 8 voices per stave · 64 staves per system, unlimited number of systems · 8 voices per stave, each assignable to a MIDI device · 0 - 16 lines per staff, choose which lines show, i.e. lines 1 and 5 only · Hide, show or scale any staff from 25% - 250% · Hide or show various staff elements including staff lines, key signature, time signature, barlines and clefs · Automatic page tiling for printout · 32,768 measures per score · Scrolling score window during playback · 34" x 44" maximum page size View/Edit Windows: · WYSISWYG Page layout-what you see and edit is what you get · Piano roll MIDI data window · Zoom score from 10% - 800% · Staff Types/Clefs · G (treble clef) G (8va) G (8vb) · F (bass clef) F (8vb) · C (movable-tenor, alto, soprano, mezzo soprano clefs) · Percussion with staff line, notehead and MIDI pitch mapping · Tablature with fingering, hide stems Meters/Keys: · Multiple meters and complex meters · Different meters between staves are supported graphically Noteheads: · Supports all note marks and ornaments · Intelligent placement of noteheads can be manually adjusted · Accidentals can be dragged anywhere · Fingering can be attached to notes Rhythmic: · 128th note to triple dotted whole notes · Tuplets from 1 - 99 over 1 - 99 · Beam patterns are automatic or user defined · Beaming: cross staff, cross barline, feathered · Adjustable beam height and angles · Nested repeats and endings with MIDI playback Input Methods: · Computer mouse · Computer keyboard · MIDI controller/keyboard real time and step time · Import standard MIDI file, quantize each track differently · Import Encore and MusicTime files. · Import MusicXML files. Chords: · Support user defined symbols/suffixes in libraries · Automatic chord recognition in step entry (MIDI) mode · Mouse click and computer keyboard entry of chords · Chords transpose Guitar Frames: · Support user defined guitar frames in libraries · Mouse click entry of chords · Chord can be altered after they are entered Text: · Lyrics--8 verses for each voice--mass entry, paste from word processor · Rehearsal marks · Page text including footer, header, titling with page numbers, date and time · Measure and system text Preferences: · Engraver settings · Color settings · Libraries for: allotment table, chord symbol, drum maps, etc. · MIDI playback: as recorded (MIDI data), as written or in swing MIDI: · Records all MIDI events, including notes, controllers, aftertouch, pitch bend, key velocity, etc. · Graphic editing including Strip Chart for drawing in controller data · MIDI playback of all rests, dynamics, trills, repeats, tremolos · Assign MIDI values to dynamics (pppp to ffff), hairpins, and some articulations for playback · Tape deck style MIDI transport controls with punch in/out and wait for note. · 480 PPQ (parts per quarter note) capture of MIDI VST Hosting: · Host up to 256 instruments · Save playback to wave file · Instrument definitions for most sample libraries playback to wave file Output: · Mac: any Macintosh compatible printer · Win: any Windows compatible printer · Use any alternate music font, such as the Jazz Font or GoldenAge handwritten-style fonts (alternate fonts available separately) · Part extraction with auto transpose and multi-measure rests · Standard MIDI files Transposition: · Chromatic · Diatonic · Enharmonic · Includes notes and chord symbols Editing: · All elements (notes, stems, beams, accidentals, ornaments, fingerings, staves, clefs, barlines, all text including lyrics, chord symbols, dynamic markings) can be clicked and dragged or nudged with arrow keys · Option drag to copy is supported · Automatic recognition of elements, edit any item without switching tools · Copy/paste/merge/paste special for pasting only certain elements · Hide, show or scale any element 25 - 250% · Automatic or manual voicing and transcription, including re-transcribe · Beat charts are user modifiable including copy and paste · Step entry includes notes, rests, rhythmic slashes and chord symbols. Requirements: · 256Mb application RAM. · Macintosh-compatible Printer. · Macintosh-compatible MIDI interface required for MIDI recording. · CD-ROM drive. What's New in This Release: · Fixed Barre Dialog on MAC. · Overture now uses the Cmd key while dragging to change the Guitar Barre and Bend numbers directly on the score. · Changed All Tracks/Entire Score option in Dynamic Dialog box to work as expected. · Option and Command dragging to apply to multiple staves now works when dragging staves.

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