Musitek SmartScore X Songbook Edition Software (Mac and Windows)

Manufacturer's Description for Musitek SmartScore X Songbook Edition Software (Mac and Windows)

The Musitek SmartScore Songbook Edition Software allows you to scan multiple pages of printed sheet music and see it reconstructed onscreen in seconds, ready for playback, transposition or part extraction. Re-format, reprint and export finished scores to other music programs via MusicXML or MIDI. An elegant interface includes split screen or continuous horizontal viewing of both the original scan (in yellow) and the editable SmartScore window (in white).

More accuracy, more features and even more simplicity
- Smart scanning interface with automatic scanner settings. No expertise required. Automatic resolution (dpi) selection. Simplified multi-page scanning within a single file.
- Recogntion accuracy exceeds 99% on well-printed scores.
- Recognizes more musical symbols more accurately.
- Improved text and lyric OCR.
- Complex structures recognized including repeats, segnos, coda signs, broken systems (coda breaks), cross-staff beaming/voicing, optimized systems, ossias and grace notes.

More accurate playback
- Realistic nuance. Most all tempo, dynamic and articulation marks are recognized and automatically applied to playback.
- Assign different instrument sounds to parts with a single click. Assign different sounds to contrapuntal voices!
- Graphical velocity and tempo controllers for varying dynamics/tempo.
- Automatic Drum Groove instantly adds rhythms based on style and beat. Insert unlimited number of grooves.
- Graphical velocity and tempo controllers for varying dynamics/tempo.
- Control default playback behavior of trills, accents, ritards, hairpins, accelerandos, pickup and closeout measures.
- MIDI editor includes familiar Piano Roll, Overview and Event List. Two-way Notes-MIDI-Notes transparency.

Advanced music editing
- New scoring environment rebuilt from the ground-up for maximum ease and simplicity. Now it's easier than ever to edit scanned in music or to create professional scores.
- Flexible score displays: Continuous horizontal view or Multi-page view.
- Error check automatically highlights problem measures.
- System width tabs. Plus line, staff and system spacing tabs.
- Advanced page layout controls and print previewing. Create production-quality page formats for print or PDF output.

Text, Lyrics and Chord Symbols
- Precision recognition of lyrics, text, fretboards and chord symbols including chord names written as text.
- Fretboards and chord symbols update when transposing to new key.
- Control text and lyric properties.
- Guitar Chord Library includes over 700 chords. Change or add your own.
- Modify notehead shapes (shaped notes).
- Transpose by key or by clef for diverse instruments.

More Useful Functions
- Extract parts out of scores or combine parts into a conductor's score.
- Program and Document preferences. Change the look and feel of the interface to suit your needs.
- Karaoke view with moving or stationary bouncing ball and moving or refreshed lyrics.
- Add hidden obects from view and from printing.
- Create musical scores from preset templates or from imported MIDI files.
- Create Audio-CDs from finished files. Save to MusicXML, Finale, MIDI, NIFF and PDF file formats. zZounds is an authorized dealer of Musitek products.

System Requirements
Windows:
- Windows Vista / XP / 200x
- Pentium I or better
- 256 MB RAM + 50 MB disk space

Macintosh:
- OS 10.4 (Tiger)
- G3 or better / Dual Core for Universal
- 256 MB RAM + 50 MB disk space