NoteAbilityPro Features

NoteAbility Pro Features

NoteAbility has many features that make it the most powerful and easy-to-use music notation application available today. Many of these features are listed below.

Document Specifications

Unlimited number of pages per document
Unlimited page size (width and height)
User-specified margins
Up to 40 systems per page
Up to 40 staves per system
Up to 16 measures per system (expandable after setup)
Standard clefs (treble, alto, tenor, bass, soprano, treble-tenor, octave-bass, percussion as well as all transposed clefs)
Variable number of lines in staff (0 - 6)
Number of lines in staff can change mid system
Standard key signatures
All time signatures from 1/1 to 32/32
Standard and custom braces on each system (including nested braces)
Standard & custom barlines on each system
Staff labels (right or left justified,any font & font size)
Automatic addition of pages as needed
Document display from 25% to 200% with Custom size (up to 1000%)
Adjustable page size
Flexible print setup (with overview)

System & Page Formatting Specifications
On-screen adjustment of all beat positions in all systems
On-screen adjustment of all margins, vertical & horizontal positioning of systems, vertical position of staves, vertical position of lyrics (relative to staff) & horizontal position of the staff labels
Re-position page numbers (locations, font, etc.)
Re-position measure numbers (frequency of appearance, location, font, etc.)
Change number of systems on the page
Change the number of measures in the system
Change the number of staves in the system (insertion, deletion, hiding, & showing of staves)
Change the size of any staff
Change key signature (all staves in the system or single staves)
Change the time signature (automatic realignment of notes)
Change the barline type and format
Change the brace type and format
Change clef (at any beat location within the score)
Add partial measures (e.g. upbeat measures)

Input Methods
Mouse input (image drags while the mouse is down)
On-screen piano keyboard
Step-time entry from MIDI keyboard
Real-time entry from MIDI keyboard (via MIDI Recorder)
Quickscrawl entry (gesture recognition)

Audio Specifications
Audio through Quicktime Musical Instruments, MIDI synthesizers, DLS synthesizers, or Audio Units.
Audio during note entry (all methods)
Audio during single note adjustment
Staves may be freely linked to outgoing MIDI or Quicktime channels
Score playback (starting at any measure in the score - tempo map can be specified)
Playback of individual staves
Playback of selected notes
Playback map allows repetitions of scores sections
Transposition of staves on playback can be specified
Transposition of selected notes on playback can be specified
Soundfiles can be embedded in scores

Music Specifications
Complete set of standard music symbols (from double whole to 128th notes and rests)
Supports all accidentals (including quarter sharps and flats)
Basic graphics (rectangles, circles, lines in colours, filled or framed)
Any image can be any size
Any image can be any colour
Unlimited number of voices per staff (default set at 3)
Unlimited number of notes per chord
Permits extreme rhythmic complexity
Flexible beaming of notes (e.g. across staves and barlines)
Correct placement of notes in chord clusters
Correct placement of accidentals in chords
Correct vertical alignment of all music images
Correct beaming of notes (beam angle and vertical position)
Correct system formatting according to an adjustable spacing algorithm
Automatic tieing of notes which exceed the measure duration

Text Specifications
Text can appear in any font and size and can be freely edited, copied and pasted
Page Text: is fixed on the page
Measure Text: adjusts to the staff and measure position
Header Text: appears on each page of the document
Max Text: for encoding Max messages
Lyrics: Are aligned to metrical positions and may have dashes and underscores connecting them to other lyrics or notes
Text can be made global so that it is gathered by all parts during part extraction
Frames can automatically be drawn around Text
Unlimited number of verses of lyrics (leading between verses can be specified)
Provides a user definable Text Library

Editing Facilities
Image selection by graphical area or staff section across multiple systems and/or pages
Cut and copy of all selected images
Paste over, merge, and insert options
Paste to other NoteAbility documents or other applications via pasteboard (as NoteAbility, TIFF, PDF, MIDI, GUDIO, or Score)
Can import PDF, TIFF, MIDI, GUIDO, RTF and Score via pasteboard
Local adjustments to the position of all images
Adjust secondary positions of images (e.g. length of stem, arc or slur, etc.)
Change the point size of images
Change the colour of images
Beam note groups (by beat or by group)
Automatic insertion of rests
Transpose notes by interval or key
Shift images from one voice to another
Flip stems of notes
Flip direction of ties
Add accidentals to notes
Add and remove ties from notes
Merge tied notes into a single note of greater duration
Form and alter the display of tuplets (showing bracket, ratio etc.)
Merge multiple rests into a single rest
Add & remove articulation markings from notes
Modify the duration of notes and rests
Change notehead type
Change playback velocity and duration
Edit tie shape
Increase the value of notes by eliminating following rests
Reduce the duration of notes by converting to a note and a rest
Change beam format
Change line width and type
Part extraction of specified staff into a new editable document
Unlimited Undo and redo operations

MIDI Recording Specifications
Sixteen (16) channels of MIDI recording
Built-in metronome (supporting standard meters)
Adjustable metronome speed
Reads .mid files
Reads .score files
Quantize at standard rhythmic values
Re-quantize of recorded or imported data
Insert into score at any location on any staves or voices

File Specifications
Unlimited number of open documents
Standard Open, Save, and Save As menu commands
Imports .mid and .score files (through MIDI Recorder)
Exports .mid, .score, NoteWriter (Macintosh), Max qlist, Max explode, GUIDO, TIFF, and PDF formats
Loads and saves score templates
Loads and saves text libraries
Loads and saves image libraries
Loads and saves percussion maps
Loads and saves speech dictionaries

Printing Specifications
Uses a customized page setup panel with a page overview
Prints to all compatible OS-X printing devices

System Specifications
Macintosh computer with G3, G4, or G5 processor and at least 96 Mbytes of memory, running Mac OS-X 10.2 or higher.
MusicKit 5.5.0 or higher (provided with NoteAbilityPro)
The Scriabin™ font from Opus 1 Music Inc. as well as any other supported music font. (Sonata™ from Adobe Systems Inc.™ Jazz, Swing fonts from Sigler Music, Petrucci, Engraver, Maestro fonts from Coda Music Inc.)
USB MIDI Interface (Midiman or other OS-X compatible interface) (optional)