NAMM Show News 2008

While SmartScore X was released a couple of months ago, we still check it out at NAMM

To purchase SmartScore click here!

What's new in SmartScore X?

Improved Lyric and Text recognition

• Significantly improved OCR recognition (75% more accurate).
• Significantly increased recognition accuracy of alpha/numeric music symbols (e.g. Dynamic markings, Tuplets, Octavas, Multi-measure rests, Expressions)

Newly Recognized Symbols (also applied to playback)

• Guitar Tablature and multi-line percussion staves recognized.
• Percussion lines (Single and multi-staff) recognized and automatically linked to MIDI Drum Map.
• Multi-measure rests
• Octavas (8va and marked extensions)
• Sharps and flats in chord symbols improving chord symbol accuracy
• "Non-triplet" tuplets
• "Repeat-previous-measure" symbol
• Mordants
• Unusual time signatures (e.g. 9/8)
• Damper pedal lines (Horizontal pedal lines)

Improved Notation Recognition

(Compared to Version 5)

• Beams (75% more accurate)
• Numbered endings (50% more accurate)
• Triplets and other tuplets (50% more accurate)
• Chord symbols and guitar frets symbols (75% more accurate)
• Improved recognition of dynamics, articulations and expressions (50% more accurate)
• Improved application of dynamics, articulation and expressions to playback.
• Improved handling of pedal markings and horizontal damper pedal lines.
• Parallel (multiple) page processing when run on dual-core machines.

Improved PDF file Recognition

• Most PDF files are now recognized including web-optimized pages.
• Color and screen resolution PDFs recognized

Improved Page Handling

• More scanners supported. Web scanners now output page-sized files.
• Improved margin control. Adjust left and right as well as top and bottom margins inside Page Setup.
• Improved layout and print control (e.g. vertical ­to-horizontal reformatting and printing).

Playback

• Extend playback options with virtual instruments. Selected VST instruments (Windows) and Audio Units (Mac) now supported including Garritan and MOTU Mach Five virtual instruments. Get special discounted deals at musitek.com
• Jumps logic improved (e.g. segnos, d.c., d. s., etc.)
• Part Name field in Playback Console now dynamically linked to Instrument Templates. MIDI Transposition of transposed instruments simplified.
• Playback properties of nearly every symbol can now be changed using Properties Tool.
• ENF Part Names & abbreviations and MIDI Instruments (including transposed instruments) automatically update when new Part Name is chosen.
• New Randomizer playback option. Adds human feel to playback. Control the amount of random changes applied to timing and loudness of notes.
• Change MIDI instruments (Program Change) of any track on-the-fly in MIDI Piano Roll view.
• Transpose Step Counters dynamically linked. Transposed instruments now properly transposed value in Playback Console.
• Voice assignment registers in Playback Console improved.
• Ritards (rit) and a tempo markings are more precisely interpreted.
• Dynamic markings can be assigned to MIDI Volume or to MIDI Velocity
• Select any region within score for playback or looping

Editing

• More symbol properties available with Properties Tool:
• Tuplet properties:
  • Change number of divisions, values and visibility
  • Show tuplet number inside or outside of bracket / arc.
  • Trill Properties
  • Multi-measure rest properties added
• Convert staff lines from notation to tablature (TAB) format with correct fingering. Convert TAB staff lines to notation.
• Fast and easy-to-use TAB editor. Includes multi-voice editing and cues.
• Export score and open in Finale 2008 with a single Toolbar push-button.
• Shaped notes (non-standard noteheads): Globally change standard notation to alternative noteheads (e.g. shaped notes) with Notehead properties.
• Import full scores from other notation programs via MusicXML
• Globally scale chord symbols and guitar fret grids (Edit > Document Preferences > Chord Symbols > Scale).
• Voice color assignment algorithm improved. Notes more accurately assigned to correct contrapuntal voicelines. Voice color override tool can now be applied to tuplet and slur markings.
• UNIFY > System, Staff and Line spacing
• Use mouse to highlight any range of measures to apply special edit functions (e.g. playback, auto-spacing / auto-beaming)
• Show clefs in all systems or first system only (for solo lead sheets).
• Automatic Tuplet Finder. Insert a few tuplets and similar note groupings will automatically be assigned the same tuplet if accepted. Perfect for scores with many "implied tuplets".
• Key document display options (e.g. Systems, Score Symbols, Measure and Page Numbering) can be set as default in Program Preferences.
• Part Name display options expanded. Abbreviations now the default.

Viewing

• New ENF-on-TIFF "overlay" mode with variable transparency control. (Mac only)
• Tool Palette configuration can be saved "as is" when closing ENF files (Program Preferences > User Interface)
• ENF/TIFF view panes now split either horizontally or vertically (best choice for multiple monitor display.
• Staff and System tabs color coded
• Color printing (of color-coded voicelines) supported

Printing

• Improved and simplified printing when scores are reformatted in different page orientations
• Automatically rescale page sizes to optimize score printing (Edit > Format Score > Scale Entire Score > Optimize).

MIDI

• Insert, change and delete Program (MIDI Instrument) Changes on the fly in Piano Roll view.
• Event List fully editable. Changes are dynamically linked to MIDI playback.
• MIDI Editor improved including more edit and delete functions.

Finale Integration

• Launch SmartScore full version instead of SmartScore Lite when "Scanning" is invoked in Finale or PrintMusic.

MIDI to ENF

• Drum Tracks (Channel 10) correctly interpreted and reconverted to drum clefs with appropriate number of staff lines.
• MIDI to notation interpretation improved.
• Applies key signature to each MIDI track (Type 0 MIDI Files)
• Part Names written to MIDI files now import when converted to SmartScore files.

Image Editor

• Selected margin tolerance improved

Bug Fixes

• Recognition
  • Problem with triplets and slurs sometimes being applied to the wrong contrapuntal voice fixed.
  • Problem with triplets being recognized and having "3" remain as text fixed.
• Transposition
  • Problem with accidentals when change-of-key signature = C major fixed.
• Part Linking
  • Part reassigning stabilized. Logic improved.
• MIDI
  • MIDI file import from certain programs improved.

System Requirements

WIN

Windows Vista / XP / 200x

Pentium 1 or better

256Mb RAM + 50Mb disk space

MAC

OS 10.4 (Tiger) or better

G3 or better / Dual Core for Universal

256Mb RAM + 50Mb disk space

Winter NAMM 2007 News

Musitek didn't have any new products to show this year. So check out last year's NAMM Show's Demo. To purchase SmartScore click here!

Winter NAMM 2006 News

They showed a new version of Smartscore. SmartScore 5 supports MusicXML, MIDI, NIFF, and Finale file formats for importing and Musitek reports that recognition accuracy of SmartScore 5 exceeds 99 percent on high-quality printed scores.They also have made improvements in the way it handles scores, parts, etc and playback. Mac OS X and Universal Binary (Mac/Intel) versions will be released in April, 2006. Watch the video!

Winter NAMM 2003 News

SmartScore for Win95/98/NT/XP

   and Power Macintosh

Musitek introduced SmartScore 2.0 for Windows and Power Macintosh. SmartScore has fully integrated music scoring, MIDI sequencing and music scanning with advanced recognition technology. Whether you are copying music, composing or importing MIDI files; there is absolutely no faster way to get music into your computer!

Features:

• Precision text and lyric recognition for both Win and Macintosh. "Smart" lyric editing.
• Improved notation recognition with up to 99% accuracy.
• Scan and Forget interface: Optimizes scanner resolution ensuring highest possible accuracy.
• Automatic recognition and playback of triplets, dynamic marks, articulations and endings.
• Graphical Controllers provide infinite variations in tempo and velocity.
• Guitar frets and chord symbols automatically transpose with key transposition.
• Improved key transposition with advanced options including Transpose by clef and enharmonic functions.
• Improved music-editor includes smart beaming, repositioning objects and beam and arc angle adjustment.
• Layers of complexity have been removed. Less mousing. More productivity.
• Improved page display and control of page layout.
• Improved MIDI-to-Notation interpretation. "Smart" step-time MIDI recording. More MIDI controllers.
• 180 Guitar Frets and Chord Symbols. Edit or add your own to the library. Frets and chord symbols automatically transpose when key transposition is applied.
• Error Check: Automatically locates illegal measures by voiceline.
• ENF and MIDI graphical controllers: Bring playback to life. Apply your own tempo and velocity variations with a simple mouse drag.
• Improved Instrument Template - Master System - Playback Console relationship.
• Expanded and improved transposed instrument templates and ENF score templates.
• Automatic beaming, automatic and manual voice "joining" of offset notes.
• Mini playback console: Includes "spring-loaded" speed controller.
• Virtual Drum Kit: Lets you add your own "personal" drum track with
• nothing more than the keys on your computer keyboard.
• ENF Drum clef now supports (musically) notated percussion scores.
• Custom-assign percussion instruments to lines and spaces of drum clef.
• New manual: 220 pages, rewritten and professionally edited.
• New SmartScore 2.0 Online Help System.

SmartScore System Requirements:

WINDOWS:

• MS Win 9.x / 2000 / NT / ME / XP
• Intel Pentium 120 or better
• Win95 or Win98 or NT OS
• 16 MB RAM
• 20 MB HD space available
• TWAIN-compatible scanner for direct scanning
• PC Soundcard or MPU-401-type MIDI interface for connecting to external MIDI devices

MAC:

• Macintosh PowerPC or Clone
• Mac OS System 8.2 or better with QuickTime installed.
• 24 MB RAM (minimum) 36 MB RAM (recommended)
• 20 MB Hard Disk Space (recommended)
• External MIDI synthesizer or Mac QuickTime Musical Instruments extension installed
• Flatbed scanner with PhotoshopTM plug-in or TWAIN-compatible
  

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