SongWriter

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by Coda MakeMusic

Now you can put down your pen and 
let SongWriter bring your inspiration and creativity to the printed page. Now anyone can create beautiful, printable music scores for up to 8 instruments!

Note Entry Choices...
• Click notes onto the staff and hear the pitches— even drag them up and down to find the pitches you want! 
• Play a MIDI keyboard and see the music appear instantly. 
• Import and export MIDI files 
• Add lyrics (up to 6 verses)

more music features...
• Playback at any tempo 
• Transpose to any key 
• Add automatic harmonies
• Add dynamics, slurs, articulations  
• Generate guitar and bass tablature automatically 
• Create drum grooves with notation automatically
• Print a professional-looking score, along with your name and song title
• Add chord symbols and fretboard diagrams. 

 
The playback feature lets you hear what you've written either through your computer’s sound card with the included SmartMusic Soundfonts (128 sounds) or any attached MIDI instrument.

Use the Human Playback™  to make songs sound like they're performed by live musicians. 
You can even save your scores as MP3 or WAV files to create audio CDs! 

• Real-time EasyScribe® music entry - play your attached MIDI keyboard for instant on-screen notation display!
• Simple Note "click" entry with your mouse
• Imports and prints Standard MIDI Files (Type 1)
• Create scores for up to 8 instruments
• Professional print quality
• Transpose and reprint your music in any key for any instrument or voice
• Type-in up to 6 lyric verses
• Save your scores as audio .MP3, .WAV, and .AIFF
• QuickStart video tutorials on the included CD-ROM
• Launch Window and Setup Wizard guide you through 
  any project
• Transposed instruments appear as written or in 
  concert pitch
• Slash notation 
• Automatic drum grooves 
• Automatic 2- and 3-voice harmonization 
• Articulations (including staccatos and accents) 
• Smart Shapes (including crescendos and slurs) 
• Chord symbols and guitar fretboard diagrams 
• Guitar and/pro bass tablature 
• Control the number of measures on each system 
• Change clef or key/time signatures
•  Automatic music spacing 
• Human Playback™ adds the nuance of live musicians 
  SmartMusic Soundfonts Included (128 playback sounds)

System Requirements Mac:
• G4 and OS X recommended. OS 10.3.9 and higher
• 256MB RAM or more
• 200MB available hard drive space
• CD-ROM