music composition and performance software for composers, educators, performers, students, pro audio Over 1000+ voice polyphony. String sections, winds, brass, piano, harp and percussion. Mac / Window
listen to Handel - Messiah (Aria) listen to Stravinsky - Rite of Spring listen to Fray - A Shiny New Quarter Regular Price: $599.00 Academic Price: $399.00 buy in line Mac Operating System MinimumOS X 10.3.9 - Recommended OS X 10.4.0 or later Processor Minimum 1.0 GHz - Recommended 2.0 GHz Dual Processor RAM Minimum512 MB - Recommended 1 GB Hard Disk Space Minimum 1.5 GB free disk space - Recommended 1.5 GB free disk space PC Operating System Minimum Windows XP / 2000 (SP4) - Recommended Windows XP / 2000 (SP4) Processor Minimum 1.7 GHz Pentium or equivalent - Recommended 3.0 GHz Pentium or equivalent RAM Minimum 512 MB - Recommended 1 GB Hard Disk Space Minimum 1.5 GB free disk space - Recommended 1.5 GB free disk space Features: • Fast and simple interface for entering music • PC keyboard/mouse entry and keyboard shortcuts • MIDI keyboard entry, real-time, stretch-time, and step-time • MusicXML: import from Finale, Sibelius, and score scanners • Up to 64 staffs, and two voices on each staff • Fast, anti-aliased screen rendering and refresh • Automatic note and expression alignment • Standard and non-standard key signatures • Complex time signatures • User-defined beaming Expressive and realistic playback of: • Dynamics, crescendo, diminuendo • 15 different articulations, slurs • Tempo changes • Grace notes, arpeggios • Pizzicato/arco • Pedal marks • Fermatas • Quarter tones • And more! • Sample-based playback of orchestral instruments • No external software, hardware or MIDI assignment • Low-latency playback in DirectSound and ASIO • Reverb from natural, recorded decay • NTEMPO: real-time “conducting” of the score • Replay of NTEMPO performance • WAV file creation, faster than real-time playback • Instrument audio mixer: mute, solo, balance, pan, and decay • Double-voice playback of different instruments • Global transposition and tuning • Plays repeat signs, multiple endings, D.S. al coda, etc. Included samples sounds Notion samples were recorded at Abbey Road Studios, in Studio One using: 72 channel NEVE VRP Legend / 88RS consoles Avalon M5 preamps, Neve Preamps, Massenberg Preamp Protools HD2 96 kHz, 24 bit 2 Valve Neumann M50 and 2 Neumann TLM 50 for distance mics 3 Valve Neumann M50 for room ambience Neumann U47fet, U87, KM184, KM84 for close mics on single instruments 5 Schoeps MK 21 for close mics on sections Violin Section (12) Legatos, staccatos, accents, pizzicatos and trills in multiple timbres Viola Section (10) " Cello Section (8) " Bass Section (6) " Piccolo Legatos w/vibrato, staccatos and trills in multiple timbres Flute " Oboe " English Horn " Clarinet Legatos non-vibrato, subtones, accents, staccatos and trills in multiple timbres Bass Clarinet " Bassoon Legatos w/vibrato, staccatos and trills in multiple timbres Horn Legatos, staccatos, accents, trills and brassy sounds in multiple timbres Trumpet " Tenor Trombone " Bass Trombone " Tuba " Timpani Strikes and rolls in multiple timbres Snare Drum " Triangle " Suspended Cymbal " Cabasa " Guiro " Tambourine " Tam Tam " Gong " Bass drum Strikes, muted strikes and rolls in multiple timbres Claves Strikes in multiple timbre Orchestra Crash Cymbals " Xylophone Strikes and trills in multiple timbres Glockenspiel " Harp Single notes in multiple timbres Piano Strikes and trills in multiple timbres Celeste |
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advanced technologic sound magazine 2006 May issue 149
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