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NoteAbilityPro
NoteAbilityPro 2.509
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Music notation package.   Demo ($230)
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    Dr. Keith Hamel
NoteAbilityPro is a professional music notation package for the Macintosh OS X operating system. Developed by Dr. Keith Hamel at the University of British Columbia, it is easily the most sophisticated music notation software available on any platform. NoteAbility combines both musical intelligence and graphical flexibility in a direct and intuitive graphical user interface. Notate anything from simple melodies to complex avant garde orchestral music, play the score on your MIDI synthesizer or using Quicktime Musical Instruments and print a publishable copy of your score on any Mac OS X
What's New
Version 2.509:
  • Some minor bug fixes to beam redrawing were made
  • Some buttons were added to the Entry Cursor to facilitate adding accidentals, inserting rests or undoing during note entry. The buttons appear on the right side of the Entry Cursor. The sharp button raises the note by a semitone (i.e. if it is natural it becomes sharp, if it is flat, it becomes natural) and the flat button lowers the note by a semitone (if it is flat it becomes double-flat, if it is sharp it becomes natural). The insert rest button inserts a rest with the same duration value as the note specified in the current command, and the undo button reverses the last change to the score.
Version 2.509:
  • Some minor bug fixes to beam redrawing were made
  • Some buttons were added to the Entry Cursor to facilitate adding accidentals, inserting rests or undoing during note entry. The buttons appear on the right side of the Entry Cursor. The sharp button raises the note by a semitone (i.e. if it is natural it becomes sharp, if it is flat, it becomes natural) and the flat button more...
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later



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NoteAbilityPro User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 2.x:
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burypromote
+6

+6
Mtp08 commented on 19 Sep 2010
Why the developer(s) never posts What's New?
Can't even find what is new in this release on website.

Thanks
[Version 2.426]

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burypromote
+2

+20
piquadratpi2 replied on 25 Sep 2011
you are right, but it's always included in the dmg as a 'what's new' textfile...
burypromote
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+3

Stephgauthier reviewed on 17 Dec 2009
I was encouraged to use this application by a well-meaning educator who was a friend of the developer. The strength of the program is it's attempt to facilitate the composition of avant-garde classical material. However, as a composer who has used other notation programs such as Sibelius and Finale extensively, I can't strongly enough encourage anybody searching for a notation application to take a closer look at either Sibelius and/or Finale. Both are very popular with professional composers and arrangers as well as with music students and educators. Both Finale and Sibelius offer so many features and possibilities that really deserve an in depth explanation. I encourage you to go to their respective websites, read reviews, and talk to musicians that use those programs to find out more. To put things bluntly, in my own experience, anything accomplished in Notability Pro can be accomplished much easier and more efficiently in Sibelius or Finale. Also, Finale and Sibelius offer many features that you won't find in Notability. Price-wise, if you are a educator or student, Finale and Sibelius are offered at a dramatically reduced price. If your notation needs are relatively simple, their are some quality online free notation programs out there. If you have any questions about this review, please contact me through this website or via: http://musiclearning.info
[Version 2.401]

3 Replies

burypromote
-2

+3
Steinarh replied on 10 Jan 2010
Is this supposed to be a review of NoteAbility???
burypromote
+1

+2
Detinux replied on 21 Feb 2010
I can't disagree more. The program is very intuitive and very complex notation can be achieved easily, including features not or very clumsily available in Sibelius or Finale. The engraving is much cleaner and can be easily customized. This includes many difficult piano specific notation from the nineteenth century, like Alkan's 11-part 7-voice fugue from the Grande sonate, which can in no way be done in Finale or Sibelius. This is the next best thing after Lilypond.

And there's another major advantage: layout can be very easily tweaked, so your scores do not look as dull as the default Sibelius or Finale scores. After 10 years of experience in the competition (that is Finale, Sibelius, Encore and Lilypond), I can only say this is the most intuitive notation software available for the mac.
burypromote
+3

+50
Acwolf replied on 04 Aug 2010
DETINUX, if you like it so much, why don't you write a "review" here and mark it with stars to offset that one bad review instead of just commenting with a reply?
burypromote
+1

+2
DeTinux tipped on 08 Mar 2007
Hi!

Actually, the program is very intuitive! After playing a few hours with it, you can do anything you want. The screenshot is outdated. The newer version has a cleaner lay-out. You should give it a try!

You can download the demo version if you want. Please mail me when you need some help.

Best wishes,

Martijn
[Version 2.320]


burypromote

-2
ben_marko commented on 01 Jan 2007
Is there a simpler version? I need something like this, but it looks waaaaaay to complicated.
[Version 2.319]

1 Reply

burypromote

+55
Kris replied on 21 Jan 2007
Try looking at Encore, from GVox.com.
It's more intuitive. But remeber, they're all kinda costly unless you're a student or educator.
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+2

Detinux rated on 26 Apr 2011

[Version 2.455]



-10

N.Flick rated on 26 Apr 2011

[Version 2.455]


Downloads:9,013
Version Downloads:132
Type:Home & Personal : Music
License:Demo
Date:01 Mar 2012
Platform:PPC / Intel
Price: $230.00
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NoteAbilityPro is a professional music notation package for the Macintosh OS X operating system. Developed by Dr. Keith Hamel at the University of British Columbia, it is easily the most sophisticated music notation software available on any platform. NoteAbility combines both musical intelligence and graphical flexibility in a direct and intuitive graphical user interface. Notate anything from simple melodies to complex avant garde orchestral music, play the score on your MIDI synthesizer or using Quicktime Musical Instruments and print a publishable copy of your score on any Mac OS X compatible printer.

If you have been frustrated by the awkwardness and inflexibility of other notation programs, or by the time it takes to learn them, then you definitely should have a look at NoteAbility Pro.

The demo version of NoteAbilityPro is a complete working copy of the program with some functions disabled. You are not allowed to save files, copy or export in certain formats, and printing is restricted to the first page only. Just follow the simple installation notes, and the OS X Installer application will ensure that all required files are installed into the correct locations.

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