MIDI applications are familiar territory for most audio production, music studio and even DJ software programs. However, few of these place MIDI tools and features at the heart of their program functionality. Instead, they often are lacking the tools and features necessary to achieve the accuracy and precision necessary for MIDI composition, sequencing, recording and editing. With that in mind, SmartScore X offers a high-powered suite to notate instrumental input within in a well-organized, feature-rich interface that makes the finer points of sequencing and editing a simple affair. MIDI input can be rendered in standard musical notation (staffline) as well as TAB, with built-in compatibility that makes it possible to print or export finished compositions or output them directly through another device.

While SmartScore's features and capabilities make it possible to be used in live settings, it's generally better-suited for studio production and arrangement. This is enforced by features such as push-button scanning, which enables scanned sheet music to be edited and even played moments after scanning. Key/clef transposition and part extraction elements, which expedites the editing process while keeping the piece structurally intact, as well as other features such as auto-drum grooves and karaoke instrumentals that help fill in the blanks while suitable elements are being added all create a well-rounded MIDI software product.

Composition & Sequencing Features:

SmartScore's scanner-input compatibility makes it an instant ally of songwriters and musicians. Users can scan existing compositions in tab or staffline to change, edit, re-arrange or even transform existing music. The scanner-type and optics quality often can improve or impede the potential of these features but overall, SmartScore does well for itself, even with all-in-one printers that include a built-in scanner, albeit with far less accuracy and fidelity as flatbed scanners.

Keeping lyrics or text intact, or having the capability to input them manually, is a functionality that typically falls by the wayside in a great deal of MIDI software programs. With SmartScore, users can keep text unbroken from a scanned sheet or add lyrics to their original compositions. This is another feature that reinforces SmartScore's standing among and potential for use in schools, churches and other spheres.

SmartScore not only scans existing scores and translates instrumental input with high fidelity, but recognizes complex structures, including repeats, segnos, coda signs, cross-staff voicing, ossias and grace notes, expanding its potential beyond simple MIDI composition and sequencing to the complexities of full musical scoring.