Staffpad: writing scores by hand and transform them into MIDI

Staffpad: writing scores by hand and transform them into MIDI

Staffpad is a new application developed by Microsoft and the dream come true of every composer and arranger. It is a music notation application designed to work with pen and touch input your Windows 8.1 compatible device and touch screen.

When writing with pencil notation, StaffPad recognizes your handwritten music and becomes a notation that you can edit, play, print and share in various formats, combining the best of writing on paper with the advantages of digital publishing.Staffpad was designed by Matthew Tesch and David William Hearn, who."As musicians, we know that is not always practical or possible to lead a workstation complete recipe with you. Instead, the idea of ​​combining the fluidity and ease of handwritten with efficiency and accuracy of typesetting, assisted by a computer, music became too strong to ignore. We found the experience StaffPad composition should feel natural, fun and intuitive, yet powerful and reliable enough for it to be used by professionals. We have been working for over 3 years to bring StaffPad, with new ideas and advances to a new type of application notation, focusing on every detail so that the composition StaffPad is done with the least possible effort. "In addition to handwriting, Staffpad offers a variety of sounds in your bank of musical instruments, the ability to print both the full score as particella of each instrument, editing notes and joints and the enormous advantage of import and export MIDI files and MusicXML format. What more could you want?For more information on cost, features, compatibility, and download, go to the page StaffPad.