Programmer Ludger Martin just releases Nota Musica
2.54 (Music notation and composition program for OS/2)
and Johannes Martin uploads the archive (nota254.zip, 1,46Mb) on Hobbes.
Do you like music?
Do you play an instrument, and even want to compose your own
melodies? Nota Musica will be a great help to realize your dreams.
Nota Musica is a native OS/2 program. This means you can exploit all the advantages
of OS/2.
Nota Musica edits and arranges your notes: It creates scores, transposes, etc...
Nota Musica allows you to play your tunes both on your keyboard and your sound card.
Nota Musica prints your scores in a clear and harmonic manner.
Does this sound utopian?
Don't panic! Nota Musica is easy to use. It's child's play.
Input of Pieces
A piece may be structured in up to 255 movements of up to
255 voices each.
Clef-, meter-, key signature-, and speed changes can be specified for every single
voice. You can also enter interval deviations for voices (for example for a b-instrument).
Input of Notes
Notes can be entered either by using the mouse or the computer
keyboard (recording from a MIDI keyboard is possible with Nota Musica Sequencer).
You can create chords and specify slurs, dynamics, ornaments, and repeats. You can
also add lyrics and accord-names to your notes. Using the clipboard you can exchange
notes between different pieces.
Editing Notes
Voices can be transposed by an interval or whole octaves.
Bars will be automatically placed. You may import and export pieces to MIDI-files.
Playing Notes
Nota Musica uses OS/2's Multi Media Presentation Manager to
play your tunes. They are played both on your sound card and your MIDI-keyboard.
For every movement and voice you may specifiy dynamics and fine tune MIDI-parameters
to create high quality output.
Printing Notes
Note Musica typesets your notes automatically; you don't need
to worry about the arrangement of the notes on the paper. You can choose to print
either scores or single voices. If you print scores different systems may be printed
in different sizes.
Once typeset, the notes may be previewed on the screen, printed or exported to a
graphics-file.
Nota Musica uses the macro packages MusiXTeX and LaTeX. These packages are available
free of charge. An emTeX-distributon of these packages is provided with Nota Musica.
System Requirements
To use Nota Musica you need an IBM compatible PC that runs
OS/2 2.1 (or a later version of OS/2) and install OS/2's Multi Media Presentation
Manager in order to run Nota Musica. Nota Musica needs 10MB of hard drive space.
If you own a sound card that is supported by OS/2 you may play your tunes on your
sound card and on a keyboard attached to the MIDI-port of your sound card.
All Nota Musica Features at a Glance
255 movements with 255 voice each per file
up to 4 billion notes per voice
enter notes using the mouse or the keyboard
or on a MIDI-keyboard using Nota Musica Sequencer
support for all seven generally used clefs
support for all kinds of notes, from whole notes to 64th, single and double dotted
and triplets
support for entering chords
clef-, key- and measure changes are possible at any place in a voice
manual and automatic placement of bars
clipboard support
more than 30 different ornaments
automatic placement of lyrics and chord names, linked to notes and/or beats
playback using any OS/2 compatible soundcard using 128 GM instruments
transposing instruments considered during playback
import and export of standard MIDI files
automatic transposing of notes with or without changing keys by intervals or octavs
split voices at a specifiable tone
automatic placement of rests
automatic typesetting of notes with placement of bars and slurs
instrument names can be printed
display size adjustable (zoom)
automatic numbering of bars
30 staffs per system possible
variable font size: 16pt, 20pt, and 24pt
prieview function
all OS/2 printers are supported
printout is done using MusiXTeX\LaTeX (included with Nota Musica)
