NotationMachine: make your own free sheet music automatically

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NotationMachine Main Features:
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The Toolbar

The toolbar allows you quick access to the most used functions of the program. It is comprised of a group of popup menus and boxes for the selection of voices, zoom, tools (arrow, pencil and eraser), etc. Each box displays an icon which represents a tool.To select a tool, click its icon.
The toolbar contains the following items:
The Zoom Menu
With the Zoom menu, you can set the zoom factor you want for the document.You have a choice between these possibilities: 100%, 400%, Fit Page and Fit Width (100% being the unchanged page dimension).
The Arrow Tool
With the arrow tool, you can edit all movable items directly on the score. When you click the box, the arrow cursor appears.With it, you can move notes, symbols, and beams, select a region in the score, etc.
The Pencil Tool

The pencil tool allows you to write on the document.When you select a symbol or a note from a palette, the pencil tool is automatically activated.The cursor, in the case of symbols, changes into a +, and in the case of notes, it changes into a note of the selected value.
The Eraser Tool
You can cancel items directly on the score with the eraser tool.
The Function Boxes
Clicking on the eight Function Boxes, you can apply the following functions:
Redo (Edit menu), Cut (Edit menu), Copy (Edit menu), Auto center Staves (Score menu),Tie Notes (Note menu),Tuplets (Note menu), Beam Selection (Note menu), Hide Control Points (Tools menu).
Save
The small yellow icon with the floppy disc symbol corresponds to the Save command.
Redraw
Clicking on the small painter icon will redraw the entire score.

The Voice Menu
With the Voice menu you can select the current voice. Once you have selected the current voice, all notes in other non-selected voices will appear in gray. The first item (All) in the Voice menu reactivates and displays, in black, all present voices.
Back to Score
The Back to Score box allows you to return to the score.
Mixer
The Mixer box opens the Mixer window and allows you to change the midi channel, program changes, and change the instrument name for individual staves
Play
With the Play box, you can activate a playback of the score.

Counter Display
This box activates the palette with the measure numbers, the beat, and the duration in hours-min-utes- seconds during the performance of the score.
Page Menu
With this pop up menu, you can move between the various pages of the score. It is equivalent to the Go to Page function in the Tools menu.
Go to Page
This icon opens up the Go to Page window and displays the page number setting. This command is equivalent to the Go to Page function in the Tools menu.

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