Therefore, what will be included here is primarily sequencing and notation printing software. In addition, I will, by necessity, limit my study to that software which functions on my Macintosh hardware. Unless otherwise noted, I have personally tried everything in this study using operating system OS9. Those who have older systems and those who use Windows will have to try for themselves. The most basic elements of each will be made available at a glance in the tables below.
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Back to Top MasterTracksPro Often bundled with MusicTime for music educators, MasterTracksPro. works very well with Encore, a more professional notation printing software program. I have used older versions of MasterTracks and had trouble with details. Tempo changes were impossible at a specific point, such as the second half of the third beat, for example, an could only be made to start and end at the measure. The caused some tricky re-measuing to get the desired effect. I'm hoping that this type of flaw has been worked out in the newest versions that I haven't tried yet.