However, you can export the musical information as a MID file for use in other applications. There are a variety of musical effects that can be added, such as staccato and accented notes, in addition to the full complement of musical notation. If you're unhappy with the existing output of your sound card when playing MIDI files and are considering replacing it with an expensive wavetable-based device, try this application first. Novastation 2.1 is a collection of software wavetable emulation drivers that enhance the MIDI output of your existing sound card, replacing the muffled beeping of FM synthesis with an extensive collection of clear and realistic voices. To listen to the numerous demonstration included, you can use the MIDI player that comes with the package or your own default software.
Sound quality is excellent and rivals that of many hardware-based wavetable cards.
Note that it needs a 166MHz MMX processor or better to run. Anyone who has a wide variety of fonts installed will know how awkward it can be to manage them. The font preview applet in Windows 95 is useful for handling one at a time, but designers who have a large number of different typefaces need more than this offers. If you use your fonts from a master CD to avoid slowing your system down, Printer's Apprentice will let you print them, just as you would those on your system. Both Adobe and Truetype fonts are supported, making this software a flexible and useful addition to your system.