StaffPad is a
scorewriter
A scorewriter, or music notation program is software for creating, editing and printing sheet music. A scorewriter is to music notation what a word processor is to text, in that they typically provide flexible editing and automatic layout, and p ...
application for creating
musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an Originality, original piece or work of music, either Human voice, vocal or Musical instrument, instrumental, the musical form, structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new pie ...
s using
handwriting recognition
Handwriting recognition (HWR), also known as handwritten text recognition (HTR), is the ability of a computer to receive and interpret intelligible handwriting, handwritten input from sources such as paper documents, photographs, touch-screens ...
and
multi-touch
In computing, multi-touch is technology that enables a surface (a touchpad or touchscreen) to recognize the presence of more than one somatosensory system, point of contact with the surface at the same time. The origins of multitouch began at CE ...
input for
music notation
Musical notation is any system used to visually represent music. Systems of notation generally represent the elements of a piece of music that are considered important for its performance in the context of a given musical tradition. The proces ...
.
Originally released for
Windows 8
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on 31 March 2015, StaffPad was subsequently released on
iPadOS
iPadOS is a mobile operating system developed by Apple for its iPad line of tablet computers. It was given a name distinct from iOS, the operating system used by Apple's iPhones to reflect the diverging features of the two product lines, suc ...
on 5 February 2020. Designed for
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and def ...
s,
orchestrators,
arrangers,
songwriter
A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...
s, and teachers, StaffPad is used to create compositions, edit notation, and play back a score using
samples. It features adaptive toolsets, a pressure-toggled Erase tool, and text recognition for musical notation. It is now part of
Muse Group
Muse Group (MuseCY Holdings Ltd.) is a Cyprus, Cypriot software company, software and education company specialised in making tools and resources for music composition, music production and music education. Established in 1998 as Ultimate Guitar ...
.
StaffPad Reader
StaffPad Reader is a companion application for
iPadOS
iPadOS is a mobile operating system developed by Apple for its iPad line of tablet computers. It was given a name distinct from iOS, the operating system used by Apple's iPhones to reflect the diverging features of the two product lines, suc ...
and
Microsoft Windows 10, designed for
near real-time viewing of StaffPad score files. The Reader application communicates with StaffPad over a
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for Wireless LAN, local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by ...
network and displays an automatically formatted
part for any musical
staff contained in the full score. Multiple Reader applications can connect to the same instance of StaffPad, forming a
one-to-many relationship between StaffPad and
musicians
A musician is someone who Composer, composes, Conducting, conducts, or Performing arts#Performers, performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general Terminology, term used to designate a person who fol ...
using the Reader. The user is able to make changes to the full score with StaffPad, with the results updated automatically on all connected Readers.
See also
*
List of music software
This is a list of software for creating, performing, learning, analyzing, researching, broadcasting and editing music. This article only includes software, not services.
For streaming services such as iHeartRadio, Pandora (service), Pandora, Prime ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.staffpad.net
Universal Windows Platform apps
IOS software
Muse Group
Scorewriters