What can you do with MidiIllustrator?

Performing:  Practice, Print and Play

MidiIllustrator contains sophisticated MIDI to notation conversion technology which can quickly and accurately generate attractive scores from music of all styles stored in Standard MIDI Format (SMF).

• Learn More About How MidiIllustrator Converts MIDI to Notation

MidiIllustrator can create scores in your favorite style, from one or all of your MIDI files, in a single step.  Once MidiIllustrator has created your scores you can:

• Configure Sound and Play Back Scores
• Open, Display and Print Scores
  • Open and View Scores
  • Display the Score In Different Ways
  • Choose Colors, Textures and Backgrounds for Your Score
  • Adjust the Score Layout: Using Layout Mode
  • Print the Score
    • Quickly print selected parts/instruments/staves
• Find Music Files on the Internet
• Save and Manage your Scores
• Playback the Score
  • Create and Play a Score Playlist
  • Scroll and Fade in the Next Page (Advance Page Turn)
• Tasks to Transform Your Scores Automatically
  • Present Difficult Notation in Simplified Form
  • Arrange the Score for Piano Automatically
  • Reformat the Score as a Fake Book or Song Lead Sheet
  • Generate Chord Names and Guitar Frets Automatically
  • Format many Scores at once using the Task Wizard
  • Hide Traditional Staff Notation and Instead Show Staves as a Compact Timeline
• Performance and Learning Tools
  • Practice Particular Passages with Special Practice Tools
  • Learn Music 'Step by Step' without reading any Notation, with the on-screen Piano
  • Rapidly Improve your Sight Reading with Note Names displayed next to every Note on the Score
  • Assign Finger Numbers to Notes either Manually or Automatically
    • Show Finger Numbers on the Keys of the On-Screen Keyboard
  • Practice new Rhythms with the Audio/Visual Metronome
  • Sing along with Accompaniment - the Lyrics Light up in Time with the Music
  • Watch your Score Performed on the Keyboard by MidiIllustrator's Performing Hands
• Connect and Interact
  • Connect a MIDI Instrument and Interact with the Music
  • Remotely Control functions Using Your Connected MIDI Instrument
  • Create Device/Instrument Defaults for New Scores
  • Make the most of your MIDI Device Capabilities
• Customize the Program Interface
  • Choose a Theme (Color Scheme)
  • Customize the On-Screen Piano Keyboard Colors

Composing:  Create and Edit Scores

Create brand new scores from the ground up, or use MidiIllustrator's powerful editing tools on existing scores originally generated from MIDI songs.  Some features are available in MidiIllustrator Maestro only (marked ).

• Create a Brand New Score
• Compose and Edit: Using Edit Mode
  • Add Notation Quickly using Context Sensitive Entry
  • Modify a Note, or a Selection of Notes
    • Make Changes Quickly with Context Sensitive Menus
  • Add Special Barlines to Control Playback of Efficient Scores
    • Repeat Sections
    • Special Endings
  • Copy and Paste Notation to/from the Clipboard
    • Make Copies of Complete Staves with the Staff Manager Dialog
  • Edit Large Areas of Notation: Using Power Edit Mode
  • Find Out About Using Edit Mode on an Existing Song
• Other Ways to Capture Your Music
  • Note Entry Via the On Screen Piano Keyboard
  • Record a Real Time Performance
    • Set Your Recording Options
  • Chord Entry Via a Connected MIDI Device
  • Tap In Rhythms with the PC Keyboard
• Create a Template for Future Scores
• Add New Measures to the Score
  
• Set the Score Titles (Composer, Title, Footer etc.)
  • Add Fields to Score Titles (e.g. Page Numbers, Date etc.)
• Enrich Your score with Rich Text Content including Images and Multimedia Content
  • Add Moveable Text to Your Score
• Modify the MIDI Content in Your Song
• Add Notation Expressions which can Control Playback (e.g. Dynamics, Metronome Tempos)
• Add and Remove Staves: Using the Staff Manager
• Remove a Range of Measures from the Score
• Select a Range of Notes using Advanced Criteria
• Transpose All or Part of the Score
• Restructure the Score
  • Key Signatures
  • Time Signatures
  • Starting Tempo
  • Clefs