Feature list
Feature comparison:
| Features | capella audio2score start | capella audio2score pro |
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| General | ||
| Development stage and year | Version 5 (2024) | Version 5 (2024) |
| For macOS | ||
| For Windows 64 Bit | ||
| Automatic software updates | ||
| Continuous program maintenance | ||
| Available free of charge for 15 days |
| Note by note recognition / Classical music (no singing) | capella audio2score start | capella audio2score pro |
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| AI-assisted note recognition | ||
| Distinction of three timbres: 1. winds, 2. strings, 3. piano | ||
| Optimized mode for solo piano | ||
| Recognition of polyphonic sounds of any instrumental recordings (except percussion) | ||
| Automatic arrangement of the recognized notes for various ensembles (selectable: piano, string quartet, wind quintet, guitar, monophonic, etc.); independent of the original | piano, single voice | any ensembles |
| Intelligent distribution of notes to voices (no fixed split points, but formation of lines) | ||
| Specification of different levels of difficulty for piano arrangements; Level of detail slider |
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Pop music (with/without vocals) |
capella audio2score start | capella audio2score pro |
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New: Specially optimized AI to recognize (and distinguish) vocals, instrumental melody and accompaniment |
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New: Notation of the vocals in their own staff (or integrated in the accompaniment) |
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New: Notation of the instrumental melody in its own staff (or integrated in the accompaniment) |
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New: Arrangement of the accompaniment (independent of the original) |
piano only | Piano, piano four hands, piano / chords / bass, string quartet, wind quintet, ... any of your own |
| Harmony detection | capella audio2score start | capella audio2score pro |
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| Harmony symbols |
| Holistic recognition | capella audio2score start | capella audio2score pro |
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| Can be combined with classical or pop recognition | ||
| Recognition of the melody (instrumental and/or vocal with pop music) | ||
| Bass line detection | ||
| Realization of accompanying voices based on the harmonies | ||
| Any ensembles selectable (piano, orchestra, band, ...) | ||
| Robust, well playable result even with complex pieces |
| Further recognition | capella audio2score start | capella audio2score pro |
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New: Detection of time signature (can be corrected on request) |
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| Recognition of barlines (can be corrected if desired) | ||
| Key detection (can be corrected if desired) | ||
| Tuning detection (concert pitch a') | ||
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Automatic local derivation of enharmonic changes (“F sharp” or “G flat”?) according to the harmonic context |
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| Free configurability: set up any desired ensembles with individual voices, recognition settings, quantization and accompaniment patterns | ||
| Combination of note-by-note and holistic recognition; creation of templates for new projects | ||
| Notes can be transposed if desired | ||
| Support of transposing instruments |
| Editing | capella audio2score start | capella audio2score pro |
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| Support from the sound tissue, which provides visual insight into the sound | ||
| Display of tones as tone boxes (piano roll view) and as note images | ||
| Intuitive editing in both views, real-time synchronization | ||
| Post-processing of harmonies (accompanying voices adapt) | ||
| Barlines and beat strokes: changeable by manually setting marks | ||
| Barlines: changeable by tapping along with playback | ||
| Adjustable formatting of the notes (page size, bar numbers, ...) | partly | |
| Voice editor for the score layout of all voices (clefs, line spacing, solid barlines, etc.) |
| Operation | capella audio2score start | capella audio2score pro |
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| All settings with visual and acoustic preview in real time | ||
| Qualitative playback of recognized notes via soundfont (capella-tune) | ||
| Control listening of the result by simultaneous playback of the original (mixer function), at any tempo (time stretching) | ||
| Mouse mode: playback of original and/or recognition by mouse swipe at any tempo | ||
| Voice filtering for tones boxes and playback | ||
| Modern MDI interface in which multiple documents / views can be placed side by side | ||
| Easy-to-use, limited wizard interface for getting started | ||
| Switch to the main program (complete features) and back possible at any time | ||
| Direct transfer of the notes to capella | ||
| Help notes in the program and detailed documentation |
| File formats | capella audio2score start | capella audio2score pro |
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| Input (audio): MP3, WAV; WMA (Windows only) | ||
| Output (sheet music): CapXML (capella), MusicXML, PDF | ||
| Output (MIDI): SMF-0, SMF-1 |
Possibilities and limitations of recognition