Feature list capella
You can see a comparison of the features offered by the different capella versions here. capella subscription also has a number of exclusive features.
| Feature | capella start | capella |
|---|---|---|
| List of main features | ||
| State of development and year | Version 10 (2025) | Version 10 (2025) |
| Mac version available | ||
| For Windows 10, 11 | ||
| 64-bit version | ||
| Automatic software updating | ||
| Continuous program maintenance | ||
| Innovative, context sensitive layout of tools in the edit area | ||
| Preview in dialogs - view changes in advance | ||
| Variable window order: quick access via tabs | ||
| Convenient ScoreWizard creates new scores | ||
| ScoreWizard supports polyphonic staves such as Soprano/Alto - Tenor/Bass oder 1st/2nd/3rd Flutes | ||
| Number of lines per staves (usually: 5) | 5 | 1-11 |
| Number of polyphonic voices per stave | 2 | 6 |
| Number of staves per system | 4 | 999 |
| Number of measures per score | 100 | unlimited |
| Number of systems per score: unlimited | ||
| Small and large staves in the same score | ||
| Each score can be displayed in several (even split) windows, e.g. page view and detail | ||
| Powerful,seamless zoom function. An unlimited number of pages can be displayed next to each other | ||
| Numerous keyboard short cuts for almost all menu and dialog instructions - operation without mouse possible | ||
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Split-second movement and orientation across large scores using the navigation area with preview |
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| Undo and redo function, using list with clear instruction descriptions. Number of undo and redo steps: | >100 | >100 |
| Note values: Breve note to 1/128 | ||
| Import and export, interfaces | ||
| MusicXML import (e.g. files of Finale®*) or Sibelius®) | max. 4 staves | |
| Midi import in format Midi 0 and 1, Midi export in format Midi-1 | max. 4 tracks | |
| MP3 and Wave export | ||
| PDF export directly from capella | ||
| MusicXML export: capella files can be used by Finale®*) and Sibelius® users | ||
| Integrated Musicalion.com search function | ||
| Download from Musicalion.com, free trial membership | ||
| Share scores: Integrated upload function for Musicalion.com | ||
| Search function for finding melodies in the score | ||
| Search for certain sections in the score, e.g. change of key | ||
| Integrated programming language (Python) to create additional features as plugins | ||
| Easy to use ready-made plugins - free download from this website and others | ||
| Future-proof data interface on XML basis | ||
| Note entry | ||
| Note entry via PC keyboard - unsurpassedly quick and easy | ||
| "Sustain pedal" for chord entry | ||
| Note entry via keyboard, Midi real-time entry and Midi step entry | ||
| Mouse piano (size adjustable and fully customizable) | ||
| Comfort mouse entry: Click notes directly in the lines | ||
| Mouse piano displays notes during entry and playback | ||
| Mouse correction: Shift notes upwards and downwards with the mouse | ||
| Support for entering and playing back percussion instruments using sound mapping | ||
| Percussion voices can be easily set in the ScoreWizard | ||
| Note entry using piano roll with metronome and quantizing option | ||
| Transposition | ||
| Transpose the entire score with one mouse click | ||
| Transpose with or without key change: chromatic, true to interval and enharmonic transposition; diatonic shifting | ||
| Transposing: Individual parts of the score with automatic key signature function; all transposing functions with or without key change | ||
| Transposition of individual or multiple staves across the entire score | ||
| Transposing instruments reflected during playback | ||
| Playback | ||
| Rehearsal features: counting in, tuning in, metronome | ||
| Loop playback | ||
| Soundfonts are supported | ||
| In Windows: Support of MIDI capable sound cards/sound chips, 128 voices | ||
| Playback bar with slide control for playback position | ||
| Exact position and time display during playback | ||
| Voice filter and solo button | ||
| Choose a different sound for each stave | ||
| Choose a different sound for each voice | ||
| Tempo change option within the score at any note; smooth transitions, tempo recording with slide control | ||
| Positioning of instruments in stereo panorama | ||
| Playback recognizes all performance marks (trills, upper mordents, mordents or turns) | ||
| Standard pitch a' can be tuned | ||
| Playback with any historic tuning, also pure adaptive tuning (Hermode tuning) | ||
| Playback reflects repeat signs: dal segno, al coda, etc. | ||
| Playback reflects user's own playback instructions: pizzikato, col legno, stopped, etc. | ||
| Volta brackets are considered during playback (one octave up or down) | ||
| VST3 host: Support of VST3 samplers | ||
| Sound magnifier - individual notes can be played back step by step | ||
| Score editing | ||
| Multiselection: Select multiple non-contiguous notes | ||
| Automatic beaming and beam slope function, selectable options | ||
| Individually adjustable beam slope and stem length | ||
| Sub-group beams, beams across rests and grace notes | ||
| Notation in adjacent staves, beams stretch across staves | ||
| Automatic chord symbols (with chord analysis) | ||
| Automatic Lead-Sheet generation (chord descriptions for single voice pieces) | ||
| Automatic filling rests, can be deactivted | ||
| Split system at any point in the score. No rigid layout. | ||
| Automatic wrap around (score division with optimized or selected number of bars per system) | ||
| Ties, crescendo hairpins, octave brackets are automatically taken apart/joined during system break | ||
| Automatic break (score division with optimum or freely selectable number of bars per system and optional combination of multiple bar rests) | ||
| Clefs, time signature, key signature, bar lines etc. changeable at any point in the score, including single staves in the current system | ||
| Course of bar lines freely adjustable including bar lines in the gap between staves | ||
| Live voice extraction: Switch from score view to voice extraction view with one mouse click. Note, graphics and text editing done during voice extraction will show in the entire score and vice versa | ||
| One-click extraction of all desired extractions, automatically preformated | ||
| Irregular division (duplet, triplet … up to 15-tuplet) | ||
| Diverse range of note heads, stems and heads without stems | ||
| Forced accidentals (incl. in brackets), suppress accidentals | ||
| Appoggiatura and cue notes | ||
| Tremolo bars in note stems, also in beamed notes | ||
| Edit individual note heads in chord (accidental, head shape, mute during playback etc) | ||
| Automatic bar lines, fixed bar lines, individual-design bar lines | ||
| Staccato, Tenuto, Staccatissimo, hard/soft attack, normal/strong accent, etc. | ||
| Definition of own articulation signs | ||
| Cue notes, grace notes, place holders | ||
| Multiple bar rests in various styles (traditional rest, etc.) | ||
| Split polyphonic staves into separate staves within same system | ||
| Automatic equalisation of incomplete voices in polyphonic staves | Automatic rests | Automatic rests or with plug-in |
| Guitar tablature | ||
| Rest management: merge rests, fill staves with rests | ||
| Score synthesis: Combine several individual voices into one score | ||
| Convert chord letters to chord notes and vice versa | ||
| Sequence of staves in system can be changed at any time; ripple effect throughout the entire score | ||
| Abbreviations, tremolo bars and many more special functions easily available | ||
| Position two systems side by side: perfect for coda notation and cramped spaces | ||
| Text, symbols, graphics | ||
| Insert graphic pages with no notes, just text or graphics | ||
| Automatic placement of text and graphic objects, music symbols | ||
| Lyrics entry syllable by syllable directly underneath notes | ||
| Comfortable lyrics editor | ||
| Automatic positioning of syllables and hyphens, also with melisma | ||
| Smart position assistant for allocation and alignment of text, graphics objects and music symbols | ||
| Text import from other Windows applications | ||
| Default font for text objects can be selected | ||
| Graphics import from other Windows applications | ||
| Text objects in HTML format with unrestricted character and paragraph formatting feature | ||
| Text objects and lyrics may contain any font of any language side by side ("Unicode ", for example Greek, Cyrillic, Chinese) | ||
| Text objects may be set in frames (round, square, oval etc.) | ||
| Field commands in text objects | ||
| 120 musical symbols available to insert directly from symbol pallets | ||
| Intelligent graphic objects: Text, symbols or graphics set in only one voice can appear in one/several/all staves of score and voice extraction | ||
| Free positioning of graphics, including in front or behind notes; sequence selection of overlapping graphics | ||
| Fret kit for plucked instruments | ||
| Symbols can be transposed as you like (chord descriptions, frets, figures etc.) | ||
| Wide ranging design options including dotted slurs, graphic objects such as lines, polygons etc. | ||
| Graphics export, pagewise, several graphics formats | ||
| Collect text and graphic objects in your gallery for easy access (many useful galleries preinstalled) | ||
| Layout and printing | ||
| System brackets (curly brace and/or straight brackets), barlines across staves within system | ||
| Barlines across staves (also for system ranges) | ||
| System justification for each system separately including for the entire score | ||
| Unrestricted formatting feature for footers, headers, automatic page numbering, watermark (including graphics) | ||
| Vertical page adjustment | ||
| Comprehensive color options for all objects in the score (very useful for teaching purposes) | ||
| Choice of note fonts and note styles (software includes: six note fonts from renaissance to jazz, can be expanded) | ||
| Each score can be used as "template" | ||
| Set print size as you like | ||
| Automatic bar numbering with dynamic refresh (bar numbers at beginning of system) | ||
| Bar numbering in variable steps, e.g. numbers at every 5th bar | ||
| Printout on any printer supported by Windows and in all paper sizes and formats (letter, legal, A1 - 5, landscape, etc.) when supported by printer | ||
| General information | ||
| PDF manual (no print version available | ||
| capella must be activated within 30 days after installation |
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