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Unbelievable control Overture 4 has many new playback features not found in any other notation program. Articulations, ornaments, expressions, symbols, hairpins,
dynamics, etc. can affect MIDI playback. The built in library defines how they affect the MIDI playback and is customizable for each score.
- Articulation Playback
Articulations can affect attack times, durations, velocities, and send controller data, key switch data, or even pause the score. These are user definable and saved with the score. Articulations such as Breath mark and Grand Pause, pause score playback.
- Glissando Playback
Select a glissando and then choose diatonic, chromatic, or white keys to be used during playback. You can set the line type to solid (none if thickness 0), or wavy and choose to display text.
- Chord and Guitar Frame Playback
Select a chord and then choose the starting offset times, durations and velocities to be used during playback.
Any symbol from the graphics palette can affect playback.
Voice Playback
Select any note and set its playback to another voice using parameters in Tracks Window, maintains its original voice.
Expressions
Expressions now can send tempos throughout a range, bank changes, etc. at any point in the score. You can also tell Overture to switch playback voices anywhere in the score. Controller names and key switches are predefine for VST
instruments.
- Solo and Mute
Right mouse click on any track to solo or mute the track directly on the score.
- Scrub Tool
Click the scrub tool and drag over horizontally over measure to play the notes one at a time.
- Humanize Function
You can randomize start times, ending times, velocities, and tempos within the selected area.
- Tempo Offset
Adjust the tempo during playback from 10% to 200% using the MIDI Data mode.
- Non-Metered Playback
Overture plays all the notes in measure even if it is 4.5 beats, and allowing you to have unlimited number of notes in a measure. This is useful for Cadenzas or music without barlines.
- MIDI Clock
Overture now sends MIDI Start, MIDI Stop, MIDI Continue, and MIDI clock.
- Measure Repeats
Single and double bar repeats.
- Redirect MIDI
Each track's MIDI output can be sent to another MIDI port and have any MIDI input port be sent to the track's original output device. This is useful for sample libraries that use a separate MIDI utility.
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