Symphony Pro - Music Notation 4+

Compose by handwriting or tap

Xenon Labs, LLC

Designed for iPad

    • 4.2 • 6 Ratings
    • S$ 19.98
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Symphony Pro 6 is a complete and intuitive app for writing music notation on iPad. It allows you to compose music for just about any size ensemble, from piano, symphonies, band, lead sheets, chord charts, guitar tabs, and more.

Starting Version 5, Symphony Pro now offers handwriting recognition as the only in-app purchase: Perfect with Apple Pencil, and works great with touch or capacitive stylus

GETTING STARTED

SP provides all of the key options to begin your work. Import a score via MusicXML, MXL, MIDI, or SP file from your computer, or from apps like Dropbox, Mail, iCloud Drive, or Safari. You can base your project on a template, or start a blank score and add additional parts later.

EDITING

To add notes, choose Pencil mode, and tap anywhere on a bar to begin editing right away. You can quickly specify note properties before or after placing notes. By switching to Select mode with one touch, you can also transpose, erase, cut, and paste multiple notes/tracks.

With an on-screen instrument, a QWERTY keyboard, or Core MIDI compatible keyboard, you can quickly enter notes & chords in step entry mode. Record a part in real-time with on-screen instruments to transcribe into notation.

Versions 4 & 5 take greater advantage of the iPad touchscreen. With shortcuts and contextual menus to edit note & bar properties, many of the commonly used editing commands are right at your fingertips.

SP supports a wide range of notational elements for your composition. Including dynamics & articulations, time & key signature changes, clef changes, pedals, and repeat conventions. Edit chord symbols, lyrics, and annotations using the iPad’s standard keyboard.

EXPORT & SHARE

When you’re finished, print out your score with AirPrint, or export it as a PDF, MusicXML, AAC, MIDI, or Symphony file. Share files via email or directly to another computer or iPad via Dropbox/iCloud Drive.

KEY FEATURES

• Introducing Handwriting Recognition for Apple Pencil & touch
• Starting Version 5, Handwriting is the only In-App Purchase to enable the complete app
• Now download SP on your iPhone
• 24+ professionally recorded and sound-designed acoustic instruments, free out of the box

Earlier features offered free, to existing & new owners

• 114 built-in instruments for playback, and auditioning the notes you entered
• Create in standard music notation or tablature
• Edit with an on-screen piano, QWERTY keyboard, or a MIDI input device
• Dozens of shortcuts & gestures to edit & navigate
• Reduce your score size, range, or combination of parts for viewing & editing*
• Print directly to AirPrint
• Up to 48 instruments, 100 staves, 4 voices/layers per score
• Record a part in real-time with clicks at the beat with optional emphasis
• Backup & sync your scores with iCloud*
• Import MusicXML, MIDI, MXL, or Symphony files
• Export as a PDF, MusicXML, MIDI, AAC, or Symphony file
• Large selection of articulations & dynamics
• Multi-measure rests, including automatic rests
• Grace notes
• Customizable noteheads & note colors
• Chord symbol, lyric, and annotation tools
• Edit the properties of multiple notes and rests simultaneously by multi-note select
• Copy/Paste function supports partial & multi-bar/staff select
• Unlimited undo/redo
• Customizable stem directions & note beaming
• Transposing & concert pitch score option
• Change tempo or clef anywhere in score or bar
• Stream audio or share your screen wirelessly with AirPlay
• Advanced document management
• Create your own custom project template or use a built-in one
• Customizable part groupings for SATB and instrument families
• Customizable chord symbol, lyric, and annotation font
• Loop playback feature
• Auto-save support

* Previously paid, but now free upgrade in Version 5

For More information, please visit:

• http://www.symphonypro.net
• http://forums.symphonypro.net
• Facebook page at www.facebook.com/symphonyapp
• Learn about the iPhone-only app: bit.ly/symphonyiphone

What’s New

Version 6.5.2

- General bug fixes
- Fixed issue on iPhone with iOS 17 where toolbars were not clearly visible
- Fixes other issues on iPad and iPhone where menus and icons were sometimes not clearly visible

Ratings and Reviews

4.2 out of 5
6 Ratings

6 Ratings

Church-choir ,

Very good improvement Ver 2.0

This program is very good for those who wants to sing in different parts of the musical notes.
Can imagine that the choir no longer needs to print pages of music notes !!!!!

Since we can create many tracks of a particular song, at times we need to hear only on one or a certain combination of tracks.
One suggestion that will be very valuable is to have a selection "mute" button on each track.
We can thus enable or disable the sound of each track instead of moving the sound bar to mute the track.

lillie2408 ,

What i have been looking for

Much more stable than alternatives out there that most YouTubers seem to vouch for. I can now input music notes much more efficiently, and it hasn’t crashed for me as of yet. Though a little laggy at times, and some actions are not the most intuitive.
All in all i am just immensely grateful that i do not have to constantly hunt for my mouse to change note values.

Inletvalve ,

So painful I almost smashed my iPad

All the functions appear to be there. But it is buggy like crazy. Copying pasting sections will always guarantee additional notes, rests or weird additions. It is so unintuitive that it makes me want to go back to paper.

Adding repeats, symbols and text is also painful.

I have been using this for over a year and I still don’t get how this increases my productivity.

Today I seriously started looking at computer based notation systems.

In-App Purchases

Handwriting Recognition Tool
Handwriting Recognition Tool
Swift & seamless. Perfect with Apple Pencil.
S$ 14.98

App Privacy

The developer, Xenon Labs, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

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