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StaffPad

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StaffPad
Original author(s)David William Hearn
Matthew Tesch
Developer(s)Muse Group
StaffPad Ltd
Initial releaseMarch 2015; 10 years ago (2015-03)
Written inC++, Swift, C#
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, iPadOS,
Available inEnglish
TypeScorewriter
LicenseProprietary
Websitewww.staffpad.net

StaffPad is a scorewriter application for creating musical compositions using handwriting recognition and multi-touch input for music notation.

Originally released for Windows 8 on 31 March 2015,[1][2] StaffPad was subsequently released on iPadOS on 5 February 2020.[3][4] Designed for composers, orchestrators, arrangers, songwriters, and teachers, StaffPad is used to create compositions, edit notation, and play back a score using samples.[5] It features adaptive toolsets, a pressure-toggled Erase tool, and text recognition for musical notation.[6] It has been a part of Muse Group since 2021[7].

StaffPad Reader

StaffPad Reader is a companion application for iPadOS and Microsoft Windows 10, designed for near real-time viewing of StaffPad score files.[8] The Reader application communicates with StaffPad over a Wi-Fi network and displays an automatically formatted part for any musical staff contained in the full score. Multiple Reader applications can connect to the same instance of StaffPad, forming a one-to-many relationship between StaffPad and musicians using the Reader. The user is able to make changes to the full score with StaffPad, with the results updated automatically on all connected Readers.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Staffpad - Microsoft Store". https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/staffpad/9wzdncrddkrb?rtc=1&activetab=pivot:overviewtab. 
  2. ↑ "StaffPad is a music handwriting app that's real — and it's spectacular". 31 March 2015. http://www.sibeliusblog.com/news/staffpad-is-a-music-handwriting-app/. 
  3. ↑ "StaffPad, a stunning Windows music writing app, is now available on iPad". 5 February 2020. https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/5/21123874/staffpad-ipad-app-release-apple-windows-surface-update-features-reader-score-composing-music. 
  4. ↑ "StaffPad, Notation Software For iOS & Windows". https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/staffpad. 
  5. ↑ "StaffPad makes it to iPad with a huge 2020 update". 5 February 2020. https://www.gearnews.com/staffpad-makes-it-to-ipad-with-a-huge-2020-update/. 
  6. ↑ "Behind the Design: StaffPad". https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=5z97xxqw. 
  7. ↑ Rothman, Philip (2021-05-07). "StaffPad acquired by Muse Group; audio support planned" (in en-US). https://www.scoringnotes.com/news/staffpad-acquired-by-muse-group-audio-support-planned/. 
  8. ↑ "StaffPad wows with long-awaited iPad release and new free StaffPad Reader". 5 February 2020. https://www.scoringnotes.com/reviews/staffpad-for-ipad/. 
  9. ↑ "iPad music app's overnight success took 10 years of hard work". 2 July 2020. https://www.cultofmac.com/716016/staffpad-music-notation-ipad-app/. 



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