VERSION 3 FEATURES

PC-Pro provides up to 128 staves per system.

PC-16 provides up to 16 staves per system.

PC-8 provides up to 8 staves per system

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Program Levels File Compatibility

PC-Pro 16 8 Opens files from previous versions of program. 

PC-Pro   Imports MIDI, RIFF-MIDI, NIFF and Music-XML files.

PC-Pro   Exports MIDI and NIFF files

PC-Pro   Saves files as WAV or MP3 files

PC-Pro 16  Imports RIFF-MIDI files.

PC-Pro 16 8 Copy a selected area and paste to a WP, DTP, or Graphics application.

Document Display

PC-Pro   Intermediate barline symbol

PC-Pro   Blank pages may be inserted into the score, for text or other uses.

PC-Pro 16  Restart page numbers and measure numbers anywhere.

PC-Pro 16  Hide secondary beams.

PC-Pro 16  Beams will cross barlines.

PC-Pro 16  Can use certain alternate music fonts

PC-Pro 16  Text equivalents for Pedal marks

PC-Pro 16  Use short staff names or none at all in systems after the first.

PC-Pro 16  Optional boxes or circles around measure numbers (square box, rounded box, circle)

PC-Pro 16 8 Add rehearsal marks emphasized with rectangles, rounded rectangles, or circles

PC-Pro 16 8 Wavy, dashed, and dotted straight lines, optionally with arrowheads.

PC-Pro 16 8 Automatically adjusts note spacing to accommodate accidental on first beat of a measure.

PC-Pro 16 8 Note-owned fingering numbers, in vertical array. 

Toolbars and Palettes

PC-Pro   Tool palettes can follow a movable main tool palette.

PC-Pro   Tool palettes can be reshaped.

PC-Pro 16  Tool palettes can be large or small  (PC-8 palettes are large only)

PC-Pro 16 8 Status Line identifies objects and their parameters.

PC-Pro 16 8 Vanishing palettes provide a "cleaner" look.

PC-Pro 16 8 Use a palette to select notes, accidentals, rests or articulations. 

Documentation and Online Help

PC-Pro 16 8 Comprehensive user manual on disk.

PC-Pro 16 8 Easy start-up instructions.

PC-Pro 16 8 Illustrated Help file with links.

PC-Pro 16 8 On-screen messages identify tools and their uses.

PC-Pro 16 8 Choose from pre-designed score templates, or easily create your own. 

Music Entry - Manual

PC-Pro 16 8 Select rhythmic values with the computer keyboard or with the mouse.

PC-Pro 16 8 Enter pitches and position them with the mouse.

PC-Pro 16 8 Enter pitches and position them with the computer keyboard.

PC-Pro 16 8 Select and position articulation markings, text, and dynamics. 

Music Entry - Real Time

PC-Pro   On-screen timer for recording and playback

PC-Pro 16 8 Notate as you play a MIDI instrument, following a program-supplied metronome.

PC-Pro 16 8 Set rhythmic values with the MIDI keyboard, computer keyboard or from a palette.

PC-Pro 16 8 Record and play with a resolution of 1024 parts per quarter note.

PC-Pro 16 8 Record on one staff while playing back others.

PC-Pro 16 8 Set split point for recording two parts at once.

PC-Pro 16 8 Preset note quantization.

PC-Pro 16 8 Preselect MIDI controllers to be hidden or filtered out.

PC-Pro 16 8 In Step Time mode, enter pitches one beat at a time using a MIDI instrument. 

Music Capacity

PC-Pro 16 8 Enter rhythmic values from a double-whole note to a 128th note.

PC-Pro 16 8 Define up to four independent note streams of music (voices) per staff.

PC-Pro 16 8 Define up to four timbres (channel and patch combinations) per staff.

PC-Pro 16 8 Optionally enter as many notes in a measure as you wish, regardless of time signature. 

Staves

PC-Pro   Up to 128 staves per system, unlimited number of measures per file

PC-Pro   Multiple staff sizes in the same score.

PC-Pro   Ossia staves, cue staves.

PC-Pro 16 8 Choose from ten standard staff sizes, or define a custom size.

PC-Pro 16 8 Set the number of lines in any staff from 1 to 15. 

Clefs and signatures

PC-Pro 16 8 Choose from 16 clefs.

PC-Pro 16 8 Place a new clef or key signature at the start or within any measure.

PC-Pro 16 8 Optionally hide a clef, time signature, or key signature.

PC-Pro 16 8 Automatic courtesy clef at the end of previous line.  Hide if desired. 

Key & Time Signatures, Barlines

PC-Pro 16  Restart measure numbers any number of times.

PC-Pro 16 8 Hide a measure number.

PC-Pro 16 8 Easily set up Key and Time signatures.

PC-Pro 16 8 Use standard key signatures.

PC-Pro 16 8 Use a different key signature in each staff.

PC-Pro 16 8 Create complex time signatures.

PC-Pro 16 8 Hide key and time signatures if desired.

PC-Pro 16 8 Ignore the key signature on percussion staves.

PC-Pro 16 8 Automatically place double barlines before key changes.

PC-Pro 16 8 Easily place an end barline and trim empty measures. 

Text Handling

PC-Pro   Rich Text box permits block text with style, formatting, and color options.

PC-Pro 16  Define up to 64 QuickFonts

PC-Pro 16 8 Create and position titles, copyright notices and other text.

PC-Pro 16 8 Text on master page appears on all pages.

PC-Pro 16 8 A text macro can be placed on any page, to print on all following pages.

PC-Pro 16 8 Automatic page numbering.

PC-Pro 16 8 Stamp each page with file name, date and time.

PC-Pro 16 8 Place large blocks of text with a built-in text editor.

PC-Pro 16 8 Cut, copy and paste text.

PC-Pro 16 8 Create and edit text blocks on any view.

PC-Pro 16 8 Control text font, size, style and alignment.

PC-Pro 16 8 Independently specify the alignment, position, and font for any staff name.

PC-Pro 16 8 Change style of all selected text by pressing B, I, U on the keyboard.

PC-Pro 16 8 Change fonts globally for text blocks, staff names, group names and lyrics. 

Lyrics

PC-Pro 16 8 Auto space hyphens in lyrics

PC-Pro 16 8 Auto melismas in lyrics

PC-Pro 16 8 Up to eight lines of lyrics.

PC-Pro 16 8 Type lyrics directly onto the score.

PC-Pro 16 8 Automatically aligns lyrics with notes.

PC-Pro 16 8 Align lyric lines globally or syllable by syllable.

PC-Pro 16 8 Mix fonts, sizes and styles as needed. 

Chords and Guitar Notation

PC-Pro   Plays guitar chords

PC-Pro   Permits user-defined chord types

PC-Pro 16 8 Plays a Tab staff.

PC-Pro 16 8 TAB clef auto-adjusts to staff height.

PC-Pro 16 8 Select and place chord names and/or chord frames easily.

PC-Pro 16 8 Chord names can be user defined.

PC-Pro 16 8 Automatically transposes chord symbols with changes in key.

PC-Pro 16 8 Use positioning guides to accurately place chord symbols.

PC-Pro 16 8 Guitar Tablature notation. 

Percussion

PC-Pro   Supports PAS percussion notation standard as well as the MIDI standard.

PC-Pro   Auto drum rolls. 

Music Editing

PC-Pro   “Copy to end” selected staves, for pasting elsewhere, including another file.

PC-Pro   Define default music metrics - line widths, spacings of notes, accidentals, clefs, etc.

PC-Pro   Use scroll mouse for zoom.

PC-Pro   A barline can be moved with respect to notes, to reformat measures

PC-Pro   Hide staff lines in a measure, for inserting text, separating Codas, etc.

PC-Pro 16  Dynamics can be incremented/decremented (such as from f < > ff) in place.

PC-Pro 16  View a score in scroll view (continuous staff) or page view.  (In PC-8, page view only.)  

PC-Pro 16  Move between main score window and individual part views.

PC-Pro 16 8 Objects will snap to guide lines (option).

PC-Pro 16 8 Focused item is displayed in color (optional).

PC-Pro 16 8 Auto grace notes.

PC-Pro 16 8 Lock measures against positional changes by page refreshing or reformatting.

PC-Pro 16 8 Each slur end can be "owned" by a note, and moves with that note.

PC-Pro 16 8 When an object is focused, a dashed blue line connects to the owning note, beat, or measure

PC-Pro 16 8 When placing a hairpin or slur, cursor jumps to right end for faster editing

PC-Pro 16 8 Tuplet types from 2:x to 31:x

PC-Pro 16 8 Ottavas, 8 above and below, 15ma above and below

PC-Pro 16 8 Use a scroll mouse for scrolling.

PC-Pro 16 8 Enlarge or reduce a view between 33% and 2250% of normal working size.

PC-Pro 16 8 Use on-screen rulers and non-printing guide lines to position score elements.

PC-Pro 16 8 View each window in any manner desired (view, magnification, etc.).

PC-Pro 16 8 Cut, copy, and paste between files.

PC-Pro 16 8 Move immediately to a specified page or measure.

PC-Pro 16 8 Number of files open at the same time: PC-PRO, unlimited; PC-16, four; PC-8, two.

PC-Pro 16 8 Toggle ownership of objects between beat, note, and page.

PC-Pro 16 8 Select any group of notes, including partial measures, for editing.

PC-Pro 16 8 Insert, cut, copy, and delete music.

PC-Pro 16 8 Double-click almost any item to immediately view its parameters.

PC-Pro 16 8 Reposition any object or text anywhere on the page simply by dragging it.

PC-Pro 16 8 Transpose, rebeam and apply other changes to music.

PC-Pro 16 8 Select and position articulation markings, text and dynamics.

PC-Pro 16 8 Apply articulations with automatic positioning and stem direction sensitivity.

PC-Pro 16 8 Respace notes and rests within measures.

PC-Pro 16 8 Adjust measure widths by moving barlines.

PC-Pro 16 8 Control stem direction of individual notes or of selected groups of notes.

PC-Pro 16 8 Add graphic repeat signs and text repeat markings.

PC-Pro 16 8 Adjust the positions of beats in a measure.

PC-Pro 16 8 Adjust positions of notes without moving the beats.

PC-Pro 16 8 Adjust ties, slurs, crescendos and diminuendos.

PC-Pro 16 8 Easily place a repeat barline and a repeat ending for any selected region.

PC-Pro 16 8 Move all notes in a selected region upward or downward using the arrow keys.

PC-Pro 16 8 Move notes from one "Voice" to another. 

Part Extraction

PC-Pro 16  Extract one or more staves at once.

PC-Pro 16  Text macros for part-extract templates.

PC-Pro 16  Automatic condensing of empty measures and placing of multimeasure rests.

PC-Pro 16  Automatically creates end barline and trims empty measures.

PC-Pro 16  Extract part to a template with predefined setup and layout.

PC-Pro 16  Transpose part on extraction, or transpose it only on playback.

PC-Pro 16  Page-owned text on Page 1 and master-page items are copied to extracted part.

PC-Pro 16  Extraction copies original manuscript attributes such as measure numbering.

PC-Pro 16  Setup and layout of extracted part can be based on the original score or a template.

PC-Pro 16  Dynamics and MIDI controllers designated as "all staves" extract with each part. 

Beams, Stems & Note-heads

PC-Pro 16  Secondary beams can be hidden.

PC-Pro 16 8 Cross-barline beaming is supported.

PC-Pro 16 8 Supports cross-staff notes and beaming, beam width, rests within beam groups.

PC-Pro 16 8 Select standard oval notes or shaped notes.

PC-Pro 16 8 Control stem direction of individual notes or of selected groups of notes.

PC-Pro 16 8 Assign a playback meaning to any graphic.

PC-Pro 16 8 Add Cue Notes - easily place cue notes on any staff.

PC-Pro 16 8 Automatically places double barlines before key changes.

PC-Pro 16 8 Change the sizes of note-heads of all notes in a selected region. 

Graphics

PC-Pro   Paste graphics from other applications.

PC-Pro 16 8 Select any area and copy it as a WMF or BMP graphic.

PC-Pro 16 8 Place dotted, dashed, and wavy lines.

PC-Pro 16 8 Place ellipses, rectangles, perfect circles and squares.

PC-Pro 16 8 Control line thickness and fill for rectangles and ellipses. 

Playback

PC-Pro   Auto trills, turns, and mordents using only the signs.

PC-Pro   Auto arpeggios over one or two staves.  Just place a wavy line.

PC-Pro   Auto glissandos.  Just place a straight or wavy line.

PC-Pro   Auto pitch bend for continuous instruments such as trumpet, violin.

PC-Pro   User-definable chords.

PC-Pro   Auto drum rolls.

PC-Pro   Plays guitar chords.

PC-Pro   D.S., D.C., Segno, al coda and al fine control playback.

PC-Pro   Stem slashes on notes effect repeats.

PC-Pro   On-screen timer for playback

PC-Pro   Repeat signs (slashes) repeat playback of note groups and measures.

PC-Pro   Use a MIDI message symbol to set or change playback transpose.

PC-Pro 16  Fermatas will pause playback

PC-Pro 16 8 User-defined default values for dynamics.

PC-Pro 16 8 Play your score through a MIDI instrument, Sound Module, or Sound Card.

PC-Pro 16 8 Dynamics, octave marks, repeats and tempo marks control playback.

PC-Pro 16 8 Place and edit individual MIDI events.

PC-Pro 16 8 MIDI controllers can be single events or transitions, linear or nonlinear.

PC-Pro 16 8 On-screen mixer adjusts tempo, volume of each staff; solo or mute staves.

PC-Pro 16 8 Play selected staves or an entire score, start and stop at will.

PC-Pro 16 8 After playback, display returns to the starting measure.

PC-Pro 16 8 Scrolls music on-screen during playback, in Page view or Scroll view.

PC-Pro 16 8 Define playback sound of each staff.

PC-Pro 16 8 Easily assign a MIDI channel or patch, and solo/mute setting for each staff. 

PC-Pro 16 8 Define playback of interpretive marks, text and shapes.

PC-Pro 16 8 Play a score as notated or as recorded. 

Page Layout

PC-Pro 16  Insert blank pages into score.

PC-Pro 16 8 Control the layouts of individual staff systems and page margins.

PC-Pro 16 8 Move lyrics, chords, expressions, titles, text blocks and other elements.

PC-Pro 16 8 Fit selected measures into staff systems.

PC-Pro 16 8 Insert staff systems into your music while keeping the original systems intact.

PC-Pro 16 8 Insert staff systems while reflowing measures across systems and pages.

PC-Pro 16 8 Easily set the distance between staves.

PC-Pro 16 8 Indent staff systems and adjust systems horizontally or vertically.

PC-Pro 16 8 Simplify the conductor's score by hiding the staff for resting instruments. 

Printing

PC-Pro 16  Print random pages.

PC-Pro 16 8 Print on virtually any Windows-compatible printer.

PC-Pro 16 8 One-side or two-side printing.

PC-Pro 16 8 Collate pages.

PC-Pro 16 8 Print to a file that can be printed without Personal Composer.