StaffPad

Music Notation and Composition

Published by: StaffPad

Description

MADE FOR COMPOSERS
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StaffPad is designed for composers who want to write music effortlessly, using music notation and audio. Write your music using Apple Pencil, and the app will transform your writing into beautifully typeset notation that can be edited, played back, printed and shared. Record or import audio directly onto your score and edit it intuitively with Apple Pencil. Magically convert your real piano playing or existing recordings into notation using advanced on-device machine learning. Add video, smart symbols and use world leading sample libraries and mix your score with a suite of studio effects. From basic idea to a full film score; StaffPad is the easiest, most powerful and most intuitive way to compose music on iPad.
WRITE NATURALLY
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Write your score with the fluidity of natural handwriting. Use touch and Apple Pencil to quickly edit your notation. Transpose, repeat and structure your score with intuitive gestures and tools. Customise the tempo with a unique tempo staff (or import a tempo map from a MIDI file), add chords either manually or automatically with the chord staff. You can even copy music written in StaffPad into other apps, simply using the normal copy and paste functions.
HEAR YOUR MASTERPIECE
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With a groundbreaking playback engine and over 55 included instruments, StaffPad is ready to perform your written piece instantly. Add industry-standard sample libraries, adapted and customised for StaffPad, from some of the world's leading sample developers. This is a leap forward for composers working at the highest levels.
SHARE WITH SCORESYNC
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Once you're ready to perform or record your work, tap the ScoreSync button in StaffPad and your score is instantly shared across a Wi-Fi network to any device running the free StaffPad Reader app (available in the App Store). The Readers present each individual musical part beautifully formatted, update in realtime with any changes you make to your score, handle automatic page turns, and play back in perfect time with a synchronised metronome, for capturing the perfect recording every time.
IMPORT AND EXPORT
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StaffPad imports and exports MusicXML and MIDI files for easily working with other music apps. You can also export your playback as WAV, AAC or MP3. You can import audio files into your score, with support for most major audio formats.
WORK WITH AUDIO AND VIDEO
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For the first time, you can seamlessly mix audio with your notated score. Record directly onto the score canvas using your device's in-built microphones, or import loops, Tempo map freeform/rubato performances using the tempo staff. Add shine to your production with a suite of studio quality DSP effects, and polish with precise automation.
PIANO AND MIDI CAPTURE
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Record your real piano and convert it into notation. Don't have a real piano? Don't worry - you can connect a USB or Bluetooth MIDI keyboard and record your performance in realtime, converting to notation as you play.
PRINT / PDF
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As well as digital parts via ScoreSync, StaffPad will automatically format and print parts or export PDFs for you. Customise the paper size, bar number styles, number of bars per line, scaling, margins, multi-bar consolidation and more. StaffPad automatically formats the score for consistent presentation.
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User Rating

4.24 out of 5

42 ratings in Thailand

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StaffPad Reviews

ไฟล์หาย

Firstttttt1st on

Thailand

เก็บเพลงไว้แล้วไฟล์หาย

Excellent

ฺBobby on

Thailand

ใช้งานเขียนเพลงได้รวดเร็ว สะดวก คิดแล้วเขียนได้ทันที ทำงานร่วมกับไฟล์เสียงได้ และตัวเลือกต่าง ๆ ที่ ช่วยในการเขียนที่เข้าใจง่าย ในบางครั้งอาจจะมีอาการหน่วงบ้างเวลาเขียนเพลงที่มีความยาวมาก ๆ ที่สำคัญ ไม่สามารถใช้ pencil แบบเทียบเท่า กับ Apple Pencil มาใช้เขียนได้ *อยากให้มีเครื่องดนตรีที่เป็นเครื่องอื่น ๆ นอกเหนือจากแค่ในวงซิมโฟนี *และอยากให้สามารถเปิดสกอร์แบบแบ่งครึ่งหน้าจอเป็นสองหน้าต่างได้ และสามารถก๊อบปี้โน้ตข้ามไปมาระหว่างหน้าต่าง ได้ จะขอบคุณมาก ๆ การจัดการหน้ากระดาษ ถือว่าใช้ได้ดี นอกจากนั้นก็ไม่มีปัญหาอะไรที่น่ากังวล เพราะใช้งานได้ดี

Problem list

Nbrother1607 on

Thailand

All the problems I can think of are listed down below: - Why can’t we add text before tempo numbers? - Why are there no finger numbers? - Why can’t we place arpeggios across lines? (Like across a piano staff) - Why can’t we place arpeggios across voices? If this app gets another update maybe I’ll add more problems to the list

I love it

oartsis on

Thailand

การใช้งานง่าย สดวก นึกอะไรเขียนได้ทันทีเลย

ไม่ได้แย่อย่างที่คิดนะครับ

KitisakBu on

Thailand

ไม่ได้แย่อย่างที่คิดครับ ส่วนตัวคือชอบครับ อาจจะต้องฝึกเขียน ฝึกคัดลายมือนิดนึงครับ สะดวกดีครับผม

ใช้งานยุ่งยากและหลายขั้นตอน

มูฟ on

Thailand

จะเขียนโน็ตยุ่งยากมาก

Kills creativity because interface.

Michael Bruce Allen on

United States

Update your interface. You didnt allow trial before buying now i know. Work with some actual musicians and pay close attention to problem areas.

Handwriting Recognition

Dan_W_98 on

United States

The handwriting recognition for this app is so bad that it is unusable… I bought the app specifically for that feature and was very disappointed. I spent hours trying to practice to no avail. Borderline false advertising unless I’m doing something wrong.

Wonderful app for all levels of composers

Bighorse55 on

United States

I have been so happy, busy and excited since coming across this app. It’s been a lot more efficient when coming to compose, transcribe, or even arrange and mix a song. I would love to see an update where there is an option for the jazz font, also the ability to make time signatures bigger for the bigger scores that require the tablet size paper. Oh, and also the ability to change the number of bars at the end of a piece so there isn’t just only 4 bars to add unnecessary bars or paper when printing. But StaffPad regardless is a masterful app for all musicians. Keep up the good work!

Terrible Handwriting Detection

Prices? on

United States

For an app that relies solely on detecting your handwriting for note input, it better have darn good handwriting detection. StaffPad simply does not have the handwriting detection it needs. Not only does it force me to notate how it wants me to notate (draw an S for a quarter rest, draw 7 for an eighth rest, etc…), 50% of the time it wont even notice its own drawing recommendations! I have to draw, erase, draw, erase over and over again until it finally recognizes my handwriting! This could all be fixed by adding some way, just any possible way to input notes without having to use an Apple Pencil. The absolute worst offender I have encountered with the app is that it genuinely refuses to recognize any dynamic markings besides forte. Even forte it forces you to draw in a specific way! So if I wan a piano dynamic marking, you are forced to draw a lower case t (tell me how that makes sense), double tap to realize it as a forte marking, then click and drag down on the marking until it turns in into a piano marking… I’ve been trying to make this software work for months, but I can’t take it anymore. At this point I’d rather use pen and paper. For any creative workflow the goal of a piece of software should be to make it as seamless and intuitive a process as possible. StaffPad is the opposite of this. I spend more time fighting the software than I spend writing music. Once the devs at StaffPad fix their handwriting detection, and add a secondary way to notate, then I would happily return to the app. Until then, I’m removing it from my iPad and will not be using it again.

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App Info

Category
Music
Publisher
StaffPad
Languages
English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish
Recent release
1.6.4 (1 year ago )
Released on
Feb 4, 2020 (5 years ago )
Last Updated
3 days ago
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