Practica Musica, Ars Nova's award-winning music theory and ear training software, has received its most significant upgrade to date: Version 4. Now compatible with both Windows and Macintosh, Practica Musica 4 has many new features that make it the new standard for music education software. Fully customizable learning activities that meet a wide variety of needs, from beginning students to advanced theory and ear training. Polyphonic capabilities (try 2-part rhythm tapping or 4-part dictation). Practica Musica 4 works with or without MIDI (use the screen piano or use the computer's letter keys as a piano), but it is now compatible with USB MIDI on the Macintosh, as well as QuickTime Instruments and built-in sampled sounds. The Macintosh version supports OMS, FreeMIDI, and MIDI Manager via QuickTime; the Windows version supports sampled sounds, MIDI and internal synthesizer sounds as per the capabilities of your sound card. What's New: Version 4.538: Mac OS X compatibility. Vocalis voice input technology allowing users to sing or play instrumental input into activities such as Pitch Reading, Interval Playing, etc. (voice input is done using any standard USB microphone). New large and small screen pianos that you can switch with a single click New "Tool Tips" are small boxes with explanatory text that pop up when you hold the mouse cursor over a tool. Now you can operate with no student file. Mac dialog windows have been enlarged for easier reading. More control over the range of generated melodies. New arrows make several exercises easier to follow. Define chords with a root that is not actually present. |  |
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