FAQ

Why are there two flavors of intelliScore? IntelliScore comes in two editions: Ensemble Edition and Polyphonic Edition. IntelliScore Ensemble Edition is the only product in the world that can listen to a musical audio file (CD, WAV, MP3, or WMA) comprised of several different instruments and convert it to a MIDI file containing the notes played, broken down by instrument. It also provides all the features of intelliScore Polyphonic. Read the full Ensemble Edition FAQ. If your music contains only one type of instrument, such as a piano solo, consider the bargain priced intelliScore Polyphonic. The performance can be polyphonic (playing several notes at the same time) or monophonic (one note at a time). IntelliScore Polyphonic includes all the same advanced features as intelliScore Ensemble, except that it will not break down the MIDI file into multiple instrument tracks. If you choose the Polyphonic Edition and decide later you would like to upgrade to the Ensemble Edition, you will find that the transition will be easy, as the two editions work similarly. What's it good for? IntelliScore works in two modes: live and prerecorded. In live performance mode, intelliScore allows you to control a MIDI-enabled instrument or your computer's sound card in real-time while you play an acoustic instrument. In conjunction with the included Hubi's MIDI Loopback Device under Windows Me/98SE, you can record MIDI directly into your favorite sequencer, such as the included Anvil Studio. If your computer is running Windows Vista/XP/2000, we recommend using intelliScore in conjunction with MIDI Yoke instead (which can be downloaded free of charge for non-commercial use). Traditionally, this capability would require an expensive, specialized MIDI pickup hardware for your acoustic instrument. IntelliScore saves you the expense of hardware MIDI pickups and additionally works with any instrument. In prerecorded mode, intelliScore listens to MP3, WAVE, WMA, and CD files containing recordings of music and helps figure out the notes played, as well as their duration and dynamics, tempo changes, likely chord names, and the prominent key, and writes them to a MIDI file. This saves you much of the time and trouble required to figure out and write down the notes, so you can spend more time making music and pursuing other creative endeavors. Once your MP3, WAVE, WMA, and CD files are converted into MIDI, you can do things that are impossible with audio files, such as changing individual notes and swapping instruments. You can also play the MIDI file, notate it, and study it. IntelliScore is particularly useful in helping you figure out the notes present in prerecorded MP3, WAVE, WMA, and CD files, especially when you don't know (or don't remember) how to play it. The music could come from live performance, an audio CD, a tape recording, an existing MP3, WAVE, or WMA file, or another source. When the audio is monophonic, intelliScore has the additional capability of accurately tracking expressive changes in volume and pitch while notes are being held, faithfully recreating effects such as pitch bend, vibrato, tremolo, and portamento.