For openers, we've given you a brand new way to enter music, up to 8 MIDI outs, chord names, guitar chords, dynamics, tempi and pedals that play, and faster formatting and symbol entry. Not to mention better-looking music. (December 20, 2006)
QuickScore Elite Level II 12.0 new features
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QuickScore Elite Level II 11 gives you access to a whole new world of compositional and sound-creating possibilities. Now you can manipulate audio data in QuickScore's new audio editing window, and edit it in the integrated audio editing program QuickAudio. You can load VST plugins, giving you access to hundreds of audio effects, software synthesizers and MIDI effects in your compositions. You can import notes directly from audio files and we've made it easier to create and edit drum tracks with a new Drum Names pane in the Piano Roll Editor. (December 14, 2005)
QuickScore Elite Level II 11.0 new features
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We've received word that TopTenReviews has awarded QuickScore Elite Level II their 2005 Gold Award for notation software. Read the review here. (September 28, 2005)
We've replaced our demos with two new free products to let you create, save, print and export music.
The MIDI Editions of QuickScore Elite and QuckScore Elite Level II are identical to the production versions of the programs with the following exceptions:
You
can save type 0 MIDI files.
Download the QuickScore Elite Level II 10.0 MIDI Edition
Download the QuickScore Elite 9.0 MIDI Edition (June 12, 2005)
QuickScore Elite Level II 10 expands your composition and notation horizons in many new ways. First of all you'll break new ground by having several files open at once, cutting and pasting between them at will. Saving your compositions as MP3 files allows you in one stroke to create professional-quality CDs which you can distribute as you please. Opening and saving MusicXML files allows you to exchange files between QuickScore and other music notation, scanning and analysis programs with virtually all the scoring information intact.
And of course entering and editing your music is faster and easier than ever. Entering perfect slurs and tuplet markings over notes is now a one-step operation. The same with editing adjustable symbols. Lyrics and accidentals automatically space themselves, intelligently avoiding overlaps. Print condensed scores complete with abbreviated track names and automatic system indentations with a few mouse clicks. (November 8, 2004)
QuickScore Elite Level II 10.0 new features
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We’ve made composing and score publishing easier and faster than ever with QuickScore Elite Level II 9.0. We’ve made working in conjunction with our latest Copyist version 6.0 better and more seamless than ever. And we’ve paid attention to what you’ve been asking for in ease of editing, formatting and quality of printed output to give just a small overview of the new features you’ll see in this new release of the software that Electronic Musician named its Editors’ Choice for notation software in 1998 (again!). (July 7, 2003)
We’ve made some nice changes to Copyist in the last couple of years. It's gotten bigger and better. (July 7, 2003)
Copyist and QuickScore Elite available directly from Sion Software
While we continue to develop products for Voyetra Turtle Beach, we are now able to offer Copyist and QuickScore Elite directly as well. (April 23, 2003)
Sion Software signs development and marketing agreement with Voyetra Turtle Beach
Sion Software has signed a development and marketing agreement with Voyetra Turtle Beach of Yonkers, NY to provide Voyetra Turtle Beach with the exclusive rights to market QuickScore Elite and Copyist under Voyetra's own trade names. Sion Software will continue its involvement with the products in a development role. QuickScore Elite Level II is currently available from Voyetra at the Voyetra website www.voyetra-turtle-beach.com under the name Music Write Maestro.
Sion Software remains committed to developing the best music composition and notation software possible and we expect that combining our resources with those of Voyetra Turtle Beach will result in products that continue to improve and make your work easier and more satisfying. (October 1, 1999)
We’ve broken new ground in converting written articulation marks and dynamics to playable trills, accents and volume changes. We’ve improved the interface to our latest Copyist version 5.0 considerably. And we’ve made improvements to printed output, score display and even added long filenames. (February 3, 1999)
We've made a lot of changes to Copyist in the last two years. We've made it easier, faster and more flexible, with new tools, new palettes, new views and a lot more. And we've made working in conjunction with our new QuickScore Elite Level II 8.0 a whole lot nicer. (February 3, 1999)
We've received word from the editors of Electronic Musician magazine that QuickScore Elite Level II has been awarded the 1998 Editor's Choice award for notation software. See the January 1998 issue of Electronic Music magazine for details. (December 2, 1997)
New features include digital audio recording, multi-track digital audio playback and loading of digital video clips directly into QuickScore. We haven't forgotten people who use QuickScore for creating lead sheets, choral arrangements or orchestral and band scores either. (October 14, 1997)
Thanks to an agreement with web commerce provider Digital River, it is now possible to order and download QuickScore Elite and Copyist directly from the web. For those who need instant delivery or who wish to avoid UPS or mail delivery costs, this service will be extremely welcome. (May 30, 1997)
Thanks to an agreement with MusicWriter, Inc., QuickScore Elite 5.1 and QuickScore Elite Level II are now available in more than 300 retail kiosks situated in music stores and Christian book stores throughout the United States and Canada. (May 30, 1997)
Copyist for Windows 4.0 provides you with all the tools you need for creating a score from the ground up, or for fine tuning a score created in QuickScore Deluxe, Professional or Elite.
Copyist treats notes, staves, clefs and other musical characters as graphical elements, and allows you the freedom to place elements on the page regardless of musical rules. This freedom allows you to easily create small excerpts to be included in work that is predominantly text, as well as very complex scores which are very difficult to create using software which must follow musical rules. (July 15, 1996)
QuickScore Elite 5.1 is available as an upgrade to registered users of QuickScore Elite 5.0. The cost is $15 + $1 shipping. Following are new QuickScore Elite 5.1 features and enhancements.
Improved appearance of your music. Stems and beams for notes above or below the staff are automatically set to the center of the staff. Beams are now always set on top of staff lines, never between the staff lines.
More Help. Context-sensitive help is now available from all dialogs by pressing the F1 key. When entering or editing adjustable symbols (slurs, crescendi, endings, etc.), you are prompted from the status line on how to proceed.
Import your QuickScore Elite scores into graphics and word processing programs. You can now save your scores as TIFF and BMP files. These files can be imported into popular graphics and word processing programs like Microsoft Word and Corel Draw and any of the hundreds of other programs that support these formats. (December 15, 1995)
In November 1995, Sion Software, the developers of QuickScore Elite, took over support and marketing of QuickScore Elite from Dr. T's Music Software.
Sion Software will continue to provide technical support for users of QuickScore Deluxe, QuickScore Pro, QuickScore Elite and Copyist, whether they were purchased as Dr. T's products or Sion Software products.
The number for technical support is (604) 222-2455. The number for orders and customer service is (604) 222-2454. (November 15, 1995)