Download and run this file for the AudioScore Professional 3 Demo and try the walk-through below:

AudioScore Professional 3 Demo Installer  (File size 5.2 MB)

This download is similar to the full version except that saving is disabled and the VST plug-in and MIDI input devices are not included. Click here for system requirements.

Please note, you must have DirectX 8.1 or higher installed on your machine to record directly from your microphone/sound card. Most computers will have this installed, but if you experience problems the latest version of DirectX can be found here.

Download and run this file for the AudioScore Professional 3 Demo and try the walk-through below:

AudioScore Professional 3 Demo Installer  (File size 4.1 MB)

This download is similar to the full version except that saving is disabled. Click here for system requirements.

Follow these instructions to experience some of the wave audio recognition and scoring capabilities of AudioScore:

1. Right-click over one of the following .wav files, select Save As or similar and choose to save to a location on your hard disc you can easily find again (such as the Desktop):
   BaaBaaWhistle.wav - Whistling a familiar tune (File size 1.8 MB)
   AudioScoreSong.wav - Live MIDI keyboard performance (File size 3.8 MB)

2. Run AudioScore by double-clicking AudioScore Professional Demo from the location you installed it to.

3. In the AudioScore Professional Demo, choose File>Open... and locate and open the .wav file that you downloaded. Click Open on the dialog box that then appears (this contains more advanced options described in the PDF help - see below).

4. AudioScore will proceed to analyse and open the file which takes varying lengths of time dependant on the speed of your computer. In the top half of the window will be shown the time and pitch of notes AudioScore recognizes in the performance. In the bottom half will be AudioScore's interpretation as musical notation. While this interpretation is generally highly accurate and does not require a spot-on performance, it can sometimes not be as the performer intended (Note that AudioScore cleverly makes use of the processing power of faster computers to create more accurate notation). The following few steps show how to adjust AudioScore's interpretation of the notes performed in order to achieve the intended notation.
   Because of the novel way that AudioScore works (it does not require a metronome and allows highly flexible editing of rhythm) it is very important you follow these instructions precisely - they should become second nature after very little time.

5. In the top half of the window, try clicking and dragging a barline left and right - in the bottom half of the window you should see AudioScore recalculating the positions of the following barlines and also the notation within the bars. Going through a score, from start to finish, checking and adjusting barlines is one of the first and most important steps in correcting AudioScore's interpretation of any performance. Generally this process fixes most if not all notation problems.

6. Move the pointer over the start or end of a note so that the pointer changes into a horizontal double-ended arrow. Then click and drag. This should adjust the start or end position of the note and you should see AudioScore recalculate the notation in the bottom half of the window accordingly. You can also drag notes left and right by clicking and dragging their centres. After a little practise it should become fairly intuitive how to edit your original performance to get the intended notation - just keep experimenting!
   An important tip: Where necessary, aligning notes with the grey vertical bar sub-dividing lines helps AudioScore work out the intended notation (although remember these will only be in the correct position if the barlines have already been moved to the correct position, which is why barline adjustment must be done beforehand!).

7. Click Create track in the toolbar and a new track will be added. You can drag and edit the notes as you wish and make an accompaniment.

8. Click Create score in the toolbar and AudioScore will lay the score out professionally in a new window. From here you can add title text, lyrics, articulation, slurs and so on. In the full version of AudioScore you would then be able to print out your score or save it for further manipulation in a program such as Sibelius or Finale.

9. There is a wealth of powerful features within AudioScore giving it many exciting uses. For example, try opening a MIDI file. A complete PDF manual is available from AudioScore's Help menu, or you can download it from here. This requires Adobe Reader^® 5 or later to be viewed. If you do not have Adobe Reader^® installed, it is available as a free download from here.
   It is strongly recommended that you browse through the following manual pages:
   14, 51, 52 - On recording tips and things that can go wrong.
   19 to 22 - On the best ways to edit your original performance to obtain your intended score quickly and easily.
   For details on the other features of AudioScore, read the chapter entitled 3. EDITING THE PERFORMANCE, beginning on page 23.

We hope you have lots of fun with AudioScore and make some great music!

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