Crescendo is an efficient, intuitive and feature-rich original songs, guitar tabs, drum notation, music scores, and soundtracks composing tool for Windows and Mac platforms, developed by NCH Software from Australia. It's designed for professional musicians, producers, and audio engineers.

Crescendo offers a built-in Audio Transcriber Tool that enables users to transcribe music recordings and notate arrangements of their favorite music. It provides composers with the perfect platform to write, save, and print their musical compositions directly on their computer. Its extensive collection of sheet music symbols, time and key signatures, and flexible layout options empower composers to have complete control over creating sheet music for their arrangements.

Crescendo's flexible workflow and support for VST plugins and third-party instruments make it an adaptable toolset that can seamlessly integrate with other software and hardware components. Whether you're a seasoned professional or an aspiring musician, it offers a comprehensive solution to elevate your audio creations to new heights.

Key Features

  • Change the key signature and time signature
  • Add whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth and thirty-second notes and rests (semibreve to demisemiquaver)
  • Create sheet music in Treble, Bass, Tenor or Alto Clefs
  • Display note name in notes to help beginner musicians
  • Write your own guitar tablature
  • Use drum kits and templates to write percussion notation
  • Assign sharp, flat and natural accidentals to notes
  • Add ties and slurs across notes
  • Create dotted notes, chords, add repeats, and more
  • Open and edit MusicXML files
  • Support for a wide variety of virtual instruments
  • Brace staves to compose musical scores
  • Keyboard shortcuts toggle between notes and rests
  • Insert text to specify a title, tempo, dynamics or lyrics
  • Drag notes to change their pitch or placement
  • Copy, cut and paste measures to easily insert themes
  • Zoom in and out for easier editing
  • Brace staves together to compose scores for ensembles
  • Input score notation using your MIDI keyboard
  • Use a virtual piano keyboard to add notation
  • Notation tools for composing sheet music
  • Add lyrics easily to each note
  • Listen to your composition with MIDI playback, or export MIDI music files
  • Export your score as PDF, MIDI, MP3, WAV, TGA, JPG, PNG & more
  • Create and playback guitar tabs
  • Supports VSTi instruments, such as piano or violin, for quality MIDI playback
  • Print completed music projects to share
  • Print blank music sheets for hand transcription

Universal Registration Codes

  • 255202890-mixpenpr
  • 233649817-ccoqenfj
  • 228006522-zhmkengu
  • 205855466-whscenqe
  • 182873673-bzjcenlr

Edition Statement

AppNee provides the Crescendo Master's Edition multilingual full installers and universal registration codes, as well as portable full registered versions for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit, and Mac.

Installation Notes

for Setup versions on Windows/Mac:
  1. Download and install Crescendo
  2. Add the following line to your hosts file:
    • 127.0.0.1 secure.nch.com.au
  3. Run program, enter "File/Register Software...", and use the universal registration code above to register
  4. Done

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Download URLs

License Version Download Size
for Windows
Master's Edition Latest n/a
for Mac
Master's Edition Latest n/a
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