Editing Capella (notation program) (section)

==Features==
The current version is Capella Professional 8.0, which includes guitar chord notation ability, and [[guitar tab]] writing functions, in addition to the standard music notation tools. A ''capella start'' program is offered with several restrictions for a lower price. A free ''capella reader'' can display, print and play a capella score.

Data entry is possible via computer keyboard entirely, via mouse or in a combination with a MIDI keyboard. It is intended for multi staff scores like choir music, or orchestral music.
Capella is a practically oriented application suited for amateur and professional musicians alike. It includes engraving as well as MIDI import and export.

''capella'' can play back the score (the full score or an arbitrary selection of staves) via the computer's sound card, to MIDI devices or using [[Virtual Studio Technology|VST]] modules. ''capella's'' ''captune'' module allows to select the output channels and to fine-tune the sounds.

Version 7 brought ''live voice extraction:'' one can switch between the view on the full score for the whole orchestra and the view on a selection of the staves of one or a group of instruments. On printing and exporting, only the voices being shown in the current view will be used. Specific instruction of individual voices can be marked as "only visible in extracted voice". Live voice extraction is also available in the free Reader program; in the limited version of the editor ''Capella start'', such live voice extractions are not available for editing.

Version 7.1 introduced [[Unicode]] compatibility; [[UTF-8]] is now the standard text encoding format.

=== Current features ===
The following modules are advertised for Capella 7 (February 2016):

==== capella ====
For the production of large complex music scores. Edit and arrange a score of voices/instruments in any number of pages of any number of staves per line, with multiple voice parts per stave. Playback with MIDI sound, import/export with other music software via MusicXML.

==== capella start ====
Cut-down version of capella with up to 4 staves per line, up to 2 voices per stave, and up to 100 bars.