Template:Short description Template:More citations needed {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | showblankpositional=1 | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox software with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y | AsOf | author | background | bodystyle | caption | collapsetext | collapsible | developer | discontinued | engine | engines | genre | included with | language | language count | language footnote | latest preview date | latest preview version | latest release date | latest release version | latest_preview_date | latest_preview_version | latest_release_date | latest_release_version | licence | license | logo | logo alt | logo caption | logo upright | logo size | logo title | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_upright | logo_size | logo_title | middleware | module | name | operating system | operating_system | other_names | platform | programming language | programming_language | released | replaced_by | replaces | repo | screenshot | screenshot alt | screenshot upright | screenshot size | screenshot title | screenshot_alt | screenshot_upright | screenshot_size | screenshot_title | service_name | size | standard | title | ver layout | website | qid }}Template:Main other MusiCAD is a scorewriter program originally designed for folk music<ref> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref> featuring irregular meter (like Template:Music or Template:Music) and automatically generated accompaniment voices (bass<ref name="autobass"> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref>/chords<ref name="autochord">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) from chord symbols and specified time signature.<ref name="akkoord95-4">Template:Cite journal</ref> Created lead sheets are audibly verifiable. One of its design goals was to be as predictable as possible: 'what-you-write-is-what-you'll-hear'.<ref name="design"> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref> The resulting music engraving is the result of the notes used and an applied set of rules (note sizes etc.) that determine how notes should be drawn.<ref name="design"/> After changing the layout parameters or after transpose the (new) rules are applied, perhaps changing page layout completely.
The name MusiCAD is a portmanteau of music and computer-aided design.
The DOS/XT and Dutch-only 1.65 version has been available since 1994.<ref name="akkoord95-4" /> Version 2.0 added support for multi-voice score editing. Later versions do not focus that much on folk music anymore and will allow up to 32 voices as well as percussion notation. The 3.0 version is available for Microsoft Windows and in Dutch, English and German.<ref> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Like a few other scorewriters, it uses plain ASCII files for storage. MusiCAD will read and write ABC-notation<ref> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref> as well as MIDI, and is capable of writing PDF-files for easy distribution of scores. There is an unlimited-time evaluation mode which allows storing and printing. Version 4 adds (among others) UTF-8, MusicXML import/export.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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