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MOTU Mosaic (No Longer Available)Notation Software - Mac 
Sorry, the MOTU Mosaic is no longer available. We've left this page up for reference only. Check out the great alternatives on this page or call toll-free (800) 222-4700 to speak with a Sweetwater Sales Engineer about similar products. We are working with our friends at From Our Research Team:A "Simple" Notation Package with Sophisticated, Flexible Performance!Let's face it, desktop music publication isn't exactly a piece of cake to learn or master! There's either a 500 page manual to read (and memorize!) or you're stuck with a "simplistic" notation program and living with its limitations. At Sweetwater, we know that neither of those options are acceptable and so does Mark of the Unicorn. With Mosaic, you can produce publication-quality music notation, from lead sheets to full orchestral scores, with just a mouse move and a button click away! Features of Mosaic include real time MIDI recording and playback, as well as convenient step-record, mouse and keyboard note entry, support for Standard MIDI Files, unlimited voices, staves, voices per staff, and Undo/Redo. An elegant graphic user interface carefully adheres to Macintosh software design conventions. Mosaic also provides easy selection of built-in sounds in your MIDI synthesizers using convenient pop-up menus. Unleash your music on the world-exactly the way you envision it with this versatile state-of-the-art desktop music publishing software for your Macintosh!Can We Help?Sweetwater's friendly and knowledgeable Sales Engineers are regarded as the most experienced and educated professionals in the music industry, with extensive music backgrounds and intense training on the latest products and technologies. As your personal contact here at Sweetwater, they are available to provide personalized advice any time you need it.Call toll-free (800) 222-4700 or E-mail us Be the first to review this productMOTU Mosaic Abandoned
by Kurt Cowling from Milwaukee, WI
I can't believe this product is still being offered for sale. It does not run on any currently shipping Mac. It only runs under OS9, not OSX. It will not even run under Classic mode. It was last ... read more [+]updated in February of 1998. Unless you have some reason for specifically buying Mosaic, don't bother. close [-]
January 1, 2005 Music Background: Mosaic by Motu
by Anonymous
In my opinion, of all the music notation software available for the Mac, Mosaic is the best. Why?
January 1, 2004 Music Background: It is simple to use, as intuitive as pencil and paper, yet powerful enough to allow one to c... read more [+]reate fairly complex orchestral scores. The font is great and the output looks professionally printed. Beyond its utility as a music engraver program, Mosaic is a great composing tool. Because it's so easy to use it's easy to try alternate versions of passages or even re-arrange whole sections of a piece. The program is responsive and fast and it's also the least finicky of music notation programs (I've used Finale, Overture and Sibelius). For example, if you turn off the Check Rhythm flag it's possible to convert a measure from 4/4 to 7/8 or 9/8, etc, merely by deleting or adding notes. In Sibelius I believe you'd first have to change the meter, which tends to interrupt the flow of composing. With other notation programs, if you leave them for a couple of weeks, you have to re-consult the manual to figure out how to accomplish relatively simple tasks. Mosaic is so intuitive that I rarely consult the manual. In fact, I'm more likely to forget where I put the Mosaic manual than I am to forget how to do something in Mosaic. What are the drawbacks? I don't know if MOTU supports Mosaic anymore as there hasn't been a release for about two years. The program also has some annoying limitations, it won't do cross-bar beaming, which you certainly need in contemporary music and would also need if copying Brahms. It doesn't do feather beams, though you can fake it. I don't know if it runs under OSX. If MOTU has abandoned this program it's too bad; for with a few tweaks Mosaic would likely be the best notation software on the market. close [-]
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