Otra

01 — The Otra editor

Three editions. One price a year.

Otra is a music notation editor for people who miss how easy Encore was. Pick a note, click the staff, hear every part play, print the parts. The editions differ by the size of your work and by the studio tools; opening, printing and exporting your scores is never locked.

Otra Motif

$49a year

Hobbyists, students, church and community musicians

  • Scores of up to 8 staves
  • Notes, lyrics, chord symbols and linked parts
  • Playback, print and export to PDF, MusicXML and MIDI
  • 2 GB of cloud storage, 30 days of versions
  • 20 Encore files converted

Otra Movement

$99a year

Serious amateurs, teachers, arrangers, Encore power users

  • Everything in Otra Motif, with as many staves as you need
  • Guitar TAB, chord frames and drum maps
  • MIDI recording, piano roll, controller lanes and mixer
  • Your own SoundFonts; export WAV and MP3
  • 10 GB of cloud storage, a year of versions
  • 20 Encore files converted

Otra Opus

$179a year

Composers and pros

  • Everything in Otra Movement
  • Every Encore file you have, converted
  • 50 GB of cloud storage, every version kept
  • The Mac desktop app on 3 computers, when it's released

USD a year, before tax · checkout by Paddle when Otra opens
When it opens, every new account starts with 30 days of Otra Movement, no card needed

02 — Side by side

What each edition does.

Otra Motif Otra Movement Otra Opus
Price a year$49$99$179
Staves in a scoreUp to 8UnlimitedUnlimited
Scores in the cloudUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
Cloud storage2 GB10 GB50 GB
Version history30 days1 yearEvery version
Note entry by mouse, letters, on-screen piano or MIDI keyboardYesYesYes
PlaybackYesYesYes
Linked parts, lyrics, chord symbolsYesYesYes
Open Encore, MusicXML and MIDI filesYesYesYes
Encore files converted2020All of them
Print; export PDF, MusicXML and MIDIYesYesYes
Works offlineYesYesYes
Share linksYesYesYes
Embed a player on your site—YesYes
Guitar TAB, chord frames, drum maps—YesYes
MIDI recording, piano roll, mixer—YesYes
Your own SoundFonts; WAV and MP3 export—YesYes
Mac desktop app, when released—2 computers3 computers

Your scores are never held hostage. If a licence ends, every score still opens, prints and exports; only writing waits for a new licence.

03 — The editor

Write it. Hear it. Print it.

Ode to Joy written in Otra: a piano score with lyrics under the melody and chord symbols C and G7 above it
Every editionNotes, lyrics and chord symbols, written without a single dialog.
The flute part of an orchestral score open in its own tab, with tempo marks and a run of sixteenth notes
Every editionLinked parts: what you write in a part is in the score too.
The mixer beside the score and the piano roll below it, showing the melody's notes as bars and a velocity strip
Otra Movement · Otra OpusThe piano roll and the mixer, for shaping how it plays.
An Encore file opened in Otra, with the list of three things to check open beside it
Every editionEncore files open like any score, with a list of anything to check.