<s>
Nodal	B-Application
is	O
a	O
generative	O
software	O
application	O
for	O
composing	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
versions	O
of	O
Nodal	B-Application
were	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
only	O
on	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
1.1	O
beta	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
)	O
,	O
Nodal	B-Application
ran	O
on	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
10.4	O
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
(	O
Vista	O
or	O
XP	O
)	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
1.5	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
became	O
shareware	B-License
in	O
order	O
to	O
support	O
its	O
continued	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nodal	B-Application
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
from	O
the	O
Nodal	B-Application
web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
from	O
Apple	O
's	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nodal	B-Application
generates	O
MIDI	O
data	O
as	O
virtual	O
players	O
traverse	O
a	O
user-defined	O
network	O
in	O
real-time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
composition	O
tool	O
,	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstation	I-General_Concept
(	O
DAW	O
)	O
software	O
,	O
or	O
played	O
interactively	O
in	O
a	O
real-time	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nodal	B-Application
contains	O
a	O
built-in	O
MIDI	O
synthesiser	O
and	O
is	O
also	O
compatible	O
with	O
any	O
hardware	O
or	O
software	O
MIDI	O
synthesiser	O
,	O
including	O
all	O
major	O
Digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstation	I-General_Concept
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nodal	B-Application
is	O
also	O
compatible	O
with	O
Apple	O
's	O
GarageBand	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Nodal	B-Application
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
Eureka	O
Prize	O
for	O
Innovation	O
in	O
Computer	O
Science	O
.	O
</s>
