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Music composition software?
Can anyone recoment a beginner level program? Something thatlets you put notes on a staff, the hit play to hear them? ( like the early mac product)
Dave
Dave
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Hello, I'm actually a music composition major in my not busker life. They may be more than you want to spend, but most programs are expensive and these two are the standard. I prefer a program called Finale. thats probably because it is the one I know how to use. the other program that is becoming the standard, if it is not already is Sibelius. Everybody I talk to says this is a very good program. I have trouble useing it but those who do use it love it. the playback is better than Finale. With both programs you can enter notes with or without a midi keyboard. It seems whatever program people start with, they say is much better than the other, but I believe there is little real diffrence. I hope that is helpfull. Let me know if you have other questions or if there is a way I can help. I have to spend almost every day of my life on these programs. -
This is actually REALLY helpful. Is it possible to record and mix with Sibelus / Finale? I need at least four tracks...
étienneComment
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Hello E. I know that you can play sosmething in real time and it will scribe it for you. I am almost possitive that you have to have midi capabilitys on the instrument you are using. I'm not sure what kind of mixing you want to do, but if you mean levels like bass, mids etc. I am nearly positive that you can't. I am really not familiar with that kind of thing but most "big box" music stores like guitar center/prosound have plenty of programs that can do that kind of thing. I also believe that this is one of the few subjects that the employees of these stores may actually have some usefull knowledge in. Also, I thought of another program that might be of some help. It is called Cakewalk. Its been awhile since i have looked at it but do remeber it having basic notational abilitys. There are multiple programs from this company so be sure to research what it is that you want in relation to what program you are buying. This may also be a good company for you to look in to E. Good luck.Comment
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Open Source tools...
While its only a beta, I have been playing with ConForza, and kind of like it (Note: I don't really do music, and I have never used any of the pro tools, so I do not know what I might be missing...). The other open source audio tool I use a lot is Audacity for general mixing and editing of audio. Both are free (GPL) software.Comment
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I'm doing a bit of music stuff at the moment...
http://www.harmonycentral.com is a pretty useful site.
Click on 'software' and then 'sequencing software'
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