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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: colecampbell666 on August 14, 2008, 10:52:31 am
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I need some software for creating and printing sheet music. It has to be free, and ease of use is a bonus. Basically I want to write some songs, and convert some tab and stuff to notes.
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I honestly have never heard of this, you mean like "reverse engineer" music back to sheet music??
Surely it would be better to make the sheet music then play it?
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:wtf:
I want a program to allow me to draw sheet music and print it.
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Basically I want to write some songs, and convert some tab and stuff to notes.
google ffs.
here>>
try, then buy/aqquire
http://www.notation.com/
no idea what this is, seems related
http://ace.acadiau.ca/score/Others.htm
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Combine this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handwriting) one and this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looseleaf) one for the ultimate music creation tool.
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Basically I want to write some songs, and convert some tab and stuff to notes.
google ffs.
here>>
try, then buy/aqquire
http://www.notation.com/
no idea what this is, seems related
http://ace.acadiau.ca/score/Others.htm
Already used The Google.
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http://www.freebyte.com/music/#free_notation
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best way i can see to do this is to download ubuntu studio and unetbootin , have a 4gb thumb drive follow the unit bootin instructions and put the system on the thumbdrive (memory corp make a great 4/8gb thumbdrive that is super fast (google it))
this will give you access to a large number of music tools and nothing goes on your hard drive (unless you choose to install it to your hard drive ( 2 methods possible nowadays u install a new partition or you use wubi it installs to a folder in the windows setup - google wubi-))
and its free , except for the price of the thumb drive.........
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I've got Ubuntu 8.0.4 (not installed at this moment), is studio a separate distro or just a package?
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Finale notepad: http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/
It's the free version of Finale (which is expensive) but it'll do most of the basic functions you'll need for writing music. It does tabs as well, with MIDI playback. Limitations include an 8 stave limit per score (you mentioned guitar stuff, 8 staves is plenty unless you're scoring for concert band or full orchestra). You can't really customize things so well as the paid versions. I think you have to register to get a serial number, but just give them a secondary e-mail address (they send special offers once every once in awhile).
Powertab: http://www.power-tab.net/guitar.php
Is a pure tablature program. It accepts your input as numbers on the tab, and shows them above in standard notation. If you're going to be doing work with guitar, it's useful. It's also useful in that it automatically displays in both tab and standard notation. I have a friend who uses it to convert his tabs to sheet music (which I enter in Finale).
I've had good experience with Finale 2008, but I'm a music student so the $300 (student edition) was worth it to me. I use Finale exclusively, but I score for string orchestra or full orchestra, not guitar. One of my friends writes stuff almost exclusively on guitar (or for other things...but he uses the guitar to write it) and he uses Powertab.
Hope some of that was useful...
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I prefer Sibelius, myself... but, like Finale, it is quite expensive. Worth it in my opinion, if you're going to do serious music-work... but probably not what you're after...
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I was trying to suggest free software, and Finale notepad is free. I don't think Sibelius has a free "light" version of any kind. I think powertab would be more suited to his interests anyway though.
Please, correct me if I'm wrong...I'll go download it immediately. :D
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Sibelius does have a free 30-day demo, but even the least expensive full version (the student version) is 100USD, which is why I said it probably wasn't what he was after.
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I've got Ubuntu 8.0.4 (not installed at this moment), is studio a separate distro or just a package?
ubuntu studio is a distro in its own right it uses latest ubuntu release and low latency ,real time kernels ... it is availible for download google it and check out what is on it ....
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Thanks for Finale, Solatar, as well as the link you gave me, Flip. I'll try some of those. And I am not looking for tab.
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No problem, hope you make some awesome stuff. :)
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I hope so too.