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Title: Music composition program
Post by: tinfoil on January 11, 2009, 09:41:40 pm
what is a good (preferably free) music composition program that is based on actual musical notation? the program would need to play back the music and be able to save an audio file. is there anything like that around? i don't play enough instruments to be able to do that myself :p

Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: blackhole on January 12, 2009, 12:43:36 am
sibelius (http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=sibelius&btnG=Google+Search&aq=1&oq=sibe)
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: portej05 on January 12, 2009, 12:49:40 am
But watch out - it's not cheap, even the student version is really expensive.
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: tinfoil on January 12, 2009, 03:11:09 pm
 :shaking: tinfoil can't afford that!!!

anything er free-er? 

Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: Mobius on January 12, 2009, 03:24:10 pm
Try FL... ;)
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: tinfoil on January 12, 2009, 03:29:38 pm
FL? link? i can't find it and if it stands for something i don't know what that is
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: Angelus on January 12, 2009, 04:26:10 pm
I'm probaly wrong on this, but maybe Mobius means this:

http://flstudio.image-line.com/

it's not free either, but has a free Trial.
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: Dark Hunter on January 12, 2009, 05:53:25 pm
Finale (http://www.finalemusic.com/) has a few low-level programs that look promising. Finale Notepad is $10 (that's USD, not Canadian), and there's Finale Reader for free.

Songwriter looks a bit more useful, but it's $50.

Haven't used Finale's stuff myself (I use Sibelius), so I don't know if they're what you're looking for. They all have free demos, though, so perhaps you could check them out.
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: tinfoil on January 12, 2009, 10:19:37 pm
i have finale (the old free version) it doesn't do what i want. thanks though. i'll find something
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: blackhole on January 12, 2009, 11:35:21 pm
Sibelius is the only program I know of that does what tinfoil is describing. That is probably why it costs so much.
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: tinfoil on January 13, 2009, 11:37:00 am
well it's got a trial. maybe i can pull the old calander trick on it.
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on January 21, 2009, 09:45:02 am
You could try Open ModPlugTracker, if that's valid... :nervous:

Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: shiv on January 21, 2009, 02:03:21 pm
Reason 4 is good program.
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: Excalibur on January 22, 2009, 06:14:40 am
You could try Open ModPlugTracker, if that's valid... :nervous:



Yes I have that too - and it is actually free. But is lacking in super high-tech effects - I think. I don't know if you can get Adobe Audition 1.5 (which I have) any cheaper than the US$349 3.0 version.

Erik McClure (blackhole) uses FL Studio, if that's any help.
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: Flipside on January 22, 2009, 06:38:48 am
I use Cakewalk, but that's not really notation based, though it does support it, and besides, 'Free' is not really applicable here as the phrase 'Bloody expensive' is closer to the truth ;)
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on January 22, 2009, 07:36:06 am
I would be doing a great disservice if I mentioned Mario Paint Composer. :nervous:
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: Rick James on January 22, 2009, 08:05:53 pm
I would be doing a great disservice if I mentioned Mario Paint Composer. :nervous:

O rly? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZr3JWYdy8)
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: tinfoil on January 22, 2009, 10:15:40 pm
I use Cakewalk, but that's not really notation based, though it does support it, and besides, 'Free' is not really applicable here as the phrase 'Bloody expensive' is closer to the truth ;)

i can find bloody expensive on my own thank you very much. i know how to use google  :p

it really does seem that nothing exists that is free and does what i want but thanks anyway. i think i will go and try the calendar trick on Sibelius tho. you never know
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on January 23, 2009, 02:02:51 am
I would be doing a great disservice if I mentioned Mario Paint Composer. :nervous:

O rly? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZr3JWYdy8)

Yeah. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k15lNSrGjwg)
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: eliex on January 23, 2009, 02:07:19 am
it really does seem that nothing exists that is free and does what i want but thanks anyway. i think i will go and try the calendar trick on Sibelius tho. you never know

I'm once discovered a little program that injects a false date into a program without you having to reset the date on your computer itself . . . I'll have a look and I'll link it once I've found it.  :)
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: blackhole on January 23, 2009, 03:11:54 pm
All non-sucky music composition programs are horrendously expensive. End of story.
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: tinfoil on January 23, 2009, 03:16:52 pm
gah. :hopping: well thanks for the help anyway.
Title: Re: Music composition program
Post by: captain-custard on January 23, 2009, 03:24:13 pm
have alook at what is prepackaged in ubuntu studio , i think there is an add on or a progralm that does this , maybe its something to do with rosegarden , if i have time ill boot up my studio system and see .....