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Author: Todd
Date: 2000-05-27 17:17
Has anyone purchased music software for composing/transcribing/transposing? I'm looking for software for my Mac and am wondering what's good, easy to use and not tremendously expensive.
Todd
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Author: Steve
Date: 2000-05-27 19:30
Being frugal (cheap), I decided to give NoteWorthy Composer a try. You can download it for free as a demo copy at http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/composer/. Almost all the features of the programs are included in the demo version, but you are limited to 10 file saves. Give it a try, you can always delete it if you are unsatisfied. If you decide to purchase the program, it's only $40.
I mainly use NoteWorthy Composer to transpose parts to accompany our church choir. (This is a LOT faster than how I used to do it - by hand!) The program is simple to use and really all that I need. I guess it all depends on how involved you wish to get with music composition.
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Author: beejay
Date: 2000-05-27 22:21
I've used Noteworthy for the past couple of years and have no complaints. The latest version, which has such refinements as grace notes, creates a very professional looking score.
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Author: Al
Date: 2000-05-27 22:34
You shouldn't pass up a look at SIBELIUS music notation software. It really has caught on and you can download a demo version to explore it.
http://www.sibelius.com
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Author: Stephen
Date: 2000-05-27 22:55
i'd personally would recomend CUBASE, though it is expensive £90- £300 i think, but it is good!
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Author: Ginny
Date: 2000-05-28 06:49
I use noteworthy and it really works rather well for my purposes. I appreciate the value, a great product, reasonable in price.
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Author: Roger Harvey
Date: 2000-05-29 00:55
I've been using PrintMusic 2000 for 6 months and I'm very pleased with it. Easy to use, great features, excellent scores. I tried demos of all the others before I bought it. It costs US$69.95 from Coda Music.
Try a demo from their site http://www.codamusic.com
You won't be disappointed.
Good luck,
Roger Harvey
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Author: Meri
Date: 2000-05-29 14:52
Funny how no-one mentioned Finale Allegro ($199 CDN) or Overture ($249 CDN). The latter program is especially good for the Mac; very user-friendly, easy MIDI input. Finale Allegro has pretty much everything most musicians needs, but Overture is the equivalent of the full version of Finale, at less than 1/2 the cost.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2000-05-30 12:01
The easiest, most intuitive music software is MusicTime Deluxe from GVOX. It runs about $70 and is available for the Macintosh. Noteworthy Composer, although a fine program, is not available for the Mac.
MusicTime Deluxe allows much more control over tempo and dynamics than PrintMusic. While I have PrintMusic, I use it only to read the Finale & Finale Allegro files available on the internet due to the fact that the interface is not particularly user friendly.
Sibelius, Finale, and Encore (MusicTime's big brother) are $500 programs unless you get the academic pricing.
Finale Allegro is approximately $200 but doesn't have enough additional features when compared to PrintMusic to make it worth the difference if all you are doing is basic transposition.
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