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Does anybody know of a good musicwriting program that I could buy? I would like a program with all instraments, not a guitar only program like guitar-pro. I would like saxophones to be in it. I've tried Finale Notepad, but I really didn't like it that much. Finally, is there a program with real instrament sounds on it? Realistic sounds are much cooler than midi files. Are there any recommendations?
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You're not going to be able to get away from MIDI, as any software synthesizer, no matter how sophisticated, is going to be rooted around a MIDI core. Don't, however, confuse the cheap MIDI synth on your soundcard as being the "sound" of MIDI in general.
The short answer is, there's no really good way to get a "program" that will make realistic instrument sounds pop out of your computer. If you value realism more, use something sample-based, like a soundfont. If you're looking for control, buy a hardware synthesizer - if your DAW is decent, it'll be able to act as a MIDI hardware host. As for what program to recommend - it really doesn't matter - I'd say go with the one you like the interface of the most, as long as it supports VSTi. Hell, even FL Studio would do you, if you're okay with track-at-a-time recording. Finally, you may find KVR Audio useful for VSTi's and more detailed information. The forums there are very friendly.
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If you are smart and have a Mac (haha) you would already have the program called Garage Band, which is excellent for music making.
If you have a Mac, use Garage Band, if you don't, get an inexpensive iMac or Mac laptop. That is, if you're casually serious about making great music. If you just want to make little lame jingles then you can get one of those inferior Window's music making programs... but don't say I didn't warn you.
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Fruity Loops Studio is rather popular and really easy to use. You can use the demo for free, but buying the program is helpful if you're planning on making more complicated, long songs that take some time to make. You can't save projects in the demo, only export and import certain file types.
Then just search on google or whatever for a site with some good soundfonts. You'll probably need to find a forum or something where people can help you figure things out. I got FL Studio for video game remixes, so I've joined the vgmix and OCR forums.
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A high powered PC will totally overpower an older Mac in every way when it comes to audio production. The brand of your computer is not an issue. I'd like to see a Mac user with GarageBand compete with a PC user with Cubase. Obviously that's not fair, but the point is, if you have a PC, it'd be cheaper to buy Cubase than buy a Mac - and you'd get a LOT more utility for your dollar.
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But it's been proven before that Mac's are better for media stuff like music, but I'll admit that Window's may have caught up lately. Anyway, I was just giving him another option.
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If you want midi-based composer, you can try Finale 2006. It's easy to use, interface is quite simple, but the instruments are pretty realistic-sounding.
An example of Finale 2006's quality would be this midi I made two days ago. I just record it via .wav format and convert it to .mp3 because some wanted mp3 format. http://jl32bit.com/datas/users/2-lw_l_02_incomplete.mp3
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Anyway, Garage band is a great program but all you get is little loops. In other words, once you've used it a lot to make music, you find yourself using the same loops. Unless you get one of the jam packs... or whatever they're called that have more loops. So basicly, it lacks. What you seem to need is one of those professional music making programs that i would expect to around $500 AUD (Thats around $300 US), probably even more... acctually. So yeah, unless you find one of those and can afford it. I cant help you. |

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Actually, the midi depends on the sound card quality that you have. The same song played in three different computers, all sound different.
And no offense taken. It's a lame composition done hurriedly anyway.
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Lone Wolf-
Now, I have tried Finale Notepad. It was okay but kind of got annoying when trying to change notes or have multiple instraments playing. Is Finale 2006 better than notepad, the demo version? Can you have a song where each instrament is on a different page? With the second question, I mean that I don't like having six instraments on one page. If I wanted to write a song, I'd want to have each instrament on separate pages and still be able to play them at the same time so I could easily follow and individual instrament's part. How is Finale '06?
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Finale 2006 has all the instruments listed on one page going from top to bottom, which then you can scroll to the next page for putting down more notes. One good thing about Finale 2006 is that it has the Studio view, which you can adjust the volume of your instruments as you see fit while you are doing the playback, as well as, which speakers you want to direct the sounds to - either all the way to the left, or all the way to the right, or somewhere between those two. 2006 is pretty much an upgrade of all the previous versions.
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Try finaleŠ 2007... I used it, and it is great... Even though it is 650$ It is really worth it. It is really complicated, but after a while you get the hang of it. Just a sugestion: (DO NOT GET BAND IN A BOX)< In my first opereta that< music program overided us, and no one heard us. That program sux, but finale doesn't
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Is Finale 2007 similiar to 2006 in interface-wise?
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Use the musical keyboard, write/record something, then copy and paste, repeat and smile.
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