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Canorus is worth keeping an eye on. Whilst still in beta, their vision is quite exciting.
http://canorus.berlios.de/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
MuseScore is a simple, but very functional, program. After testing the ones that are suggested here, I definitely choose this one. Denemo has a terrible interface, so I don't recomment it.
I would suggest Tuxguitar which is totally free. It is one of my all time favorite programs. It can play a large variety of files including "Guitar Pro 3, 4, and 5" files. It can also play power tab and tuxguitar files.
Tuxguitar allows the user to create their own songs and than listen to them. It also lets user listen to songs and learn to play them by looking at the music notation.
Tuxguitar has a large variety of instruments from pianos to guitar to etc.
I personally prefer Tuxguitar over Powertab because it supports a larger variety of file type and has all the features of Powertab plus more!
Hi there!
Any ideas where i can obtain free RSEs for guitar pro 5? The MIDI is ok but i need to hear more realistic sounds to judge a lot of songs i try to play. If not, does Tuxguitar contain a Realistic Sound Engine?
I was looking for a scoring program that plays MIDI instruments or a rack mount unit.
Any good choices?
Thanks for copying and pasting that for me; you saved me some work :D
PowerTab is good, a few bugs when using accidentals in certain keys, but well worth the price ;)
Cool, A thread for musicians! Lets get this off the ground...Here's a couple I like;
Kristal Audio Engine A free virtual studio.
Best Practice Time stretching transcribing tool (Slow down and loop audio without changing pitch)
and of course the ever faithful Audacity
I'm looking for a good free music notation/composition software. Some I've heard of are:
* MuseScore
* Finale NotePad
* Anvil Studio
* Bucket o' Tab
* Denemo
* Easy Music Composer Free
* GNU LilyPond
* iabc
* Musette
Does anyone have any opinions on these?
Choicefresh
Finale is by far the best of all of these choices, however it costs money and is not freeware.
Musescore is your best bet with drag and drop notes
"Linux MultiMedia Studio or LMMS, is a free software digital audio workstation. It is available for the Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows operating systems. Music can be produced by synthesizing sounds, arranging samples, and playing on a MIDI keyboard." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_MultiMedia_Studio)
"The free Notation Player displays music (.mid, .kar, or .not ) files as sheet music that you can view on the screen while the notes play, and also print." (http://www.notation.com/DownloadNotationPlayer.htm)
lloonn
My 2 cents...
MuseScore; Open source with huge potential, but still a work in progress. Some very good features and worth keeping an eye on. Good GUI. I use this for leadsheets.
NotePad: OK, but simple and limited features. Not my first choice.
Lilypond: Open Source. Very powerful and excellent results, but a pig to use on it's own. Input (on windows OS) is via text script - I much prefer a WYSIWYG GUI
Denemo is a front end GUI for Lilypond and makes LP a bit more user friendly, a little fiddly to use, but good results.
In the world of freeware notation products I feel that a combination is probably the answer. I am semi professional guitarist and music teacher of a range of styles. Most of my needs are met using either MuseScore, Lilypond or PowerTab http://www.power-tab.net/guitar.php
Cheers Dave
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