notation software

A friend of mine wants to be able to use midi keyboard and have software record and create score of what she plays. Very simple meaning inexpensive. What would be good for her to look at?

Thanks

John

tom1


I use Finale and it is not inexpensive.

however, they do have a free program available called notepad. It doesn't have
all the bells and whistles but it will get you started in the right direction.

http://finale.com/products/finale-notepad/

I tried that but it doesn't seem to include recording from the midi keyboard with a click track or similar. Did I miss that?

 I think she can spend a couple hundred but she is not computer or tech savvy so the simpler the better.

Thanks

John

Notion 4

Mitch makes an important point - it is not as easy as we'd like it to be.

That said, either Finale or Sibelius will go a long way to meeting the requirements. I use Finale, largely because, well, that is what I started with, and there isn't anything in Sibelius that tempts me to jump ship. But if I had started with Sibelius I'd prolly be saying just the opposite!

There are demos for both tools, well worth a little time to evaluate them both!

tom1


hi John:

You probably got it right; I don't use the program.

My clients have it so they can print and transpose the charts I write for them.
Now that I recall I think you can only play via midi.

Check out the next step up. I think it's called 'print music' and it should do all you need. I think it runs about $50.

Tried Printmusic. Couldn't get it to run very well using midi keyboard in. Just 20 minutes of dinging around though. $120.

Sibelius First is about the same price. Having trouble with that too.

John

EyjolfurG


http://scorecleaner.com/  does an excellent job of transforming midi to notation. 

Yeah... this is perfect for her. Thanks! Almost miraculous how it analyses the input and comes up with a clean keyboard score. Very limited applications but perfect for my friend.

JOhn