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

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/

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

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.

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John6528


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?

I suggest she do that once as a proof of concept so she can see what the result looks like and understand the challenges.
 
If you want to output a decent score, you need to play very precisely with the metronome. Otherwise you're likely to end up with an unreadable mess.
 
Of course if somebody has suggestions on another way to do this, I'd be happy to hear them.
 
Mitch I.

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!

wst3


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!

Tried Sibelius. It disables my midi keyboard in. It seems ok during setup then goes kaput a little later. No idea why. I have to reboot to get it back. Won't work in Sonar either after trying Sibelius. 

Admittedly this is putting only half hour in and skimming the directions. Will call them tomorrow.

John

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

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