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Fantocci	Date: February 16, 2006 @ 5:02 AM Hi! I am playing with Cubase SX and Reason a little bit, and I would like to try some notation program with good MIDI connection also. Which one would you recommend; it should be user friendly… Thanks!
BlackMage	Date: February 16, 2006 @ 8:43 AM There are two which I know of. Noteworthy composer. You can operate it with a keyboard if you learn all the quickkeys. Then there is Sibelius. I found it harder to use after Noteworthy, but this one is probably better if you'll just use enough time to learn it. Noteworthy is easier to learn in my opinion, but it's probably not as good as Sibelius.
imemine	Date: February 16, 2006 @ 9:31 AM SONAR! You can write and print from the staff. …and turn them into midi files!
GeneHilbert	Date: February 16, 2006 @ 11:57 AM Dedicated notation programs: Sibelius and Finale are the big boys, neither are cheap and expect a learning curve.
EvilPicnic	Date: February 16, 2006 @ 4:49 PM ^^Exactly. In my experience Sibelius is better than Finale, though, in that although Finale is perhaps more first-time-user-friendly, once you work out how Sibelius does it's stuff the engraving and notation options are quite limitless.. It's not cheap, and at first is a little fiddly to pick up (isn't everything, though?) but just about every music student I know has an illegal copy they're happy to lend about. Not that I would endorse such things, obviously.
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: February 16, 2006 @ 5:09 PM SonarSONAR!Sonar You can write and print from the staff. …and turn them into midi files! You can also do this in Nuendo and I'm pretty certain in Cubase SX too - read the manual or the .pdf file about Score__Layout_And_Printing
EvilPicnic	Date: February 16, 2006 @ 5:11 PM Also: it comes with kontakt player silver as standard (muchmuchmuch better than using standard midi), and has a built in thing which can add rubato, expression, reverb, a variety of different rhythmic feels etcetc to the midi, automaticly making it sound as if you'd spent ages tweaking it to make it sound more human. It'll notate imported midi, and can notate as you play in the notes on a midi keyboard, in realtime if you want. Not that I'm trying to sell it to you or anything, but IMO it's pretty fuckin' awesome - the time it takes to learn pays off.
imemine	Date: February 16, 2006 @ 5:30 PM Well slap my ass there leedsquietman, so you can!
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: February 16, 2006 @ 5:37 PM LOL - SONAR is a great program too, not knocking it for one minute...
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: February 16, 2006 @ 5:44 PM LOL - SONAR is a great program too, not knocking it for one minute...
AdNauseam	Date: February 17, 2006 @ 6:35 AM I use finale, and it works great for me, but only 'cuz I'm so cheap xD
GeneHilbert	Date: February 17, 2006 @ 10:51 AM Notation won Electronic Musician's 2006 Editors Choice award for notation software. The reviewer liked it but did state that it is not as complete or feature laden as either Sibelius or Finale
gurdonark	Date: March 18, 2006 @ 10:50 PM I use Musedit. 40 dollars on eBay brand new, easy to use, versatile, and flexible.

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