On this page you will find the programs I (and many others) found to work the best.
Band In A Box
is an award-winning MIDI music arranger software package. It can create a background for almost any chord progression. Then it plays the song back using one of the thousands of different background styles included in the software.
Features:
✓ Platforms: Mac, PC
✓ Price: from about $100 to $500
✓ Edit or create styles Band In A Box.
✓ You can vary the key and tempo of the songs.
✓ Songs can be saved as either a MIDI or audio file.
✓ Band In A Box is compatible with Finale.
✓ Platforms: Mac, PC
✓ Price: from about $100 to $500
✓ Edit or create styles Band In A Box.
✓ You can vary the key and tempo of the songs.
✓ Songs can be saved as either a MIDI or audio file.
✓ Band In A Box is compatible with Finale.
The songs sound very predictable first. However, you can edit them in many ways and make songs that sound fresh and catchy.
Sibelius
is a scorewriter program by Sibelius Software. It's mainly used by composers, arrangers, performers, teachers and students.
Features:
✓ Platforms: Mac, PC
✓ Price: $80-$630
✓ Other versions: Sibelius Educational, Sibelius Student
✓ Edit or print scores
✓ Scan and import printed scores for editing
✓ Publish scores on the internet
✓ Play music back using high-quality sounds
✓ Platforms: Mac, PC
✓ Price: $80-$630
✓ Other versions: Sibelius Educational, Sibelius Student
✓ Edit or print scores
✓ Scan and import printed scores for editing
✓ Publish scores on the internet
✓ Play music back using high-quality sounds
The Sibelius music writing software is not only used by professional composers but it's also a great educational tool. Hal Leonard Corporation uses Sibelius for their publications, and Berklee College of Music for education. The company claims their their product is the world's best-selling scorewriter. I like Sibelius but I don't know if this claim is true.
Finale
is a scorewriter program by MakeMusic. It's one of the industry standards for notation software.
Features:
✓ Platforms: Mac, PC
✓ Price: about $40-$600 (there is discounted academic pricing available).
✓ Other versions: Finale Allegro, Finale PrintMusic, Finale Songwriter, Finale NotePad, Finale Reader (this one is FREE!)
✓ Notate anything from a textbook chorale to a cut-out score including new symbols invented by the composer.
✓ It's capable of working with guitar tablature.
✓ Finale includes a jazz font similarly to the one found in Real Book.
✓ All score elements can be adjusted by dragging or using dialog boxes.
✓ Music can be entered using a computer keyboard of a command line window.
✓ It optically recognizes printed music from a scan.
✓ You can import and export MIDI files and Finale plays back the music.
✓ You can export audio files as AIF, WAV, of MP3.
✓ Platforms: Mac, PC
✓ Price: about $40-$600 (there is discounted academic pricing available).
✓ Other versions: Finale Allegro, Finale PrintMusic, Finale Songwriter, Finale NotePad, Finale Reader (this one is FREE!)
✓ Notate anything from a textbook chorale to a cut-out score including new symbols invented by the composer.
✓ It's capable of working with guitar tablature.
✓ Finale includes a jazz font similarly to the one found in Real Book.
✓ All score elements can be adjusted by dragging or using dialog boxes.
✓ Music can be entered using a computer keyboard of a command line window.
✓ It optically recognizes printed music from a scan.
✓ You can import and export MIDI files and Finale plays back the music.
✓ You can export audio files as AIF, WAV, of MP3.
Finale is the other most famous and successful music writing software (besides Sibelius). It was used in films like Polar Express, The Aviator and many more.
SongFrame
is "a song development toolkit designed to provide songwriters and recording musicians an integrated and comprehensive set of tools for writing and refining songs".
Features:
✓ Platforms: Mac, PC
✓ Price: about $100
✓ With SongFrame you can develop complete songs, including chords, melodies, lyrics, rhythms and song structures.
✓ It features an Audible Chord Library.
✓ You can choose from more than 500 drum patterns for each song section.
✓ Quickly record ideas using audio or MIDI.
✓ Platforms: Mac, PC
✓ Price: about $100
✓ With SongFrame you can develop complete songs, including chords, melodies, lyrics, rhythms and song structures.
✓ It features an Audible Chord Library.
✓ You can choose from more than 500 drum patterns for each song section.
✓ Quickly record ideas using audio or MIDI.
To be honest, I haven't tried this one and I feel that it's too expensive if you consider it's limitations. You can't finish a song in this music writing software but only make a "sketch". But I'm sure there are people who are looking for this type of music writing software.
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