It took me a very long time to find a piece of software I feel comfortable using. about 7 years ago I came across Midisoft Recording Session, then Midisoft Recording Studio. The company went under and was bought out, they re-released the software for XP and renamed it.
It isn't cheap.
It fits my own needs, because I can't play anything. So software that is geared towards keyboard input just don't work for me. It has a very nice pick a note form (half, whole, 8th, whatever) and click on a scroll of sheet music where it should go.
I've been using that ever since.
I would love to get into tracking, but I haven't been able to locate any software that isn't geared towards a keyboard AND uses actual music notation. They all either emulate a drum machine/synth or if they display in musical notation they only accept input from a keyboard directly to that notation.
If anyone knows of a tracker that lets you do what trackers do AND let you view the score in traditional musical notation AND let you edit the score with a mouse. I would be greatful.
In any case. Interactive Digital Design's Studio 2003 XP is what I used for all the midis on my site (under music)
If you read music, and already understand music that way, and yet don't play piano or don't have a midi keyboard. That will be a great way to score music without having to re-learn anything.
You can then import the midis into a tracker or send them to someone else to convert (and upgrade the instruments) to mp3 ogg or wav for you to use in your games.
It isn't cheap.
It fits my own needs, because I can't play anything. So software that is geared towards keyboard input just don't work for me. It has a very nice pick a note form (half, whole, 8th, whatever) and click on a scroll of sheet music where it should go.
I've been using that ever since.
I would love to get into tracking, but I haven't been able to locate any software that isn't geared towards a keyboard AND uses actual music notation. They all either emulate a drum machine/synth or if they display in musical notation they only accept input from a keyboard directly to that notation.
If anyone knows of a tracker that lets you do what trackers do AND let you view the score in traditional musical notation AND let you edit the score with a mouse. I would be greatful.
In any case. Interactive Digital Design's Studio 2003 XP is what I used for all the midis on my site (under music)
If you read music, and already understand music that way, and yet don't play piano or don't have a midi keyboard. That will be a great way to score music without having to re-learn anything.
You can then import the midis into a tracker or send them to someone else to convert (and upgrade the instruments) to mp3 ogg or wav for you to use in your games.