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which DAW?... if score notation is your primary method
Hello,
I find it easier to perceive and write music using score notation, rather than dealing with pattern sequencers and piano-roll editors. I would like to score most of the music in notation (to be played back by internal VST's), and then go behind the scenes to do some volume editing or effects adding when needed. I've been looking at the various software for PC's, and it seems that Sonar might be the best bet. While nearly all DAW's have some sort of notation capability, it seems like Sonar would be solid. But the screenshot on the Cubase website also looked good (they put a large score up which caught my attention). What I'm envisioning for the primary work screen is a multi-staff score that triggers midi sounds and VST synths accurately and in sync. And then I would use some other windows and functions to shape the sound, check the meters, etc. I would be looking at notation 75% of the time, and the other stuff would take up about 25% of the screen and my attention. If anybody has some insights, thanks in advance. |
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genericaudioperson wrote:
I find it easier to perceive and write music using score notation, rather than dealing with pattern sequencers and piano-roll editors. I would like to score most of the music in notation (to be played back by internal VST's), and then go behind the scenes to do some volume editing or effects adding when needed. I've been looking at the various software for PC's, and it seems that Sonar might be the best bet. While nearly all DAW's have some sort of notation capability, it seems like Sonar would be solid. But the screenshot on the Cubase website also looked good (they put a large score up which caught my attention). It doesn't sound to me like you want a DAW at all. You probably are looking more for something like Sibelius. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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which DAW?... if score notation is your primary method
genericaudioperson schrieb:
What I'm envisioning for the primary work screen is a multi-staff score that triggers midi sounds and VST synths accurately and in sync. And then I would use some other windows and functions to shape the sound, check the meters, etc. I would be looking at notation 75% of the time, and the other stuff would take up about 25% of the screen and my attention. Hi, I am using Cubase, but I don't like the score features very much. I think Sonar is better at that, at least it used to be... Boris -- http://www.borislau.de - computer science, music, photos |
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 08:10:17 -0700 (PDT), genericaudioperson
wrote: I find it easier to perceive and write music using score notation, rather than dealing with pattern sequencers and piano-roll editors. I would like to score most of the music in notation (to be played back by internal VST's), and then go behind the scenes to do some volume editing or effects adding when needed. Cubase and Sonar both have very good Score Edit pages, alongside all the other sequencer functions and facilities. You may prefer the look-and-feel of one or the other - demo versions are available. You can get much prettier score notation from Sibelius or Finale. But they are primarily score-publishing programs with playback functions bolted on. From your description of your needs I think you'd find them fiddley and frustrating when it comes to tweaking the performance. I use Sibelius for what it's best at - scoring for live musicians. For a quick preview of what an arrangement will sound like its playback is quite adequate. But if the goal is a really good audio version I move to Cubase. Very often I don't even bother to transfer a MIDI file between the two applications. I print out the score and play it into Cubase - sometimes all synthesized, sometimes a mixture -playing whatever real instruments are available onto audio tracks. As so often, it isn't really about the tool :-) |
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genericaudioperson wrote:
If anybody has some insights, thanks in advance Noteworthy comes to mind ... Kind regards Peter Larsen |
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