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« Reply #225 on: September 30, 2008, 10:25:47 AM »
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I fail epically at composing. Though I'm only still learning composing to GCSE standard, Sibelius 4 works fine for me. It has good notation and tab functions. The only thing it's lacking is a sound libary tbh. Would really like to add some sound effects to pieces and fail at using converter programs etc.
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« Reply #226 on: September 30, 2008, 11:02:04 AM »
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I think that would be pirating
AND WE DONT SUPPORT PIRATING AT RMRK :V

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« Reply #227 on: September 30, 2008, 03:16:10 PM »
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You should give Finale a try. I used to hate it, but once you actually figure out how it works, it's very effective. And it comes with Garritan Personal Orchestra, which is a very nice orchestra sound library.

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« Reply #228 on: October 02, 2008, 10:44:45 AM »
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I think that would be pirating
AND WE DONT SUPPORT PIRATING AT RMRK :V

Nuuu, I mean that converting from a MIDI to an MP3 and inproving quality >_<

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You should give Finale a try. I used to hate it, but once you actually figure out how it works, it's very effective. And it comes with Garritan Personal Orchestra, which is a very nice orchestra sound library.
I'll give it a try.
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« Reply #229 on: October 23, 2008, 09:10:01 AM »
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I started using FL7 the other day, it's not nearly as bad as people make it out to be.
it's a little overwhelming to look at at first, but imho so is any other good audio program.

I'm gonna be seeing what I can do with this, hehe Tongue


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« Reply #230 on: March 01, 2009, 03:03:03 PM »
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I use Finale 2009. It has everything I need. And, it's great to use when writing percussion parts. I write a lot of marching percussion pieces and, it's the best program I've used to write them with.

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« Reply #231 on: March 02, 2009, 04:16:08 AM »
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I use GuitarPro. Very easy to use and got some really good features.

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« Reply #232 on: August 21, 2009, 03:05:25 PM »
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Why isn't there so many ppl using Finale?  Sad

I use finale 2009 with garritan personal orchestra - (from silbeus 4 and defualts)

I do consider myself a successful transposer/composer.

Finale is great, you just need to get used to its interface. The only thing wrong is that the Garritan Output is very umm low in volume 

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« Reply #233 on: August 21, 2009, 06:37:25 PM »
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I use GuitarPro. Very easy to use and got some really good features.
LOL WUT. For a tabbing program, it's the worst considering you need to put in the rests.

Also, Loche, I think arl uses Finale. He's majoring in MT so I think he uses everything. >_>



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« Reply #234 on: September 23, 2009, 08:18:39 PM »
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Updated setup:

Finale for composition
ACID Pro 7 for mixing and various processes of production
Reason 4.0 for synthesis
Cubase Studio 4 for recording
Soundforge 9 for mastering

Then a bunch of really awful hardware, aside from my Axiom, which I love like an estranged ex-wife.

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« Reply #235 on: January 07, 2010, 05:50:49 PM »
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Don't know why exactly I'm posting this, it doesn't matter to anyone lol

Dropping Finale and switching to Sibelius. In short, Sibelius has made composing fun again. Finale can suck it MAD FACE

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« Reply #236 on: January 07, 2010, 08:33:25 PM »
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I'd switch to Sibelius if I didn't already know more about Finale than the programmers of Finale do. 

But I suppose it wouldn't matter in the end, because I could xml my UNFINISHED Finale scores INTO Sibelius.
Because my finishes scores are just pdf files, and once they're finished they really don't ever need to be opened in Finale ever again.

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« Reply #237 on: January 07, 2010, 08:42:45 PM »
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Being so familiar with Finale (like extremely familiar as you are) is what kept me from doing this earlier too. But after using Sibelius several times at school I realized that I actually hate Finale and it's why I barely write anything anymore unless I have to. Sibelius is so intuitive and just makes things so much easier.

However I think this is a recent development. I know Sibelius used to not be able to do a lot of things, but now it pretty much does everything Finale does (as far as I can tell) only it's simpler. Plus there's a discount for switching from Finale Smiley

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« Reply #238 on: January 07, 2010, 08:51:04 PM »
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A DISCOUNT!? :O

Shit, that's all I need to hear.

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« Reply #239 on: January 07, 2010, 11:15:17 PM »
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My school has Sibelius. We use it for our theory class. Is it really that good? o_o



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« Reply #240 on: January 08, 2010, 12:06:17 AM »
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In my opinion, Sibelius is much more intuitive and easier to use. It makes composition fun. :-]

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« Reply #241 on: January 08, 2010, 01:58:38 AM »
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You just said what I said but in a different way MAD FACE

My school has Sibelius. We use it for our theory class. Is it really that good? o_o

I think so. Plus it seems professional composers (like for movies and shit) mostly use Sibelius nowadays. So it's professional :B

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« Reply #242 on: January 09, 2010, 11:38:16 PM »
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yay, i use sibelius, before i used to use Finale2003... Cheesy its cool too, but oldy =D

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« Reply #243 on: January 16, 2010, 02:36:25 AM »
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This is my first post, as I just joined today.  Cheesy

Our family is big into music, so my dad and I turned
our garage into a music studio. I play (and collect)
synthesizers. So that's what I use to make music.
My main workstation is a Yamaha Motif XS6,
and I record into a program called Digital Orchestrator.
It's a pretty no-frills program, but I use rack equipment
for effects anyway.
So thats what I use.  LOL

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« Reply #244 on: January 16, 2010, 04:10:05 AM »
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