RMRK is retiring.
Registration is disabled. The site will remain online, but eventually become a read-only archive. More information.

RMRK.net has nothing to do with Blockchains, Cryptocurrency or NFTs. We have been around since the early 2000s, but there is a new group using the RMRK name that deals with those things. We have nothing to do with them.
NFTs are a scam, and if somebody is trying to persuade you to buy or invest in crypto/blockchain/NFT content, please turn them down and save your money. See this video for more information.
Composers: What do you use?

0 Members and 5 Guests are viewing this topic.

*
Crew Slut
Rep:
Level 93
You'll love it!
For taking a crack at the RMRK Wiki
Thanks, I'll check it out!  :D

Reped up man!

********
Hungry
Rep:
Level 96
Mawbeast
2013 Best ArtistParticipant - GIAW 11Secret Santa 2013 ParticipantFor the great victory in the Breakfast War.2012 Best Game Creator (Non-RM Programs)~Bronze - GIAW 9Project of the Month winner for December 2009Project of the Month winner for August 20082011 Best Game Creator (Non RM)Gold - GIAW Halloween
I use Finale 2006 for midi files, and I use FL Studio 7 Demo for creating loops, then I use Acid 4.0 to arrange them.

(also, anyone know if it's possible/how to import your own loops in Garage Band?)

FCF3a A+ C- D H- M P+ R T W- Z- Sf RLCT a cmn+++ d++ e++ f h+++ iw+++ j+ p sf+
Follow my project: MBlok | Find me on: Bandcamp | Twitter | Patreon

*
Rep:
Level 97
Secret Santa 2013 ParticipantSecret Santa 2012 Participant2011 Most Successful Troll
(also, anyone know if it's possible/how to import your own loops in Garage Band?)

It's not :(

********
Hungry
Rep:
Level 96
Mawbeast
2013 Best ArtistParticipant - GIAW 11Secret Santa 2013 ParticipantFor the great victory in the Breakfast War.2012 Best Game Creator (Non-RM Programs)~Bronze - GIAW 9Project of the Month winner for December 2009Project of the Month winner for August 20082011 Best Game Creator (Non RM)Gold - GIAW Halloween
yeahr it is
I just figured out how today
(you need iTunes, but that's not a problem)

FCF3a A+ C- D H- M P+ R T W- Z- Sf RLCT a cmn+++ d++ e++ f h+++ iw+++ j+ p sf+
Follow my project: MBlok | Find me on: Bandcamp | Twitter | Patreon

***
Hurr durr
Rep:
Level 87
Hamburger? What Hamburger?
What's the best FtU, and PtU music program?
FtU= Free to Use, PtU = Pay to Use.
Current Project:
Altaria: Deus ex Machina (in progress)

*
I love Firerain
Rep:
Level 97
=D
Okay ppl.
1. Agree with others opinions
2. Dont create a fight over dogs.
I think we have a topic like this?
Anyways, i use tabit which Silver gave me :O It's ftu for ME and i dunno any ptu programs.
Maybe guitar pro or something?
Arlen is hot.

********
Shadow Knight
Rep:
Level 91
Ruin that brick wall!
Project of the Month winner for October 2008
Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

*
Rep:
Level 93
<o>_<o>
2014 Funniest MemberParticipant - GIAW 11Bronze - GIAW 92011 Best RPG Maker User (Creativity)
Merged with the stickied thread.

*
A Random Custom Title
Rep:
Level 96
wah
What's the best FtU, and PtU music program?
FtU= Free to Use, PtU = Pay to Use.
It has been cracked. No exceptions. Everything in theory should be FtU.

********
Rep:
Level 96
2010 Most Attractive Male Member2010 Best Musician
Merged with the stickied thread.

you piece of shit, you killed the poll!

:tinysmile::tinysmile:

*
Rep:
Level 93
<o>_<o>
2014 Funniest MemberParticipant - GIAW 11Bronze - GIAW 92011 Best RPG Maker User (Creativity)
oh wow, what the hell

I used the composers thread as the base though @_@

*
Rep:
Level 97
Definitely better than Hitler.
2014 Best IRC Chatterbox2014 Best Musician2013 Funniest Member2013 Best Use of Avatar and Signature Space2013 Best Musician2013 King of RMRKFor the great victory in the Breakfast War.2012 Best Username2012 Best MusicianFor frequent good quality Wiki writing [citation needed]Most entertaining member on the IRC2011 Best Musician2011 Funniest Member2010 Most Missed Member
The poll's been gone for a while. I know there were at least 2 instances because I put it back up twice: once when the forums went down, and once when we switched to SMF. The poll disappeared again for some reason and I was too lazy to add all those options again, ha.
:tinysmile:

********
Rep:
Level 96
2010 Most Attractive Male Member2010 Best Musician
I still say it's Zypher's fault.

:tinysmile::tinysmile:

*
Rep:
Level 97
Definitely better than Hitler.
2014 Best IRC Chatterbox2014 Best Musician2013 Funniest Member2013 Best Use of Avatar and Signature Space2013 Best Musician2013 King of RMRKFor the great victory in the Breakfast War.2012 Best Username2012 Best MusicianFor frequent good quality Wiki writing [citation needed]Most entertaining member on the IRC2011 Best Musician2011 Funniest Member2010 Most Missed Member
Well, of course. I blame him too.
:tinysmile:

*
A Random Custom Title
Rep:
Level 96
wah
That's what you get when you make him super mod. :P Just kidding! He's doing a good job :)

*****
Rep:
Level 88
Illuminaudio
Topic hasn't seen a post in a while, but I suppose I'll contribute.

For composing something grandiose that I could never perform by myself (I've passed some pieces off to a girl I know who's in a string quartet), I use Sibelius.   
For creating and recording sounds I couldn't otherwise achieve, I use Reason.
For general performance (say I randomly think of a guitar melody/chord progression and just want it on my computer for reference), as well as mixing/engineering/production tricks and creating tracks with a more electronic sound, I use ACID Pro. (6 has decent MIDI sequencing capabilities, and I'm an expert at sample manipulation)
Then if I feel the need to master a track, I use SoundForge.

My MIDI controller is an M-Audio Axiom 49.

Actual, physical instruments I own:
Acoustic guitars - one Seagull and one Fender
Electric guitars - Epiphone John Lennon Casino
Electric basses - Squier P. Base
Other stringed instruments - I attempted to build a lute once *shrug*
Various unimpressive percussive instruments
A piano which I can seldom use because it's actually my mother's.


...keep in mind that I'm more of a producer than an actual musician.


k I'm done



********
Rep:
Level 96
2010 Most Attractive Male Member2010 Best Musician
I need to switch over to Sibelius, Finale is starting to annoy the hell out of me.


Anyway, guess I'll update my list:

General, non-orchestral MIDI composition: TabIt LOL (guitar tab program, windows only)
Orchestral MIDI compositions: Finale (windows or mac)
Post-composition, for Electronic Pieces: Import MIDI into Digital Performer, and hook it up with Reason. (I do this part on a mac, because DP is mac only)
Post-Production: Peak LE (great for EQing and normalization)
I have access to ProTools, and a ton of other programs like Sonar and Samplitude, if I need them. Music school ftw.

Actual instruments I own:
Washburn Electric Guitar
Fender Squier Acoustic
Taylor Acoustic
5 string fretless bass, cheap, no-name. Sounds great, though.
Crappy little midi controller (M-Audio O2)
Crappy big 7 year old MIDI keyboard (Casio something)

:tinysmile::tinysmile:

*
Rep:
Level 97
Definitely better than Hitler.
2014 Best IRC Chatterbox2014 Best Musician2013 Funniest Member2013 Best Use of Avatar and Signature Space2013 Best Musician2013 King of RMRKFor the great victory in the Breakfast War.2012 Best Username2012 Best MusicianFor frequent good quality Wiki writing [citation needed]Most entertaining member on the IRC2011 Best Musician2011 Funniest Member2010 Most Missed Member
I wish I could switch to Sibelius, but it doesn't meet my needs, so I'm stuck with Finale. ;9
:tinysmile:

*
Rep:
Level 93
<o>_<o>
2014 Funniest MemberParticipant - GIAW 11Bronze - GIAW 92011 Best RPG Maker User (Creativity)
Programs: TabIt, FL Studio, Reason, SynthFont, Audacity

Instruments: Ibanez AE acoustic-electric guitar, Yamaha YPT-400 keyboard, and hopefully a digital drum kit if I can talk my band's drummer into letting me borrow his :)

*****
Rep:
Level 88
Illuminaudio
I wish I could switch to Sibelius, but it doesn't meet my needs, so I'm stuck with Finale. ;9

Maybe you shouldn't be so needy. :V

*
Rep:
Level 97
Definitely better than Hitler.
2014 Best IRC Chatterbox2014 Best Musician2013 Funniest Member2013 Best Use of Avatar and Signature Space2013 Best Musician2013 King of RMRKFor the great victory in the Breakfast War.2012 Best Username2012 Best MusicianFor frequent good quality Wiki writing [citation needed]Most entertaining member on the IRC2011 Best Musician2011 Funniest Member2010 Most Missed Member
Maybe Sibelius should just give more :V

It's ok, Finale is actually just fine and I rarely have problems with it. If Sibelius offered what I needed it to, I still probably wouldn't switch.
:tinysmile:

********
Rep:
Level 96
2010 Most Attractive Male Member2010 Best Musician
What really bothers me about Finale is the playback. Especially when it comes to ringing notes, or sustain pedals, and crap like that. It's apparently not possible to program in sustain in Finale. It's MIDI controller 64. Set it to 1. Sustain on. That's how it's done in basic MIDI, but no, Finale doesn't listen when you tell it that.

That and a ton of other playback issues make me really, really want to not use Finale, but I kind of have to...

:tinysmile::tinysmile:

*
Rep:
Level 97
Definitely better than Hitler.
2014 Best IRC Chatterbox2014 Best Musician2013 Funniest Member2013 Best Use of Avatar and Signature Space2013 Best Musician2013 King of RMRKFor the great victory in the Breakfast War.2012 Best Username2012 Best MusicianFor frequent good quality Wiki writing [citation needed]Most entertaining member on the IRC2011 Best Musician2011 Funniest Member2010 Most Missed Member
The pedal mark in the articulation tool doesn't work for you?

There's another way to do it that gives a better effect but I can't remember what it is. Something to do with creating an invisible expression mark and something.

You have to remember Finale is mainly for notation and production, rather than MIDI performance. Although I wish it weren't so.
:tinysmile:

*
Rep:
Level 89
2012 Best RPG Maker User (Story)Project of the Month winner for July 2008Project of the Month winner for May 20072011 Best RPG Maker User (Story)2011 Project of the Year2011 Best RPG Maker User (Creativity)
Mm, I use Finale 2006, and the sustaining petal works most of the time; there have been strange little occasions in which it suddenly didn't work, then I copied the notes to a new file and it works. There are quite a few glitchy things here and there, but I found it viable for the most part.

*
Rep:
Level 97
Definitely better than Hitler.
2014 Best IRC Chatterbox2014 Best Musician2013 Funniest Member2013 Best Use of Avatar and Signature Space2013 Best Musician2013 King of RMRKFor the great victory in the Breakfast War.2012 Best Username2012 Best MusicianFor frequent good quality Wiki writing [citation needed]Most entertaining member on the IRC2011 Best Musician2011 Funniest Member2010 Most Missed Member
I use 2006 too, but I haven't had that happen to me. D:

The only real problem I've had is sometimes the MIDI cuts out, and I have to reload the program. But if I'm using a sound library it doesn't matter, it always works. I've heard in newer versions this has been fixed though.
:tinysmile: