Do any of you have opinions regarding sound editing (home studio) software, especially Cool Edit Pro vs. Acid Pro? Also, is there any software which will automatically transpose sheet music into different keys?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Slan,
BB
For sound editing, I like GoldWave the best. For sheet music, I use:
~ Thornton
On 2002-01-28 13:00, BrassBlower wrote:
Also, is there any software which will automatically transpose sheet music into different keys?
I like NoteWorthy Composer. Of course you have to manually input the music but once it is in transposition is just a few easy clicks of the mouse.
Cheers,
David
i use cool edit to edit and work with my recordings. it is the best that i have seen, and you can do almost anything with it, but it is not exactly user friendly or logical. you really must learn by trial and error because the help section is useless in my opinion. i have been using it for a while and i still haven’t even used half its functionalies.
Many thanks for your quick replies! I think I’ll go surfin’ now! 
All the best,
BB
I use Melody Assistant and find it transposes music nicely. It is not for sound editing but it is great for scores. Several other C&F’s folks use it. You can find more comments and a brief review in an earlier C&F board post. Just click on the following link:<a Href=http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?topic=1426&forum=1&6>Making Sheetmusic. The post also has links to the Website were you can download it for a trial.
It’s not the absolute best, but at less than 40 bucks it alot better than a lot of packages that cost 5 times as much.
Hope this helps you …
Enjoy Your Music,
Lee Marsh
[ This Message was edited by: LeeMarsh on 2002-01-28 15:14 ]
[ This Message was edited by: LeeMarsh on 2002-01-28 15:15 ]
I recently got Micrologic…and it is driving me crazy…the documentation is too sparse.
I don’t have a recommendation for audio software, but for music notation, if you want freeware, try
http://www.codamusic.com/coda/np.asp
available for Mac and Windows.
Robert
P.S. As David points out with Noteworthy Composer, you have to enter the music in the software’s file format before you can transpose it…
[ This Message was edited by: rpmseattle on 2002-01-29 14:47 ]
I have three music write programs.
I first started out with Musedit.
This one is a nice program to work with.
You need to transpose each line once you have it all notated.
You also can create Tab with it.
I also have tabledit. This one at least for me is a little more trickier to figure out. If you are into writing tab for perhaps beginners, there is a larger variety of tabs to choose from. What I find benificial of this program is you can import ABC files to it.
I have ABC2win. Which as of yet, I have not even attempted to write with this program. It’s like a new language to me and will take a great deal of time for me to figure out.
Time that can be spent practicing and learning new tunes.
Good luck on your search.
Laura
Ps. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a program that you could scan a tune and edit it right from the scan?
[ This Message was edited by: hillfolk22 on 2002-01-29 08:08 ]
Ps. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a program that you could scan a tune and edit it right from the scan?
Laura, there is, but it’s really expensive and as of this post, requires a LOT of editing, since character recognition of music is much more complicated than the English language. In most cases, it’s still much faster to just reenter the music…
The main ones include PHOTOSCORE, MUSITEK and a few others. Nothing that is freeware as far as I know.
You can do a search on GOOGLE and find the current crap, er.. crop 
:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=music+scanning+software&btnG=Google+Search
I think within 4 or 5 years, the technology could be pretty good. In the meantime, you can hire someone like me to transcribe the music for you:
http://www.musicprep.com/
best wishes
Robert
On 2002-01-29 08:04, hillfolk22 wrote: …
Laura
Ps. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a program that you could scan a tune and edit it right from the scan?
Laura, and all. Melody assistant has an additional module that does optical score recognition (like OCR but for music instead of text characters). I didn’t buy this module (about 20 bucks) because my scanner died and I haven’t gotten around to replace it. Like most such programs, I suspect it works fine on very, very clean images of the score and becomes increasingly obtuse as the quality of the image for scaning declines. Ugly in - ugly out.
You can check the Melody Assistants web site for more info.
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Enjoy Your Music,
Lee Marsh
[ This Message was edited by: LeeMarsh on 2002-01-29 16:38 ]
Thanks, rpmseattle! I downloaded and installed my copy of NotePad and I’ve already got a copy of “Eleanor Plunkett”! It’s nice that you can hit the “play” button and check your work for errors. The only problem is that I don’t see a pennywhistle on the instrument list, so I usually just fake it by choosing “recorder” or “flute”! Heresy! 
Once again, thanks for all the help!
Slan,
BB
On 2002-01-29 16:43, BrassBlower wrote:
Thanks, rpmseattle! I downloaded and installed my copy of NotePad and I’ve already got a copy of “Eleanor Plunkett”! It’s nice that you can hit the “play” button and check your work for errors. The only problem is that I don’t see a pennywhistle on the instrument list, so I usually just fake it by choosing “recorder” or “flute”! Heresy! >Once again, thanks for all the help!
Slan,
BB
BB - Well, if THAT’S the only problem…
I, too was dismayed upon reading your post to discover the glaring omission of “pennywhistle” in the instrument list.
However, I have taken steps to remedy the situation. If you replace the file called “instrument.txt” in the Notepad folder with the following file:
http://www.musicprep.com/instrument.txt
The pennywhistle will appear. At the TOP of the instrument list, thank you very much. I’d recommend you copy the old “instrument.txt” file somewhere first, just in case.
(Right click on PC or click and hold down the mouse to SAVE AS to your drive, otherwise the file will load as a string of text into your browser).
By the way, be sure to email coda music technologies to request that they include the pennywhistle in their instrument list in future versions of the application:
winsupport@codamusic.com or macsupport@codamusic.com
Best wishes, and Happy Notating..
Robert
I’ve found another use for NotePad! I did a score using only a drum for one measure, then repeated that measure 300 times. Now all I have to do is set the time on it, hit the play button, and I’ve got a metronome!
There is a program called Midi Notate that is really good if you have (of Course) the Midi file for a piece. You just open the midi and it allows you to change instruments and single an individual staff or any combinationof staves. Free for 30 days then about $35 to buy. If you are just trying to view sheet music this one is really easy yo work with.
http://www.notation.com/midinotate.htm
I personally use TablEdit and find it a useful program (and easy to use) which has the ability to generate whistle tablature. You can have notation, or tab or both together and you can play the tune back via midi to check your setting/arrangement.
It will read midi and ABC files and can export as tef, midi, abc, html, rtf, and wav files.
The author is always ready to listen to ‘experts’ (i.e. you) for suggestions on improvements or new capabilities (I suggested whistle a few yerars ago and it was incorporated within teh program within 3 weeks).
There is a demo version available for free on the web-site as well as a file viewer (TefView) again for free which will read and play the current library of files but will not let you develop new files (for that you need the full product).
Give it a whirl
Cheers and keep on blowin’.
Steve…
This is starting to look a little like spam..
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/search.php?search_author=SteveMcBill
your first 5 posts, all within a half-hour time span, are really pushing this TablEdit software, including replying to a post from 2001 in order to talk about TablEdit. Are you affiliated with them in some way, or just really excited about the software?
No, not affiliated- merely an excited user.
Cheers
Steve.
WaveLab is the best wave editor that I know (I also know Soundforge and cooledit, but I prefer the first one)
to transpose sheet music you can try Sibelius or Finale.. you can also open midi files from them.
I find Noteworthy Composer meets all my notation needs. Transpose to any key, set the instrument for playback, set the tempo and listen to the midi it creates. It’s very flexible for a $40 product.
Editing software: Use to be Cool Edit Pro, now Adobe Audition. I have version 1.0 on the computer I use for audio only, and on the video only computer version 1.5. It’s really not as difficult to learn as most people say it is. With 128 tracks to play with, the only limitation is your imagination. But like all Adobe products, it’s pricey. $300 the last time I looked. Depends on your needs, but to me it’s worth every penny.