Hi all, I'm looking for some free music composition software. I've tried out ModTracker, but wasn't impressed. I'm looking for MIDI or better. I have a keyboard and a MIDI cable... Thanks! -BlindTechie [edited by - BlindTechie on April 8, 2004 2:52:04 PM]

I don''t remember the names of many, but a search on Tucows.com for midi programs is a good start. They''re all a bit cumbersome to work with, but my favourite so far has been MusicMasterworks. It''s got a plain layout and everything I wanted to know about it was given in the help files. I don''t have a midi keyboard though so I don''t know whether it''s supported or not.

Hope this helps.

**Cosmic**

that''s a tough question because most of the worthy software I know that support MIDI keyboards you have to pay for. You might, however, want to check this web this out:
http://www.technomusic.com/

In the music software download section, they have a pretty extensive list of software to make music. They are not all free (some of them have a small fee), but at least its a start in the right direction.

Hope this helps.

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Kristal:
http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/index.php

If you haven''t seen it yet (it''s very new software, though) - you MUST see it!

Kristal looks great! Shame it won''t run on my Win98/IE5 system though!

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I highly reccomend Buzz. It's got a pretty steep learning curve, but you can do pretty much anything you want with it.

Edit: Although to use Midi with it, you'll need something along the lines of Hubi's Midi Loopback utility, and probably need to play around with it quite a bit to get the synchronization correct.

[edited by - skjinedmjeet on April 11, 2004 8:48:12 PM]

check out powertab editor. i dont remember the URL but google should. it was meant for guitar, but there is a staff display along with guitar tab. it allows for MIDI export, and up to 12 instruments, if i remember correctly. plus, its free and pretty easy to work with.