What are some good programs (free or not) to use to make music? - Thanks

fruityloops

MindEngine Development
http://medev.sourceforge.net

A guitar, bass, trumpet, etc.

Traction, Cubase SE, FLStudio (FruityLoops) and Acid Pro.

quote: Original post by wannabe 1337
A guitar, bass, trumpet, etc.

Yeah, but then:
1) You have to play the instrument (may or may not be a problem)
2) You need a microphone and a semi-decent sound card
3) You have to actually be able to play your song without screwing up

It''s so much easier just to let the machine work it out for you, even if it lacks character, tonality, intonation, expressiveness, phrasing, real dynamics, and general emotion

Try Propellerhead''s REASON

Sheetmusic:
Sibelius 2
Noteworthy Composer

Trackers/Synthesis/Sequencers:
FL Studio (fruityloops)
Modplug Tracker
Impulse Tracker
Reason
Cubase
Mix Meister

Utitlities:
Sonic Foundry
CDEx

Its rather late and I'm tired, so I've probably left stuff out and/or got some urls wrong, but hopefully that list of of use.

[edited by - kazgoroth on April 20, 2004 9:35:00 AM]

What about Buzz? Buzz is free!

I read that there is ... NOTHING LIKE IT ON THE PLANET ... somewhere.

Buzz Machines

You didn''t specify what sort of music, so...

I found a very nice program today for creating sheet music, called Finale NotePad. It''s basially free notating software. It''s really nice, and prints pretty sheet music. Then, if you have actual musical skill, you can play your music and record it

quote: Original post by Promit
You didn''t specify what sort of music, so...

I found a very nice program today for creating sheet music, called Finale NotePad. It''s basially free notating software. It''s really nice, and prints pretty sheet music. Then, if you have actual musical skill, you can play your music and record it

Where in the world did you get the idea that it''s free? Yes, they''ve got a VERY limited demo version for free download. You can only create a few pages with it...