The Final Minuet Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 I used to be a user of both Finale 2006 and FL Studio 5, but neither program suits my needs. I love the notation of Finale, but I'm limited to the Garritan Personal Orchestra or cheap MIDI noise unless I want to dish out even more money. FL Studio supports SoundFonts, but I really don't like loop-based composition and the limitation on the use of time signatures, and I'm not a fan of piano roll either. I'm looking for a program that supports standard music notation and guitar tabs, and also supports SoundFonts. The cheaper, the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylance Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Cubase? Sonar? Look for some "traditional" sequencers rather then the arguably specialilized fruityloops and finale. Cue fl studio / others debate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavous Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 I really don't like loop-based composition and the limitation on the use of time signatures, and I'm not a fan of piano roll either. I'm not calling FLStudio God's program here, but there is no need to make loop based composition unless you want to be lazy, and you can make music in the key of Z if you wanted to (I made a song that changes keys every four chords). The only thing holding you back from getting FLStudio is your dislike of piano roll (personally I prefer sheet music over piano roll, but I refuse to learn a new program after almost a year of using FLStudio). So yeah.../useless relevant post Edit: yeah, so now this means nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facelessman Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Finale supports soundfonts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerol. Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 I really don't like loop-based composition and the limitation on the use of time signatures, and I'm not a fan of piano roll either. I'm not calling FLStudio God's program here, but there is no need to make loop based composition unless you want to be lazy, and you can make music in the key of Z if you wanted to (I made a song that changes keys every four chords). The only thing holding you back from getting FLStudio is your dislike of piano roll (personally I prefer sheet music over piano roll, but I refuse to learn a new program after almost a year of using FLStudio). So yeah.../useless relevant post Finale exports MIDI files...FL Studio imports MIDI files. About half of the composition I do is in Finale, but I usually (90% of the time) export a midi from Finale and take it into FL to do more with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navi Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 I really don't like loop-based composition and the limitation on the use of time signatures, and I'm not a fan of piano roll either. I'm not calling FLStudio God's program here, but there is no need to make loop based composition unless you want to be lazy, and you can make music in the key of Z if you wanted to (I made a song that changes keys every four chords). The only thing holding you back from getting FLStudio is your dislike of piano roll (personally I prefer sheet music over piano roll, but I refuse to learn a new program after almost a year of using FLStudio). So yeah.../useless relevant post Slight correction. He said time signatures, not key signatures. And yes, when compared to a sequencer with built-in music notation, FL is a bit more tricky in terms of getting your changes in. Possible, but tricky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavous Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 I really don't like loop-based composition and the limitation on the use of time signatures, and I'm not a fan of piano roll either. I'm not calling FLStudio God's program here, but there is no need to make loop based composition unless you want to be lazy, and you can make music in the key of Z if you wanted to (I made a song that changes keys every four chords). The only thing holding you back from getting FLStudio is your dislike of piano roll (personally I prefer sheet music over piano roll, but I refuse to learn a new program after almost a year of using FLStudio). So yeah.../useless relevant post Slight correction. He said time signatures, not key signatures. And yes, when compared to a sequencer with built-in music notation, FL is a bit more tricky in terms of getting your changes in. Possible, but tricky. Ok, so now my post is entirely irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgx Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Check out any of the SONAR line. There are a bunch of versions, and some are quite cheap. Even Cakewalk Music Creator ($30) does vsti (which you could run soundfonts with) and notation. Some people don't love the notation functions of Sonar though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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