Brook_fan Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Does anyone here use notation software? I’ve been a long term user of Sibelius, but due to their rediculous subscription model now, I’m looking at other packages, and preferably cheaper as well. Anyone use “Notion”? Or guitarpro 7? Does the latter allow you to write for choirs as well as fretted instruments? Robbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Have a look at Melody / harmony assistant. Single reasonable purchase price and lifelong free updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I use MuseScore which is free and does everything I need it to. MuseScore has a feature called 'voices' which I think allows for simple vocal scores - https://musescore.org/en/handbook/voices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el-gnomo Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Have you checked out Dorico from Steinberg? It was written by the team who wrote Sibelius. There was a "crossgrade" offer which made it pretty cheap, if you had a Sibelius license, not sure if that is still running though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Sibelius First is now a freebie, but is limited to 4 instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brook_fan Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 Thanks everyone. I would have been interested in Dorito as well, but they still don’t do guitar TAB or drum notation 😢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 (edited) I stopped using Sibelius after the subscription model business. I started using Notion 6 on PC and Notion on the iPad. Great for swapping files between the two. Notion is very easy to get to grips with and does most of the Sibelius commands. It comes with it's own sample library and the articulations respond well with the articulation markings. So for playback you get a great idea of how things are going to sound. There are TAB options, Drum & Percussion notation, just about anything to be honest. You can write your own custom rules and macros etc. There are a decent amount of score templates provided as well. It also has a sequencer overlay, so in a way because of VST integration, it can work similar to a DAW as well (adjusting velocities & cc#'s to work with articulation and dynamic markings). Another new kid on the block which is gaining in popularity is 'Overture by Sonic Scores'. It has a good crossgrade price and you can demo it as well. My son has just started using this, and I must say, it is pretty impressive with the things you can do with it. https://sonicscores.com/overture/ https://sonicscores.com/ Dorico is great, but it is still lacking in some essentials. Each update is addressing this though. Edited April 18, 2018 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegateNaarifin Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I've been using Tuxguitar for a while, and flirted with GP7 but it just didn't click. Notion 6 sounds interesting, will have to check it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Brook_fan said: Thanks everyone. I would have been interested in Dorito as well, but they still don’t do guitar TAB or drum notation 😢 AFAIK Melody / harmony assistant does all the tabs & stuff - it even does fingering for a diatonic accordion where you can specofiy your own keyboard layout. Note that I've not tried any others, so am not recomending this one over the others - just pointing out as an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Not sure it counts as a full score editor like Sibelius but Cakewalk Sonar is back (from the clutches of Gibson who bought it and dropped it in their mad expansion.) Any who, it has notation and a tab editor... and is free!!!!! https://www.bandlab.com/products/cakewalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 (edited) Of course, there is 'Finale' as well. The crossgrade price is $149. Also there is a fully functional, 30 day demo available on the website. I suppose, try out all the demos and see what fits best. Edited April 18, 2018 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 +1 for musescore. It might be slightly more quirky than Sibelius but it's free. It has voicing enough for composition, unlimited tracks afaik and then you can output a midi file to use in Reaper if you want to use some decent samples Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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