Finale/Sibelius/Overture/Notation

[Andrea Muttoni]

Hey guys,

This is my first post :) I am a hobbyist musician--I produce and compose hiphop/techno pieces as well as classical.

However, I have trouble finding the software I need. I would like to be able to make scores. I started years ago with Guitar Pro because I found it easy to work with. I now recently switched to Finale but I find it very hard to insert music from scratch, especially with a mouse.

I do have a midi keyboard, so what suggestions do you have? What software is best for transcribing ideas in my head, unto electronic scores?

In answering consider this:

- I play by ear
- I stupidly stopped music theory years ago and now struggle to read music above and below the 5 line pentagram.
- I liked guitar pro's way of being able to add notes by clicking on the keyboard on the screen...it really makes it easy for me

I hope to get some replies :)

Thanks,

- Rekshaw

[Andrea Muttoni]

I never said it was limited, only saying that some die-hard pro tools/cubase fans consider FL Studio to be limited. I honestly disagree with that opinion. They judge "limitedness" on price and learning curve, just because FL isn't 1000 dollars and doesn't take a masters degree to learn does not make it inferior :)

Sorry if it sounds accusatory, it is not directed at you at all, just at "them" :D

[Kevin Day]

I just bought Finale 2010, and am VERY happy with it. Although, I'm not sure how well it would do with hiphop/techno. I have couple friends who use Reason for that, and love it.