Where can i go to find...

[Cyberflyz]

Um...where can i go to find a program that lets me make my own music, and where can i get a program that will let me make title screens(not ms paint)':|

thanks

 

[Rye]

Anything can really make titlescreens. I usually use Photoshop, but that costs money. GIMP could also be used, it's free I think. And I am sorry but I can't help you on the music front.

 

[Lithium]

GIMP is free, and i'm not big into writing music or anything but my sister is and I think she uses some finale notepad or somthing. I'm not sure that it can save in the right format though, there had been another she had used a long time ago. (Thinks) Yeah I also just ran a search and found this:
http://www.myriad-online.com/en/products/melody.htm
Not sure if it can be of much help.

 

[Andy6000]

This belongs in Design and Dev... Also, SoundForge is something I hear of every now and then. Google it or something.

 

[Raziel]

You can edit music with Sound Forge, but not make it (unless you're using an intrument).

 

[Cyberflyz]

Thanks for all your help!

 

[prodigium_doom]

I strongly prefer Cubase for music composition, editing, and sampling, but if you aren't *too* serious about it and will settle for MIDI-format - standard audio bank - music writing, TabIt, Anvil, and even Guitar Pro are good starter programs.

I would also recommend the latter three over Cubase (Or like programs - SONAR, dare I say even FL Studio) if you do not have a decently sized VST library and some form of input / MIDI controller.

 

[darkiewonder]

I strongly prefer Cubase for music composition, editing, and sampling, but if you aren't *too* serious about it and will settle for MIDI-format - standard audio bank - music writing, TabIt, Anvil, and even Guitar Pro are good starter programs.

I would also recommend the latter three over Cubase (Or like programs - SONAR, dare I say even FL Studio) if you do not have a decently sized VST library and some form of input / MIDI controller.

But those cost so much money. if the OP isn't going to get into music seriously, it's better to not get those programs. It would be a waste of money.

But seeing as some of those have demos up, it's a good thing to try it out.

But check Sourceforge.net for open source music softwares. i'm sure there are a few there to try out and its free to use

 

[prodigium_doom]

But those cost so much money. if the OP isn't going to get into music seriously, it's better to not get those programs. It would be a waste of money.

But seeing as some of those have demos up, it's a good thing to try it out.

But check Sourceforge.net for open source music softwares. i'm sure there are a few there to try out and its free to use

Eh, you're right. It was a tad foolish to suggest at least Cubase - though it is by a wide margin the best. (In my opinion.)

TabIt, on the other hand, has a decent trial version, and requires absolutely no previous recording experience / musical knowledge. (To operate, not to create good music.) However, it's very simplistic and limited if you wish to create more complex / advanced pieces. As with most people, I suppose I should just suggest searching through Sourceforge's audio capturing/recording section and see if anything catches your interest.

 

[darkiewonder]

Eh, you're right. It was a tad foolish to suggest at least Cubase - though it is by a wide margin the best. (In my opinion.)

TabIt, on the other hand, has a decent trial version, and requires absolutely no previous recording experience / musical knowledge. (To operate, not to create good music.) However, it's very simplistic and limited if you wish to create more complex / advanced pieces. As with most people, I suppose I should just suggest searching through Sourceforge's audio capturing/recording section and see if anything catches your interest.

I haven't used but heard great things about Cubase. But what I did do was go out and bought FL studio which was a great investment. I tinkered with it when it was FL 4 but quit shortly after that. And when I heard about FL 6, I jumped the gun and bought it. I was very pleased.

After that buy, I went and got Guitar Pro Which is a program I haven't even used yet but bought :\ But having those two programs for music is good anyways.

 

[DESIRE]

I only skimmed what some of the people listed but did I happen to see somebody list a tab editor? Wtf?!

Anyways, I did catch some good music programs listed.....that happen to cost money. Off of my head I can't think of any that don't cost money. I know at my school for our music program I have access to programs like Finale, etc. There are tons of good programs out there, but I couldn't suggest a free one that I know of :/.

 

[Anonymous]

Noteworthy Composer's free, though I rather dislike it. Anvil Studio's free; I used it a lot back in the day, and it's really flexible but a bit difficult to get in to. Presto MIDI Maker is good for remixing existing songs, but unless you have a MIDI keyboard of your own it's pretty bad for making your own.

Guitar Pro costs money, but it has a decent trial version (though I greatly prefer GP4 to GP5). The full version's ~$60USD but it's a really nice program if you play guitar or can read guitar tablature. If not, then it might take a bit to get into. I recommend it, personally.

FL Studio costs quite a bit of money (~$500USD for the best edition), but has an excellent trial version with pretty much everything open, though you can't save projects. It's really flexible for most kinds of music, and is on-par with the other big name programs like Reason or Garage Band.

There are a number of free Trackers, but you probably don't know what Tracker is and even so it's really not recommended for starters.

Google is your best friend in cases like this. There are an innumerable amount of MIDI sequencers out there; some are really good, and some are downright horrible. A question like "name some good MIDI makers" on a forum like this will yield varied answers, because "good" is subject to opinion, and everyone has a different opinion. Play around with a bunch of different ones and see which is the best for you - or if music is meant for you in the first place - before you invest money into it.

 

[rexxzecutioner]

You people only know that Cubase is just a VST host, right? It's pretty neat, but it's no more better than FL Studio as a step sequencer(which is an even less complex/in depth program). I'd way rather use FL as a VST host than Cubase.

 

[prodigium_doom]

You people only know that Cubase is just a VST host, right? It's pretty neat, but it's no more better than FL Studio as a step sequencer(which is an even less complex/in depth program). I'd way rather use FL as a VST host than Cubase.

Ah, nothing brings more joy to my heart than a 'composer' with a superiority complex. Based on the assumption that your response on Cubase spawned from my post, you'll be delighted, perhaps, to know that your question was answered only slightly later in that same post. Sorry, no need to attempt to condescend here.

As for the suggestions of Tab editors, in a 'wtf?!' response by Fenrir, yes, I fully suggest using one as a first for dabbling in music creation. They support the full standard MIDI bank, and are incredibly easy to learn to use.

 

[DESIRE]

True, but most tab editors I've seen it is mandatory to input as tab (at least on free ones :P), which wouldn't really teach how to write music altogether as much as it would transpose it for guitar/bass :P. Besides, most tap editors are a real pain to work with as far as non-mallet percussive instruments go. Sure, it's free, has an expansive selection of MIDI instruments, and can make MIDI files, but tab editors aren't the best to learn to compose a non-band piece imo.

Anyways....

Regardless of what path you take or what instruments you own, you should at least own a piano/keyboard or guitar, with a piano or keyboard holding precedence (a MIDI keyboard over piano for obvious reasons, but that'd be a little much money for starting). You should learn the basics of music theory before attempting to compose. For some quick lessons you could try this site or, of course, Wikipedia (as always). Once you have the basics of music theory and can read both bass and treble cleff (any other cleffs that aren't commonly used such as tenor cleff are highly unnecessary), then I'd say you're ready to start composing. I'd at least have some basic knowledge of chords before I started making attempts at compositions.

 

[prodigium_doom]

True, but most tab editors I've seen it is mandatory to input as tab (at least on free ones :P), which wouldn't really teach how to write music altogether as much as it would transpose it for guitar/bass :P. Besides, most tap editors are a real pain to work with as far as non-mallet percussive instruments go. Sure, it's free, has an expansive selection of MIDI instruments, and can make MIDI files, but tab editors aren't the best to learn to compose a non-band piece imo.

Anyways....

Regardless of what path you take or what instruments you own, you should at least own a piano/keyboard or guitar, with a piano or keyboard holding precedence (a MIDI keyboard over piano for obvious reasons, but that'd be a little much money for starting). You should learn the basics of music theory before attempting to compose. For some quick lessons you could try this site or, of course, Wikipedia (as always). Once you have the basics of music theory and can read both bass and treble cleff (any other cleffs that aren't commonly used such as tenor cleff are highly unnecessary), then I'd say you're ready to start composing. I'd at least have some basic knowledge of chords before I started making attempts at compositions.

From his request of a program that allows him to make title screens, I suggested TAB editors assuming it wasn't something he would be seriously pursuing. Nevertheless, you're right.