Music Programs and Resources (For ALL Your Musical Needs!)

Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:57 pm

AABattery

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(I'm surprised that a thread like this hasn't been made, and if there is one, I'm surprised it's not sticky'd.)

Hello, everyone! Though I am pretty new to these forums, I have yet to see a thread solely for musical programs and resources. I believe that every forum that has at least a small section on visual, audio, or interactive media should have a place where members can gather musical information (yes, I'm trying to sound smart...)

Well, right now I only have a few categories, and not that much in them. Feel free to add more categories/sites/programs to this list... I would really like to see this grow and hopefully help someone who needs these.

Spoiler: Music Applications

Spoiler: Music Download Sites

Spoiler: Sheet Music Sites

Spoiler: SFX Sites

Spoiler: Tutorials

If you have something to add to the list, please post here! I'll update this post with every new suggestion!

EDIT: I didn't think I'd be getting a lot of suggestions so quickly. Now I have a favor to ask of you guys. If you have a suggestion, please tell us what's the price, OS, and a small description of it. It'll help me a lot. :gant:

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Re: Music Programs and Resources (For ALL Your Musical Needs!)

Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:10 pm

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Sibelius is a good music program, so is Anvil Studio.

http://www.sibelius.com/home/index_flash.html & http://www.anvilstudio.com/

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Re: Music Programs and Resources (For ALL Your Musical Needs!)

Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:56 pm

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Hey! I've heard of Anvil before! Never heard of Sibelius before...

I'll add them to the list.

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Re: Music Programs and Resources (For ALL Your Musical Needs!)

Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:57 pm

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Oh, and for sheet music, there's Gyakusheets.

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Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:00 pm

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SynthFont is a good music program. It also lets you use sound fonts, and you can get some here.

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Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:17 pm

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Damn, I just saw a video for Sibelius... Where has this been all my life?!

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Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:20 pm

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I use FL Studio for all of my AA remixes, and I got the Edirol Orchestra VST for orchestrations. But I cannot link to them, since I did not acquire neither of them legally. They are commercial-ware, after all.

Still, if pirating them doesn't bother you, you can always look for them.

Also, I read Reason is pretty good. Also commercial-ware, though, if I recall correctly.

Re: Music Programs and Resources (For ALL Your Musical Needs!)

Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:29 pm

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Not to be of a bother, but when you guys recommend something, can you give a little info about it?

It's kinda hard doing it myself...

All I'll need is the price, the OS, and a small description. I'll add this to the first post as well.

EDIT: Also, is Reason any good?

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Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:32 pm

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EDIT: This one was taken. Ignorance by me. Sorry.

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Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:30 am

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AABattery wrote:

Finale (Commercial, Windows)
Finale is very expensive, but worth the money if you're into sheet music, because that's what you'll be doing. In this program, you can make sheet music and it'll turn into sound on it's own. You can select from a wide range of instruments to use. An unlimited free version is available, but you can't save.

Actually, Finale seems to be compatible with Mac OS X as well.

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Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:53 pm

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Hmmm...It says resource, so...Maybe it's right place to ask:
Umm...Do any of you guys have any sound fonts that sound like their from DS game?
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Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:05 am

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You should add Reaper to the list of applications, it's a very good DAW (up there with Cubase, Logic and such) and it's really cheap. 60$ for a license (unless you use it for work), works on Windows and Mac and it does pretty much everything you could want from a DAW (doesn't come loaded with a bunch of synths and crap like FL, that's why the download is only ~5MB).

Also Freesound.org is a very good resource for sound effects.

Re: Music Programs and Resources (For ALL Your Musical Needs

Wed May 30, 2012 9:24 pm

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I currently use MuseScore for my transposition/composition needs. It's a freeware, but works like Finale (I think). It's not professional (like if you want to have an entire bar of rest, sometimes it will split that up into rests representing the pulses in music, for example 4/4 time with a full bar of rest may sometimes appear as 4 quarter notes), and can be a little tricky at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty straightforward and easy to use! I would recommend it!
http://musescore.org/

There is also another freeware called Lilypond, which specializes in more professional-looking sheet music. I've never used it, because I've never needed it, but I think it's worth checking out!

http://lilypond.org/

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Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:16 am

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This is a specific resource so not sure where to categorize it:

I would suggest checking out the website called Soundcloud. It's essentially Youtube for everything music/sound effects related, that artists of all kinds go to show their work.

You can use the site for a bit of inspiration regarding a certain style of sound/direction that artists come up with in their productions for the world to see. Some artists will allow downloading their works (just be sure to check the license that goes with said piece you're downloading just to be clear what the dl'ed piece should be used for).

Because it hosts sound effects of all kinds as well, you can use it as well...another alternative sfx source.

The other thing I want to mention about Soundcloud, is since it's dedicated for people showing their work, it would be a nice alternative to HOST all of your works here, so you don't have to waste space on a storage solution like Dropbox. Not sure if Soundcloud allows hotlinking though.

And that's pretty much it I believe.

Re: Music Programs and Resources (For ALL Your Musical Needs

Thu May 09, 2013 11:08 pm

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Sorry to bump this, but for those looking for "professional" music/composition software, you'll definitely want to take a look at Logic and Reason. Logic is Mac OS only (since it is Apple software, afterall), while Reason is available on both Windows and Mac. I'd compare FL Studio to these in terms of professionalism, but not in terms of ease of use. All of these DAWs are better at doing certain things that the others are. If you are easily confused, start with FL Studio. If you have a Mac, take advantage of Logic. If you work with music hardware (mixers, recorders, compressors, etc) with patch cables and signal flow and whatnot, you may really like Reason and how it is laid out.

P.S. I use FL Studio primarily, but I am familiar with Logic and Reason. I still prefer FL Studio over the other two because of how user friendly it is and how much the layout makes sense.

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Re: Music Programs and Resources (For ALL Your Musical Needs

Thu Jul 25, 2013 6:27 pm

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I'd recommend REAPER if you're wanting to get into music for real - SynthFont just won't cut it. (Trust me, I've tried.) It also has a free trial that has little to no limits, so that's something good, too. I personally use Acoustica Mixcraft alongside it (mostly for its amazing default instrument library), but it's an optional choice, I guess.

As for instrumentation, VSTCafe, VST Warehouse and Hammersound would be good places to start.

As for sounds from Ace Attorney - I'm currently making a soundfont or two. I'll try to come back here and post after I'm done!

EDIT: Someone already made one, apparently. This would do until then.

Also, it'd be nice to have this topic pinned... Or is it already pinned?