![]() Complex, dated interface, but very powerful, and near-endlessly customisable. REAPER - my DAW of choice after migrating from Cubase Pro. The next version, 4, looks like it's going to up the ante! Things like CC lanes, support for VST etc., will greatly enhance its reach - one to look out for. The interface is being revamped and rationalised. MuseScore - I didn't expect much of it when I first tried it, but they are making some great strides too. Notion is part of their product line to, so they have some great resources to call upon (I wish that it worked the other way round too!) It's notation side is very good as is it's new mapping facilities aka variations - more user friendly than Cubase IMHO. Studio One - is making huge strides, and a more-than-worthy competitor to Cubase. The expression mapping is good, but like so many things in Cubase it feels like you have to dig deep into a series of sub-menus all over the place - I find it hard to concentrate on composing. The notation side of it feels cramped, and not quite as up-to-date as other products. I also had quite a few crashes and it made me weary of using it.Ĭubase Pro - a very long time former user. But I found its reliance on a single programmer, albeit a very talended one a bit concerning as there is no backup if they stop working on the program. ![]() Overture - this felt like it could be a good medium between DAW and notation, and felt promising. My main dislike is the team's decision to force a certain way of working for note input, which is very keyboard focus. It is very focused on producing outstanding notation, and as a result can feel very deep and complex. It's a fabulous program, and gets better and better, especially with the addition of DAW like facilities and their exhaustive expression mapping. But that's my opinion.ĭorico Pro - as I was thinking of a replacement for Sibelius, I avidly (pun intended) followed the blogs of the Dorico team and loved their approach. I also disliked the company's attitude towards upgrades - it felt as if they found ways to charge a lot for not too many changes. It felt too cluttered and unintuitive for my preferences. Sibelius Ultimate - was my first encounter with notation - it is a great program, but I didn't get on with the menu system. I hope they bring out a new version soon. It's such a great option when trying ideas out. ![]() To me the most valuable part of it is that I can write all my notes into a single bar, and then change their duration values without affecting any other bars. ![]() It has also a good live record facility, and useful things like overdubbing velocities. I love the uncluttered interface, the workman like built in sounds, the fact it has a companion app on iOS, so I can work on that and sync it to my main PC. Notion - is nearly there for me with the exception of the CC option - it would make it such a good product. Is this notation unique to Paganini? Generally I believe/assume that notation is used to indicate the note should be played as a harmonic.I have tried several products for notation, and here are a few of my experiences (most of those products had generous crossgrades at the time which made it easier for me to venture into notation). Heaven help us if anything unusual should happen!)Īnother point of confusion: I have also seen an open circle used to indicate left-hand pizzicato, but only in scores for Paganini, like this: Using the word abbreviations produces score kludges like the following. As explained here, we have:ĭo we not have any symbols used to indicate right-hand pizzicato? I have only seen it written out with the abbreviation "pizz" which, to avoid ambiguity, then requires a subsequent abbreviation "arco" to indicate a return to bowing! (Not to mention the semantic ambiguity in assuming that "pizz" is right-hand pizzicato, and not any other variant.)ĮTA: Given that we have symbols for virtually every other string attack and ornamentation, it would seem exceedingly odd to have no symbol for this most-common form of pizzicato. I'm trying to figure out what (if any) norms apply to notation for pizzicato. ![]()
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