Originally Posted By: dcuny
Originally Posted By: Mark Hayes
If you were manually transcribing a piece of sheet music to create a MIDI file, what application would you use for data entry?

I'm probably not the best person to ask, but I'll give some suggestions anyway.

Thanks.

Having looked at a buncha stuff, here are my thoughts on this urgent matter.

All things considered, I should really just master Logic's score editor, even if it's not the best, if I'm going to be working in Logic. (And I hand-entered that entire Copland piece in Logic, after all, so I know it can be done – it didn't kill me, maybe it even made me stronger.)

However, for doing abstract, "pre-production" note-by-note editing, with or without associated chords, I think I will focus on learning MuseScore. Like: If I were trying to do exercises from the Fux counterpoint textbook, I would use MuseScore. It is (1) better than Logic, (2) free, and (3) favored on the PG forums in other threads.

Thanks again for all your thoughts on the various apps.

Last edited by Mark Hayes; 03/20/22 02:25 PM.