Posted by Joey Silva on January 24, 2001 at 19:09:13:
In Reply to: Notation Software posted by Mark Wiseman on January 23, 2001 at 21:13:24:
Finale is a great program, and for notation its probably the best, I havent used it much though.
I think for actual compostion (aka MIDI sequencing) Cakewalk is probably the best program available. Unfortunately, its really expensive. I got mine at an online auction for something like 1/20 of the price. It's loaded with features (not exactly user friendly) and not really designed for printing music (doesn't have much notation, print-outs look pretty plain and crappy). Twelve-tone systems (Cakewalk's maker) make a program called "Overture" for notation. I've never used, but I've heard good things and I think it would be worth checking out.
I have Cubase VST and Voyetra too, I wouldn't recommend either.
Don't forget to check surplusauction.com, or ebay and whoever else has that kinda stuff.
Joey Silva