Some Questions

[netro1123]

Lets start with something different; Do you know about notation software?
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/soft ... re-review/
http://davidbolton.info/articles/musescore_review.html
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscore/reviews/
http://musescore.org/

Audacity is mostly for editing WAV files.
If you are not recording voice or live instruments with microphones or using a midi keyboard plugged into the PC or any other midi device then Audacity may not be required at any point. But check it out anyway.

If you want to record midi data to edit in the DAW use piano roll functions in a DAW, such as LMMS. The data remains very small as it is instructions to play sounds rather than an actual recording.
If however you want to record the performance as if playing live then Audacity will allow you to do this. It does not have to be a finished product, you can cut and edit tracks (as you can with multi track tape in a studio) but it isn't as simple as rubbing out or moving individual notes in Piano roll.

Also the Piano roll info could be recorded alternatively as musical notation and could be a worthwhile learning experience for a musician such as yourself.
In your position I would look at composing with notation software.
http://www.notionmusic.com/products/notion4.html
free alternative (doubt it comes with quality sound software):
http://musescore.org/

Playing and recording with Audicity or Wavasour is a totally different experience, more like the old days in a studio (but quicker and easier to edit) before DAWs changed the game, at least for Pop (and Orchestral mock ups or say TV work). If you are experimenting it will take a lot longer.

If you get a midi keyboard you could use both. Both have significant advantages. Recording a performance with a WAV editor allows you to play with greater expression much of which disappears when you fill in notes in a Piano roll.

Ah, that makes sense.

I've used musescore before, but not for things like this. What do you mean when you say the piano roll info could be recorded alternatively as musical notation though? How does that work? I would love to learn about that too. Thanks for your help.

[popeye1234]

Lets start with something different; Do you know about notation software?
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/soft ... re-review/
http://davidbolton.info/articles/musescore_review.html
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscore/reviews/
http://musescore.org/

Audacity is mostly for editing WAV files.
If you are not recording voice or live instruments with microphones or using a midi keyboard plugged into the PC or any other midi device then Audacity may not be required at any point. But check it out anyway.

If you want to record midi data to edit in the DAW use piano roll functions in a DAW, such as LMMS. The data remains very small as it is instructions to play sounds rather than an actual recording.
If however you want to record the performance as if playing live then Audacity will allow you to do this. It does not have to be a finished product, you can cut and edit tracks (as you can with multi track tape in a studio) but it isn't as simple as rubbing out or moving individual notes in Piano roll.

Also the Piano roll info could be recorded alternatively as musical notation and could be a worthwhile learning experience for a musician such as yourself.
In your position I would look at composing with notation software.
http://www.notionmusic.com/products/notion4.html
free alternative (doubt it comes with quality sound software):
http://musescore.org/

Playing and recording with Audicity or Wavasour is a totally different experience, more like the old days in a studio (but quicker and easier to edit) before DAWs changed the game, at least for Pop (and Orchestral mock ups or say TV work). If you are experimenting it will take a lot longer.

If you get a midi keyboard you could use both. Both have significant advantages. Recording a performance with a WAV editor allows you to play with greater expression much of which disappears when you fill in notes in a Piano roll.

Ah, that makes sense.

I've used musescore before, but not for things like this. What do you mean when you say the piano roll info could be recorded alternatively as musical notation though? How does that work? I would love to learn about that too. Thanks for your help.

Are you politely trolling me!!! ?
I'm not an expert on that software or any of this software. The little I do know is that you can use musical notation to input midi data and create scores. Advanced commercial notation software comes with a library of sounds.

Read the reviews in the links I gave you. You should get the idea.

[netro1123]

Lets start with something different; Do you know about notation software?
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/soft ... re-review/
http://davidbolton.info/articles/musescore_review.html
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mscore/reviews/
http://musescore.org/

Audacity is mostly for editing WAV files.
If you are not recording voice or live instruments with microphones or using a midi keyboard plugged into the PC or any other midi device then Audacity may not be required at any point. But check it out anyway.

If you want to record midi data to edit in the DAW use piano roll functions in a DAW, such as LMMS. The data remains very small as it is instructions to play sounds rather than an actual recording.
If however you want to record the performance as if playing live then Audacity will allow you to do this. It does not have to be a finished product, you can cut and edit tracks (as you can with multi track tape in a studio) but it isn't as simple as rubbing out or moving individual notes in Piano roll.

Also the Piano roll info could be recorded alternatively as musical notation and could be a worthwhile learning experience for a musician such as yourself.
In your position I would look at composing with notation software.
http://www.notionmusic.com/products/notion4.html
free alternative (doubt it comes with quality sound software):
http://musescore.org/

Playing and recording with Audicity or Wavasour is a totally different experience, more like the old days in a studio (but quicker and easier to edit) before DAWs changed the game, at least for Pop (and Orchestral mock ups or say TV work). If you are experimenting it will take a lot longer.

If you get a midi keyboard you could use both. Both have significant advantages. Recording a performance with a WAV editor allows you to play with greater expression much of which disappears when you fill in notes in a Piano roll.

Ah, that makes sense.

I've used musescore before, but not for things like this. What do you mean when you say the piano roll info could be recorded alternatively as musical notation though? How does that work? I would love to learn about that too. Thanks for your help.

Are you politely trolling me!!! ?
I'm not an expert on that software or any of this software. The little I do know is that you can use musical notation to input midi data and create scores. Advanced commercial notation software comes with a library of sounds.

Read the reviews in the links I gave you. You should get the idea.

Oh, sorry. I just have tons of questions about this stuff.

Thanks a ton for all your help. It's been extremely helpful. Thank you so much!

[popeye1234]

Oh, sorry. I just have tons of questions about this stuff.

Thanks a ton for all your help. It's been extremely helpful. Thank you so much!

That's okay.

[netro1123]

I have yet another question.

I would like to put wav or mp3 files into my music, how can I do this? I've searched for a vst that will play them, but I came up empty. Any suggestions?

[diiz]

I have yet another question.

I would like to put wav or mp3 files into my music, how can I do this? I've searched for a vst that will play them, but I came up empty. Any suggestions?

Mp3 files: convert them to wav/ogg/flac files first.

Wav files: put the file in your sample directory (configure directories in settings). Select the sample tab from the sidebar, find your sample file there, drag it into the song editor or bb-editor like you'd drag an instrument.

Alternatively, add Audiofile player to your song, open the instrument GUI, there click the folder icon to load a sample to it.

[netro1123]

I have yet another question.

I would like to put wav or mp3 files into my music, how can I do this? I've searched for a vst that will play them, but I came up empty. Any suggestions?

Mp3 files: convert them to wav/ogg/flac files first.

Wav files: put the file in your sample directory (configure directories in settings). Select the sample tab from the sidebar, find your sample file there, drag it into the song editor or bb-editor like you'd drag an instrument.

Alternatively, add Audiofile player to your song, open the instrument GUI, there click the folder icon to load a sample to it.

Ah man, now I feel stupid. I knew that audiofileproccesser was there the whole time.

[netro1123]

Ok, I adore the VST called Alchemy(http://www.camelaudio.com/Alchemy.php), not only because it has great presets but because I can play my sfz files and make them sound very nice. But lately I have been having WAY to much issues with it. It takes up a lot of CPU and it seems kinds unstable on my computer. Is there any other VST's like this? I really want something where I can mess with the reverb, vib, trem, and cutoff on my sfz files, but I can't seem to find one. Maybe I am just not looking in the right place. Any suggestions?