Alice Jameson Posted June 18, 2009 What is a good midi composer program that's free? 0 Share this post Link to post
Stupid Bunny Posted June 18, 2009 I would recommend Anvil Studio. It's totally free but it's worked pretty well for me. 0 Share this post Link to post
Csonicgo Posted June 18, 2009 StupidBunny said:It's totally free but Doohohoho Anvil Studio may be the most difficult Midi composer unless you know music theory. I used to use Noteworthy, but having to uninstall/install an older version to get rid of the trial version nagging was getting annoying. But if you know music, like I do, you'll be fine with that. 0 Share this post Link to post
stewboy Posted June 18, 2009 Alice Jameson said:What is a good midi composer program that's free? Define 'free'. 0 Share this post Link to post
DuckReconMajor Posted June 18, 2009 Don't know too much on the subject so someone please correct me if I'm wrong. A good choice would probably be to download the Fruity Loops trial. You can keep it for an unlimited amount of time, but you can't save your work in a project file and come back later. However, as you probably know, midis are sort of little "project files" in themselves. So you could download the trial, work on a midi, save it, then come back and open it again to continue working. I've found FL incredibly easy to use, especially considering I know next to nothing about music. 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted June 18, 2009 Record Producer MIDI Edition has a 30 day trial which I believe is pretty easy to circumvent. The full version is a measly $20 which is well worth it. I've tried other free programs and none of them are easy to use after using this one. 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted June 18, 2009 Talking about circumventing legitimate protection, are we? 0 Share this post Link to post
EarthQuake Posted June 19, 2009 Csonicgo said:Anvil Studio may be the most difficult Midi composer unless you know music theory. What the hell is so difficult about Anvil Studio? That's how I started composing midi and I had absolutely no musical background whatsoever. The key for non-musicians is probably the piano roll editor though. I mean it doesn't get any easier than plotting boxes on a graph... 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted June 19, 2009 Maes said:Talking about circumventing legitimate protection, are we? I mentioned that it's free for 30 days and that it can be bought for $20. If someone else chooses to circumvent trial periods then I can't really be blamed. By saying that I believe it's easy to circumvent, I'm just pointing out a flaw in the software. Nothing wrong with that. What I did is no different than pointing out how easy it is to rape an infant or steal a convertible. 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted June 19, 2009 AndrewB said:What I did is no different than pointing out how easy it is to rape an infant or steal a convertible. Well duh, I got losered once just for hinting at something much more tame than that (which however had to do with software) :-/ Then again I guess it's up to whoever is on patrol. Just saying. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kirby Posted June 19, 2009 Maes said:Well duh, I got losered once just for hinting at something much more tame than that (which however had to do with software) :-/ Then again I guess it's up to whoever is on patrol. Just saying. AndrewB is in his own terrible setting, so let him be :P I have started with FractMus and have never really complained. Hopefully you find it alright, but I believe there is nothing perfect out there :P 0 Share this post Link to post
Alice Jameson Posted June 19, 2009 Kirby said: I have started with FractMus and have never really complained. Hopefully you find it alright, but I believe there is nothing perfect out there :P AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! Numbers! Math! AAaaaarrrgh! 0 Share this post Link to post
Kirby Posted June 19, 2009 Alice Jameson said:AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! Numbers! Math! AAaaaarrrgh! Eh, it is a bit strange. However, you can sequence a song note by note if you want using this program. Alas that is the only alternative to using its algorithims that will drive you insane :P 0 Share this post Link to post
Maes Posted June 19, 2009 Heh that must make for some pretty trippy music. Same thing as "aleatoric composers", I guess. 0 Share this post Link to post