TOOLS

In the old days, tools for composers would have been considered a feather pen, some ink and paper. Nowadays, there is so much more we can utilize to hone our craft of creating music and song lyrics. Some of the tools available today are as varied as the instrument or voice that we wish to use to create the work.

Starting with the keyboard, the possibilities for creating, sequencing, storing, arranging and even printing out sheet music from music we play into any midi keyboard are ever evolving. To plan the computer hardware setup, the interfacing of various midi keyboards and devices and the utilization of the most current and popular sequencing programs, digital hard disk recording systems and even entire multitrack home studio setups, there is no end to the available hardware and software tools to help in song composition and creation. The idea behind any of the new and evolving technologies should be relative simplicity of use and relative transparency to the user, so that one can spend more energy and time on the actual creative process rather than fighting with the technology. Alot has improved since the good old days of saving your work often before the mac crashes again (you should still save your work often though), but we will review several systems for both Mac and PC that are available.

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