Can you use Logic Pro to a music score?

My daughter using MuseScore to create music pieces. But the thing that is driving me nuts is that the instruments available in it sounds really poor. I figure Logic Pro would provide much better instruments.


So can she use Logic Pro 9 to create music via purely using music notation? I understand it has more functionality that that and I would love to use it to play around with creating other things, but the main thing will be creating music via notation.


Or should I pick up Finale SongWriter or Sibelius First instead?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy), Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jun 27, 2012 7:46 PM

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Jun 28, 2012 12:06 AM in response to Andromedan

Logic Pro 9 can definitely be used to Create a music score, and it's also fully possible to do that via music notation. Notes can be entered by drag and drop, by using the Caps Lock Keyboard, The Step Input floating window, or by activating the MIDI In button and entering notes via an external MIDI keyboard. If she does that, she can extend an entered note by clicking one or seevral times on the foot pedal before she releases they key, and the pedal can also be used tyo enter pause symbols (repeated use of the food pedal = longer pauses). She can even enter notes by recording (monophonic = one note at a time) audio (eg. simple piano notes), and convert these audio tracks to MIDI afterwards.


One can also correct notes by double clicking on the MIDI In icon and siply play them again.


In some ways Sibelius is better, in other ways Logic is better. I'd definitely spend some time with Logic before even considering Sibelius. And I would not even consider Finale.


Chapter 31 in the manual (page 861-997) deals with notation, and there's at least one dedicated (new in 2012) book about Logic score part on Amazon. There's probably quite a few tutorial videos on YouTube as well.


The Amazon book, published a couple of months ago:

http://www.amazon.com/Scoring-Logic-Pro-Jay-Asher/dp/1133693342/ref=sr_1_9?s=boo ks&ie=UTF8&qid=1334585605&sr=1-9

Jun 27, 2012 8:07 PM in response to Andromedan

Im not sure what you are asking, so I will give two answers


Yes, If you are using logic you can make and print music score notation. simply hit the cap's lock button, and a piano keybord that allows you to type notes will appear. At the bottom if you click on score, you will see a written sheet of all the notes you've typed that you can print.


(other possible question answer)


Logic cannot scan music scores, and convert them to MIDI notes (wich would make the music) However if you hit cap's lock and look at the displayed piano, hit record and start typing the notes as if you were playing them on a piano, you will get a MIDI section. This can be edited in order to sound more precise, and can also change it's instruments sounds, from piano's to violins.


However, I would recomend trying out GarageBand First. It can do all of that, exept there are just alot less of things you can do outside of these things. However, GarageBand should suffice the average musician, and is MUCH cheaper. AOne should also note that in GarageBand, instead of hitting caps lock, one needs to type comman+shift+K.

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