Looking for OS X music software

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in Mac Software edited January 2014
We might be getting an iBook trolley for our school in the UK. It's for the Art and Music departments. They currently use Cakewalk on PC. They need software to interface with keyboards (MIDI I think) and particularly for writing music scores. I guess they will want to be able to play them back through a variety of instruments and print out the score too. What is the best software to ge on an education budget? We will need at least a 10 user licence, perhaps up to 30.

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    trevormtrevorm Posts: 841member
    I think I will just list a few links for you to look at! I am unaware of best price etc:



    <a href="http://www.motu.com"; target="_blank">MOTU (Mark of the Unicorn)</a>



    <a href="http://www.opcode.com"; target="_blank">Opcode</a>



    <a href="http://www.steinberg.de"; target="_blank">Steinberg</a>



    <a href="http://www.sweetwater.com"; target="_blank">Sweetwater Sound (Good store, good prices, GREAT support)</a>



    <a href="http://www.digidesign.com"; target="_blank">Digidesign (Audio Only)</a>



    Hope this is a help!



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  • Reply 2 of 5
    macanoid(tm)macanoid(tm) Posts: 344member
    Don't forget Apple's recently acquired 'Logic'! A hands down winner in competition with Cakewalk!
  • Reply 3 of 5
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    Intuem. Intuem. Intuem

    It is the first low cost Sequencer that i could use with my keyboard. It is the key for MIDI on the Mac, I believe, go to



    <a href="http://www.intuem.com"; target="_blank">Intuem.com</a> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 4 of 5
    mac+mac+ Posts: 580member
    Try <a href="http://www.osxaudio.com"; target="_blank">this </a> one too!
  • Reply 5 of 5
    whytchokolaitwhytchokolait Posts: 3member
    There are alot of good software suggestions, but most of those are more(and less) than what you seem to need. These have lots of fun audio and midi sequencing tools, but minimal notation capabilities; you are in need of good notation software. <a href="http://www.sibelius.com/"; target="_blank">Sibelius</a> is the only choice for running on OS X. Finale is the only other big name, but it doesn't look like that will be coming to OS X anytime in the immediate future.
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