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Cakewalk
Home Studio 9.0
By Cakewalk
Price: $79.99
Platform: Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / Me
Media: CD-ROM
Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours.
Features: Create stunning sheet music Allows you to mix and encode to
the most popular Internet compression formats Record and play back up
to 8 audio tracks Quickly, mute, solo, and arm tracks directly from the
Audio and Piano Roll view WavePipe technology provides imperceptible latency
when adjusting volume, pan, mute, solo, and real-time effects parameters
Good reviews. See Amazon's page.
Cakewalk
Midi Music Pack with Express
By Cakewalk
Price: $29.99
Platform: Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / Me
Media: CD-ROM
Availability: This item usually ships within 2-3 days.
Features: Turn your PC into a multitrack studio. Easy to set up and learn.
Record audio and MIDI tracks using any instrument. Quickly edit and arrange
your music onscreen. Remix tracks in real time.
Cakewalk
ScoreWriter
By Cakewalk
Price: $39.99
Platform: Windows 95 / 98 / Me
Media: CD-ROM
Availability: This item usually ships within 2-3 days.
Features: Create piano, band, orchestral, choral, and lead
sheet notation. Print arrangements of up to 16 instruments. Write scores
by keyboard, mouse, or MIDI performance. Powerful editing tools and symbol
palettes. Enter tempo and other changes easily.
Cubasis
Notation
By Steinberg
Price: $44.99
Platform: Windows 98 / NT / 2000 / Me
Media: CD-ROM
Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours.
Features: 32 staves of notation per page 4-voice polyphony
per double staff Text and lyric modes Drum notation Wide range of layout
options
Midisoft
Desktop Sheet Music 2.0
By Midisoft
Price: $65.99
Platform: Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / Me
Media: CD-ROM
Features: Choose from 25 different document templates that provide a starting
point for common musical forms Enter or record notes with resolutions
up to 128th notes Edit any music symbol--even during a performance Control
overall visual appearance of the page, staff sizes, and margins Change
the volume and balance of each track with the real-time mixer
Music
Center
By Data Becker
Price: $26.99
Platform: Windows 95 / 98
Media: CD-ROM
Availability: This item usually ships within 2-3 days.
Features: Compose music right from your PC. Record directly to hard disk
with crystal-clear quality. Mix songs with the built-in 16-track audio/32-track
MIDI sound editor. Import and export audio files. Includes metronome,
virtual keyboard, jukebox, and loop functions.
Music
Write
By Turtle Beach Systems
Price: $9.99
Platform: Windows 95 / 98 / NT
Media: CD-ROM
Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours.
Features: Write music by using your mouse to place notes
and other musical symbols Record music from your MIDI keyboard and see
it converted into music notation Play back the onscreen music, using your
PC sound card or an external MIDI synthesizer Print the music, complete
with title, copyright, and lyrics on any Windows compatible printer See
and hear dozens of classical masterpieces included with the program
Mixed reviews. This is a big savings, though, so if in doubt as to its's
usefulness to you, buy from Amazon and save 60% off list.
Sibelius
By Sibelius Software Ltd.
Price: $499.99
Platform: Macintosh, Windows 95 / 98 / Me
Media: CD-ROM
Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours.
Features: Start writing scores in minutes with the software's intuitive
look and feel Input notes manually, using MIDI Flexi-time input Publish
scores directly to the Web Write your own plug-ins, or use the timesaving
plug-ins provided Special notations like guitar tab and drum kit
This is high quality stuff! Read the Amazon's Editorial Review.
Easy
Piano
By ArcSoftware
Price: $19.99
Platform: Macintosh, Windows 95 / 98 / Me
Media: CD-ROM
Availability: On Order; usually ships within 1-2 weeks.
Features: Watch as expert shows you correct way to play Lessons and tunes
at both basic and advanced levels Pieces and chords to print out and practice
Complete guide to reading music Learn about piano history and famous players
Teach
Me Piano
By Voyetra
Price: $44.99
Platform: Windows 95 / 98 / Me
Media: CD-ROM
Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours.
Features: Provides a full course of piano lessons--from beginner through
intermediate skills Learn at your own pace Study with a professional teacher
who demonstrates piano techniques through videos you watch right on your
PC's monitor Learn to play more than 75 well-known songs--all with full
background accompaniment Receive feedback on your performance from the
interactive scoring system.
Recommended for beginners. A good way to save on piano lesson prices.
Nice alternative for the adult student who doesn't relish the idea of
beginner piano lessons.
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Music
Games
By Turtle Beach Systems
Price: $9.99
Platform: Windows 95 / 98 / NT
Media: CD-ROM
Availability: This item usually ships within 2-3 days.
Amazon Reviewer: Music Games is a fun educational game for kids 12 and
under. It teaches skills in listening and is fun at the same time! My
grandchildren all love it and so do I.
Musical
Instruments
By Turtle Beach Systems
Price: $9.99
Platform: Windows 95 / 98 / NT
Media: CD-ROM
Availability: This item usually ships within 2-3 days.
Features: See, hear, and learn about the instruments of a symphony orchestra,
plus instruments from other cultures and traditions Find out how instruments
were invented, how they developed through history, and how they produce
sound Full-screen color images identify the parts of each instrument Videos
demonstrate playing technique of more than 50 instruments Includes MediaCheck
diagnostic utility
Mostly for educational purposes. Would be great for a music class or home
schooling.
Online
help available
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