I, for one, have a problem with not having staff notation in any DAW, as any music student must, at the very least, learn staff notation in their studies, and all [real] composers of music [no matter what genre] that are used in royalty money makers [film, orchestra, etc.] must know how to write/read it to be able to get trained musicians to play the parts from lead sheets. I don't know about anyone else, but if I just wanted to play music in my bedroom, not worrying about going further, then not knowing/not using staff notation would not matter. But I taught myself staff notation long ago [outside school/college] for the simple reason that it is needed in the true professional music production scene. Therefore, I tend not to use a DAW that doesn't have the ability to write my music parts on staff notation. This is the reason I have liked Cakewalk since the early days, as it has always had standard, the ability to write staff notation to fire the MIDI loops required, as well as to make your own instrument definitions for such. Piano roll is great for quick corrections of single to bulk problems in the arrangement, but my initial writing is done on staff, as I can even write complicated drum parts in a lot less hours than using piano roll, and those serious musicians who want to play those parts, both percussion and musical, with ease of understanding of the parts and their nuances, simply by following the staff notation. I can go to the local college and pull people from there to record parts by giving them a copy of the lead sheets the day before, and they will get it right almost on the first take in recording, not wasting time in the recording segment of the project. And yes, my setup is in a room smaller than most people would have their setup, and I still have all the instruments, including electric drums inside the room for use and can pull one person in at a time to record [sometimes 2 people for continuity]. So, staff should be a basic part of any DAW, no matter whether free or paid.
Statistics: Posted by bobgreene — Thu Feb 15, 2024 2:59 am