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The world of technology enhanced creative tools runs deep and wide. Many of the more advanced creative tools presume a knowledge of music recording concepts that may not be familiar to beginning users. We have found that Acoustica's Mixcraft is a great place to start.

In January 2010, Mixcraft 5 will be released - which will include notation. Great news.

Free Create Tools:

• Audacity for digital audio recording - a robust, free tool that keeps it simple.
• MuseScore - NEW! version 0.9.5 is an open source free music notation program. We've tested the latest version on Windows 7 - and it works for "live" MIDI input. .

Notation Products (for producing music to be read by others):

• Sibelius
• Finale

Sequencing (for producing music to be listened to by others):

• Mixcraft
• Cakewalk
• Band in a Box - The ultimate Jazz Improvisation title. Interface is not for the faint of heart - it's got TONS of features and requires patience to learn - but always worth it to those who do.

Websites:

• KVR Audio (heavy lifting for the super audio -tech crowd).