Cheap Music Write Songwriter Edition (Software) (Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows Me, Windows 2000) Price

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Customer Reviews of Music Write Songwriter Edition

Not worth it
This software is as difficult to use as Finale, yet with fewer features than any other composing software I've ever used. I've transitioned composing software before (Encore to Finale) so I knew it would take some time to get adjusted. But eventually I gave up-- it just wasn't worth it.

In addition to the clumsy, non-intuitive controls, the "Songwriter" version of the software has crippled features: Limits on number of staves and simultaneous midi tracks it will handle at once, limits on the number of measures per line (only 4!), and limits on MIDI editing features. I found there to be simply a general lack of customizeability throughout.

There are simply too many headaches for the end result. I almost got the impression that the people writing this software had never actually written music before, and will certianly not be trying the "Maestro" version of this software. Personally, I'm testing Sibelius 2, Finale, and Overture 3 at the moment and will choose one of them. Those choices are all significantly more expensive than "Music Write", however. For lower cost alternatives I would recommend "Score Writer 2" from Geniesoft or "Finale Allegro" from Coda Software. For the price I wasn't expecting terrific software from Voyetra, however I hoped for either ease of use or robust, musically oriented features and found neither.

Good tool for Composing, Playing & Printing Your Music
For years and years I have used Passport's Encore package for creating and documenting music but after moving to Window XP, I could not get Encore's Text Editors to work and had to find another package.

At first I didn't care for the product because it was different. After a month of using the Music Write, I got use to using it and realized it was not bad.

The main drawback was only two lyric lines that I found annoying but I hit Voyetra Web-site and discovered another version "Maestro" that allowed up to four lyric lines plus a lot more options (and the music I had entered in the Songwriter Edition was compatible with the Maestro version.) Another small feature of the Maestro version is the comment editor, which I use to document aspects of music I create (e.g., what inspired me to create that particular of music.)

Features of the product:
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-Create musical scores on you PC
-Preview you score before you print
-Use the symbol palette to enter notes, rests, clefs, chords, and many more
-Supports all the common musical symbols (i.e., ties, triplets, and many more)
-Notate for all instruments
-Hear you music played by MIDI instruments
-Add chord names and guitar symbols
-Print your score to include your name, song title, copyright information and pick the fonts for each
-Output sheet music to a graphic file (e.g., BMP, JPEG), which can then be imported in MS Word or any other product that imports these types of graphic files

Cut, copy and paste music into you score just like a word processor

System Requirements:
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-Pentium 233MHz processor with MMX or better (Celeron 400 for Windows 2000/XP)
-32MB system RAM - 64MB recommended
-36MB hard disk space
-Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
-Quad speed or higher CD-ROM
-800x600 high color (16 bit) video display
-GM compatible 16 bit MIDI capable soundcard
-MIDI keyboard (optional)
-Printer
-Service Pack 1 or higher for Windows 2000 Professional