Notation software using a graphic tablet?

fretmeister

Do any music transcription / notation software work with a graphics tab and pen?

I've got the student version of Sibelius and using a mouse is so slow. I'd like something like Staffpad, but I don't have the funds to buy a MS Surface Pro. 

Anything that lets me use a pen the old fashioned way, but still play it back to me would be awesome.

Sporky

Dunno, but I find Musescore pretty darned quick to use.

fretmeister

I'll give anything a try at this point!

Sporky

Worth a punt. Bit of a learning curve, and some operations are a bit unWindows, but lots of expertise and tutorials out there.

bob21

the secret to sibelius is keyboard shortcuts.. the vast majority of entry can/should be done this way..

make sure you have a keyboard with a number pad!

number pad is note value (same layout as the pop-up OSD pad), key letter is note (it's fairly clever about guessing logical scalar motion, occasionally for big jumps you'll have to correct the octave of a note).. and many more. But once you've learnt it, it is very quick.. and yeah, you shouldn't need to touch the mouse much!

bob21

Also FWIW, I would really try and stick with sibelius - it is, in my experience, by far the most powerful and effective scoring program, and if you do any collaboration at all, it is the format of choice!

Axe_meister

Guitar pro? Not a full blown score writing program but you can input notation and get Tab notation as a by product

Jalapeno

bob21 said:

Also FWIW, I would really try and stick with sibelius - it is, in my experience, by far the most powerful and effective scoring program, and if you do any collaboration at all, it is the format of choice!

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