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Software available for use with the MIDI keyboard in Warnock

Table of Contents:

Band-in-a-box
Sibelius
Ear Master Pro
Piano Suite
FL Studio 8
Sony ACID Music Studio
Cubase LE 4
Others 
Configuring the software for use with the MIDI keyboard
Hardware details for the Music Workstation in Warnock

Band-in-a-box

Can't find other musicians to practice with you?  Band-in-a-box (BB or BIAB) fills in for you by providing virtual musicians who automatically knows how to accompany you.  Check out the video tutorials to get yourself started.

Sibelius

Tired of drawing dots and stems on staff paper, and making copies and parts for different musicians?  How about transpose a tune from B major to C major so its easier to play on your instrument?  Sibelius is a notational software package that helps you produce neat sheet music to print, share, and more!  Check out these video tutorials.

Ear Master Pro

Love this tune but can't find its sheet music?  Wish you could "play by ear"?  You need good ears!  Ear Master Pro improves your musical ears with its progressive training courses.  From beginners to advances musicians, ear training is the best investment you can put in for your musical journey.  Ear Master Pro is simple to use yet very effective educational tool!  Try it -you won't regret it!

Piano Suite

Always wanted to learn piano but never got a chance?  When was the last time you played your piano? Piano Suite puts you back onto the bench, with fun.

FL Studio 8 

FL Studio lets you intuitively create your own hiphop music, quick and easy.  This veteran of loop music production software has evolved into a powerful production studio over the years.  It has a very hip community, too.  You can easily find lots of very helpful video tutorials online.

Sony ACID Music Studio

Want to produce your own hot dance music but don't want to deal with technical details of temp sync, key signatures, recordings, etc?  ACID is for you!  With readily usable loops, you can easily compose your own master piece.  Check out these video tutorials to get started.

Cubase LE 4

Cubase is a powerful desktop audio/music workstation that's found by many professional music studios.  It integrates music composition, audio/MIDI recording, editing, mixing, mastering, scoring, etc.  into one station.  Learning to use this powerful tool is also a process of learning how to produce a complete music work --from playing around musical ideas to mixing down a "radio station ready" track.  A lot of video tutorials are readily online.  This is a pretty good one.  Don't forget to check out youtube.com as well.

Others

Cubase is a powerful Desktop Audio/Music Workstation that's found by many professional music studios. It integrates music composition, audio/MIDI recording, editing, mixing, mastering, scoring, etc. into one station. Learning to use this powerful tool is also a process of learning how to produce a complete music work -- from playing around musical ideas to mixing down a "radio station ready" track. A lot of video tutorials are readily online. This is a pretty good one. Don't forget to check out youtube.com as well.