MUSIC & TECHNOLOGY
  • Ars Nova - Producers of the music theory program "Practica Musica"
  • Auralia - another great ear training program.
  • MakeMusic - Developers of Finale Notation program and SmartMusic.
  • Avid - Their Pro Tools software gives you complete control of powerful recording, sequencing (MIDI), editing and mixing features for your music.
  • Mark of the Unicorn - Source of some great music notation and sequencing software. I have usee their Composer's Mosaic, Performer and Unisyn.
  • PG Music - creators of the wonderful Band-In-A-Box software. It allows you to type in the chord changes to any song and create a bass, drum, piano and more accompaniment in any style. It works for Mac or PC.
  • Sibelius - Notation software for the Mac or PC.
  • Amazing Slow Downer - Software for transcribing music. Great to learn your favorite player's solos! Slows down the speed of the music - between -50% and 400% time-stretching without changing the pitch, changes the key, adjust tuning, work from CD, MP3, AIFF, AAC/MP4 and wave files on your computer in real-time. Now available as an app for your iPod Touch, iphone or on the iPad!
  • Transcribe - Software for transcribing music from CD's. You can use your Windows or Macintosh computer to instantly slow down those tricky licks and phrases - as much as 1/26 the original speed - without changing the pitch!
  • AaBaCa - a good source for educator prices on music software including BIAB for $59!