Hi i'm looking for a midi application similiar to cakewalk to print off the sheet music from a midi file...  cakewalk would be fine for me however the version i have doesnt seem able to print.. any suggestions? preferably freeware lol...

freeware? mmm... I don't know any, but if you google ti you'll find lots, sure. However let me suggest you some non-free software but it's very good for writting music (and of course, you can import midis and modifiy and print them).

Finale (and other programs) from Codamusic Very good program, a bit difficult to use if you're new and want to create and modify files. Easy for just opening a midi and print it.

Encore, from gvox Very simple and intuitive program. You get nice results quickly. Quite limited, compared with finale. If you only want to open and print midis, get encore, it takes less space (but, again, it's more limited, what you print wont' look so professional as with finale)

Sibelius similar to finale. I haven't worked very much with this one. In the web page, they say it's easier to use than finale, but I'm used to finale and I find sibelius a bit dificult (maybe distinct).


None of them is free, but you can download demo versions of the first and third one. For encore I dunno if there are demo verions (maybe).

Use NoteWorthy Composer, opens midi files and creates sheet music for them to print or save to Adobe Acrobat file.

I personally use Cubase, but that isn't freeware, so I would recommend NoteWorthy Composer - but I'm sure when I used that it put "unregistered" over every second staff of music when printing.

hey chris you say you use cubase, i have made this drum beat for my music coursework on it (using Cubase SL 2) and when i print the notation off it all overlaps itself do you know how to add a bigger space or sumat like that?

Fukafly - I've only used SX, but i presume it's the same as SL. Open the  midi file in the staff editor (CTRL + R when the track is highlighted) then chose "Scores -> Page Mode" then "Scores -> Auto Layout -> Spread Page".

That should space everything out a bit. Let me know if it helps.