Aria Maestosa

If you want to compose your own music, then you will need to preview your work, on a regular basis. Aria Maestosa serves multiple purposes and it will definitely satisfy your needs. You can use it to compose music, starting from scratch. The software allows you to choose between different environments, like a musical score, piano keyboard and others. You can export your music in MIDI format or load and edit existing MIDI files.

Aria Maestosa is open source, so you don't have to pay for it. The installation file is 12 MB, which should not take long to download. You can also install the software in a few moments, on Windows, Mac or Linux platforms, without making any complicated configurations.

If you know a few things about music, then you won't have any kind of difficulties with Aria Maestosa. The software is designed to be as easy as possible. When you launch it, you will find a few options for creating a new sequence, opening an existing one, importing a MIDI file or opening a preferences panel. While working on a sequence, you can use different tools to add new notes, by clicking and dragging, or to select and move existing ones.

While clicking and dragging on a musical score, piano keyboard and so on, you will draw a bar. The note's duration depends on the bar's length. Besides that, your note can have a higher or lower pitch, if you place it higher or lower on the score or keyboard.

You may create additional tracks in the same project and edit them separately. Furthermore, you can assign a different instrument to each track. The software includes a large collection of instruments, as well as various sound effects.