A lot of the ones that sound like shit are like that because RUST can't really handle playing the percussion tracks from the MIDI. You can make them sound a lot better by using something like Anvil Studio to remove the drum tracks. Source: about 3 years ago

Unless a piece you want has been recreated or arranged on MuseScore or flat.io, you must buy your own music unless someone wants to give some old music to you. Source: about 1 year ago

I was able to do this with flat.io. Source: about 1 year ago

The web-based options are, unsurprisingly, more limited. flat.io is pretty bad, Noteflight is better but still very limited and quite bad to use. There's some more niche stuff like Unison but it might not be the most accessible. Source: about 1 year ago

For gear, I didn't use any pedals or even an amp to record this. I bought an audio interface (you can get a pretty good one used for like $80) and plugged my guitar into my laptop. I used a free ampsim I found online and recorded it. I then sent it to a producer who cleaned up the tone and mixed it in with all the other instruments (on this specific track I had real people I found online play all the instruments... Source: about 1 year ago

I've used Flat a lot, it's really beginner friendly: https://flat.io/. You can search "music notation" program or software or website for other options. Source: about 1 year ago