When you're ready to upgrade, Finale full version has fully sampled sound for hundreds of instruments. Retail $299. finalemusic.com. Source: 6 months ago

Since Sibelius and Finale are two industry-leading (and very much competing) music notation software systems, this headline made me do a quadruple-take! https://www.avid.com/sibelius https://finalemusic.com For those interested in (extremely entertaining) breakdowns of the Sibelius software and other offerings in this space from a UI/UX design perspective, I highly recommend Tantacrul's videos, which propelled him... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

I too would want the sheet music so I can transcribe it on music notation software like Finale. Source: almost 3 years ago

Broadly speaking, most would compose on actual instruments, notate on staff paper, and then program the audio chip instructions manually, in Music Macro Language, or using a custom utility developed by the musician or studio. Tracker programs became available starting with the Amiga platform in the late 1980s, but most trackers were still written specifically for the hardware the program ran on. Today, NES... Source: about 1 year ago

You can use a program like FamiTracker (tracker-style interface) or FamiStudio (midi/piano-roll-style interface) which reproduce the NES's limitations and can export .nsf files which you can play back on an actual NES or emulator. Source: over 1 year ago

Try famitracker. It is a popular software used to make authentic 8bit music. Source: over 1 year ago

I'm really not sure if this is close, but FamiTracker has somewhat of a text interface. Source: almost 2 years ago

🤦‍♂️ when I read the title I thought you meant classic videogame consoles and thought COOL I know about FamiTracker for authentic NES music, and was excited that maybe people would post similar things for other systems. 🤓🤷‍♂️😅. Source: about 2 years ago