<p>I’m actually already in my junior year. I was thinking about purchasing a program for sound design but didn’t know where to start. I just got a hand recorder for Christmas and plan go foley recording soon. Which music notation software programs do you recommend for beginners? My music theory is pretty strong, but I’ve only ever notated jazz chord progressions before in a music notebook. I’m going to narrow my college list down some and see what each college looks for in particular- while I do want to explore composition, I still want the emphasis to be music technology (as it stands I have no idea how to create an electronic instrumentation of a Bach fugue and I’m not sure which program to use to begin). My older sister is actually studying computer programming at UCI and intends to specialize in their new video game course next year. I’m not very impressed with their music program though. But I will definitely look into what they have to offer as far as sound design. I’m still on the fence about staying in CA because of the affordability, but it does seem that many of the best schools are located out-of-state.</p>