mjj@aplvax.UUCP (Marshall J. Jose) (09/15/87)
I'm looking for an IBM program which allows preparation
of music scores. It doesn't have to play the music back to me,
but it must be sophisticated enough to, for example, allow me to
prepare a Chopin etude with it and print it out.
Please respond to the group or directly.
Marshall Jose
mjj@aplvax.jhuapl.edu
...(not seismo)!mimsy!aplcen!aplvax!mjjjku@kolvi.UUCP (Juha Kuusama) (10/15/87)
In article <748@aplvax.UUCP> mjj@aplvax.UUCP (Marshall J. Jose) writes: > > I'm looking for an IBM program which allows preparation >of music scores. It doesn't have to play the music back to me, >but it must be sophisticated enough to, for example, allow me to >prepare a Chopin etude with it and print it out. > Please respond to the group or directly. > Marshall Jose > mjj@aplvax.jhuapl.edu > ...(not seismo)!mimsy!aplcen!aplvax!mjj I know three programs that can do that. Before I go further, a disclaimer: The Copyist is a trademark of Dr. T's Music Software; Score is a trademark of some company or person; Personal Composer probably is a trademark of Jim Miller; the following info is based solely on sales literature from various sources, I have not personally used any of the programs; no, I have no relationship to any of the mentioned companies, nor to their competitors. OK. The Copyist is a program written by Dr. T's Music Software and available from Voyetra Technologies 426 Mt. Pleasant Avenue Mamaroneck, NY 10543, U.S.A (914) 698-3377 The program seems to be to notes what a word processor is to words. Supports HP Laserjet+, HP Inkjet, HP and Roland plotters and Epson dot-matrix printers. Laserjet output quality is up to professional standards. Price $169. The Score is similar, but SEEMS (opinion based to literature, not to experience) to be more "professional"; Supports phototypesetters (Postscript), for example. The output example in the literature was more complex than that of the Copyist, and indeed very convincing (a page of professional quality orchestral score). If I was to choose a program for professional music typesetting, this would be my choice (based to information I have at the moment). The price is $795.00 and the program is available from Passport Desings, Inc. 625 Miramontes Street Half Moon Bay, CA 94019, U.S.A. (415) 726-0280 The third program is Jim Miller's Personal Composer, which is a total music system: a recorder, a synth sound librarian, programmable (with LISP) and a music notation system. I can't really comment the output quality, since I've only seen a few lines of dot-matrix output, wich by my opinion, can't be up to professional quality. Anyway, the price is $495 and the program is available from Jim Miller Personal Composer P.O. Box 648 Honaunau, HI 96726, U.S.A. (808) 328-9518 Last a word of advice: before you buy, check the program's compatibility with your computer, your graphics display and your printer. Check that the program's capabilities are up to (and beyond) your needs and check that the output quality is good enough for your (now and future!!) needs. -- Juha Kuusama, jku@kolvi.UUCP ( ...!mcvax!tut!kolvi!jku )