bright@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Bob Bright) (03/29/90)
My wife plays bluegrass and traditional fiddle, and is looking for a program that would allow her to enter music in standard musical notation, play it back on the monitor speaker for auditory verification, and then print out the finished score. Does anyone know of such a critter? Provisos: 1. It has to run in monochrome. 2. Semi-intelligent entry (keyboard and/or mouse) would be nice, but not critical. I.e., it would be nice if the software itself kept track of measures and the like. 3. Easy editing is a must. 4. Quality of the sound output is unimportant, since the playback feature would only be used to check that harmonies are right and so on. 5. Ability to edit printer drivers would be a big plus, though again not crucial, since we have access to various dot-matrix printers as well as a laserjet. I haven't paid much attention to the musical side of the ST, so I don't have a clue what's available. I think that something simple like Music Studio is what she wants. Does it run in monochrome? Will it print the final score? What else is available? Any and all facts/opinions concerning availablity, price, quality, ease of use, etc. will be most appreciated. And of course I'll summarize if I get any interesting replies. BBB -- Bob Bright <bright@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Dept. of Philosophy University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Man R3T 2N2 (204) 474-9680
rcd@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (rana.c.dutt) (03/30/90)
In article <1990Mar28.164432.3394@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, bright@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Bob Bright) writes: > > My wife plays bluegrass and traditional fiddle, and is looking for a > program that would allow her to enter music in standard musical > notation, play it back on the monitor speaker for auditory > verification, and then print out the finished score. Does anyone know > of such a critter? One such program is EZ Score Plus from Hybrid Arts (213) 841-0340. It runs in mono, offers good scoring capabilities, and supports 9 and 24-pin dot matrix printers for output. You can hear what you've scored through either the Atari built-in speaker or a MIDI device. Although for just scoring purposes you can run EZ Score Plus standalone, I use it in combination with the EZ Track sequencer software, also from HA. This lets me input a song from a Midi keyboard (which, in my case, is an el cheapo but goodo Casio CZ 101). For me, this is a faster and more natural way to get notes into the computer than entering them by hand from within EZ Score. I use EZ Track to quantize my uneven playing to, say the nearest 1/32nd note. After that, EZ Score Plus reads the sequencer output, and does the scoring automatically. I only wish that EZ Score would support the HP Deskjet. Does anyone know of a scoring program that does? Rana Dutt rcd@mtqua.att.com