geb@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU (Gordon E. Banks) (10/19/88)
Apparently DMCS is best. I have Concertware+MIDI only because I have a Mac II and DMCS 2.0 will not run on a Mac II, and according to the manufacturer will not for at least 4 months. I am pretty satisfied with Concertware+. It lacks a patch loader but my MIDI came with a public domain one. The opcode patch editor will not run on the Mac II either.
oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) (10/23/88)
I'm not an owner of ConcertWare, so I can't speak for it. DMCS v2.0 has a
step-time entry mode: you play at 4 times slower than real speed, and the
notes go into the file. No expression, no nothing.
DMCS is good for playing sheet music over MIDI. (Once you've moused it into
it.) It is pretty good for printing, though it has its little ways.
What you want is sequencer software, such as Master Tracks Pro. The metaphor
here is more a tape recorder than a piece of sheet music. This is software
designed to capture the nuances of performance.
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