[net.wanted] All I Want is Music, Music, Music

norskog (12/28/82)

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fortune!norskog    Dec 27 20:00:00 1982

Please send me names of good books and articles on interactive
music editor systems.
Over and over again I and other people have asked for information
on computer-based music systems and we never get any response.
Somebody must know something!

				Thanks in advance
				Lance C. Norskog
				Fortune Systems
				1501 Industrial Road
				San Carlos, CA

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minow (12/29/82)

All you people out there who are looking for music editors and
composition systems should hunt down information on the Maclavier
(I hope that's spelled right), designed by Dave Maclay in Toronto.

Dave is a musician/composer, successful enough to have bought a
VAX 780 for his own synthesizer.  When I saw the system about 3
years ago, he demonstrated it by composing a small piece of music
in about 1/2 hour, laying it down track by track; melody, counterpoint,
rhythm, and all.  Then, the software took the notes (as recorded from
the synthesizer keyboard) and printed it out in standard music
notation.

The system looks good, sounds good, and would seem to be ideal for
both composers and researchers.  You could probably find a reference
or ad in the Computer Music Journal, published by MIT press.

Martin Minow
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