mgardner%bbn-unix@sri-unix.UUCP (02/28/84)
From: Marianne Gardner <mgardner@bbn-unix> Is there a program that makes the full potential of C64 sound available to a 14 year old who loves music but not computers?
porter@inuxd.UUCP (J Porter) (03/05/84)
Try looking into MUSICALC. It has alot of power, and because of this it is not very easy to understand how to use. A program that is user friendly is the Music Construction Set from Electronic Arts. You can even use a Koala pad with it. It does limit you however as to what sound variable you can change. Be wary of Electronics Arts programs, for they will only load on a 1541 drive. MSD and 4040 drive are out, and the company flatly refuses to support this hardware. Jeff Porter (inuxd!porter) AT&T Consumer Products Indianapolis
rgh@inmet.UUCP (03/08/84)
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inmet!rgh Mar 7 21:45:00 1984
C64 sound programs:
The Feb'84 issue of Keyboard magazine reviews several music software
packages for the Commodore. The one they thought most highly of is
MusiCalc, from Waveform Corp., 1912 Bonita Way, Berkeley CA
94704 -- $74.95 for a minifloppy and a 65-page user's manual.
"No knowledge of programming is required."
The main screen of MusiCalc is divided into two sections: one
pictures sliders which control the synthesizer parameters, and the
other represents the 240-step sequencer. You can assign each of
the Commodore's three voices a different sound, and play them all
off the sequencer, or play one of the voices "live" from the keyboard,
accompanied by the sequencer on the other two.
Their summary: "We were expecting the Commodore to be a musical
toy at best, and we were quite pleasantly surprised to see that the
MusiCalc software turns it into a real musical instrument, albeit
one with significant limitations."
Another $30 buys MusiCalc 2 ("ScoreWriter"), which allows you to
link up to print out scores and link sequences together, and they
have several other add-on programs which offer various extra features.
Other software reviewed in that issue: Commodore's "Music Machine" and
"Music Composer", "Studio 64" from Entech, "Note Pro II" and
"Note Pro Bridge" from Electronic Lab Industries, and "Musicomp" from
Computer Alliance.
Keyboard's address is 20605 Lazaneo, Cupertino CA 95014.
Randy Hudson
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