enzerinkp@topaz.ucq.edu.au (02/28/91)
I have a Sound Blaster card and am happy with the sound it produces as music and samples. What I find frustrating is the lack of decent software (any) for producing my own music files and editing digitised samples. The ROL demos are good, but what software is used to produce them? I have FMSOUND for Windows 3.0, but it doens't have a facility for composition. Any answers? Thanx in advance Regards Peter ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v ENZERINKP@TOPAZ.UCQ.EDU.AU Hello, Hello. What's going on here then?
doug@fryeten.uucp (03/05/91)
In article <1991Feb28.165754.6970@topaz.ucq.edu.au>, enzerinkp@topaz.ucq.edu.au writes: > I have a Sound Blaster card and am happy with the sound it produces as music > and samples. What I find frustrating is the lack of decent software (any) for > producing my own music files and editing digitised samples. The ROL demos are > good, but what software is used to produce them? I have FMSOUND for Windows > 3.0, but it doens't have a facility for composition. Any answers? > I agree. I have the money to spend on one of these boards but with the lack of software available for musical composition it does me no good. I would like to see something that I can write and edit a traditional musical score and then be able to play it through the Soundblaster and also be able to print it out on a dot matrix printer. If someone puts some software together to do that for $150.00 or less then I'll plug out the money for the card and the software. There is at least one company with software under a $150 of this type which already supports midi interfaces but doesn't support the Soundblaster or Adlib cards yet. They are interested in doing this but they're not sure if the market is big enough to invest the time and money. Their name slips my mind right now, but if anyone is interested in calling them with pleas I'd be happy to email their name and phone number. I wrote the info down at home. My impression was that given enough interested phone callers they might just be persuaded to take the risk and go ahead with the project. -- _______________ *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* | _________ | | Doug White | Email | | | _______| | | Frye Electronics,Inc.| doug@fryeten.UUCP | | | |_______ | | Tigard, OR | | | | _______| | | Voice: 503 620 2722 | | | | |__________| | Fax: 503 639 0128 | | |__| *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
woan@nowhere (Ronald S Woan) (03/06/91)
In article <22.27d27e41@fryeten.uucp> doug@fryeten.uucp writes: >I agree. I have the money to spend on one of these boards but with >the lack of software available for musical composition it does me no >good. I don't understand what the fuss is about... All the Adlib stuff like Personal composer runs on the Sound Blaster. In addition Sequencer Plus series supports it, as does the PC Lyra and the shareware Musician staff type composition programs. It's just a matter of looking, and I'm sure Brown-Wagh support/sales lines would be "happy" to point out third party software. +-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+ +------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+ + Ronald S. Woan (IBM VNET)WOAN AT AUSTIN, (AUSTIN)ron@woan.austin.ibm.com + + outside of IBM woan%austin@iinus1.ibm.com or woan@austin.iinus1.ibm.com + + or woan@exeter.austin.ibm.com or woan@peyote.cactus.org + + others woan@soda.berkeley.edu Prodigy: XTCR74A Compuserve: 73530,2537 + -- +-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+ +------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+ + Ronald S. Woan woan@peyote.cactus.org or woan%austin@iinus1.ibm.com + + other email addresses Prodigy: XTCR74A Compuserve: 73530,2537 +
doug@fryeten.uucp (03/08/91)
In article <3614@d75.UUCP>, woan@nowhere (Ronald S Woan) writes: > In article <22.27d27e41@fryeten.uucp> doug@fryeten.uucp writes: >>I agree. I have the money to spend on one of these boards but with >>the lack of software available for musical composition it does me no >>good. > > I don't understand what the fuss is about... All the Adlib stuff like > Personal composer runs on the Sound Blaster. In addition Sequencer > Plus series supports it, as does the PC Lyra and the shareware > Musician staff type composition programs. The musician staff type composition programs sound interesting. Does that mean I can edit,play, and print a traditional musical score? If so, can someone give me the name of the software and possibly a rough idea of where I might find it? My purpose is to be able to compose or arrange and print a final score to be performed by people. Being able to play it on the computer is just a tool to compensate for my poor keyboard skills. So a traditional music score is a must. > > It's just a matter of looking, and I'm sure Brown-Wagh support/sales > lines would be "happy" to point out third party software. > The person I spoke to on the phone at Brown-Wagh didn't know of anything that met my needs. I know there is software available for the more expensive Roland boards but that software doesn't support Soundblaster or Adlib. _______________ *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* | _________ | | Doug White | Email | | | _______| | | Frye Electronics,Inc.| doug@fryeten.UUCP | | | |_______ | | Tigard, OR | | | | _______| | | Voice: 503 620 2722 | | | | |__________| | Fax: 503 639 0128 | | |__| *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
pmahler@starnet.uucp (Paul Mahler) (03/12/91)
In article <22.27d27e41@fryeten.uucp> doug@fryeten.uucp writes: >In article <1991Feb28.165754.6970@topaz.ucq.edu.au>, enzerinkp@topaz.ucq.edu.au writes: >> I have a Sound Blaster card and am happy with the sound it produces as music >> and samples. What I find frustrating is the lack of decent software (any) for >> producing my own music files and editing digitised samples. The ROL demos are >> good, but what software is used to produce them? I have FMSOUND for Windows >> 3.0, but it doens't have a facility for composition. Any answers? >> > >I agree. I have the money to spend on one of these boards but with the lack of >software available for musical composition it does me no good. I would like to >see something that I can write and edit a traditional musical score and then be >able to play it through the Soundblaster and also be able to print it out on a >dot matrix printer. If someone puts some software together to do that for >$150.00 or less then I'll plug out the money for the card and the software. >There is at least one company with software under a $150 of this type which >already supports midi interfaces but doesn't support the Soundblaster or Adlib >cards yet. They are interested in doing this but they're not sure if the >market is big enough to invest the time and money. Their name slips my mind >right now, but if anyone is interested in calling them with pleas I'd be happy >to email their name and phone number. I wrote the info down at home. My >impression was that given enough interested phone callers they might just be >persuaded to take the risk and go ahead with the project. > I believe that Passport Designs sells such a software package. It's called master Tracks Pro for windows. There is also one called Trax for windows. master tracks is, I believe ~$400 and Trax is ~$99. They also sell a variety of midi sequences. I have never used the product, and have no connection with them. Passport Designs Inc. 625 Miramontes St. Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 Phone: 415-726-0280
talvola@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Erik Talvola) (03/13/91)
In article <1991Mar11.213712.14268@starnet.uucp> pmahler@starnet.uucp (Paul Mahler) writes: In article <22.27d27e41@fryeten.uucp> doug@fryeten.uucp writes: >In article <1991Feb28.165754.6970@topaz.ucq.edu.au>, enzerinkp@topaz.ucq.edu.au writes: >> I have a Sound Blaster card and am happy with the sound it produces as music >> and samples. What I find frustrating is the lack of decent software (any) for >> producing my own music files and editing digitised samples. The ROL demos are >> good, but what software is used to produce them? I have FMSOUND for Windows >> 3.0, but it doens't have a facility for composition. Any answers? >> > >I agree. I have the money to spend on one of these boards but with the lack of >software available for musical composition it does me no good. I would like to >see something that I can write and edit a traditional musical score and then be >able to play it through the Soundblaster and also be able to print it out on a >dot matrix printer. If someone puts some software together to do that for >$150.00 or less then I'll plug out the money for the card and the software. >There is at least one company with software under a $150 of this type which >already supports midi interfaces but doesn't support the Soundblaster or Adlib >cards yet. They are interested in doing this but they're not sure if the >market is big enough to invest the time and money. Their name slips my mind >right now, but if anyone is interested in calling them with pleas I'd be happy >to email their name and phone number. I wrote the info down at home. My >impression was that given enough interested phone callers they might just be >persuaded to take the risk and go ahead with the project. > There is a Shareware/Freeware program called Musician which I have seen on a few BBS's around the US. It was written by some people in Finland. It lets you enter music in sheet-music format, and then play them (on a SoundBlaster or AdLib I think - I have a SB and it works fine) back, and print them (haven't tried this - don't have a printer). If anyone wants a copy, I could probably mail it out to them, or upload it to some anonymous FTP site. -- Erik P.S.: What happened to sequent.mcs.kent.edu -??? It was a great FTP site for SoundBlaster software (I think I got Musician from there), but anonymous FTP doesn't seem to work there anymore. -- +----------------------------+ ! Erik Talvola | "It's just what we need... a colossal negative ! talvola@janus.berkeley.edu | space wedgie of great power coming right at us ! ...!ucbvax!janus!talvola | at warp speed." -- Star Drek