[comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d] MUSICAL SCORES

harper@cc.helsinki.fi (ROBERT HARPER FINLAND) (03/23/89)

Can anybody point me to a programme for MSDOS which allows you to
write musical scores, and obtain a good quality print out?

Rob

roth@sce.carleton.ca (Carl Roth) (03/25/89)

In article <3114@cc.helsinki.fi>, harper@cc.helsinki.fi (ROBERT HARPER FINLAND) writes:
> Can anybody point me to a programme for MSDOS which allows you to
> write musical scores, and obtain a good quality print out?
> 
> Rob


Try 
MusicPrinter Plus Ver 2.0 
$395.00(US) 
Temporal Acuity Products INc.
Building 1, #200, 300 120th Ave. N.E.
Bellevue, WA
98005
(206) 462-1007

It is revewed on page 414 of PC Magazine March 28, 1989

System Requirements:
640K
graphics adapter
suitable printer - 9/24 pin (laser not suported)
Dos 2.0 or later

I'm not a computer music expert but the article says that the software offers
WYSIWYG music notation and MIDI playback.

Hope this helps.

Carl Roth
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada.

marc@rna.UUCP (Marc Johnson) (03/26/89)

In article <3114@cc.helsinki.fi> harper@cc.helsinki.fi (ROBERT HARPER FINLAND) writes:
>Can anybody point me to a programme for MSDOS which allows you to
>write musical scores, and obtain a good quality print out?
>
>Rob

Although I am a Mac MIDI-user, I have seen a few packages in the IBM world.
My observations, and recommendations of folks I know, is that Jim Miller's
"Personal Composer" (NOT to be confused with Mark-of-the-Unicorn's "Professional
Composer" for the Mac) is the most comprehensive package around.  It combines
a sequencer with a notation program, and the printed output is actually useable,rather than the amateurish stuff I've seen from some others.  I've heard
rustlings that Passport has a new notation program, but I haven't seen it.
Check out KEYBOARD magazine, and Music Technology, for more insight on such
matters.

marc

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