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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For product information, please contact:
MEDICOM GmbH
Mehringdamm 43
D-10961 Berlin
Tel:++49-30-693 2540
Fax:++49-30-693 5682
E-mail:office@medicom.medicom.de
MEDICOM SHIPS MusicBuilder 1.0 of melonSoft Ralf Suckow Berlin.
Berlin, Germany-October 7, 1994 - MEDICOM today announced that it
is starting the shipment of MusicBuilder 1.0 developed by melonSoft.
MEDICOM is the worldwide distributor for MusicBuilder.
MusicBuilder is a music creation application for the NeXTSTEP
operating system, which is now available as a triple-architecture
binary for Motorola, Intel Processors and HP PA-Risc.
It is designed to give composers, scientists and hobby musicians
a new instrument to create music from the initial score up to a
ready-to-play CD-quality soundfile. Unlike known programs like
sequencers or notation software its main purpose is to create music
and let the user listen to it.
MusicBuilder differs from other music programs in two ways.
The user interface is designed for maximum support of the user's
creativity and intuition. Well-known user interface paradigms are
intermixed with methods adopted from outside the computer world.
The user interface principle of MusicBuilder is "What you see is
what you hear". It appeared that musicians working with traditional
music creation methods intuitively understand what the meaning of
the things in MusicBuilder's interface is. MusicBuilder is
human-oriented, not machine-oriented.
The other difference to existing programs is that MusicBuilder lets
you create high-quality output. Not only that it uses double-precision
floating point format for all parameters and calculations, you can
also fine-tune all parameters of the different elements taking part
in the music calculation, to get exactly the music you want to
hear. MusicBuilder acts according to the principle "More haste -
less speed". The music calculation is performed in non-real time
and thus allows calculations of any complexity, with any number of
simultaneous voices, etc. Due to the non-realtime behavior, faster
calculation algorithms can be implemented than the ones normally
used in realtime systems. MusicBuilder offers an easy-to-use
graphical interface, but also provides access to the underlying
mathematical system. By changing the mathematics, you can change
what the interface elements mean, how the colors are interpreted,
etc.
MusicBuilder runs on the NEXTSTEP operating system which allows to
create applications with a maximum of ease-of-use and user
productivity. MusicBuilder does not require a special hardware and
thus will run on all future NEXTSTEP platforms.
MusicBuilder consists of five programs.
MLScore supports composers to create scores. It uses the traditional
score notation that has been a standard for centuries.
MLOrchestra lets you orchestrate a score. Also, you may process
the notes from the score to change their tempo, dynamics, volume
relations, etc. MLOrchestra uses the paradigms of an orchestra pit,
microphones, and studio mixers.
MLVoice is used to build instruments. Since you are not able to
feel the sound of the wood or metal with a computer, a visual
feedback is the only way to go for a music software. The frequency
picture known from speech classes for deaf people is used as paradigm
for this program.
MLProducer puts the things together. It uses MLScore to produce a
list of notes, MLOrchestra to process it, MLVoice to calculate a
sound for each of the notes, and adds the sounds up to a resulting
NEXTSTEP .snd file. Besides the MLVoice synthesizer output, existing
sounds (.snd files) can be included in the music.
MLFunctionEd is a support tool to let you graphically edit color
lists, graphs, and tables instead of writing tedious formulas.
The MusicBuilder programs work together according to a well-defined
and published interface. Other programs supporting this interface
may replace or supplement the MusicBuilder programs. Thus, MusicBuilder
is open to be integrated with existing technologies like
hardware-synthesizers or recording devices.
MusicBuilder runs on NEXTSTEP 3.0 or higher on Motorola and Intel
processors. Single user license retail price is US $199 and the
educational price is US $160. Floating network and educational
licenses are available. MusicBuilder is available since September
1994.
Currently two additional features are under development, allowing
MusicBuilder to be integrated in existing music creation environments:
score printing in MLScore, and MIDI file import and export, which
will be available as an upgrade for US $20. All orders placed until
the end of November (November 31, 1994) will include a free upgrade
to the new version.
MusicBuilder is a trademark of melonSoft Ralf Suckow Berlin. All
other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
MEDICOM GmbH is a privately held systemhouse and sells NeXTSTEP
based software & hardware products in Germany, Europe and worldwide
directly as well as though a variety of channels like resellers.
MEDICOM is based in Berlin, Germany. MEDICOM handles the Sales to
the EndUser though his partner company ACADEMY Systemhaus GmbH at
the same address, phone resp. fax number and e-mail address.
For further information on MusicBuilder, contact MEDICOM GmbH (if
you are a reseller) or ACADEMY GmbH (if you are EndUser) directly
at ++49-30-693 25 40 or send a fax to ++49-30-693 56 82, or send
electronic mail to office@medicom.medicom.de.