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Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!hookup!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!darwin.sura.net!seismo!denio
From: denio@seismo.CSS.GOV (Dennis O'Neill)
Newsgroups: rec.music.compose,comp.music,rec.music.makers,comp.answers,rec.answers,news.answers
Subject: Music Notation Programs - a list in answer to a FAQ
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Date: 16 Apr 1994 12:08:21 GMT
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Summary: This is a list of music notation applications on various computers.
It contains names, availabilities, and (where known) prices of music
notation programs. It does not contain subjective evaluations of
any of the programs.
Keywords: music, notation
Xref: bloom-beacon.mit.edu rec.music.compose:6156 comp.music:12959 rec.music.makers:11915 comp.answers:4925 rec.answers:4924 news.answers:18125
Archive-name: music/notation-pgms
Last-modified: 1994 February 1
Posting frequency: monthly
(Apologies for this being so late, I've been away)
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| List of known music notation programs |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Contents:
Introduction
A few background questions, some with answers
Summary table: a table of notation programs and the computers they run on
Individual entries: information about each program
List of contributors: people who have contributed to this list
Revision history
The currency of this list depends upon its readers. Please send updates
or corrections to denio@s3reston.scubed.com.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Introduction |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Posters often ask about music notation programs. For their information,
I've put together the following list of notation programs. Please note
that this is only a list; evaluation is left to others. Since I don't
have the hardware (or the time, or the expertise) to evaluate them all
fairly and completely, I choose not to publish evaluations of any of them.
This list is subject to amendation. Without doubt there are errors and
omissions. If the reader has any additions or corrections, please send
them to me (denio@s3reston.scubed.com).
Electronic Musician had a review article ("Modern Manuscripts: EM Guide
to Notation Software", by George Litterst, August 1993) on music notation
programs; I've contacted EM for permission to extract info from their
article to include in this list, but have not yet received it. As of
the date of this posting, all information in this list was discovered
either by my own research or via email from other interested parties; I
have not yet looked at the EM article.
Alan Belkin has published a review of several Mac notation programs
(Finale, Nightingale, Encore, Lime, and Composer's Mosaic) in the
Spring 1994 issue of Computer Music Journal. His review includes
a feature table and discussion of the question of standard notation
file format.
Many of the application names, operating system names, font names, and
so on that appear in this list are trademarks belonging to their
respective owners.
In re: prices
Prices are in USA dollars and phone numbers are for the USA, unless
otherwise indicated. All prices shown are list prices; street prices
may be very different from list prices.
In re: demos
Some commercial manufacturers make demos available. Some of them charge
for the demos. While demos are sometimes available on the Internet,
those demos are often of old versions. Your best bet is to contact the
manufacturer directly for demos of applications in which you are
interested.
Soapbox: if you use shareware, register it.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Other relevant FAQs |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Chris Schumann (whizkid@oingomth.uwc.edu) maintains a list of music
software street prices that includes notation software prices for the
USA. It's available via "gopher oingomth.uwc.edu" in the Electronic
Music Software Price Guide. The list is not available via anonymous
ftp as far as I can tell. The list gets posted to rec.music.makers,
rec.music.makers.marketplace, rec.music.compose, and comp.music
newsgroups. (17 Feb 1994)
Elaine Charlson (elainec@annis.uk.sun.com) posts a list similar to
Mr./Ms. Schumann's, but for the UK. Ms. Charlson posts her list to
rec.music.makers.synth and comp.music. (1 March 1994)
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| A few background questions, some with answers |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
*QUESTION* Since there seems to be no standard file format for music
notation files, what mechanism exists to transfer music from one
application to another (e.g., from Finale to Encore)? Some have
suggested MIDI files, but I haven't tried that yet. Any suggestions or
experience?
Answer so far: most commercial notation programs can export and import
standard MIDI files, so this path can be used for partial communication
between programs. It seems that MIDI has no provision for dynamics
or lyrics, however, so those would be lost in translation.
Hugh Field-Richards (hsfr@dra.hmg.gb) reported the following to me:
"Although it is not a complete answer you might care to take note of
some work that I have been doing for some years past. This is is the
text notation language, Cadenza. This is a proposed language for
describing music in pure text form and could be used as a standard
interchange language with ease. The US journal 'Computer Music
Journal' were recently kind enough to publish my article on Cadenza
in their Winter 1993 journal pp60ff. ..."
He notes the existance of a commercial product called Cadenza that is not
associated with the notation description language of the same name.
*QUESTION* Are files built by an application on one environment portable
to that same application on another environment? E.g., if one creates
a Finale file on the Mac, can a Finale user on MS-Windows read the file?
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Summary table |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
N.B.: Most software is sold at prices discounted from list prices.
To be fair to everyone, I've only shown list prices. Some commercial
software manufacturers offer substantial discounts to academic
customers. Check with your favorite software store, or see the FAQs
by Elaine Charlson and Chris Schumann, cited above, for actual prices.
A A M M M N O U X P
m t a S S e S N P
i a c D W X / I C
List g r O i t 2 X
Application Name Price a i S n
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
abc2mtex free | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
ACCU Music Sys $20s | | | | * | | | * | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Ballade | | | * | | * | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
CMN free | | | * | | | * | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Composer's Mosaic $595 | | | * | | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Composer's Workbench $50s | | | | * | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Copyist Professional $325 | * | * | | | ? | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Cubase Score | | * | * | | * | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Dlx. Music Const. Set $80 | | | ? | | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Encore $595 | | | * | | * | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
EZ-Score Plus ~$300 | | * | | | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Finale $749 | | | * | | * | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Finale Allegro $249 | | | * | | * | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
GTS Music System $50s | | | | * | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Lime $295 | | | * | | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
MasterScore | | * | | | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Melody Master $23s | | | | * | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Musicator $299 | | | | | * | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Music Engraver | | | * | | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
MusicPrinter Plus $495 | | | | * | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Musicshop $149 | | | * | | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
MusicTeX free | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
MusicTime $249 | | | * | | * | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
MuTeX free | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Muzika free | | | | | * | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Nightingale $495 | | | * | | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Notator Logic $399 | | * | * | | * | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
NoteAbility $499 | | | | | | * | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Note Processor $500+ | | | | * | p | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Notewriter $295 | | | * | | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Orchest | | * | | | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Personal Composer | | | | | * | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
PowerTracks Pro $29 | | | | * | * | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Professional Composer $395 | | | ? | | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
QuickScore Deluxe $80 | | | | * | * | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Score ~$1000 | | | | | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Score Perfect | | * | | | | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
SongWright $119 | | | | | * | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
WinSong Composer $80 | | | | | * | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
s = shareware
* = available now
p = promised
? = might be available, info provider was not sure
Miscellaneous environments:
Acorn Archimedes: Sibelius 6/7
SGI: CMN
Products to scan sheet music:
A A M M M N O U X
m t a S S e S N
i a c D W X / I
List g r O i t 2 X
Application Name Price a i S n
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Midiscan $379 | | | | | * | | | | |
-----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Individual entries |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Structure of individual entries:
Name: name of the application
Platforms: what the app runs on
Prerequisites: minimum requirements, if known
Price: list price
Manufacturer: person or company that produces the app
Demo: where to get a demo
Review: where to find a review of this application
To acquire: where to get the app
Info source: where I learned about it
Entry updated: date of last update of this entry
An asterisk by the application name means that I recovered the application
or its demo from the cited Internet location. An "m" by the application
name means that I received the demo from the manufacturer.
===============================================================================
Name: * abc2mtex
Platforms: Any system supporting MusicTeX and TeX
Prerequisites: TeX and MusicTeX
Price: free
Manufacturer: Chris Walshaw <C.Walshaw@gre.ac.uk>
Demo: none (it's free - get the whole package)
Review:
To acquire: celtic.stanford.edu:/pub/tunes/abc2mtex
ftp.maths.tcd.ie:/pub/TeX/abc2mtex
ftp.uni-koeln.de:/tex/misc/abc2mtex
or email manufacturer
Info source: manufacturer
Entry updated: 13 January 1994
===============================================================================
Name: * ACCU Music System version 3.7
Platforms: MS-DOS, OS/2
Prerequisites: any 80x86, 384kb RAM, MS-DOS 3.3 or higher
Price: shareware: $20 plus $3 shipping (USA) or $6 (other countries)
Manufacturer: Kevin Fischer (kfischer@seas.ucla.edu)
Demo: none (shareware)
To acquire: MSDOS version at oak.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/music/ac37musd.zip
OS/2 version at ftp.cdrom.com:pub/os2/2_x/mmedia/ac35muso.zip
Info source: info files included with application
Entry updated: 21 February 1994
Note: The author has announced (14 Jan 1994) an OS/2 version.
===============================================================================
Name: Ballade
Platforms: Mac, MSWindows
Prerequisites:
List price:
Manufacturer: DynaWare USA, Inc.
950 Tower Lane, Suite 1150
Foster City, Ca. 94404
415-349-5700, 415-349-5879 (fax)
Demo: available from manufacturer
Review:
To acquire:
Info source: ad in Electronic Musician, December 1993, p. 94
Entry updated: 1 February 1994
===============================================================================
Name: * CMN (Common Music Notation)
Platforms: NeXT, Mac, SGI. (Eventually will be ported to 486)
Prerequisites: Common Lisp; CLOS (pcl); PostScript; Sonata or Petrucci font
List price: Free.
Manufacturer: Bill Schottstaedt (bil@ccrma.stanford.edu).
Demo: not available
Review:
To acquire: anonymous ftp at ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu:pub/Lisp/cmn.tar.Z
Info source: personal communication from author.
Entry updated: 13 January 1994
===============================================================================
Name: Composer's Mosaic
Platforms: Mac
Prerequisites:
Price: $595
Manufacturer: Mark of the Unicorn
1280 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-576-2760
Demo:
Review: Alan Belkin, "", Computer Music Journal, Spring 1994
To acquire:
Info source: Bill Park (as976@cleveland.freenet.edu)
David Herberg (herberg_david@tandem.com)
Entry updated: 24 January 1994
===============================================================================
Name: * Composer's WorkBench
Platforms: MS-DOS
Prerequisites: 80286 or better, graphics adapter, MS-DOS 3.3 or better,
Roland MPU-401 or compatible MIDI card, MIDI synth.
Price: $50 plus shipping (shareware)
Manufacturer: Dennis McNamara
Demo: none (shareware)
Review:
To acquire: oak.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/music/cwb135.zip
Info source: info files included with application
Entry updated: 13 January 1994
===============================================================================
Name: Copyist (basic, Professional, and DTP version available)
Platforms: Amiga, Atari, possibly PC
Prerequisites:
Price: $325.00
Manufacturer: Dr. T
Demo:
Review:
To acquire:
Info source: Jonathan E. Quist (jeq@lachman.com)
Entry updated: 7 December 1993
===============================================================================
Name: Cubase Score
Platforms: Atari, Mac, MS-Windows
Prerequisites:
Price:
Manufacturer: Steinberg
17700 Raymer St., Suite 1001
Northridge, Ca. 91325
818-993-4091, 818-701-7452 (fax)
Demo: not available
Review:
To acquire:
Info source: David Borden (borden@netcom.com),
Joan Boorstein (jboor@cs.umb.edu),
Han Suelmann (suelmann@th.rug.nl),
Steve Bergstedt (berg@areaplg2.corp.mot.com)
Henry Howey (mus_heh@shsu.edu)
Entry updated: 7 December 1993
===============================================================================
Name: Deluxe Music Construction Set
Platforms: Mac
Prerequisites:
Price: ~$80
Manufacturer: Mark of the Unicorn
1280 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-576-2760
Demo:
Review:
To acquire:
Info source: David Herberg (herberg_david@tandem.com)
Entry updated: 24 January 1994
Note: info source was not sure that this app is still available.
===============================================================================
Name: m* Encore
Platforms: Mac, MS-Windows
Prerequisites:
Price: $595
Manufacturer: Passport Designs, Inc.
100 Stone Pine Road,
Half Moon Bay, Ca 94019
415-726-0280
Email:
AOL: Passport
AppleLink: Passport
Compuserve: 71333,1433
Internet (via Morph On-Line): Passport_Designs@morph.com
Demo: Current demo is available from manufacturer.
An out-of-date Windows demo (version 2.6, 1992) may be
available in
ftp.cica.indiana.edu:ftp/pub/pc/win3/sounds/encore.zip
I suggest getting the current demo from the manufacturer.
A Mac demo may be available from
wuarchive.wustl.edu:
/systems/mac/umich.edu/sound/midi/encoredemo2.05.cpt.hqx
Review: Alan Belkin, "", Computer Music Journal, Spring 1994
To acquire: software stores, music stores
Info source: manufacturer
Robert M. Golub, M.D. (golub@nwu.edu)
Entry updated: 14 January 1994
===============================================================================
Name: EZ-Score Plus
Platforms: Atari ST/TT/Falcon
Prerequisites:
Price: ~$300
Manufacturer: Hybrid Arts originally, currently Barefoot Software
somewhere in the LA area
Demo:
Review:
To acquire:
Info source: Stephen Wint (swint@mksim3.dseg.ti.com)
Entry updated: 7 December 1993
===============================================================================
Name: m Finale
Platforms: Mac, MS-Windows
Prerequisites:
Price: $749
Manufacturer: Coda Music Technology
800-843-2066, 612-937-9611
Demo: said not to be available; video available from manufacturer
Review: Alan Belkin, "", Computer Music Journal, Spring 1994
To acquire: software stores, music stores
Info source: manufacturer
Steve Plemmons (plemmons@mth.msu.edu)
Mark Basinski (basinski@biosci.arizona.edu)
Entry updated: 1 February 1994
===============================================================================
Name: Finale Allegro
Platforms: Mac, MS-Windows
Prerequisites:
Price: $249
Manufacturer: Coda Music Technology
800-843-2066, 612-937-9611
Demo: from manufacturer
Review:
To acquire: software stores, music stores
Info source: ad in Electronic Musician
Mark Basinski (basinski@biosci.arizona.edu)
Entry updated: 1 February 1994
===============================================================================
Name: * GTS Music System
Platforms: MS-DOS
Prerequisites: SVGA, SoundBlaster, mouse
Price: $50 (shareware)
Manufacturer: Kim Young Jae
Demo: none (shareware)
Review:
To acquire: oak.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/gts_music/*
Info source: info files included with application
Entry updated: 13 January 1994
===============================================================================
Name: * Lime
Platforms: Mac
Prerequisites: 2MB RAM, PS printer, StuffIt
Price: $295
Manufacturer: Lippold Haken and Dorothea Blostein
Demo: unicorn.cerl.uiuc.edu:/pub/lime
Review: Alan Belkin, "", Computer Music Journal, Spring 1994
To acquire: Electronic Courseware Systems
1210 Lancaster Drive
Champaign, Il. 61821
800-832-4965, 217-359-7099; questions, comments 217-355-4500
Info source: info files included with demo, call to vendor
Entry updated: 13 January 1994
===============================================================================
Name: MasterScore
Platforms: Atari
Prerequisites:
Price:
Manufacturer: Steinberg
Postfach 261833
20508 Hamburg
Germany
Demo:
Review:
To acquire:
Info source: Gerd Castan (g.castan@physik.uni-stuttgart.de)
Entry updated: 26 January 1994
===============================================================================
Name: Midiscan
Platforms: MS-Windows
Prerequisites:
Price: $379
Manufacturer: Musitek
410 Bryant Circle, Suite K
Ojai, Ca. 93023
800-676-8055, 805-646-8099 (fax)
Demo:
Review:
To acquire:
Info source: Ad in Electronic Musician, December 1993, p. 109.
Entry updated: 1 February 1994
Notes: scans sheet music into Type I Midi files. Ad claims 98%
accuracy.
===============================================================================
Name: * Melody Master
Platforms: MS-DOS
Prerequisites: 440 KB to install.
Price: $19 plus $4 shipping, $49 plus $4 shipping for commercial users
(shareware)
Manufacturer: Alexei A. Efros, Jr.
Demo: none
Review:
To acquire: oak.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/music/melody21.zip
Info source: info included with application
Entry updated: 14 January 1994
===============================================================================
Name: Musicator
Platforms: MS-Windows
Prerequisites:
Price: $149
Manufacturer: Musicator
P.B. Box 410039
San Francisco, CA 04141
916-756-9807
Demo: $5 from manufacturer
Review:
To acquire: computer and music stores
Info source: ad in Electronic Musician
Entry updated: 24 January 1994
===============================================================================
Name: Music Engraver
Platforms: Mac
Prerequisites:
Price:
Manufacturer:
Demo:
Review:
To acquire:
Info source: Dr. Hugh S. Field-Richards (hsfr@dra.hmg.gb)
Entry updated: 4 February 1994
===============================================================================
Name: * MusicPrinter Plus
Platforms: MS-DOS
Prerequisites:
Price: $495 (academic discounts available)
Manufacturer: Temporal Acuity Products, Inc.
Bld. #1, Suite 200
300 120th Ave. NE
Bellevue, Washington 98005
800-426-2673, 206-462-1007
Demo: A demo may be on celtic.stanford.edu:/pub/tunes/Music.Printer
or call manufacturer
Review:
To acquire: software stores, music stores, or manufacturer
Info source: info provided with demo
Entry updated: 13 January 1994
===============================================================================
Name: Musicshop
Platforms: Mac
Prerequisites:
Price: $149
Manufacturer: Opcode Systems, Inc.
3950 Fabian Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303
415-856-3333
Demo:
Review:
To acquire:
Info source: article in Electronic Musician, Jan 1994
Entry updated: 24 January 1994
===============================================================================
Name: * MusicTeX
Platforms: Any system supporting TeX
Prerequisites: TeX
Price: free
Manufacturer: Daniel Taupin
Demo: none
Review:
To acquire: ftp.gmd.de:/music/musictex, various files
celtic.stanford.edu:/pub/tunes/Music.TeX
Info source: Dale Gold (dgold@basso.actrix.gen.nz)
Entry updated: 14 January 1994
Note: Base site is said to be rsovax.lps.u-psud.fr, but, though
I was able to get onto the site, all I managed to get
was lots of error messages - the commands apparently are
different from those on a typical UNIX ftp site.
===============================================================================
Name: m* MusicTime
Platforms: Mac, MS-Windows
Prerequisites:
Price: $249
Manufacturer: Passport Designs, Inc.
100 Stone Pine Road,
Half Moon Bay, Ca 94019
415-726-0280
Demo: Current demo is available from manufacturer.
An out-of-date demo (version 1.2, 1992) may be available in
ftp.cica.indiana.edu:ftp/pub/pc/win3/sounds/musictim.zip;
I suggest getting the current demo from the manufacturer.
Review:
To acquire: software stores, music stores
Info source: manufacturer
Entry updated: 14 January 1994
===============================================================================
Name: * MuTeX
Platforms: Any system supporting TeX
Prerequisites: TeX
Price: free
Manufacturer: Andrea Steinbach and Angelika Schofer
Demo: none
Review:
To acquire: oak.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/tex/mutex.zip
Info source: Dale Gold (dgold@basso.actrix.gen.nz)
Entry updated: 13 January 1994
Note: Just to confuse things, there is a communications
application called mutex102 that has nothing to do
with MuTeX.
===============================================================================
Name: * Muzika 2
Platforms: MS-Windows
Prerequisites: 80386 or better, soundcard, MS-Win 3.1, 1 MB RAM, 1 MB on disk
Price: free
Manufacturer: Eran Klonover and Eitan Medina
Demo: none
Review:
To acquire: ftp.cica.indiana.edu:ftp/pub/pc/win3/sounds/muzika2.zip
Info source: info files included with app
Entry updated: 13 January 1994
===============================================================================
Name: Nightingale
Platforms: Mac
Prerequisites: System 6.0.5 or better, maybe MacII or better, maybe 4 MB
List Price: $495
Manufacturer: Temporal Acuity Products
300 120th Ave. NE Bldg 1
Bellevue, WA 98005
800/426-2673 206/462-1007
Demo: Free demo disk available on request.
Review: Alan Belkin, "", Computer Music Journal, Spring 1994
To acquire: software stores, music stores, or manufacturer
Info source: Archer Sully (archer@elysium.esd.sgi.com)
Entry updated: 7 December 1993
===============================================================================
Name: Notator Logic
Platforms: Atari, Mac, MS-Win
Prerequisites:
Price: $399
Manufacturer: Emagic, dist. in USA by Ensoniq
Demo:
Review:
To acquire:
Info source: Steve Bergstedt (berg@areaplg2.corp.mot.com)
Entry updated: 7 December 1993
===============================================================================
Name: NoteAbility
Platforms: NeXTStep for Intel, Motorola
Prerequisites: NeXTStep 3.0 or higher, Sonata or Composer font
Price: $499, educational discounts available
Manufacturer: Keith Hamel
Ciusa (Creative Imagineering America)
3208 W. Lake St., Suite 133
Minneapolis, Mn 55416
612-822-1604, 612-922-4426 (fax)
ciusa@cup.portal.com
Demo: $10 (5 disks) available from Ciusa
Review:
To acquire: Order from Ciusa
Info source: Gerard Schwarz (ciusa@cup.portal.com)
Henry Flurry (henryf@imagine.com)
Entry updated: 7 December 1993
===============================================================================
Name: The Note Processor
Platforms: MS-DOS (Windows version to be available soon)
Prerequisites:
Price: $500 plus $150 for postscript option
Manufacturer: Thoughtprocessors
Demo: from manufacturer (jnoxon is putting on ftp.cica.indiana.edu )
Review:
To Acquire: from manufacturer
Info source: PJ Noxon (jnoxon@indiana.edu)
Entry updated: 7 December 1993
===============================================================================
Name: Notewriter
Platforms: Mac
Prerequisites: Mac Plus or better
Price: $295, $20 System 7 upgrade for registered users
Manufacturer: Hardcore Music
Demo: none
Review:
To Acquire: Keith.Hamel.ircam.fr (until July 1994)
Info source: Bob Prichard (bob@unixg.ubc.ca)
Entry updated: 4 March 1994
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Name: Orchest
Platforms: Atari
Prerequisites:
Price: "Light" version: DM 59.-
Manufacturer: Prof. Herbert Walz
Anton-Koeck-Str. 8a
82049 Pullach
Germany
Demo: contact manufacturer
Review:
To acquire:
Info source: Gerd Castan (g.castan@physik.uni-stuttgart.de)
Entry updated: 26 January 1994
Note: C source for MIDI handling is also available.
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Name: Personal Composer
Platforms: MS-Windows
Prerequisites:
Price:
Manufacturer: Personal Composer (?)
3213 W. Wheeler St., Suite 140
Seattle, WA 98199
800-446-8088, 206-524-5447
Demo:
Review:
To acquire: manufacturer
Info source: ad in Electronic Musician
Entry updated: 24 January 1994
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Name: PowerTracks Pro
Platforms: MS-Windows, MS-DOS
Prerequisites: 2 MB RAM, soundcard or MIDI
Price: $29
Manufacturer: PG Music, Inc.
266 Elmwood Avenue, Suite 111
Buffalo, NY 14222
800-268-6272, 905-528-2368
Demo:
Review:
To acquire: manufacturer
Info source: ad in Electronic Musician
Entry updated: 24 January 1994
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Name: Professional Composer
Platforms: Mac
Prerequisites:
Price: ~$395
Manufacturer: Mark of the Unicorn
1280 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-576-2760
Demo:
Review:
To acquire:
Info source: David Herberg (herberg_david@tandem.com)
Entry updated: 24 January 1994
Note: info source was not sure that this app is still available.
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Name: QuickScore Deluxe
Platforms: MS-DOS, MS-Windows
Prerequisites:
Price: $79.95
Manufacturer: Dr. T's Music Software
123 Crescent Road
Needham, MA 02194
800-989-6434, 617-455-1454
Demo:
Review:
To acquire: Manufacturer, software stores, music stores
Info source: ad in Electronic Musician
Entry updated: 24 January 1994
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Name: Sibelius 6/7
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes
Prerequisites:
Price:
Manufacturer: Sibelius Software
4 Bailey Mews
Auckland Rd.,
Cambridge CB5 8DR United Kingdom
Telephone (UK access code, then) 0223 302765
Demo:
Review:
To acquire: manufacturer?
Info source: Richard Furse (richardfurse@muse.demon.co.uk)
Entry updated: 7 December 1993
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Name: Score
Platforms: PC, NeXT under SoftPC
Prerequisites:
Price: about $1000
Manufacturer: San Andreas Press (Leland Smith)
P.O. Box 60247
Palo Alto, Ca. 94306
415-856-9394
Demo:
Review:
To acquire: manufacturer
Info source: ad in Acoustic Guitar magazine, Jan 1994
Bill Schottstaedt (bil@ccrma.stanford.edu)
Entry updated: 14 January 1994
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Name: Score Perfect
Platforms: Atari
Prerequisites:
Price:
Manufacturer: Klaus Kleinbrahm
Demo:
Review:
To acquire: Soft Arts
Postfach 12 77 62
10589 Berlin
Germany
Telephone: (int'l access, then) +49 30 6843737
Info source: Gerd Castan (g.castan@physik.uni-stuttgart.de)
Entry updated: 26 January 1994
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Name: SongWright
Platforms: MS-Windows
Prerequisites:
Price: $119
Manufacturer: SongWright Software
7 Loudoun St., S.E.
Leesburg, Va. 22075
703-777-7232 800-877-8070
Demo: 30-day money-back guarantee
Review:
To acquire: contact manufacturer
Info source: Ad in Electronic Musician, December 1993
Monica Cellio (monica_cellio@transarc.com)
Entry updated: 1 February 1994
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Name: WinSong Composer
Platforms: MS-Windows
Prerequisites: 80286, 1MB RAM, DOS 3.1, Windows 3.1, HD, mouse, graphics
Price: $79.95
Manufacturer: Softronics
5085 List Dr.
Colorado Springs, Co. 80919
800-225-8590, 719-593-9540, 719-548-1878 (fax)
Demo:
Review:
To acquire:
Info source: Review in Electronic Musician, December 1993
Entry updated: 1 February 1994
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| List of contributors |
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Thanks to the following, all of whom helped make this list better:
Mark Basinski,
Alan Belkin,
Steve Bergstedt,
Joan Boorstein,
Dave Borden,
Gerd Castan,
Monica Cellio,
Alan Edwards,
Dr. Hugh S. Field-Richards,
Henry Flurry,
Richard Furse,
Dale Gold,
Robert M. Golub, M.D.,
David Herberg,
Henry Howey,
Gerard Manning,
Carl Moore,
PJ Noxon,
Bill Park,
Bob Pritchard,
Jonathan E. Quist,
Bill Schottstaedt,
Gerard Schwarz,
Dave Segal,
Han Suelmann,
Chris
Walshaw,
Dale Wiese,
and Stephen Wint
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| History |
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March 1994:
o added "review" entry
o added section on Cadenza from Hugh Field-Richards
February 1994:
o approved for inclusion in news.answers
January 1994:
o corrections
o reformatted summary table
o recovered all apps and demos available via Internet, checked info
o added "Entry updated" field
o trying to format to be acceptable for news.answers
December 7, 1993: corrected and expanded
o added several applications
o corrected phone number for Finale mfr
o added Atari column
o changed "simtel" sites to "oak.oakland.edu"
December 2, 1993: original list
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Opinions expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily reflect
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