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- From: ewilts@galaxy.gov.bc.ca (Ed Wilts)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
- Subject: Re: Midi -> score
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.125341.1474@galaxy.gov.bc.ca>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 12:53:41 -0800
- References: <1993Jan7.113842.11509@medusa.prime.com> <1993Jan7.185430.21213@fripp.ri.cadre.com>
- Organization: BC Systems Corporation
- Lines: 32
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- In article <1993Jan7.185430.21213@fripp.ri.cadre.com>, jh@cadre.com (Joe Hartley) writes:
- > In article 11509@medusa.prime.com, steves@CIS.Prime.COM (Steve Stamford) writes:
- >>My problem is that I need to print out alot of different musical scores. I am looking
- >>for some software that uses a midi keyboard and when a key is struck it prints that
- >>note on the musical score.
- >
- > There are actually 2 ways of doing this. DeluxeMusic will take input
- > from a MIDI keyboard, but I believe that it will only take one note at
- > a time (no chords), and I *know* there's no duration data passed. You
- > have to choose the note (say an eighth note), then hit the MIDI key.
- > It's not fun.
-
- DMCS will take chords this way. In fact, if you have a bunch of chords to
- enter and they all have the same duration, it's sometimes faster than using the
- point/click method.
-
- But your're right, it's definitely not fun. Not recommended!
-
- > The other way that I know about is to use a sequencer like Dr. T's KCS
- > and record the sequence, then use Dr. T's Copyist to transform the .MID
- > (or .ALL or .TRK) file into a score. There are some limitations to this
- > method, although they're not show stoppers, and the software is pretty
- > expensive, but the results can be very nice.
-
- Unless you want to get fancy in your output or demand PostScript quality
- printing, The Copyist may not be required. KCS v3.5 includes QuickScore that
- will handle the standard stuff. Print quality on my DeskJet is a lot better
- than what I was getting from DMCS.
-
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