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- Public (software) Library
- July 1994 Monthly CD-ROM
- Copyright 1994 Nelson Ford, PsL, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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- Blaster Master 6.0 [BMASTER6] is a tool kit for working with raw,
- uncompressed Sound Blaster VOC files. NEW: works with any sound card that
- has a DOS based, textual utility for playing and recording files in native
- mode, increased subdirectory array to 110 entries. (Gary Maddox, reg. fee:
- $50)
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- Digital Music Player 0.9 [DMP09] is a multi-threaded MOD player for OS/2
- 2.x designed to operated in the background while you work with other
- applications. Requires a digital capable audio adapter. (Aria, reg. fee: $20)
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- Guitar Teacher 1.71 [GTDOS170] displays chord structure for all the major,
- minor, seventh, major seventh, minor seventh, suspended fourth, and seventh
- suspended fourth. (Celista Software, reg. fee: $15)
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- Kinetic Music Machine [KMM] is an algorithmic composing program
- particularly suited to developing original material. It consists of a
- multi-page workspace, and a toolbox of computation functions, abstractly
- represented as synth modules, complete with output and inputs. These are
- connected in real time with the mouse, as you listen to the changes.
- Technically, the program is considered a direct manipulation metalanguage.
- This puts it about halfway between a music programming language and a video
- game. All input is with the mouse, where you are either connecting modules
- together tinker toy fashion, or you are dialing in parameter values. The
- program features constant real time feedback: every change you make is
- immediately seen and heard. Simple patterns are done almost instantly, and
- then step by step you can go on to develop the patterns into full musical
- compositions of virtually unlimited complexity and subtlety. (Software Tools
- for Artists, reg. fee: $79)
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- MusicEase 4.04 [ME404] lets you create, edit, print, and play music
- notation. (RMH Computer Services, reg. fee: $49)
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- Melodia/Pro [MELPRO] is an algorithmic composing program set up as groups
- of musical/algorithmic process such as step sequencers and random
- generators. You make connections to these processes while the music is
- running in real time, and modify the processes as you listen to the changes.
- Although the musical compositions created with Melodia can be quite similar
- to those created by KMM, Melodia is higher level in concept and use, more
- like a spreadsheet than a programming language. It includes powerful built
- in tools for converting ASCII text, DNA sequences, and integer data files of
- almost any type to musically intelligible patterns and source material. For
- maximum performance a 486/33 cpu or better is recommended. (Software Tools
- for Artists, reg. fee: $79)
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- Melodia / Sound Card [MELSC] is an algorithmic composing program for all
- Adlib compatible sound cards. It includes an editor/librarian for the FM
- sound generator. (Software Tools for Artists, reg. fee: $19)
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- Melodia/TS [MELTS] is another of the Melodia series of algorithmic music
- programs that share a similar interface but use different methods to
- generate the music. It uses a table sequencer which provides smart
- multi-level stage sequencing, similar to what was available on the old
- modular studio synthesizers, but far more sophisticated. It also uses a
- unique type of rhythm generator, a bouncing ball confined in a box, that is
- fun to use and very musical. (Software Tools for Artists, reg. fee: $69)
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- TV MODS [TVMODS] is a collection of five television them songs in MOD
- format. (reg. fee: $0)
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