Xref: nntpa comp.music:5946 Newsgroups: comp.music Path: nntpa!gw1!fnnews.fnal.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!netline-fddi.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.nic.surfnet.nl!rug.nl!pcka118_1.rc.rug.nl!P.A.M.Swennenhuis From: P.A.M.Swennenhuis@rc.rug.nl (Paul Swennenhuis) Subject: Notation software: the file Summary: List of music notation software Sender: usenet@risc1.rug.nl Message-ID: Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 15:06:41 GMT Lines: 1119 Nntp-Posting-Host: pcka118_1.rc.rug.nl Organization: Rijks Universiteit Groningen (Rekencentrum) Keywords: Music, notation Due to the fact I got many requests to send a file about notation software mentioned in an earlier posting, I thought I might as well post it here. Mind you: neither credits nor critics should be sent to me: I'm only the messenger! The one responsible for the (monthly updated) file is Dennis O'Neill (thanks Dennis!) who posts this file in rec.music.compose and some other groups as well. Check it out. Enjoy! Paul (File starts here) ------------------------------------- ~From: denio@seismo.CSS.GOV (Dennis O'Neill) ~Subject: Music Notation Programs - a list to answer a FAQ ~Date: 1 Jun 1994 15:35:28 GMT Summary: This is a list of music notation applications on various computers. Keywords: music, notation Archive-name: music/notation-pgms Last-modified: 1994 June 1 Maintainer: denio@s3reston.scubed.com Posting frequency: monthly +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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 these applications will produce sound output. Depending on the hardware one has available, the sound output can be useful for editorial review of the music one has enterred, and might be sufficient for performance. Discussions of sound output devices are outside the purview of this list, however; interested readers are referred to the Internet comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard newsgroup, Joel Plutchak's "PCsoundcards/generic-faq" and Morgan Stair's "PCSoundcards/generic-faq". There may be parallel faqs addressed at other platforms, but I don't know of them yet. 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) Joel Plutchak (plutchak@porter.geo.brown.edu) posts a FAQ entitled "Frequently Asked Questions of the comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard Newsgroup". It's available via anonymous ftp from rtfm.mit.edu, in /pub/usenet/news.answers/PCsoundcards/generic-faq. The FAQ is also available via email by sending a message having the body send usenet/news.answers/PCsoundcards/generic-faq to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu. Morgan Stair is the maintainer of a FAQ called "The comprehensive 'comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard' FAQ". Stair's FAQ addresses specific soundcards, their capabilities and limitations, and background information about how they work. It's available via anonymous ftp from rtfm.mit.edu, in /pub/usenet/news.answers/PCsoundcards/soundcard-faq. The FAQ is also available via email by sending a message having the body send usenet/news.answers/PCsoundcards/soundcard-faq to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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? Answer so far: apparently, within one application (e.g. Finale) one can do this. I haven't tried it. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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 | | | | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ ConcertWare Pro $340 | | | * | | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Copyist Professional $325 | * | * | | | ? | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Cubase Score $595-$695 | | * | * | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 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 $696 | | * | * | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 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 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 -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 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 Sound output: whether this app will play the music a user's entered 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 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 Sound output: 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 Sound output: 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 Sound output: 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. Sound output: 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: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: 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 Sound output: Entry updated: 13 January 1994 =============================================================================== Name: ConcertWare Pro Platforms: Mac Prerequisites: Price: $340 Manufacturer: Great Wave Software Demo: Review: To acquire: software and music stores Info source: "Computers and Music" catalog Sound output: Entry updated: 5 April 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: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 7 December 1993 =============================================================================== Name: Cubase Score Platforms: Atari, Mac, MS-Windows Prerequisites: Price: $695 Mac, $595 MS-Windows 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: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: 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: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: 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 personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Soundcards (PC) 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: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: 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 personal communication with user(s). Sound output: soundcards (PC) 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 personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Soundcards (PC) 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 Sound output: 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 Sound output: Entry updated: 13 January 1994 =============================================================================== Name: MasterScore Platforms: Atari Prerequisites: Price: Manufacturer: Steinberg Postfach 261833 20508 Hamburg Germany Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: 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. Sound output: 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 Sound output: 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 Sound output: Entry updated: 24 January 1994 =============================================================================== Name: Music Engraver Platforms: Mac Prerequisites: Price: Manufacturer: Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: 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 Sound output: 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 Sound output: 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: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: 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 Sound output: Soundcards (PC) 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: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: 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 Sound output: 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: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 7 December 1993 =============================================================================== Name: Notator Logic Platforms: Atari, Mac, MS-Win Prerequisites: Price: $695.95 Manufacturer: E-Magic, dist. in USA by Ensoniq Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: 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: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: 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: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: 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: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 4 March 1994 =============================================================================== 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: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 26 January 1994 Note: C source for MIDI handling is also available. =============================================================================== 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 Sound output: Entry updated: 24 January 1994 =============================================================================== 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 Sound output: Entry updated: 24 January 1994 =============================================================================== 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: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 24 January 1994 Note: info source was not sure that this app is still available. =============================================================================== 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 Sound output: Entry updated: 24 January 1994 =============================================================================== 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: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 7 December 1993 =============================================================================== 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 personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 14 January 1994 =============================================================================== 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: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 26 January 1994 =============================================================================== 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 personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 1 February 1994 =============================================================================== 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 Sound output: Entry updated: 1 February 1994 =============================================================================== +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | List of contributors | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 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 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | History | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ May 1994: o removed individuals' names from "Info source" due to an objection o added "Sound output" field to listings o added references to soundcards FAQs 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 -- Dennis O'Neill denio@seismo.css.gov 703-476-5197 S-Cubed Div. Maxwell Labs 11800 Sunrise Valley Dr. #1212 Reston, Va. 22091 USA Opinions expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of my employer.