Archive-name:   music/notation-pgms
Last-modified:  1994 July 5
Maintainer:     denio@s3reston.scubed.com

Posting frequency:  monthly


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| List of known music notation programs                                       |
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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.

This list is posted monthly to the newsgroups
  o  rec.music.compose
  o  rec.music.makers
  o  comp.music
  o  rec.answers
  o  comp.answers
  o  news.answers
The expiration date of this article is set to the first of the month
following the month of posting; consequently it will remain available
until that time on systems that support expiration dates.  Some news
systems might impose shorter expiration times on articles, or might not
support expiration dates at all.

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.



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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.



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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.



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Finale discussion list available:
Henry Howey, a professor in the Department of Music at Sam Houston
State U., provides a Finale discussion list.  To subscribe, send e-mail
to listserv@shsu.edu with the message "SUBSCRIBE Finale" (don't use the
quotation marks).  [24 June 1994]



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| A few background questions, some with answers                               |
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*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.



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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   P   U   X
                                    m   t   a   S   S   e   S   P   N     
                                    i   a   c   D   W   X   /   C   I     
                            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   P   U   X
                                    m   t   a   S   S   e   S   P   N
                                    i   a   c   D   W   X   /   C   I
                            List    g   r       O   i   t   2       X     
      Application Name      Price   a   i       S   n                 
     -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
      Midiscan              $379  |   |   |   |   | * |   |   |   |   |   |
     -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+



Products to create guitar tablature:

                                    A   A   M   M   M   N   O   P   U   X
                                    m   t   a   S   S   e   S   P   N
                                    i   a   c   D   W   X   /   C   I
                            List    g   r       O   i   t   2       X     
      Application Name      Price   a   i       S   n                 
     -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
      Bucket 'o tab          $25s |   |   |   |   | * |   |   |   |   |   |
     -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+



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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.

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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
Sound output:
Entry updated:  13 January 1994

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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

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Name:           Bucket 'o tab
Platforms:      MSWindows
Prerequisites:  vbrun300.dll via ftp from ftp.cica.indiana.edu
List price:     $25 (shareware)
Manufacturer:   Scott Evans
                gse@ocsystems.com
Demo:           none (it's shareware - get the whole package)
Review:         
To acquire:     anonymous ftp from ocsystems.com:/pub/gse/bucket.zip
Info source:    private communication from author
Sound output:
Entry updated:  5 July 1994

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Name:           Deluxe Music Construction Set, may now be called Deluxe Music 2
Platforms:      Amiga, Mac
Prerequisites:  
Price:          ~$80
Manufacturer:   Mark of the Unicorn
                1280 Massachusetts Ave.
                Cambridge, MA 02138
                617-576-2760
                 -or-
                Electronic Arts
                PO Box 7530
                San Mateo, CA 94403
                800-245-4525
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.

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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:
Entry updated:  14 January 1994

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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

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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:
Entry updated:  1 February 1994

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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:
Entry updated:  1 February 1994

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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/gtsmusic/*
Info source:    info files included with application
Sound output:
Entry updated:  16 June 1994

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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:
Entry updated:  14 January 1994

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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:    personal communication with user(s).
Sound output:
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
Sound output:
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
Sound output:
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:    personal communication with user(s).
Sound output:
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
Sound output:
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:    personal communication with user(s).
Sound output:
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
                personal communication with user(s).
Sound output:
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:    personal communication with user(s).
Sound output:
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 
                personal communication with user(s).
Sound output:
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 
Sound output:
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,
Paul Connor,
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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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

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Dennis O'Neill               denio@seismo.css.gov                 703-476-5197
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      Opinions expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily reflect
                         the opinions of my employer.
