Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!faqserv From: denio@scubed.com Newsgroups: rec.music.compose,rec.music.makers,rec.music.makers.songwriting,rec.music.a-cappella,comp.music,rec.answers,comp.answers,news.answers Subject: Music Notation Programs - a list in answer to a FAQ Supersedes: Followup-To: poster Date: 21 Oct 1995 12:24:02 GMT Organization: Fenris Woof Lines: 2133 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Distribution: inet Expires: 19 Nov 1995 12:22:59 GMT Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: bloom-picayune.mit.edu Summary: This is a list of music notation applications on various computers. It contains names, availabilities, list prices (where known), and citations of reviews of the software. It includes a short section of frequently-asked questions about notation software and file formats. It does not contain subjective evaluations or reviews. This list is posted to various Internet newsgroups every 15 days. Keywords: music, notation X-Last-Updated: 1995/08/09 Originator: faqserv@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu rec.music.compose:26943 rec.music.makers:54812 rec.music.makers.songwriting:8273 rec.music.a-cappella:13054 comp.music:41711 rec.answers:15583 comp.answers:14978 news.answers:55724 Archive-name: music/notation-pgms Last-modified: 1995 April 04 Maintainer: denio@scubed.com Summary: This is a list of music notation applications on various computers. It contains names, availabilities, list prices (where known), and citations of reviews of the software. It includes a short section of frequently-asked questions about notation software and file formats. It does not contain subjective evaluations or reviews. The list is posted to various Internet newsgroups every 15 days. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | List of known music notation programs | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ *************************************************************************** * N.B. Use a fixed-width font to display this file. It contains a table * * prepared using such a font, and if you look at it with a proportional- * * width font you'll get an unreadable mess. * * * * Most of the text is limited to 80 columns. The exceptions are the * * URLs, which are of arbitrary length. * *************************************************************************** +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Contents | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Overview Obtaining this list Introduction Review and survey articles in the literature A few background questions with incomplete answers Specialty newsgroups, mailing lists, and discussion groups Other relevant FAQs Additional miscellaneous short topics sound output copyrights and trademarks prices manufacturers' phone numbers demos shareware Summary table: a table of notation programs for various computers Individual entries: information about each program List of contributors: people who have contributed to this list The currency of this list depends upon its readers. Please send updates and corrections to denio@scubed.com. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Overview | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ This is a list of music notation applications on various computers. This file contains: o names of notation applications o information on where and how to obtain the applications o list prices (where known) o citations of published reviews and survey articles o answers to a few important questions This file does not contain, nor is it likely ever to contain: o subjective evaluations o lists of features o so-called "street" prices of the applications See the introduction for a few words about why I chose not to include these data. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Obtaining this list | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ This list is posted every 15 days to the Internet newsgroups o rec.music.compose o rec.answers o rec.music.makers o comp.answers o rec.music.makers.songwriting o news.answers o rec.music.a-cappella o comp.music It is posted via the *.answers FAQ server. If you are curious about this service, send email to "faq-server@rtfm.mit.edu" containing the subject line "HELP" (without the quotation marks). The article's expiration date is set so that the posted version will remain available until its replacement is posted on those systems that support expiration dates. Some news systems impose shorter expiration times on articles, while others do not support expiration dates at all, so it's possible that this article might disappear from any given system at any time. The most recent edition of this list is stored in the Usenet archive at MIT. One way to obtain it is via anonymous ftp to rtfm.mit.edu Navigate to the directory /pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/music and download the file notation-pgms In URL notation, this is ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/music/notation-pgms For those without access to anonymous FTP, this list can be obtained by sending email to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the message body send usenet/news.answers/music/notation-pgms From Mosaic or Lynx, one can find an html-ized version at URL http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/music/notation-pgms/faq.html You also may be able to find it by other means in other archives, but it is beyond my intended scope to tell you how to do that. If you're a new reader of Internet news, please browse the newsgroups "news.announce.newusers" and "news.answers" for further instruction. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Introduction | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Posters often ask about music notation programs. For their information, I've put together the following list of notation programs. In order to keep the task of maintaining it within manageable limits, and to be fair to all manufacturers, I have chosen to limit the information I provide about each application. For each notation program, I include the name, where to get it, its list price, and known citations of published reviews about it. I will not include lists of features, as they change too fast for me to keep up with them. I will not include subjective evaluations, because that would require more resources than I can devote to it and would likely be unfair to those manufacturers whose products have more features than I have patience. I will not include "street prices", since these change fairly rapidly, and readers of this list will know better than I what discounts are available to 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@scubed.com). I use one of these packages, and I have prejudices in favor of some of them and against others. I've tried to keep my prejudices to myself, but please be aware that I have them and they might have slipped in. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Review and survey articles in the literature | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Readers interested in more information than I've provided here are referred to the literature. I've attempted to collect citations of reviews of the software and have included those citations in the individual entries for the various applications. There are a few survey articles to be found: o Alan Belkin, "Macintosh Notation Software: Present and Future". Computer Music Journal, volume 18 number 1, Spring 1994, pp. 53-69. This review includes a feature table and a discussion of the question of a standard notation file format. o George Litterst, "Modern Manuscripts: The EM Guide to Notation Software". Electronic Musician, August 1993, pp. 32-46. o Ernie Rideout, "Notation". Keyboard, December 1994, pp. 69-97, 191. This survey article includes sample printout from the various packages. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A few background questions with incomplete answers | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ *QUESTION* Is there a standard file format for music notation? Answer: No, but... Alan Belkin (personal communication, 1995) posts press releases from the NIFF Project. I present here edited versions of selected posts. January 21, 1995: FINALLY, A NEW MUSIC NOTATION STANDARD FILE FORMAT ANAHEIM, CA - January 21, 1995 (with an update of January 29, 1995) - An exciting new development in the area of music desktop publishing is now coming to fruition after months of work: a standard file format for musical notation. ... The new format is currently code named "NIF" (Notation Interchange Format). Sponsored by Passport Designs and Coda Music Technology, NIF has had and continues to have major input from a large, diverse group of notation software designers, as well as researchers in the areas of music recognition, musicology and computer science, expert users and music publishers. NIF's exceptionally thorough design is the product of a lengthy consensus-building process between these participants. It is a non-proprietary format, and will be available with no licensing fees whatsoever to anyone who wants it. The NIF project is now moving into the testing stage. Several companies are scheduled to begin trial implementation shortly, to be followed by others once the format stabilizes. ... [Update] Note: Coda was an original sponsor of the NIF project, and continues to financially support NIF's development, but recently announced they have no immediate plans to implement NIF. They plan to instead publish their own proprietary ENIGMA format. All the other participants remain firmly committed to NIF, which is entirely non-proprietary; indeed interest has been such that new participants are arriving almost daily. April 3, 1995: Alan Belkin reported three major developments in the NIFF project: o New name for the file format The name "NIFF" (Notation Interchange File Format) was recently filed for registration with Microsoft Corporation as the formal name for the new file format. The NIFF format follows the rules proposed by Microsoft in its RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format) definition language for new multimedia oriented file formats. The name "NIFF" replaces the project's former code name of "NIF". o New music software industry sponsorship ... Opcode Systems, Temporal Acuity Products, Mark of the Unicorn and Twelve Tone Systems recently decided to endorse the NIFF Project effort by providing financial sponsorship. All four companies have already been playing an active role in the format design for months. The four join original sponsor Passport Designs in becoming industry leaders working to provide a capability long requested by computer musicians. Coda Music Technology recently withdrew from its early commitment to the project. o A plan to combine MIDI and music notation info in the same file ... [A] new plan has been devised to integrate MIDI data into the NIFF format. This feature will aid the efforts of the many music software companies building products that merge the capabilities of sequencers and music printing software. The new plan allows the MIDI and notation information to be interconnected in a meaningful way. The MIDI feature will be included in the upcoming trial implementation. ... The first commercial products using NIFF are expected to be released in 1995. Funding for the NIFF initiative is being provided by Passport Designs, Opcode Systems, Temporal Acuity Products , Mark of the Unicorn, and Twelve Tone Systems. For more information contact: Cindy Grande, President Alan Belkin, Professor of Music Grande Software, Inc. University of Montreal NIFF Technical Coordinator NIFF Special Advisor 19004 37th Avenue South C.P. 6128, succursale A Seattle, WA 98188 Montreal, Quebec 206-244-3411 Canada H3C 3J7 CompuServe: 72723,1272 514-343-7409 email: belkina@ere.umontreal.ca Chris Newell, President Musitek, Inc. NIFF Administrative Coordinator 410 Bryant Circle, Suite K Ojai, CA 93023 805-646-8051 CompuServe: 7133,3723 *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)? Answer: 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, expression marks, 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 existence of a commercial product called Cadenza that is not associated with the notation description language of the same name. Various correspondents report that a standard is under development. The following is a very small part of of text provided to A. Kornstaedt by Steven R. Newcomb, who heads the relevant standards committee. "'HyTime' is the nickname of the ISO/IEC International Standard 10744:1992, whose long name is 'Hypermedia/Time-based Structuring Language.' It provides a worldwide standard technical framework for integrated open hypermedia, including the 'SMDL' Standard Music Description Language (ISO/IEC Committee Draft 10743). ... Introductory articles about HyTime can be found in the November 1991 issue of _Communications of the ACM_, and in the July 1991 issue of _IEEE Computer_. ..." There is an FTP archive at ftp://ftp.ifi.uio.no/pub/SGML/HyTime, and there is an Internet discussion group called comp.text.sgml. An article describing HyTime/SMDL is said to have appeared in "Computer Music Journal" on 17 March 1994; the article is called "Aspects of Music Representation in HyTime/SMDL" by Donald Sloan of Ashland University. One correspondent said that this article was not in the cited issue and would get back to me about it; I haven't had time yet to check for myself. The general sense seems to be that HyTime might eventually be a music representation standard, but not for awhile yet. See the previous question for a press release about NIF, a possible new standard for file compatibility between notation applications. *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: apparently, within one application (e.g. Finale) one can do this. I haven't tried it. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Specialty newsgroups, mailing lists, and discussion groups | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Finale discussion list: 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 body "SUBSCRIBE Finale" (don't use the quotation marks). [24 June 1994] Digest of Finale discussion list: From the same site, there is a digest of traffic from the Finale discussion list. To subscribe, send e-mail to listserv@shsu.edu with the message body "SUBSCRIBE Finale-Digest" (don't use the quotation marks). [03 February 1995] MuTeX/MusicTeX mailing list: There is a mailing list dealing with MuTex and MusicTeX. To subscribe, send email to mutex-request@stolaf.edu with "subscribe" in the body. Logic users mailing list and digest: Fokke de Boer (Fokke.de.Boer@rivm.nl) maintains a mailing list for Logic. To subscribe, send email to majordomo@mcc.ac.uk with the following text in the *body*: help subscribe logic-users end There is also a digest version. If you'd rather have that, the body of your request message should be: help subscribe logic-users-digest end The address to which you should send email for inclusion in the list is "logic-users@mcc.ac.uk". [29 May 1995] +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Other relevant FAQs | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ * Composition * Craig Latta (Craig.Latta@NetJam.ORG) maintains a FAQ called "Music composition Frequently-Asked Questions" that is available at URLs ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/music/composition-faq ftp://xcf.berkeley.edu/pub/misc/netjam/doc/FAQ/composition/compositionFAQ and via email to netjam-request@XCF.Berkeley.EDU with the subject line "request for composition FAQ". * Copyright (U.S.A.) * There is a Copyright FAQ posted in various *.answers newsgroups and archived at URLs ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/law/Copyright-FAQ/part1.Z ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/law/Copyright-FAQ/part2.Z ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/law/Copyright-FAQ/part3.Z ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/law/Copyright-FAQ/part4.Z ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/law/Copyright-FAQ/part5.Z ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/law/Copyright-FAQ/part6.Z * Street prices of music software * Chris Schumann (whizkid@oingomth.uwc.edu) maintains a list of music software street prices that includes prices for notation software in the USA. It's available via lynx and mosaic at URL http://oingomth.uwc.edu/~whizkid/emspg.html The list is posted to rec.music.makers, rec.music.makers.marketplace, rec.music.compose, and comp.music newsgroups. There's a text-only version at the same URL but with suffix ".txt", but it's no longer kept current. [28 March 1995] * PC Soundcards * 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 at URL ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/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 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/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. * Electronic and computer music * Craig Latta (Craig.Latta@NetJam.ORG) maintains a FAQ called "Electronic and Computer Music Frequently-Asked Questions". It is available at URL ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/music/netjam-faq and is posted to rec.music.makers, rec.music.compose, comp.music, and elsewhere. It's also available by emailing NetJam-request@XCF.Berkeley.EDU with the subject line "request for ECM FAQ". This FAQ deals mostly with the hardware and software of sound production. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Additional miscellaneous short topics | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ In re: sound output 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 entered, 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 and Morgan Stair's FAQs, cited above. There may be parallel faqs addressed for other platforms, but I don't know of them. In re: copyrights and trademarks 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 unless otherwise indicated. All prices shown are list prices. Street prices may be very different from list prices, and readers are encouraged to shop around. Some manufacturers offer academic discounts that bring the prices of their products even lower than regular discounts for qualified users. Several correspondents have urged me to include discount prices in the list. In compiling this list I chose to show only list prices, since the discount structures of various manufacturers differ. I chose list prices as a kind of level playing field: list prices act as a rough guide (notice I said rough) to the relative values of the several applications. I do not have the resources to track down the latest discount pricing for all these applications, so in the interest of fairness I will continue to include only list prices. It falls to the reader to shop carefully for the best discount. See also Schumann's list, cited above in "Street prices of music software". In re: manufacturers' phone numbers All phone numbers are for the USA unless otherwise indicated. 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 often are of old versions. Your best bet is to contact the manufacturers directly for demos of applications in which you are interested. In re: shareware Soapbox: if you use shareware, register it. In re: caution Be aware that not all applications are created equal. Some cause systems to crash. Proceed with due caution. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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 FAQ by Chris Schumann, cited above, for actual prices. Description of the table: The columns of the table refer to operating systems/platforms on which the applications run. The OSs/platforms represented in the table are Amiga, Atari, Mac, MS-DOS, MS-Windows, NeXt, OS/2, Power PC, UNIX, and X. Specialized platforms, or those for which there are only a few applications, are listed separately after the table; these platforms include Acorn, Apple II, and SGI. Table symbols key: * = application is available now p = application is promised to be available Real Soon Now ? = might be available, info provider was not sure or was ambiguous e = see individual entry for more information Price annotations: All prices are list prices; discounts may be available. "s" as a suffix to the price means that the application is shareware. Prices with prefix "$" are in USA dollars; with prefix "UK L" are in British pounds; and with prefix "DM" are in German Deutschmarks. R (recent review) column key: 1 = included in Keyboard Magazine December 1994 survey article f = free software, not in Keyboard Magazine article s = shareware, not in Keyboard Magazine article = not in Keyboard Magazine article d = discontinued A A M M M N O P U X m t a S S e S P N Approx i a c D W X / C I List g r O i t 2 X R Application Name Price a i S n --------------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ f abc2mtex free | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | | * | * | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ s ACCU Music Sys $20s | | | | * | | | * | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Ballade | | | * | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Bars & Pipes Professional | * | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Capella Win DM 278 | | | | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ f CMN free | | | * | | | * | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Composer's Pen UK L125 | | | | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ s Composer's Workbench $50s | | | | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 ConcertWare $159 | | | * | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Copyist DTP $80 | * | * | | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Cubase Lite $99 | | * | * | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Cubase Score $549 | | * | * | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Deluxe Music $129 | * | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Encore $595 | | | * | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 EZ Score Plus $50 | | * | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Finale $749 | | | * | | * | | | * | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Finale Allegro $349 | | | * | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Graphire Music Press $5000 | | | * | | | | | * | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ s GTS Music System $50s | | | | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Laser Music Processor $130 | | | | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Lime $295 | | | * | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Logic $399 | | * | * | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Logic Audio $699 | | * | * | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ MasterScore | | * | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ s Melody Master $23s | | | | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 MicroLogic $159/$129 | | | * | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 MIDI Orchestrator Plus$130 | | | | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Mosaic $595 | | | * | | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ s Mozart $ s | | | | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Music Pad UK L20 | | | | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ d MusicProse discontinued | | | ? | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Musicator Win $299 | | | | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ d? Music Engraver $550 | | | * | | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Music Manuscriptor $750 | | | | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 MusicPrinter Plus $495 | | | | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Musicshop $149 | | | * | | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ f MusicTeX free | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | | * | * | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 MusicTime $99 | | | * | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ f MusixTeX free | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | | * | * | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ f MuTeX free | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | | * | * | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ f Muzika free | | | | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Nightingale $495 | | | * | | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ d? Notator Logic $696 | | * | * | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ NoteAbility $499 | | | | | | * | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Note Processor $295 | | | | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ NoteWorthy UK L40 | | | | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ NoteWorthy Composer $39 | | | | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ NoteWriter $295 | | | * | | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ f Nutation free | | | | | | * | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Orchest | | * | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Overture $495 | | | * | | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Personal Composer $99/440 | | | | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 PowerTracks Pro $29 | | | | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Professional Composer $395 | | | ? | | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Pyware Music Writer $249/495| | | * | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 QuickScore Prof. $70 | | | | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ f Rosegarden free | | | | | | | | | * | * | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Score $825 | | | | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Score Perfect Germ. DM599 | | * | | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 Showtune $100 | | | | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 1 SongWright $120 | | | | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Theme | | | | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ WinSong Composer $80 | | | | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Wolfgang | | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Miscellaneous environments: Acorn: Sibelius 7 Rhapsody 3 Notate Philip's Music Scribe Apple II: Pyware Music Editor SGI: CMN Rosegarden 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 | | | | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ NoteScan (req. Nightingale) | | | * | | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Products to create guitar tablature only (several notation packages will produce guitar tab as well as standard notation): 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 | | | | | * | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Tab Transcriber $30s | | | | * | | | | | | | -----------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Individual entries | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Structure of individual entries: Name: name of the application Platforms: what the app runs on Requirements: minimum requirements, if known List 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 =========================================================================== Name: abc2mtex version 1.4 Platforms: Any system supporting MusicTeX and TeX Requirements: TeX/LaTeX and MusicTeX Price: free Manufacturer: Chris Walshaw Demo: none (it's free - get the distribution) Review: examples in *.abc files, results in abc.tunes.ps/*.ps.gz (gzipped PostScript files) To acquire: ftp://celtic.stanford.edu/pub/tunes/abc2mtex ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/support/abc2mtex ftp://ftp.shsu.edu/tex-archive/support/abc2mtex ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/abc2mtex (several files; see the README file) or email manufacturer Info source: manufacturer Sound output: Entry updated: 22 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: ACCU Music System version 3.7 Platforms: MS-DOS, OS/2 Requirements: any 80x86, 384kb RAM, MS-DOS 3.3 or higher Price: shareware: $20 plus $3 shipping (USA) or $6 (other countries). This is nagware, i.e., it displays a message asking the user to register. Manufacturer: Kevin Fischer (kfischer@seas.ucla.edu) c/o ACCU Music System 16878 Saint James Drive Poway, California 92064-1137 USA Demo: none (shareware) Review: To acquire: MSDOS: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/msdos/music/ac37musd.zip OS/2: ftp://freebsd.cdrom.com/.1/os2/32bit/mmedia/ac35muso.zip Info source: info files included with application Sound output: Entry updated: 01 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Ballade Platforms: Mac, MSWindows Requirements: 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: Electronic Musician: March 1993 Electronic Musician: May 1993 To acquire: Info source: ad in Electronic Musician, December 1993, p. 94 Sound output: Entry updated: 1 February 1994 =========================================================================== Name: Bars & Pipes Professional Platforms: Amiga Requirements: List price: Manufacturer: Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: Sound output: Entry updated: 27 August 1994 =========================================================================== Name: Bucket 'o tab Platforms: MSWindows Requirements: ftp://ocsystems.com/pub/gse/vbrun300.zip List price: $25 (shareware) Manufacturer: Scott Evans gse@ocsystems.com Demo: none (it's shareware - get the whole package) Review: To acquire: ftp://ocsystems.com/pub/gse/bucket.zip (see README file) Info source: private communication from author Sound output: Entry updated: 01 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Capella Win Platforms: MS Windows Requirements: List price: DM 278 Manufacturer: WHC Musiksoftware GmbH An der Soehrebahn 4 34318 Soehrewald Germany Telephone: (int'l access, then) +49 5608 3293 +49 5608 4651 (fax) Demo: available from manufacturer, or from their mailbox: (int'l access, then ) +49 561 826043 userid: WHC Kunde password: capella also said to be available in URLs ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/MIDI/PROGRAMS/MSWINDOWS/capella.zip with explanatory material in ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/MIDI/PROGRAMS/MSDOS/capella.txt ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/MIDI/PROGRAMS/MSWINDOWS/capella.txt Review: To acquire: manufacturer Info source: personal communication with user. Sound output: Entry updated: 02 February 1995 Note: as far as my correspondent knew, the program is available only in German. =========================================================================== Name: CMN (Common Music Notation) Platforms: NeXT, Mac, SGI. (Eventually will be ported to 486) Requirements: Common Lisp; CLOS (pcl); PostScript; Sonata or Petrucci font List price: Free. Manufacturer: Bill Schottstaedt (bil@ccrma.stanford.edu). Demo: none (freeware) Review: To acquire: ftp://ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu/pub/Lisp/cmn.tar.Z ftp://ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu/pub/Lisp/cmn.README Info source: personal communication from author. Sound output: Entry updated: 01 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: The Composer's Pen Platforms: MS-DOS, Amsrad PCW Requirements: DOS 3, 512KB RAM, 8086, EGA, CGA, VGA, Hercules List price: UK L125 Manufacturer: Composit Software 10 Leasowe Green Lightmoor, Telford, Shropshire, England TF4 3QX (44) 952 595 436 Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Sound output: Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Composer's WorkBench Platforms: MS-DOS Requirements: 80286 or better, graphics adapter, MS-DOS 3.3 or better, Roland MPU-401 or compatible MIDI card, MIDI synth. List price: $50 plus shipping (shareware) Manufacturer: Dennis McNamara (dmcnamar@netcom.com) Demo: none (shareware) Review: To acquire: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/msdos/music/cwb135.zip Info source: info files included with application Sound output: Entry updated: 01 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: ConcertWare Platforms: Mac, MS-Windows Requirements: Mac: System 7, 2 MB, 68020 PC: MS-Windows 3.1, 3 MB, 386 List price: $159 Manufacturer: Jump Software 201 San Antonio Circle, Suite 172 Mountain View, California 94040 415-917-7460, 415-917-7490 fax Demo: Review: To acquire: software and music stores Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Sound output: any MIDI interface (PC: Windows MPC) Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Copyist DTP with Quickscore Platforms: Amiga, Atari, PC Requirements: PC: XT, 640KB RAM, Hercules to VGA List price: $79.95 Manufacturer: Dr. T's Music Software 124 Crescent Road, Suite 3 Needham, Massachusetts 02194 617-455-1454 Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. personal communication with user(s) Sound output: MPU compatible, most soundcards Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Cubase Lite Platforms: Atari, Mac, MS-Windows Requirements: List price: $99 Manufacturer: Steinberg 17700 Raymer St., Suite 1001 Northridge, Ca. 91325 818-993-4091, 818-701-7452 (fax) Demo: ftp://ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/cubase/DEMOS (all systems; go to the appropriate directory) Review: To acquire: Info source: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 01 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Cubase Score Platforms: Atari, Mac, MS-Windows Requirements: Atari: TOS 1.4, 2MB Mac: System 7, 4MB PC: Windows 3.1, 4MB, 386SX-25 List price: $549 Manufacturer: Steinberg Steinberg/Jones TSI-GmbH 17700 Raymer St., Suite 1001 NeustraSe 12 Northridge, Ca. 91325 W--5481 Waldorf, Germany (int'l) 011 49 26 36 7001 818-993-4091 818-701-7452 (fax) Demo: ftp://ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/cubase/DEMOS (all systems; go to the appropriate directory) Review: Electronic Musician: July 1993 To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Mac: any MIDI interface; PC: MPU-401 compatible Entry updated: 01 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Deluxe Music Platforms: Amiga Requirements: Kickstart 1.3, 1MB, 8 MHz List price: $129 Manufacturer: Electronic Arts Box 7578 San Mateo, CA 94403 415-572-2787 Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 64ff. personal communication with user(s). Sound output: any Amiga MIDI interface Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Encore Platforms: Mac, MS-Windows Requirements: Mac: 4MB, 16MHz PC: Windows, 4MB, 16 MHz, VGA or better List price: $595 Manufacturer: Passport Designs, Inc. 100 Stone Pine Road, Half Moon Bay, Ca 94019 800-443-3210, 415-726-0280, 415-726-2254 fax Email: passport@aol.com WWW: http://www.mw3.com/passport America Online - Keyword: passport CompuServe - GO MIDIBVEN Demo: Current demo is available from manufacturer. Demo of Windows v3.1 (date 1994-07-16) is available from URL: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/win3/music/encore1.zip ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/win3/music/encore2.zip ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/win3/music/encore3.zip ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/win3/music/encore4.zip Get all four parts, unzip onto a floppy, and install as usual. Demo of Mac version (date 1994-07-04) is available from URL ftp://sumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac/snd/util/encore-demo.hqx Review: Alan Belkin, "Macintosh Notation Software: Present and Future", Computer Music Journal, volume 18 no. 1, Spring 1994 Electronic Musician: April 1994 To acquire: software stores, music stores Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. manufacturer personal communication with user(s). Sound output: any MIDI interface, soundcard Entry updated: 04 April 1995 =========================================================================== Name: EZ Score Plus Platforms: Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon, 1 MB Requirements: List price: $49.95 Manufacturer: Binary Sounds (originally: Hybrid Arts) 431 Oak Dale Dr. Stafford, Texas 77477 713-776-9118 Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Sound output: Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Finale Platforms: Mac, MS-Windows, Power Mac (PPC?) Requirements: Mac: 2MB, 020 PC: Windows 3.1, 4MB, 386 PPC: List price: $749; $275 for academicians and students $778.95/$304.95 for PPC version Manufacturer: Coda Music Technology 6210 Bury Dr. Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55346-1718 800-843-2066, 612-937-9760 fax Demo: available from manufacturer Review: Alan Belkin, "Macintosh Notation Software: Present and Future", Computer Music Journal, volume 18 no. 1, Spring 1994 Electronic Musician: December 1993 To acquire: software stores, music stores Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. personal communication with user(s) manufacturer's info kit Sound output: MIDI/soundcard Entry updated: 31 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Finale Allegro Platforms: Mac, MS-Windows Requirements: Mac: Mac Plus, Sys 6.0.5, 2MB PC: ? List price: $349 Manufacturer: Coda Music Technology 6210 Bury Dr. Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55346-1718 800-843-2066, fax 612-937-9760 Demo: available from manufacturer Review: Electronic Musician, April 1994 To acquire: software stores, music stores Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. ad in Electronic Musician personal communication with user(s). Sound output: MIDI/soundcard Entry updated: 2 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Graphire Music Press (TM) (formerly "Valentine") Platforms: Macintosh: 68020+, System 7, 5MB RAM PowerPC native Requirements: none List price: $5000 (yes, three zeroes) Manufacturer: Graphire Corporation 4 Harvest Lane PO Box 838 Wilder, VT 05088-0838 802-296-2515 Email: alantalbot@eworld.com Demo: available from the manufacturer Review: not reviewed To acquire: available from the manufacturer Info source: manufacturer Sound output: Macintosh or MIDI Entry updated: 9 December 1994 =========================================================================== Name: GTS Music System Platforms: MS-DOS Requirements: SVGA, SoundBlaster, mouse List price: $50 (shareware) Manufacturer: Kim Young Jae Demo: none Review: To acquire: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/msdos/gtsmusic (several files; see the OO_index.txt file) Info source: info files included with application Sound output: Entry updated: 01 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Laser Music Processor Platforms: PC Requirements: DOS 2.1, 640KB, 8086-4.77, graphics List price: $129.95 Manufacturer: Teach Services Donovan Rd., Route 1, Box 182 Brushton, New York 12916 518-358-2125, 518-358-3028 fax Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Sound output: any MIDI interface Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Lime Platforms: Mac Requirements: Mac: 2MB RAM, 020 List price: $295 Manufacturer: Lippold Haken and Dorothea Blostein Electronic Courseware Systems 1210 Lancaster Dr. Champaign, Illinois 61821 800-832-4965, 217-359-7099 Demo: ftp://unicorn.cerl.uiuc.edu/pub/lime (several files; see the README file) Review: Alan Belkin, "Macintosh Notation Software: Present and Future", Computer Music Journal, volume 18 no. 1, Spring 1994 Electronic Musician, April 1994 To acquire: manufacturer Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. info files included with demo, call to vendor Sound output: MIDI interface Entry updated: 01 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Logic Platforms: Atari, Mac, PC Requirements: Atari: 2 MB RAM, 000 Mac: system 6.0.5 PC: 4 MB RAM, 386DX-25 List price: $399 Manufacturer: Emagic Emagic Gmbh Germany Box 771 Halstenbeker Weg 98 Nevada City, California 95959 25462 Rellingen, Germany 916-477-1051 +49 4101 4765 0 916-477-1052 fax +49 4104 4765 99 fax Demo: not available, but WWW pages with snapshots of screens available from URL http://www.mcc.ac.uk/~emagic/emagic_page.html Review: To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Sound output: any MIDI interface Entry updated: 29 May 1995 ========================================================================== Name: Logic Audio Platforms: Atari, Mac, PC Requirements: Atari: 2 MB RAM, 000 Mac: system 6.0.5 PC: 4 MB RAM, 386DX-25 List price: $699 Manufacturer: Emagic Emagic Gmbh Germany Box 771 Halstenbeker Weg 98 Nevada City, California 95959 25462 Rellingen, Germany 916-477-1051 +49 4101 4765 0 916-477-1052 fax +49 4104 4765 99 fax Demo: not available, but WWW pages with snapshots of screens available from URL http://www.mcc.ac.uk/~emagic/emagic_page.html Review: To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Sound output: any MIDI interface Entry updated: 29 May 1995 ========================================================================== Name: MasterScore Platforms: Atari Requirements: List 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: Melody Master Platforms: MS-DOS Requirements: 440 KB to install. List price: $19 plus $4 shipping, $49 plus $4 shipping for commercial users (shareware). Manufacturer: Alexei A. Efros, Jr. Demo: none Review: To acquire: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/msdos/music/melody25.zip Info source: info included with application Sound output: Entry updated: 01 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: MicroLogic Platforms: Mac, MS-Windows Requirements: Mac: system 6.0.5, 4MB RAM, 000 PC: Windows 3.1, 4 MB RAM, 386DX-25 List price: $399 Manufacturer: Emagic Emagic Gmbh Germany Box 771 Halstenbeker Weg 98 Nevada City, California 95959 25462 Rellingen, Germany 916-477-1051 +49 4101 4765 0 916-477-1052 fax +49 4104 4765 99 fax Demo: PC demo available from URL ftp://ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/emagic/MICROLOGIC/DEMOS/PC/microlog.zip Mac demo available from URL ftp://ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/emagic/MICROLOGIC/DEMOS/MAC/MLogic1.5.Demo.hqx WWW pages with snapshots of screens available from URL http://www.mcc.ac.uk/~emagic/emagic_page.html Review: To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Sound output: yes Entry updated: 29 May 1995 ========================================================================== Name: MIDI Orchestrator Plus Platforms: MS-Windows Requirements: Windows 3.1, 4MB, 386SX-20, VGA List price: $129.95 Manufacturer: Voyetra Technologies 5 Odell Plaza Yonkers, New York 10701 914-966-0600, 914-966-1102 fax Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Sound output: any MIDI with Windows driver Entry updated: 30 January 1995 ========================================================================== Name: Midiscan Platforms: MS-Windows Requirements: List 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: Mosaic (formerly Composer's Mosaic) Platforms: Mac Requirements: System 6.0.8, 4MB, ATM, LaserWriter List price: $595 Manufacturer: Mark of the Unicorn 1280 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138 617-576-2760, 617-576-3609 fax Demo: Review: Alan Belkin, "Macintosh Notation Software: Present and Future", Computer Music Journal, volume 18 no. 1, Spring 1994 Keyboard, February 1993 To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. personal communications with users Sound output: any MIDI interface Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Mozart Platforms: MS-Windows Requirements: MS-Windows, fast 386/486 recommended List price: Manufacturer: Dave Webber (dave@musical.demon.co.uk) Demo: none (shareware; get the distribution) Review: To acquire: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/win3/music/mozart13 Info source: posting by author on comp.os.ms-windows.announce Sound output: Entry updated: 28 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Musicator Win 2.1 Platforms: MS-Windows Requirements: Windows 3.1, 4 MB List price: $299 Manufacturer: Musicator P.B. Box 16026 Oakland, California 94610 510-251-2500m 916-756-9807 tech support Demo: Review: To acquire: computer and music stores Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. ad in Electronic Musician Sound output: Windows MCI midi output (to soundcard, MIDI interface, &c) Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Music Engraver (Formerly HB Music Engraver) Platforms: Mac, system 6.0.7 or later Requirements: List price: $550 Manufacturer: Music Environment, Inc. 4156B So. Mobile Cir. Aurora, Colorado 80013 Demo: Review: To acquire: manufacturer Info source: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 7 February 1994 Note: a reliable correspondent said that this is no longer available =========================================================================== Name: Music Manuscriptor Platforms: PC Requirements: DOS 3.0, 8 MB, 486DX-33, VGA through XVGA, dual monitors List price: $750; $375 for academicians and students Manufacturer: Erato Software Box 6278 Salt Lake City, Utah 84152 801-328-0500 Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Sound output: MPU-401 compatible Entry updated: 30 January 1995 ========================================================================== Name: Music Pad Platforms: MS-DOS, Amsrad PCW Requirements: DOS 3, 512KB RAM, 8086 List price: UK L19.95 Manufacturer: Composit Software 10 Leasowe Green Lightmoor, Telford, Shropshire, England TF4 3QX (44)952 595 436 Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Sound output: Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: MusicPrinter Plus Platforms: MS-DOS Requirements: DOS 2.0, 640KB, 10MHz, graphics List price: $495, $295 for academicians and students Manufacturer: Temporal Acuity Products, Inc. Bld. #1, Suite 200 300 120th Ave. NE Bellevue, Washington 98005 800-426-2673, 206-462-1007, 206-462-1057 fax Demo: ftp://celtic.stanford.edu/pub/tunes/Music.Printer (several files) or call manufacturer Review: To acquire: software stores, music stores, or manufacturer Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Sound output: any MIDI interface Entry updated: 01 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Music Prose (discontinued) Platforms: MS-Windows, maybe Mac Requirements: List price: no longer available Manufacturer: Coda Music Technology 6210 Bury Dr. Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55346-1718 800-843-2066, fax 612-937-9760 Demo: Review: To acquire: not available Info source: ad in Electronic Musician personal communication with user(s). Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Sound output: MIDI and standard soundcard output Entry updated: 29 December 1994 =========================================================================== Name: Musicshop Platforms: Mac Requirements: List price: $149 Manufacturer: Opcode Systems, Inc. 3950 Fabian Way Palo Alto, CA 94303 415-856-3333 Demo: Review: Electronic Musician, September 1993 Keyboard, October 1993 To acquire: Info source: article in Electronic Musician, Jan 1994 Sound output: Entry updated: 24 January 1994 =========================================================================== Name: MusicTeX Platforms: Any system supporting TeX Requirements: TeX List price: free Manufacturer: Daniel Taupin Demo: none Review: To acquire: ftp://celtic.stanford.edu/pub/tunes/Music.TeX (see files Music.TeX.readme and FAQ) ftp://ftp.gmd.de/music/musictex (see files README and FAQ) Info source: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 01 March 1995 Note: Base site is said to be rsovax.lps.u-psud.fr, but that system is a VAX and doesn't use the usual ftp commands. =========================================================================== Name: MusicTime Platforms: Mac, MS-Windows Requirements: Mac: 4MB, 16 MHz PC: Windows, 4MB, 16 MHz, VGA or better List price: $99 Manufacturer: Passport Designs, Inc. 100 Stone Pine Road, Half Moon Bay, Ca 94019 800-443-3210, 415-726-0280, 415-726-2254 fax Email: passport@aol.com WWW: http://www.mw3.com/passport America Online - Keyword: passport CompuServe - GO MIDIBVEN Demo: Current demo is available from manufacturer. Demo of Mac version (date 1994-07-04) is available from URL ftp://sumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac/snd/util/music-time.hqx Review: To acquire: software stores, music stores Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. manufacturer Sound output: any MIDI interface, soundcard Entry updated: 04 April 1995 =========================================================================== Name: MusixTeX Platforms: Any system supporting TeX Requirements: TeX List price: free Manufacturer: Ross Mitchell, Andreas Egler, Daniel Taupin Demo: none Review: To acquire: may be available somewhere at ftp://ftp.shsu.edu or other CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network) sites Info source: announcement on rec.music.compose Sound output: Entry updated: 02 March 1995 Note: Base site is rsovax.lps.u-psud.fr, but that system is a VAX and doesn't respond to the usual ftp commands. =========================================================================== Name: MuTeX (out of date - see MusicTeX) Platforms: Any system supporting TeX; single staff only Requirements: TeX List price: free Manufacturer: Andrea Steinbach and Angelika Schofer Demo: none Review: To acquire: ftp://ftp.gmd.de/music/mutex (zip and tar.Z files available) Info source: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 01 March 1995 Note: Just to confuse things, there is a communications application called mutex102 that has nothing to do with MuTeX. =========================================================================== Name: Muzika 3 Platforms: MS-Windows Requirements: 80386 or better, soundcard, MS-Win 3.1, 1 MB RAM, 1 MB on disk List price: free Manufacturer: Eran Klonover and Eitan Medina Demo: none Review: To acquire: ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/windows/sounds/muzika3.zip ftp://ftp.cica.indiana.edu/ftp/pub/pc/win3/sounds/muzika3.zip Info source: info files included with app Sound output: MIDI output Entry updated: 01 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Nightingale Platforms: Mac Requirements: System 6.0.5, 2MB; System 7, 3MB List price: $495, $295 for academicians and students Manufacturer: Temporal Acuity Products 300 120th Ave. NE Bldg 1 Bellevue, WA 98005 800-426-2673, 206-462-1007, 206-462-1057 fax Demo: Free demo disk available on request. Demo (date 1994-11-18) is available at URL ftp://sumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac/snd/util/nightingale-20-demo.hqx ftp://sumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac/snd/util/nightingale-20-essentials.hqx ftp://sumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac/snd/util/nightingale-20-extras.hqx ftp://sumex-aim.stanford.edu/info-mac/snd/util/nightingale-20-tutor.hqx (four parts, get them all) Review: Alan Belkin, "Macintosh Notation Software: Present and Future", Computer Music Journal, volume 18 no. 1, Spring 1994 Electronic Musician, May 1994 Keyboard, April 1994 To acquire: software stores, music stores, or manufacturer Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. personal communication with user(s). Sound output: any MIDI interface Entry updated: 01 March 1995 Note: said to include a function to allow scanning of sheet music =========================================================================== Name: Notate Platforms: Acorn Requirements: List price: Manufacturer: Longman Logotron 124 Science Park Milton Road Cambridge CB4 4ZS United Kingdom Telephone: (UK access code, then) +44 223 425 558 Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: personal communication Sound output: Entry updated: 6 July 1994 =========================================================================== Name: Notator Logic Platforms: Atari, Mac, MS-Win Requirements: List price: discontinued; see Logic, Logic Audio, and MicroLogic Manufacturer: Demo: Review: Keyboard, October 1993 Electronic Musician, May 1993, February 1994 To acquire: Info source: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 29 May 1995 =========================================================================== Name: NoteAbility Platforms: NeXTStep for Intel, Motorola Requirements: NeXTStep 3.0 or higher, Sonata or Composer font List 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: Note Processor Platforms: MS-DOS Requirements: DOS, 1MB List price: $295 Manufacturer: Thoughtprocessors 584 Bergen St. Brooklyn, New York 11238 718-857-2860, 718-398-8411 fax Demo: from manufacturer Review: To Acquire: from manufacturer Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. personal communication with user(s). Sound output: any MIDI interface Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: NoteScan Platforms: Requirements: List price: Manufacturer: Grande Software 19004 37th Avenue South Seattle, Washington 98188 Demo: Review: To Acquire: from manufacturer Info source: Sound output: Entry updated: 02 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: NoteWorthy Platforms: MS-DOS, maybe MS-Windows Requirements: List price: shareware: 40 UK pounds in the UK, equivalent elsewhere Manufacturer: Braeburn Software Hawthorn Bank Scott's Place Selkirk, Scotland TD7 4DP Telephone 01750-721854 email: Compuserve 100415,3372 Demo: shareware; get the distribution Review: PC Plus, June 1994 UK Computer Shopper, April 1993 To Acquire: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/msdos/music/nw185a.zip Info source: distribution Sound output: Entry updated: 16 June 1995 =========================================================================== Name: NoteWorthy Composer Platforms: MS-Windows Requirements: 80386, mouse, 3MB RAM List price: shareware: $39 Manufacturer: NoteWorthy ArtWare 9432 Jenmar Dr. Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526-9647 USA Demo: shareware; get the distribution Review: To Acquire: ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/win3/music/nwc12.zip Info source: author - NtWorthy@aol.com Sound output: soundcard or MIDI port Entry updated: 15 June 1995 =========================================================================== Name: NoteWriter Platforms: Mac Requirements: Mac Plus or better List price: $295, $25 System 7 upgrade for registered users Manufacturer: Hardcore Music Demo: none Review: Craig Weston, "NoteWriter: a Unique Approach to Music Printing Software." Musicus, 2/i & ii (June/December 1990), pp. 121-132. To Acquire: hamel@unixg.ubc.ca Info source: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 10 April 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Nutation Platforms: NeXT Requirements: NextStep 3.0 or better; 3.8 MB of free disk space; Adobe Sonata font; MusicKit 3.0 or higher installed. MusicKit is available free, from URL ftp://ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu/pub/NeXT/MusicKit (several files; see MUSICKIT.README file) List price: free Manufacturer: Hardcore Music Demo: none Review: To Acquire: ftp://ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu/pub/NeXT/Nu/Nu.pkg.tar Info source: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 01 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Orchest Platforms: Atari Requirements: List 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: Overture Platforms: Mac Requirements: system 7, 2 MB List price: $495 Manufacturer: Opcode Systems 3950 Fabian Way, Suite 100 Palo Alto, California 94303 415-494-1112, 415-856-3332 fax Demo: Review: Macworld, April 1995, p. 75. To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Sound output: any MIDI interface Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Personal Composer for Windows Platforms: MS-Windows Requirements: Windows 3.1, 8MB, 386 (486 recommended), VGA or better List price: $99 to $440, depending on options Manufacturer: Personal Composer (?) 3213 W. Wheeler St., Suite 140 Seattle, WA 98199 206-524-5447, 206-524-5910 fax Demo: Review: To acquire: manufacturer Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. ad in Electronic Musician Sound output: any with Windows driver Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Philip's Music Scribe Platforms: Acorn Archimedes Requirements: List price: GBP 175 Manufacturer: Philip Hazel 33 Metcalfe Road Cambridge CB4 2DB United Kingdom Telephone: +44 1223 65518 Email: ph10@cus.cam.ac.uk, or P.Haze@ucs.cam.ac.uk Demo: Review: To acquire: manufacturer Info source: personal communication Sound output: via system sound or via MIDI Entry updated: 29 August 1994 =========================================================================== Name: PowerTracks Pro Platforms: MS-Windows Requirements: Windows 3.1, 2MB, 286, VGA List price: $29 Manufacturer: PG Music, Inc. 266 Elmwood Avenue, Suite 111 Buffalo, NY 14222 800-268-6272, 905-528-2368, 905-628-2541 fax, 905-577-4704 fax Demo: Review: To acquire: manufacturer Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. ad in Electronic Musician Sound output: any MIDI interface Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Professional Composer (obsolete, may be out of production) Platforms: Mac Requirements: List 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: MIDI, Mac internal speaker (4 voices only) Entry updated: 9 December 1994 Note: info source was not sure that this app is still available. =========================================================================== Name: Pyware Music Writer Platforms: Apple II, Mac, PC Requirements: Mac: System 6, 1 MB PC: DOS 5, 640KB, 386, VGA or EGA List price: $249 for ten staves, $495 for forty staves Manufacturer: Pygraphics Box 639 Grapevine, Texas 76099 800-222-7536, 817-488-9658 fax Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Sound output: Mac: any MIDI interface; PC: MPU-401 compatible Entry updated: 30 January 1995 Note: aimed at high school band directors =========================================================================== Name: QuickScore Professional Platforms: MS-Windows Requirements: Windows 3.1, 4MB RAM, 386-33, VGA List price: $69.95 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: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. ad in Electronic Musician Sound output: MPU compatible, most soundcards Entry updated: 2 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Rhapsody 3 Platforms: Acorn Requirements: List price: Manufacturer: Clares 98 Middlewich Road Rudheath Northwich Cheshire CW9 7DA United Kingdom Telephone: (UK access code, then) +44 606 48 511 E-mail: dclare@clares.demon.co.uk Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: personal communication Sound output: Entry updated: 6 July 1994 =========================================================================== Name: Rosegarden Platforms: Unix/X Requirements: uses Midi2Tex for printing? List price: free (in BETA test as of date of entry) Manufacturer: University of Bath School of Mathematical Sciences (Chris Cannam, Andy Green, John ffitch) Demo: get the distribution, it's free Review: To acquire: source available from: ftp://ftp.maths.bath.ac.uk/pub/dream/ROSE.sources.tar.gz SGI binary available from: ftp://ftp.maths.bath.ac.uk/pub/dream/ROSE.BETA.tar.gz Info source: John ffitch (jpff@maths.bath.ac.uk) Entry updated: 01 March 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Score Platforms: PC, NeXT under SoftPC Requirements: DOS 3.2, 1MB, 80286, CGA to VGA, Hercules List price: $825.00 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: MPU-401 compatible Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Score Perfect Platforms: Atari, MS-Windows Requirements: Atari: TOS, 2 MB PC: Windows 3.1, 8MB, 386 List price: DM599 Manufacturer: Klaus Kleinbrahm Demo: Review: To acquire: Soft Arts Postfach 12 77 62 D-10598 Berlin Germany Telephone: (int'l access, then) 49 30 684 3737 Fax: (int'l access, then) 49 30 685 8041 Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. personal communication with user(s). Sound output: PC: MPU-401 compatible Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Sibelius 7 Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, Acorn RISC PC Requirements: 1 MB List price: UK L795 Manufacturer: Sibelius Software 75 Burleigh St. Cambridge CB1 1DJ United Kingdom Telephone: (int'l access, then) 44 1223 302 765 Fax: (int'l access, then) 44 1223 351 947 Demo: Review: To acquire: manufacturer? Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. personal communication with user(s). Sound output: MIDI Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Showtune Platforms: MS-Windows Requirements: Windows 3.1, 2 MB, 386 List price: $99.95 Manufacturer: Interactive Multimedia Edutainment, Inc. (IME) 433 California St., Suite 912 San Francisco, California 94104 415-393-1470, 415-393-1488 fax Demo: To acquire: Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Sound output: any soundcard or MIDI interface Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: SongWright Platforms: MS-DOS Requirements: DOS 2.1, 512KB, CGA EGA VGA List price: $119.95 Manufacturer: SongWright Software 7 Loudoun St., S.E. Leesburg, Va. 22075 703-777-7232 800-877-8070 orders Demo: 30-day money-back guarantee Review: To acquire: contact manufacturer Info source: Keyboard, December 1994, p. 69ff. Ad in Electronic Musician, December 1993 personal communication with user(s). Sound output: MPU-401 compatible Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== Name: Tab Transcriber V1.01 - converts MIDI to guitar TAB. Platforms: MS-DOS Requirements: 286, 1 Meg RAM List price: $30 Manufacturer: Michel Brazeau, m_brazea@ECE.concordia.CA Demo: none Review: To acquire: Contact author Info source: Author Sound output: Entry updated: 25 August 1994 =========================================================================== Name: Theme Platforms: MS-DOS Requirements: List price: Manufacturer: Theme Software Virginia Beach, Virginia Demo: Review: To acquire: contact manufacturer Info source: personal communication with user(s). Sound output: Entry updated: 6 July 1994 =========================================================================== Name: WinSong Composer Platforms: MS-Windows Requirements: 80286, 1MB RAM, DOS 3.1, Windows 3.1, HD, mouse, graphics List 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 =========================================================================== Name: Wolfgang Platforms: Requirements: List price: Manufacturer: Demo: Review: To acquire: Info source: Sound output: Entry updated: 30 January 1995 =========================================================================== +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 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, Michel Brazeay, Mark Burton, Gerd Castan, Monica Cellio, Paul Connor, Cary Davids, Elias Davidsson, Alan Edwards, Dr. Hugh S. Field-Richards, Henry Flurry, Richard Furse, Dale Gold, Robert M. Golub, M.D., Peter Groth, Charles A. Haynes, Klaas Hemstra, David Herberg, Jeff D. Hill, Henry Howey, Craig R. Latta, Gerard Manning, Haig Mardirosian, Garth E. Molyneux, Carl Moore, PJ Noxon, Bill Park, Harald S. Poelchau, Bob Pritchard, Jonathan E. Quist, Don Rice, Stephen Ruppenthal, Bill Schottstaedt, Chris Schumann, Gerard Schwarz, Dave Segal, Han Suelmann, Alan Talbot, A. M. Wall, Chris Walshaw, Dale Wiese, and Stephen Wint. I hope I didn't miss anybody. My apologies if I did, and let me know about it. -- Dennis O'Neill denio@scubed.com 703-476-5197 S-Cubed Div. Maxwell Labs 11800 Sunrise Valley Dr. #1212 Reston, Va. 22091 USA