Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!ccu!rahardj From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo) Newsgroups: comp.music Subject: Re: music typesetting & text notation.. Message-ID: <1989Oct26.033334.26566@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Date: 26 Oct 89 03:33:34 GMT References: <1403@syma.sussex.ac.uk> <1842@cs.yale.edu> <1989Oct22.165016.23978@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <221@xochitl.UUCP> Reply-To: rahardj@ccu.UManitoba.CA (Budi Rahardjo) Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Lines: 49 Matt Armstrong wrote: >Unless this is a new version of PC/2, I'd almost be willing to say that >you haven't used if very long. Based on my experience with it (my dad >was running it with his MT-32 and K-1) it looks good on paper and looks >pretty good for a short while of running it, but I had about 5 different >times when the workspace got corrupted and things went quite awry. Things >like the note off that corresponded to a given note on event was put ahead >of the note on and other such nastiness. Well I've been using Personal Composer for more than 1 year (version 1 and 2). It did hang up several times, but most of the time it was my mistake (like moving the IBM too close to the wall so the MIDI connection was not good, or turning my amp. -> spike). The other times it hang up on me were due to hardware[?] limitation. I'm using IBM XT (4.77 MHz), HERCULES (note : PS does not work with CGA), 640 K, and 30 MB HD. I suspect it hang up because of memory limitation (I was trying to sequence 6-full MIDI channels, 169 measures - the manual says the limit is 200 measures). Other than that... no big problem. >If you're just going to use it for writing up scores, it might do an ok >job of it. If you're planning on using it for sequencing, forget it. I thought the printout is great, especially the postscript printout.... it looks pro. Have you tried to print it on a postscript printer ? The dot matrix printout is also excellent, I can print selected staffs, or selected MIDI channels. As for sequencing, I heard Cakewalk is pretty good. But can it produce the notation ?. I know there are better sequencer programs, but they are too simple. I still like PC/2 event editor, score editor, and record editor. (I have not tried the DX7 editor and the LISP) Well I'm still looking for better sequencer for IBM, but for now I think I can live with PC/2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Budi Rahardjo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sequencers I've tried : Performer (Macintosh), Personal Composer (IBM), Roland MRE (IBM), Roland MPU401[?] (IBM), MPS (IBM), generic [unknown] (IBM).........I wish I have all sequencers in the world -- ----------------------------------------- Budi Rahardjo -- rahardj@ccu.UManitoba.CA rahardj@ccm.UManitoba.CA rahard@ee.UManitoba.CA