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From: ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: NOTATOR
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Date: 13 Nov 89 19:01:07 GMT
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From ogccse!ucsd!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!attctc!jolnet!swan Mon Nov 13 09:00:28 PST 1989
Article 19605 of comp.sys.amiga:
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>From: swan@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US (Joel Swan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Music notation software?
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Date: 13 Nov 89 07:12:33 GMT
References: <8910301728.AA27683@gilroy.pa.dec.com> <1766@thumper.bellcore.com> <4414@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Reply-To: swan@jolnet.UUCP (Joel Swan)
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Posted: Sun Nov 12 23:12:33 1989

In article <4414@blake.acs.washington.edu> ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj) writes:
:In article <1766@thumper.bellcore.com> lamb@thumper.bellcore.com (John W. Lamb) writes:
:>
:>If you are willing to buy both DMCS and The Copyist, you can enter
:>the score in DMCS, import it into The Copyist, tweak as needed and
:>
:>No matter how you do it, producing good looking sheet music is a
:>lot of work.  After using both programs separately and together
:>many times, it still takes me 1 or 2 hours per page to get
:>something I'm happy with.
:
:I have just begun reading the AMiga newsgroup.
:I have an ATARI 1040ST .. am considering the Amiga 3000 or the Atari TTx
:
:Music:  I use NOTATOR for the Atari.  While The Copyist is also
:available for the ATARI, i can't see spending 1-2 hours per page.
:I did close to 300 pages one week for the Pacific Northwest ballet.
:Notation and midi-event data are fully integrated.  No file conversion
:or program switching is necessary.  
:
:I am reading this newsgroup to find out if anything like NOTATOR
:even exists for the AMiga... as i am growing very interested in the
:open architecture of the Amiga line and may in fact leave the ATARI world.

Unfortunately there is nothing close to the power of Notator for the Amiga.
It really is a pitty because the Amiga could probably blow the Atari
version from the water.  Still, no one has really maxed the Amiga out in terms
of midi software or notation software.  Notator is a remarkable feet of
software engineering on an average to above average piece of hardware.
I do wish the Amiga software developers would not rely so heavily on 
the Amiga's hardware magic and instead (in addition to) push their software 
creativity to the limits, as was done with Notator.  I would give anything 
to see C-Lab do Notator on the Amiga.  Sigh, What a dream.

(To those Amiga users who have never seen Notator by C-LAB, I HIGHLY recommend
you run down to the nearest Music dealer who knows the Atari and Notator and
watch it run.  You will be Amazed.  I wish some Amiga music-software developers
would look at it and get inspired!)
:-kevin 
:ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu

Joel Swan

I offer this posting for those who are wondering which machine
is better for music.  Obviously the Atari wins in this category.
The existence of NOTATOR is the primary reason I wait for the TT.
If NOTATOR shows up on another box... hmm?

-kevin
ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu