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From: pmahler@starnet.uucp (Paul Mahler)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Sound Blaster with .ROL
Message-ID: <1991Mar11.213712.14268@starnet.uucp>
Date: 11 Mar 91 21:37:12 GMT
References: <1991Feb28.165754.6970@topaz.ucq.edu.au> <22.27d27e41@fryeten.uucp>
Reply-To: pmahler@starnet.UUCP (Paul Mahler)
Organization: Starnet-Public Access UNIX-Los Altos,CA 415-949-3133, login:info
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In article <22.27d27e41@fryeten.uucp> doug@fryeten.uucp writes:
>In article <1991Feb28.165754.6970@topaz.ucq.edu.au>, enzerinkp@topaz.ucq.edu.au writes:
>> I have a Sound Blaster card and am happy with the sound it produces as music
>> and samples. What I find frustrating is the lack of decent software (any) for
>> producing my own music files and editing digitised samples. The ROL demos are
>> good, but what software is used to produce them? I have FMSOUND for Windows
>> 3.0, but it doens't have a facility for composition. Any answers?
>> 
>
>I agree.  I have the money to spend on one of these boards but with the lack of
>software available for musical composition it does me no good.  I would like to
>see something that I can write and edit a traditional musical score and then be
>able to play it through the Soundblaster and also be able to print it out on a
>dot matrix printer.  If someone puts some software together to do that for
>$150.00 or less then I'll plug out the money for the card and the software.
>There is at least one company with software under a $150 of this type which
>already supports midi interfaces but doesn't support the Soundblaster or Adlib
>cards yet.  They are interested in doing this but they're not sure if the
>market is big enough to invest the time and money. Their name slips my mind
>right now, but if anyone is interested in calling them with pleas I'd be happy
>to email their name and phone number.  I wrote the info down at home.  My
>impression was that given enough interested phone callers they might just be
>persuaded to take the risk and go ahead with the project.
>
I believe that Passport Designs sells such a software package. It's
called master Tracks Pro for windows.  There is also one called Trax for
windows.  master tracks is, I believe ~$400 and Trax is ~$99.  They also
sell a variety of midi sequences.

I have never used the product, and have no connection with them. 

Passport Designs Inc.
625 Miramontes St.
Half Moon Bay, CA
94019
Phone: 415-726-0280