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From: uge@athena.mit.edu (Eugene A Beidl)
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Subject: Re: MUSIC SOFTWARE FOR AT 386
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Date: 8 Mar 91 21:26:49 GMT
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In article <201@picker.Picker.COM>, kobetitsch@picker.com (harry kobetitsch) writes:
|> Is there anyone out there that uses a 386 based computer 
|> for sequencing, arranging, editing, .....
|> 
|> Right now ,I have a 386 running Cakewalk V3.0 and DR.Ts XOR.
|> 
|> I would like to know if there are any sequencers you feel are
|> better than Cakewalk. What kind of scoring software is worth 
|> looking at? Finally, what kind of music notation software is
|> worth looking at?
|> 

Cakewalk pro is probably the most powerful IBM sequencer on the market, and
Sequencer Plus Gold is right there with it.  Neither has notation built into
it, although Twelve Tone Systems (Cakewalk people) are releasing a mini notation
($99 list) package to perhaps run simultaneously.  Personal Composer, though
it has both notation and sequencing, was highly disrecommended to me because
of its poor support and other difficulties.  

Finale is the best Notation/Scoring program available, and Copyist DTP from
Dr. T's is good too.  They both support PostScript, but Finale allows real-time
input/output (wimpy sequencing) as well.

--Eugene A. Beidl
--uge@athena.mit.edu