From: utzoo!decvax!minow
Newsgroups: net.wanted
Title: Re: All I Want is Music, Music, Music - (nf)
Article-I.D.: decvax.365
Posted: Tue Dec 28 19:09:08 1982
Received: Wed Dec 29 05:13:26 1982
References: fortune.708

All you people out there who are looking for music editors and
composition systems should hunt down information on the Maclavier
(I hope that's spelled right), designed by Dave Maclay in Toronto.

Dave is a musician/composer, successful enough to have bought a
VAX 780 for his own synthesizer.  When I saw the system about 3
years ago, he demonstrated it by composing a small piece of music
in about 1/2 hour, laying it down track by track; melody, counterpoint,
rhythm, and all.  Then, the software took the notes (as recorded from
the synthesizer keyboard) and printed it out in standard music
notation.

The system looks good, sounds good, and would seem to be ideal for
both composers and researchers.  You could probably find a reference
or ad in the Computer Music Journal, published by MIT press.

Martin Minow
decvax!minow