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From: keith@ssc-vax.UUCP (Keith Nemitz)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Deluxe Music Construction Set
Message-ID: <303@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 20-Oct-85 22:49:48 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 20 22:49:48 1985
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   This is a capsule software review.  I just bought DMCS.   
Now a lot of people would question my musical talent/proficiency, but after
using/playing with Electronic Arts new music program for the mac I'm ready
to hire myself an agent.

   Now most of you have already seen their glossy add showing sheet music
that was printed using the laserprinter.  Their add says DMSC can do everything,
it can.  But I want to talk about a couple things I didn't expect.

   First of all they rewrote the mac's sound routines (love to get my hands on
that source)!  While mac will never sound as good as amiga a piano sounds like
a piano.  It sounds best piped to my stereo.

   Second of all it's copy protected, and Copy II mac 4.2 didn't budge it.
You can make supposed back-ups that check the master when launched, but I don't
call it a back-up until it runs when the master has been roasted over a slow
fire.  Because of their frigging copy protection I had to do some real injunyous
machinations to get some use of the program with a single disk-drive.  First
I make a 'back-up' and killed everything but the program and the piano envelope.Next I added one part RamStart (awesome) to skinny System file and Finder.  WhenI feeling like playing Mozart, I have to do the following:

     Boot ramdisk with DMCS, system, finder, piano for about 300K worth.
     Plug-in Master disk (yes before running DMCS, program will crash if it
         doesn't find the master upon launch).
     Launch DMCS.
     Eject master.
     Plug in a disk for my work files and finally have some fun.

In summary, the program is great.  The copy protection sucks.  I paid $37 for
it and I'd like to get my money back.  I refuse to listen to anit-pirate
sob stories.    

                                          keith

 

"...
They showed you a statue 
And told you to pray.
They built you a temple
And locked you away.
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