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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: DMCS "quiet" upgrade ... sleazy business practices
Message-ID: <570@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 5-May-87 09:30:49 EDT
Article-I.D.: neoucom.570
Posted: Tue May  5 09:30:49 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 7-May-87 06:13:50 EDT
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Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
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Keywords: More bugs
Summary: What *IS* the quiet upgrade any way?


OK, you guys peaked my curiousity.  I've been muddling along with
the presumably original Deluxe Music, and I'd like to know the
details of just what the "quiet upgrade" entails.

I sent in my 25 bucks about 6 weeks ago, and I still don't have my
non copy-proofed DMCS backup, perhaps they're waiting for a final
upgrade version before shipping out.  Maybe, it was 20 bucks, but
their lethargy in filling the order is annoying.

Aside from all the annoying glitches with editing the score and the
notes on the piano keyboard that stick on making very odd noises,
the most irksome bug is the handling of dynamics.  They need some
better way to handle crescendos.  It seems like the volume zooms up
to fff regardless of the dymanic spec you have made following the
crescendo-- very jarring indeed!  Also annoying is the fact that
the loudness dosen't take effect until one note after where it
should.  It's possible to account for that, but of course the
printed score is dumb.  Speaking of printing-- that's rather
annouying too.  So far I can't get a decent looking printout from
the Okidata 292; what I get looks like it was printed on an MPS-801
(iiiccck!!)  The 292 is capable of ~300 dpi, and some packages such
as Pizzaz (admittedly for IBM pc) take full advantage of that
resolution.  DMCS pretends to be professional, so it ought to be
able to print a decent looking score.

I have to be nice to EA in one respect; the Midi output works
pretty well.  I've been using a Yamaha FB-01 8 chan. synthesizer,
and DMCS takes full advantage of sending it Midi packets to
control it as indicated by the keyboard play style indicated in the
score.  Good job.  I don't have a Midi keyboard yet; the midi
input scheme looks painful, but not unexpectedly so.  I guess they
figure you'll use Soundscape if you want a midi sequencer.

  --Bill

Bill Mayhew
Division of Basic Medical Science
Northeastern Ohio Univ.'s College of Med.
Rootstown, OH  44272  USA    phone:  216-325-2511
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