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From: lmm@labsms.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Which Is Better: DMCS or Concertwar
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Date: Thu, 17-Sep-87 16:56:00 EDT
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Nf-From: labsms.UUCP!lmm    Sep 17 15:56:00 1987



I've got numerous questions concerning Music programs written for Mac.

If Concertware+ and DMCS are both pretty good software packages for
Sequencing & Scoring of Music with MIDI support, then what is the
advantages of some of the higher-priced Macintosh packages, (ie.
Mark of the Unicorn - Performer, and Composer and Opcode's Sequencer 2.5)

Am I missing the point somewhere - Are these completely different
animals, with different functions and purpose?  Is what the
higher priced packages offer worth it?  (I know, It depends on what I want)

Is Concertware+ and DMCS really sequencers per-se?  You cant really do
with them what a person can do with Performer and Composer can you?
Or are they basically the same thing but just less powerful?

What kind of person buys the higher priced Mac programs? - what do they
do with them that they need the extra power they provide?

If a persons interest lies only in being able to play something on a
keyboard, have the Mac save it, and then be able to edit it on screen
and then print it out in standard music notation on an Imagewriter or a
Laserwriter.  What software does he need?  

If on top of that he wants to be able to do some orchestration, I mean
if he has a multi-timbral synthesizer and wants to put in several
different tracks assigned to different MIDI channels and put together
something musical what software does he need?

Along another line, if a person does use a Laserwriter for printing out
his music, does he have to have the sonata font?  Which software
programs support sonata?

What are some of the other Programs available for the Mac that do some
of the things I've talked about above?  Which is the best seller?

Larry McWilliams
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