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From: jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: NEW!  A MIDI notation program that THINKS?!
Message-ID: <673@atux01.UUCP>
Date: 26 Apr 88 14:10:33 GMT
Organization: AT&T CSEd/CET, Piscataway, N.J.
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Keywords: More accurate MIDI sequencing/notation


For those of you who have been looking for a sequencer/notation package that
does NOT require mechanical precision in your playing to allow you to get a
relatively accurate musical score generated, perhaps you might be interested in
looking into this product...Finale by Coda.

I read about this in the May issue of MacUser magazine, and then called the
800 number to have them mail me more info.  Here is basically what it does.


"Finale, an integrated sequencer and notation package that includes rudimentary
artificial intelligence features, such as the ability to automatically follow
changes in tempo (a hold, a rubato passage or just plain human imperfection);
Finale displays what you meant to play instead of producing unreadable garble
showing the exact imperfect rhythms you actually played.

Sequences in Finale appear instantly on the screen in standard music notation,
eliminating the need to convert sequenced files to notation files."

From the brochure I requested from Coda I got this info:  "Features include
Cross staff beaming, binding of chord symbols and lyrics to notes, custom page
sizing, angled beaming, custom beaming, reverse stemming, cross staff stemming,
custom stemming, complex time and key signatures, analysis and trasposition of
chord symbols, programmable repeats that playback, dynamics that can be
customized and played back, note clusters, and hundreds of other utilities..."

"Requires a Mac Plus, Mac SE, or Mac II.  A MIDI compatible instrument and MIDI
interface are recommended, but not required."


This Finale program sounds pretty awesome to me, and it's just what most of us
imperfect players, who wish to preserve our music notated on paper, have been
dreaming of for a long time.  However, there is a catch.  The cost of this
software is $1000 (one thousand dollars)!!  It will be available in July, so
I'd suggest you start putting money aside NOW!


For more information, contact Coda, 1401 E. 79th St., Minneapolis, Minn. 55425,
or call:  1-800-843-1337 or 1-612-854-9554.

If any of you out there do buy this package, please let us know how well it
works.


						Jim Collymore