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From: mark@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Mark Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: DMCS vs. Concertware for Mac
Message-ID: <4140005@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Date: 27 Dec 89 19:23:55 GMT
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Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA
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I use Concertware too, and I like it a lot.  I bought version 4 in
September ($79 from Mac Zone), and Great Wave sent me version 5 for free
early this month.  I use it primarily as a sequencer, not really for
printing.  It's not a "real" sequencer, but it didn't cost $400 either.
I haven't yet spent a lot of time with the new version, but it's obvious
at a glance that it is vastly superior to version 4.

I may be way off base, but I think that they should have nuked their
silly Music Player program (with the little conductor and the instrument
icons) and enhanced the playback capabilities of the main program (MIDI
Writer).  They are probably not aiming at the sequencer market, but I
think they are very close to having a really great, user-friendly, low
cost, combination sequencer and notation program.

I'll be delving deeper into the program this month, so I'll probably
have a better understanding of the new features.  I appreciate Allyn's
comments, and I'd like to keep in touch with other CW users.  I wonder
if Great Wave has a BBS?  I'll find out and let y'all know.

Mark Turner
mark@hpcilzb.HP.COM