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In article <8912290801.AA26701@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> ROEDERT@ARIZVM1.BITNET (Timothy Roeder) writes:
>To begin, I would like to thank all of those who replied to my original
>By and far, the largest number of replies I received recommended Hybrid
>Arts EZ-Score Plus.  The output on 24-pin printers is good, and the program
>has the ability to play back through the sound chip or MIDI.  Since this
>program can be had for around $100 US, it is probably the one I'm going to
>get.
>
>Another recommendation was the ScoreST Music DTP program in the Jan. 1990
>Timothy Roeder
>


I bought Ez-Score Plus a couple of years ago.  THe menus and options
look promising.. but the quality of output I found was rather
unacceptable on my Epson 24 pin.  ALso, the version I had gave you
3 staves only..  that version was  very buggy... 
i made a list 3 pages long of very disturbing bugs
or "features" of the program.  Supposedly, a newer version was to
support 6 staves...  (This is extremely paltry this day and
age.)  I inquired for several months.. but no updates
seemed to materialize.  The playback feature is spartan... not
a sequencer at all.. which is no problem if you simply want to 
hear straightforward playback... but there were strange timing 
problems .. pauses.. accelerandos and decelerandos inadvertant...
Unless the program has improved.. you should LOOK at others before
you buy... i GAVE my program to a friend who never uses it.

It may in fact be the "best" for $100... my suggestion is
that, if this is so, save your money and get something more
useful.

Music processors are like word processors.. you buy six different ones
before you find one you like... and then, it's never perfect.
Keeps the future bright :-) 

-kevin
ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu