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In article <1992Dec9.171814.14971@infodev.cam.ac.uk> wfc@cl.cam.ac.uk (William  
Clocksin) writes:
> In article <1992Dec7.174102.23906@wam.umd.edu> mmeltzer@wam.umd.edu writes:
> > 
> > Is there a package that will actually typeset music and let you hear it.
> > By typeset, I mean let me put notes on a staff and so forth.
> 
> The program you want was annnounced in the press recently, and will be  
marketed  
> by RightBrain.  It will be called MusicScribe, although the advertisement in  
> NeXTWorld incorrectly called it "Score".  MusicScribe does lute tablature,  
> gregorian chant, figured bass, as well as ordinary notation.  Very high  
quality  
> output intended for the publishing industry, but with a fast and simple user  
> interface.  Contact RightBrain for details.

There's just one BIG catch.  MusicScribe won't score chords.  That is, you  
can't put more than one note in the same vertical spot in the same staff.  As  
far as I'm concerned, this cripples it for doing most modern music.  Give me a  
break!  What kind of market is there for scoring Gregorian chants?  Until now  
the other music scoring software companies have been chicken to market anything  
on the NeXT because they thought there was too small a market.  And Rightbrain  
thinks they can justify their entry with software that won't even score  
chords!!!

And another thing...with MusicScribe you can't enter the notes via MIDI.   
Entering a large score note-by-note with the mouse is very tedious.

I'm still waiting for a good music scoring package; when it arrives I will buy  
it immediately.  Unfortunately, MusicScribe is still a joke.  But I gotta hand  
it to them for trying -- for having a lot more guts and spirit than some other  
unnamed software companies out there;  true musicians spirit I daresay. I  
really hope that they can turn it into something great.

-- 
Doug Kent
slugg@mouthers.wa.com