At 8:41 AM +1100 1/5/06, Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account wrote:
If there was some way to give them a whole lot of samples from different programmes from across the years (preferably of the same output?) that's always interesting I think. Going right back to Professional Composer and the like in the end of the 80s.
Or how about Music Construction Set for the Commodore 64 from the beginning of the '80s?
Even if you could find the programs--and I think it's a terrific idea--it would be a huge problem finding the specific machines and operating systems to run them. The MotU programs were Mac only, Noteworthy Composer and probably others were Windows only, and in the older generation you've got programs for the Commodore, Atari, pre-Mac Apples, and of course the original Sibelius for the Acorn. And the truly professional programs like Score needed, if I understand it correctly, working directly in DOS or some such thing.
Still a great idea! John -- John & Susie Howell Virginia Tech Department of Music Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
