on 1/19/03 1:25 AM, Jeffrey Sharp at jss_at_subatomix.com wrote:
> On Saturday, January 18, 2003, J.C.Wren wrote:
>> Say WHAT? There are dozens of music programs for the PC
>
> Yup. I wrote and published music for my grade school and high school bands
> using a 486, WfW 3.11, and a program called Finale. Even then, Finale was
> industrial strength. It handled everything from regular ol' clarinet or
> trumpet music to drum parts to guitar tablature.
My Jr. High band director used that. I saw a copy at Half Priced Books the
other day for the Mac. I remember some friends of mine and I setting up an
Alpha Four (Five?) database of all the music in the band library. Back then
I spent many an hour volunteering in the band hall.
But I have very fond memories of Tandy's Deskmate "Sound" and "Music"
programs. I loved to play with those. Was so happy my parents spent the
extra money and got the (then) top of the line SL/2, which was one of the
ones that had the Sound and Music programs. Ah, simpler times...
--
Owen Robertson
Received on Sun Jan 19 2003 - 10:41:00 GMT