Klarinet Archive - Posting 000589.txt from 1996/04

From: Gary Van Cott <mccmis@-----.COM>
Subj: MIDI Software (was Re: Interpretation)
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 18:50:19 -0400

Mark Charette <charette@-----.COM> wrote (in part)
> For those lucky enough to have MIDI setups, the accompaniment can
> be recorded and played back at a slower tempo for those difficult
> passages. A non-tiring accompanist (albeit an uncaring, unemotional
> one ;^).

Any suggestions for software for those that have to enter the part
from a computer keyboard? We have a fairly run of the mill program
that doesn't allow things like slurs or even moderately complex
rhythms. We could use a better sound card too, but I don't think that
is the weak link.

Gary Van Cott
Las Vegas, NV
mccmis@-----.com