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Music software for the dragon?

Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 3:33 pm
by lukeoftheaura
Does any music software (sequencers etc) exist for the dragon? I know of one program called "music maker" but I can't figure out how it works - and documentation seems nonexistant. I also know synther7 which is a cool synth, but doesn't have any kind of sequencing.

Re: Music software for the dragon?

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 2:15 pm
by snarkhunter
Hello,

I'm not sure Microdeal's "The Dragon Composer" could be what you're looking for, but I would still suggest checking that one first. I believe the original documentation will be available.

BR,
Lionel

Re: Music software for the dragon?

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 6:21 pm
by pser1
lukeoftheaura wrote:Does any music software (sequencers etc) exist for the dragon? I know of one program called "music maker" but I can't figure out how it works - and documentation seems nonexistant. I also know synther7 which is a cool synth, but doesn't have any kind of sequencing.
Hi, I am attaching here the manual I found about this program

There are other options ... for instance Orchestra90 that allows entering scores for up to 5 voices
The manual exists for the CoCo, but you could use the Dragon version from these two threads:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5515 --- main thread about this port
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5622 --- latest version to work on a Tandy MPI

And a last chance, I think that there were some music apps running under OS-9 despite they could be CoCo oriented too ...
cheers
pere
Music_Maker - manual.zip
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Re: Music software for the dragon?

Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 6:33 pm
by robcfg

Re: Music software for the dragon?

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 5:34 pm
by lukeoftheaura
a lot of this software seems to be disk-based, and I have no access to a disk drive.

Re: Music software for the dragon?

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:22 pm
by pser1
Hi,
yes, composer X is disk based. Synther 7 seems to be a kind of soft that doesn't fit your needs.
Orchestra is a ROM based program that works both with tapes and disks
Music Maker exist in cas version, I am attaching it here
cheers
pere

Re: Music software for the dragon?

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 7:10 pm
by lukeoftheaura
pser1 wrote:Hi,
yes, composer X is disk based. Synther 7 seems to be a kind of soft that doesn't fit your needs.
Orchestra is a ROM based program that works both with tapes and disks
Music Maker exist in cas version, I am attaching it here
cheers
pere
Music Maker (1986)(John Penn Discount - David Makin).zip
I have music maker, but I have no idea how to use it - I can't find any documentation.

Re: Music software for the dragon?

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 8:36 pm
by pser1
lukeoftheaura wrote:
pser1 wrote:Hi,
yes, composer X is disk based. Synther 7 seems to be a kind of soft that doesn't fit your needs.
Orchestra is a ROM based program that works both with tapes and disks
Music Maker exist in cas version, I am attaching it here
cheers
pere
Music Maker (1986)(John Penn Discount - David Makin).zip
I have music maker, but I have no idea how to use it - I can't find any documentation.
Hi,
have you tried with the manual I uploaded previously in this thread? ... I see nobody has yet downloaded it :-(
cheers
pere

Re: Music software for the dragon?

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 10:56 am
by sixxie
pser1 wrote: (Music Maker)
have you tried with the manual I uploaded previously in this thread?
Is the manual for a different version? It talks about menu options that don't seem to exist... And trying to adjust the "play shift" after loading one of the examples, it's not clear how you select specific channels to apply it to.

Re: Music software for the dragon?

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 1:24 pm
by pser1
Hi,
I have never used this program.
I enclose in a zip all of the info I have about it, hope this could help ...

cheers
pere
Music Maker.zip
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