     The Argosy Music Processor sets out to provide a wide range of
     music editing and printing facilities to users with limited
     resources and a small budget.  Users see a stave on the screen and
     enter notes directly using the PC keyboard. The programs are easy
     to use and do not require the user to wade through long-winded
     manuals or spend hours dragging notes across the screen with a
     mouse!

     The system runs on an IBM-compatible PC with just 512Kb RAM and a
     CGA display, running DOS 3.2 or above, but provides features often
     found only in products requiring AT-compatibles or more powerful
     computers. A hard disk is desirable but not essential, and music
     can be input and edited using just the computer keyboard. The
     printing function currently supports Epson-compatible dot-matrix
     and ink jet printers. Please note that the Argosy Music Processor
     Editor will not function with a Hercules monitor and the printing
     program will not function with printers that use raster graphics.

     Music is entered part-by-part and can be printed as separate parts
     or with parts combined to form a score or group of parts with up to
     16 staves in a system. The printing program aligns parts
     automatically and provides sensible note-spacing. The system is not
     page-based and scores and parts spreading over many pages can be
     entered and printed easily.

     The Argosy Music Processor handles beams, slurs, chords, triplets,
     two-part writing, key- and time- signature changes, and there are
     many entry aids such as repeating bars and groups as well as
     sequences of similar intervals.  Sets of bars can be patched into
     parts, and the system even handles song words. Parts can also be
     transposed any interval up to a major ninth (up or down) and
     provision has been made for transposition of atonal pieces (i.e.
     which aren't in a key). Finally parts can be played through the
     PC's own speaker to check the accuracy of entry.

     Many music processor packages require the user to align the various
     parts of a score on screen usually using a mouse.  This can be very
     time consuming and, because the alignment on the Argosy Music
     Processor is automatic and the input of the notes is based on a
     simple, easily learned code (rather than being mouse based) music
     can be written on the Argosy Music Processor as quickly as writing
     by hand.  If the music contains repeated themes and phrases (as
     most music does) and full advantage is taken of the editing
     facilities, input can actually be FASTER than writing by hand! The
     system is available as shareware, and the shareware distribution
     provides all the entry capabilities and printing for an 8-pin
     printer.  Registration, which costs 39.00 ($59.00 US), will bring
     you the current version including an improved printer program
     suitable for Epson-compatible 24-pin and Bubble-Jet printers.

     For further details contact W Turner, Staplehurst, Farrs Lane,
     Combe Down, Bath, Avon, U.K. BA2 5DU.  Send a stamped addressed
     envelope (A4 size) if you'd like samples of print out from a bubble
     jet printer.
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