Bank Street Music Writer is an application for composing and playing music for the Atari 8-bit computers,Music Buyer's Guide, By ANITA MALNIG, ANTIC VOL. 3, NO. 8 / DECEMBER 1984, BANK STREET MUSIC WRITER This new program lets the user explore and compose music. Four voices can be programmed to play at once and simple editing modes let the user save and print the music. $49.95. Mindscape, ... 48K-disk. Apple II,Bank Street Music Writer 8-bit Sound & Fury, Bank Street Music Writer allows you to write, edit and play back music using the Mockingboard sound card, Apple II Sound & Music Software Commodore 64 and IBM PC.The PC Mockingboard, 2011/09/09, Oldskooler Ramblings, If you can't wait and want to hear what it sounds like right now, you can check out both a sample file that came with BSMW, or a piece of music I transcribed myselfBank Street Music Writer Sparks the Creativity of Buddy Composers By Jonathan Matzkin, PC Mag, 29 Nov 1988, Page 486, For years the Bank Street College of Education has lent its name and expertise to software that educates and stimulates creativity... It was written by Glen ClancyBank Street Music Writer by Glen Clancy, - Biblio.com and published by Mindscape. The original Atari version, developed under the name "Note Processor", was released in 1985 and uses the computer's on-board sound chip to produce four-voice music recordings. The Commodore 64 version also uses that system's sound hardware, while the Apple (with Mockingboard) and IBM PC versions require a Mindscape Music Board which was included in the retail box, or alternately use the three-voice sound chip standard with all Tandy and IBM PCjr computers.
Users can input sheet music (up to four voices on the Atari version and six on the PC) with the keyboard and play back the results or print them. The program includes several pre-entered songs, including an excerpt from the Nutcracker Suite and "On Top of Old Smoky", which form the basis of the tutorial.
See also Bank Street College of Education Bank Street Writer Music Construction Set
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Review: Bank Street Music Writer - Home of the Underdogs BANK STREET MUSIC WRITER Documentation