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Computer Shopper November '94 HIGH NOTES The Royal Academy of Music is the latest institution to adopt complete Acorn computer setups in order to run Sibelius, the expert system that helps composers produce professionally printed sores. Paul Patterson professor of composition, is rhapsodic: "When we saw Sibelius 7 it was clear that it was in a totally different league from anything else". Starting this term, learning to use Sibelius 7 will be an official part of the Royal Academy's composition course. "I've bought one myself for home. My colleague is buying one. They just see this stuff operating and everybody wants to buy one." The Academy, in Marylebone Road, London, has bought two Acorn Risc PCs and will no doubt now discover the wealth of quality software, such as Impression Publisher, that was overlooked in its previous limitation to conventional PC clones. The Royal Academy is no stranger to music technology: it's an official endorser of Yamaha's Clavinova range of digital pianos and also has a Roland room full of electronic music. Besides classical and avant-garde composition, courses are offered in rock�n�roll and commercial 'media music' by the likes of Michael Kamen, who scored the James Bond files. Sibelius was launched last autumn, and this column (issue 70) featured the first published review. I immediately nominated it for Computer Shopper's 1994 award as the best new software on any platform, nd since then, it has been increasingly acknowledged as the world's leading computer program for editing and printing music. It is widely used by top composers and publishers, and such famous names as Faber Music and Oxford University Press have published scores produced by it. John Rutter, OUP's most successful composer, says: "I never though I would abandon pen and ink, but Sibelius 7's versatility, speed and ease of use have completely won me over." Even the organist at my local church has bought an Archimedes in order to use Sibelius to write arrangements for his choirs. Paul Patterson admitted disappointment when, after seeing Sibelius demonstrated in June, he was told that it runs only on Acorn computers. "I had just spend vast sums on IBM-compatibles. I had heard of Acorn, but I had no idea it was such a Rolls-Royce type of machine. Well, I've just sold one of out 486s, and while my wife was away one weekend I sold hers!" The Royal Academy formerly tried to teach its pupils to use Score which runs in DOS on IBM clones. "it's in the stone age compared with Sibelius," Patterson said. "Students found Score so difficult the dropout rate was something like 98 percent. With Sibelius I was actually working within 20 minutes of getting it out of the box. You couldn't do that in 20 hours with Score." Patterson has already written a songbook to go with his musical animation of Roald Dahl's Little Red Riding Hood, to be performed at Christmas. His academy colleague Nigel Clarke wrote 20 pages of full score (a 12-minute work to be performed by a wind orchestra in Tokyo next year) "without even looking at the manual". By hand, the score would fill more than 80 sheets of A3 and cost the publisher almost �2000, not to mention three weeks for copying and laboriously transposing parts for the 30-odd instruments. He did a deal for enough of an advance to buy a RiscPC so Sibelius can do all the work: "I reckon it will give me three or four extra months a year to compose." "Both Paul and I have been computer bores for about five years now, and this is the best package I've ever seen. I'm not sure how much better [Sibelius] can become, actually, it's so good." Well, the latest version of Sibelius was exhibited at the Classical Musical Fair at the Barbican on the first weekend of October. Among the new features in version 2.5: Midi playback of the printed notes now reads dynamics and metronome markings (in three languages); one central window defines typestyles for expression and lyrics; and any of the Risc PC's graphic modes can be used while editing the score (if you need 16 million colours). And thanks to a bit of tweaking by the authors, identical twins Ben and Jonathan Finn, Sibelius is even faster. They have just returned from Poland with another clutch of orders for Sibelius and for Acorn machines to run it. One of the things I like most about being an Acorn nut instead of lost in the clone crowd is illustrated in the Readme file for Sibelius. It lists little improvements that have been incorporated: "Requested by Chris Hinkins." "Requested by Jenny Fisher". Can you get such personal contact with he American megacorporations that push so-called 'industry-standard' software? Jim Nagel
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Paul Patterson| 00000100 20 70 72 6f 66 65 73 73 6f 72 20 6f 66 0a 63 6f | professor of.co| 00000110 6d 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 69 73 20 72 68 |mposition, is rh| 00000120 61 70 73 6f 64 69 63 3a 20 22 57 68 65 6e 20 77 |apsodic: "When w| 00000130 65 20 73 61 77 20 53 69 62 65 6c 69 75 73 20 37 |e saw Sibelius 7| 00000140 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 63 6c 65 61 72 20 74 68 | it was clear th| 00000150 61 74 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 0a 69 6e 20 61 20 74 |at it was.in a t| 00000160 6f 74 61 6c 6c 79 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 |otally different| 00000170 20 6c 65 61 67 75 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 61 6e 79 | league from any| 00000180 74 68 69 6e 67 20 65 6c 73 65 22 2e 0a 0a 53 74 |thing else"...St| 00000190 61 72 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 69 73 20 74 65 72 6d |arting this term| 000001a0 2c 20 6c 65 61 72 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 75 73 |, learning to us| 000001b0 65 20 53 69 62 65 6c 69 75 73 20 37 20 77 69 6c |e Sibelius 7 wil| 000001c0 6c 20 62 65 20 61 6e 20 6f 66 66 69 63 69 61 6c |l be an official| 000001d0 20 70 61 72 74 20 6f 66 0a 74 68 65 20 52 6f 79 | part of.the Roy| 000001e0 61 6c 20 41 63 61 64 65 6d 79 27 73 20 63 6f 6d |al Academy's com| 000001f0 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 63 6f 75 72 73 65 2e |position course.| 00000200 20 22 49 27 76 65 20 62 6f 75 67 68 74 20 6f 6e | "I've bought on| 00000210 65 20 6d 79 73 65 6c 66 20 66 6f 72 20 68 6f 6d |e myself for hom| 00000220 65 2e 20 4d 79 0a 63 6f 6c 6c 65 61 67 75 65 20 |e. My.colleague | 00000230 69 73 20 62 75 79 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 65 2e 20 54 |is buying one. 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The Royal Acad| 00000380 65 6d 79 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 20 73 74 72 61 6e 67 |emy is no strang| 00000390 65 72 20 74 6f 20 6d 75 73 69 63 0a 74 65 63 68 |er to music.tech| 000003a0 6e 6f 6c 6f 67 79 3a 20 69 74 27 73 20 61 6e 20 |nology: it's an | 000003b0 6f 66 66 69 63 69 61 6c 20 65 6e 64 6f 72 73 65 |official endorse| 000003c0 72 20 6f 66 20 59 61 6d 61 68 61 27 73 20 43 6c |r of Yamaha's Cl| 000003d0 61 76 69 6e 6f 76 61 20 72 61 6e 67 65 20 6f 66 |avinova range of| 000003e0 20 64 69 67 69 74 61 6c 0a 70 69 61 6e 6f 73 20 | digital.pianos | 000003f0 61 6e 64 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 68 61 73 20 61 20 52 |and also has a R| 00000400 6f 6c 61 6e 64 20 72 6f 6f 6d 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 |oland room full | 00000410 6f 66 20 65 6c 65 63 74 72 6f 6e 69 63 20 6d 75 |of electronic mu| 00000420 73 69 63 2e 20 42 65 73 69 64 65 73 0a 63 6c 61 |sic. Besides.cla| 00000430 73 73 69 63 61 6c 20 61 6e 64 20 61 76 61 6e 74 |ssical and avant| 00000440 2d 67 61 72 64 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 6f 73 69 74 69 |-garde compositi| 00000450 6f 6e 2c 20 63 6f 75 72 73 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 |on, courses are | 00000460 6f 66 66 65 72 65 64 20 69 6e 20 72 6f 63 6b 91 |offered in rock.| 00000470 6e 91 72 6f 6c 6c 0a 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 6d 6d 65 |n.roll.and comme| 00000480 72 63 69 61 6c 20 27 6d 65 64 69 61 20 6d 75 73 |rcial 'media mus| 00000490 69 63 27 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 6b 65 73 |ic' by the likes| 000004a0 20 6f 66 20 4d 69 63 68 61 65 6c 20 4b 61 6d 65 | of Michael Kame| 000004b0 6e 2c 20 77 68 6f 20 73 63 6f 72 65 64 20 74 68 |n, who scored th| 000004c0 65 0a 4a 61 6d 65 73 20 42 6f 6e 64 20 66 69 6c |e.James Bond fil| 000004d0 65 73 2e 0a 0a 53 69 62 65 6c 69 75 73 20 77 61 |es...Sibelius wa| 000004e0 73 20 6c 61 75 6e 63 68 65 64 20 6c 61 73 74 20 |s launched last | 000004f0 61 75 74 75 6d 6e 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 69 73 |autumn, and this| 00000500 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 20 28 69 73 73 75 65 20 37 | column (issue 7| 00000510 30 29 20 66 65 61 74 75 72 65 64 20 74 68 65 0a |0) featured the.| 00000520 66 69 72 73 74 20 70 75 62 6c 69 73 68 65 64 20 |first published | 00000530 72 65 76 69 65 77 2e 20 49 20 69 6d 6d 65 64 69 |review. I immedi| 00000540 61 74 65 6c 79 20 6e 6f 6d 69 6e 61 74 65 64 20 |ately nominated | 00000550 69 74 20 66 6f 72 20 43 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 |it for Computer | 00000560 53 68 6f 70 70 65 72 27 73 0a 31 39 39 34 20 61 |Shopper's.1994 a| 00000570 77 61 72 64 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 62 65 73 74 |ward as the best| 00000580 20 6e 65 77 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 6f 6e | new software on| 00000590 20 61 6e 79 20 70 6c 61 74 66 6f 72 6d 2c 20 6e | any platform, n| 000005a0 64 20 73 69 6e 63 65 20 74 68 65 6e 2c 20 69 74 |d since then, it| 000005b0 20 68 61 73 0a 62 65 65 6e 20 69 6e 63 72 65 61 | has.been increa| 000005c0 73 69 6e 67 6c 79 20 61 63 6b 6e 6f 77 6c 65 64 |singly acknowled| 000005d0 67 65 64 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 6c 64 |ged as the world| 000005e0 27 73 20 6c 65 61 64 69 6e 67 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 |'s leading compu| 000005f0 74 65 72 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 66 6f 72 0a |ter program for.| 00000600 65 64 69 74 69 6e 67 20 61 6e 64 20 70 72 69 6e |editing and prin| 00000610 74 69 6e 67 20 6d 75 73 69 63 2e 20 49 74 20 69 |ting music. It i| 00000620 73 20 77 69 64 65 6c 79 20 75 73 65 64 20 62 79 |s widely used by| 00000630 20 74 6f 70 20 63 6f 6d 70 6f 73 65 72 73 20 61 | top composers a| 00000640 6e 64 0a 70 75 62 6c 69 73 68 65 72 73 2c 20 61 |nd.publishers, a| 00000650 6e 64 20 73 75 63 68 20 66 61 6d 6f 75 73 20 6e |nd such famous n| 00000660 61 6d 65 73 20 61 73 20 46 61 62 65 72 20 4d 75 |ames as Faber Mu| 00000670 73 69 63 20 61 6e 64 20 4f 78 66 6f 72 64 20 55 |sic and Oxford U| 00000680 6e 69 76 65 72 73 69 74 79 20 50 72 65 73 73 0a |niversity Press.| 00000690 68 61 76 65 20 70 75 62 6c 69 73 68 65 64 20 73 |have published s| 000006a0 63 6f 72 65 73 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 65 64 20 62 |cores produced b| 000006b0 79 20 69 74 2e 20 4a 6f 68 6e 20 52 75 74 74 65 |y it. John Rutte| 000006c0 72 2c 20 4f 55 50 27 73 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 73 75 |r, OUP's most su| 000006d0 63 63 65 73 73 66 75 6c 0a 63 6f 6d 70 6f 73 65 |ccessful.compose| 000006e0 72 2c 20 73 61 79 73 3a 20 22 49 20 6e 65 76 65 |r, says: "I neve| 000006f0 72 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 20 49 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 |r though I would| 00000700 20 61 62 61 6e 64 6f 6e 20 70 65 6e 20 61 6e 64 | abandon pen and| 00000710 20 69 6e 6b 2c 20 62 75 74 20 53 69 62 65 6c 69 | ink, but Sibeli| 00000720 75 73 0a 37 27 73 20 76 65 72 73 61 74 69 6c 69 |us.7's versatili| 00000730 74 79 2c 20 73 70 65 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 65 61 |ty, speed and ea| 00000740 73 65 20 6f 66 20 75 73 65 20 68 61 76 65 20 63 |se of use have c| 00000750 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 6c 79 20 77 6f 6e 20 6d 65 |ompletely won me| 00000760 20 6f 76 65 72 2e 22 20 45 76 65 6e 0a 74 68 65 | over." Even.the| 00000770 20 6f 72 67 61 6e 69 73 74 20 61 74 20 6d 79 20 | organist at my | 00000780 6c 6f 63 61 6c 20 63 68 75 72 63 68 20 68 61 73 |local church has| 00000790 20 62 6f 75 67 68 74 20 61 6e 20 41 72 63 68 69 | bought an Archi| 000007a0 6d 65 64 65 73 20 69 6e 20 6f 72 64 65 72 20 74 |medes in order t| 000007b0 6f 20 75 73 65 0a 53 69 62 65 6c 69 75 73 20 74 |o use.Sibelius t| 000007c0 6f 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 61 72 72 61 6e 67 65 6d |o write arrangem| 000007d0 65 6e 74 73 20 66 6f 72 20 68 69 73 20 63 68 6f |ents for his cho| 000007e0 69 72 73 2e 0a 0a 50 61 75 6c 20 50 61 74 74 65 |irs...Paul Patte| 000007f0 72 73 6f 6e 20 61 64 6d 69 74 74 65 64 20 64 69 |rson admitted di| 00000800 73 61 70 70 6f 69 6e 74 6d 65 6e 74 20 77 68 65 |sappointment whe| 00000810 6e 2c 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 73 65 65 69 6e 67 20 |n, after seeing | 00000820 53 69 62 65 6c 69 75 73 0a 64 65 6d 6f 6e 73 74 |Sibelius.demonst| 00000830 72 61 74 65 64 20 69 6e 20 4a 75 6e 65 2c 20 68 |rated in June, h| 00000840 65 20 77 61 73 20 74 6f 6c 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 |e was told that | 00000850 69 74 20 72 75 6e 73 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6f 6e 20 |it runs only on | 00000860 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 73 2e |Acorn computers.| 00000870 20 22 49 0a 68 61 64 20 6a 75 73 74 20 73 70 65 | "I.had just spe| 00000880 6e 64 20 76 61 73 74 20 73 75 6d 73 20 6f 6e 20 |nd vast sums on | 00000890 49 42 4d 2d 63 6f 6d 70 61 74 69 62 6c 65 73 2e |IBM-compatibles.| 000008a0 20 49 20 68 61 64 20 68 65 61 72 64 20 6f 66 20 | I had heard of | 000008b0 41 63 6f 72 6e 2c 20 62 75 74 20 49 20 68 61 64 |Acorn, but I had| 000008c0 0a 6e 6f 20 69 64 65 61 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 20 |.no idea it was | 000008d0 73 75 63 68 20 61 20 52 6f 6c 6c 73 2d 52 6f 79 |such a Rolls-Roy| 000008e0 63 65 20 74 79 70 65 20 6f 66 20 6d 61 63 68 69 |ce type of machi| 000008f0 6e 65 2e 20 57 65 6c 6c 2c 20 49 27 76 65 20 6a |ne. Well, I've j| 00000900 75 73 74 20 73 6f 6c 64 20 6f 6e 65 0a 6f 66 20 |ust sold one.of | 00000910 6f 75 74 20 34 38 36 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 77 68 |out 486s, and wh| 00000920 69 6c 65 20 6d 79 20 77 69 66 65 20 77 61 73 20 |ile my wife was | 00000930 61 77 61 79 20 6f 6e 65 20 77 65 65 6b 65 6e 64 |away one weekend| 00000940 20 49 20 73 6f 6c 64 20 68 65 72 73 21 22 0a 0a | I sold hers!"..| 00000950 54 68 65 20 52 6f 79 61 6c 20 41 63 61 64 65 6d |The Royal Academ| 00000960 79 20 66 6f 72 6d 65 72 6c 79 20 74 72 69 65 64 |y formerly tried| 00000970 20 74 6f 20 74 65 61 63 68 20 69 74 73 20 70 75 | to teach its pu| 00000980 70 69 6c 73 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 20 53 63 6f 72 |pils to use Scor| 00000990 65 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 72 75 6e 73 0a 69 6e 20 |e which runs.in | 000009a0 44 4f 53 20 6f 6e 20 49 42 4d 20 63 6c 6f 6e 65 |DOS on IBM clone| 000009b0 73 2e 20 22 69 74 27 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |s. "it's in the | 000009c0 73 74 6f 6e 65 20 61 67 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 61 72 |stone age compar| 000009d0 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 53 69 62 65 6c 69 75 73 |ed with Sibelius| 000009e0 2c 22 0a 50 61 74 74 65 72 73 6f 6e 20 73 61 69 |,".Patterson sai| 000009f0 64 2e 20 22 53 74 75 64 65 6e 74 73 20 66 6f 75 |d. "Students fou| 00000a00 6e 64 20 53 63 6f 72 65 20 73 6f 20 64 69 66 66 |nd Score so diff| 00000a10 69 63 75 6c 74 20 74 68 65 20 64 72 6f 70 6f 75 |icult the dropou| 00000a20 74 20 72 61 74 65 20 77 61 73 0a 73 6f 6d 65 74 |t rate was.somet| 00000a30 68 69 6e 67 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 39 38 20 70 65 72 |hing like 98 per| 00000a40 63 65 6e 74 2e 20 57 69 74 68 20 53 69 62 65 6c |cent. With Sibel| 00000a50 69 75 73 20 49 20 77 61 73 20 61 63 74 75 61 6c |ius I was actual| 00000a60 6c 79 20 77 6f 72 6b 69 6e 67 20 77 69 74 68 69 |ly working withi| 00000a70 6e 20 32 30 0a 6d 69 6e 75 74 65 73 20 6f 66 20 |n 20.minutes of | 00000a80 67 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 69 74 20 6f 75 74 20 6f |getting it out o| 00000a90 66 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 78 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 63 |f the box. You c| 00000aa0 6f 75 6c 64 6e 27 74 20 64 6f 20 74 68 61 74 20 |ouldn't do that | 00000ab0 69 6e 20 32 30 20 68 6f 75 72 73 20 77 69 74 68 |in 20 hours with| 00000ac0 0a 53 63 6f 72 65 2e 22 20 50 61 74 74 65 72 73 |.Score." Patters| 00000ad0 6f 6e 20 68 61 73 20 61 6c 72 65 61 64 79 20 77 |on has already w| 00000ae0 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 61 20 73 6f 6e 67 62 6f 6f |ritten a songboo| 00000af0 6b 20 74 6f 20 67 6f 20 77 69 74 68 20 68 69 73 |k to go with his| 00000b00 20 6d 75 73 69 63 61 6c 0a 61 6e 69 6d 61 74 69 | musical.animati| 00000b10 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 52 6f 61 6c 64 20 44 61 68 6c |on of Roald Dahl| 00000b20 27 73 20 4c 69 74 74 6c 65 20 52 65 64 20 52 69 |'s Little Red Ri| 00000b30 64 69 6e 67 20 48 6f 6f 64 2c 20 74 6f 20 62 65 |ding Hood, to be| 00000b40 20 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 65 64 20 61 74 0a 43 68 | performed at.Ch| 00000b50 72 69 73 74 6d 61 73 2e 0a 0a 48 69 73 20 61 63 |ristmas...His ac| 00000b60 61 64 65 6d 79 20 63 6f 6c 6c 65 61 67 75 65 20 |ademy colleague | 00000b70 4e 69 67 65 6c 20 43 6c 61 72 6b 65 20 77 72 6f |Nigel Clarke wro| 00000b80 74 65 20 32 30 20 70 61 67 65 73 20 6f 66 20 66 |te 20 pages of f| 00000b90 75 6c 6c 20 73 63 6f 72 65 20 28 61 20 31 32 2d |ull score (a 12-| 00000ba0 6d 69 6e 75 74 65 0a 77 6f 72 6b 20 74 6f 20 62 |minute.work to b| 00000bb0 65 20 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 65 64 20 62 79 20 61 |e performed by a| 00000bc0 20 77 69 6e 64 20 6f 72 63 68 65 73 74 72 61 20 | wind orchestra | 00000bd0 69 6e 20 54 6f 6b 79 6f 20 6e 65 78 74 20 79 65 |in Tokyo next ye| 00000be0 61 72 29 20 22 77 69 74 68 6f 75 74 20 65 76 65 |ar) "without eve| 00000bf0 6e 0a 6c 6f 6f 6b 69 6e 67 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 |n.looking at the| 00000c00 20 6d 61 6e 75 61 6c 22 2e 20 42 79 20 68 61 6e | manual". 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