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The Daily Telegraph (London) Tuesday 20 June 1995 MODERN MAESTROS WHO WRITE IN DOUBLE TIME If the first performance of Kol Simcha by the London Musici chamber orchestra on July 12 seems particularly fine, composer Adam Gorb will thank the Sibelius 7 computer program for creating the extra rehearsal time. Gorb is putting the finishing touches to the score, with a computer screen packed with musical notes perched alongside the piano in his south London home. He says the Sibelius 7 software will allow him to complete the piece a month earlier than he would otherwise. Sibelius 7 was designed by twin brothers Ben and Jonathan Finn to speed the creation of a piece of music. It is used on an Acorn computer, which they chose because of the speed at which it runs graphics programs. A mouse allows the user to click through a series of windows to set up a piece of music paper on the screen, on to which any combination of notes can be added.The program produces a high-quality print-out and can even play back the melody. In the past, producing a score meant writing out by hand a version for the conductor and each player. "That was the boring bit which this computer does for you," Gorb says. He is impressed by how easy Sibelius 7 is to use. "I tried other music programs but they seemed to require great computer literacy and a lot of time - who has three months to learn a program?" Another fan of the Sibelius 7 software is John McCabe, who has abandoned pen and paper to write Edward II for Stuttgart Ballet. "It takes the drudgery out of some aspects of writing music - for instance, drawing bar lines, or counting rests and bars, which is a real pain in the neck." McCabe composes directly on to the computer, and does not think this impedes creativity: "It might make it quicker and easier to produce the music, but thankfully I still have to have the ideas." Augmentation of the features will continue, although the basic range has been completed, says Ben Finn. He is particularly keen to promote the use of Sibelius 7 with good-quality sound equipment. Adam Gorb first heard his composition played not by an orchestra but by Jonathan Finn's computer, with the program linked to an elaborate sound system. "In some cases, it fools people and they think it is live performance," says Ben Finn. The only criticism levelled at the Sibelius 7 system is that it requires an Acorn computer. Now that a card will run PC programs on the Acorn, this should be less of a problem, although owners of other hardware will still be unable to use the program. But for Gorb, the program has many advantages, among them clearer music sheets. "No longer will I have a trombone player asking me at rehearsal if I have written a G sharp minim or an F sharp crotchet, instead of trying the music out." Bob Ward
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"| 00000470 54 68 61 74 20 77 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 72 |That was the bor| 00000480 69 6e 67 20 62 69 74 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 74 68 |ing bit which th| 00000490 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 20 64 6f 65 73 |is computer does| 000004a0 0a 66 6f 72 20 79 6f 75 2c 22 20 47 6f 72 62 20 |.for you," Gorb | 000004b0 73 61 79 73 2e 20 48 65 20 69 73 20 69 6d 70 72 |says. He is impr| 000004c0 65 73 73 65 64 20 62 79 20 68 6f 77 20 65 61 73 |essed by how eas| 000004d0 79 20 53 69 62 65 6c 69 75 73 20 37 20 69 73 20 |y Sibelius 7 is | 000004e0 74 6f 20 75 73 65 2e 20 22 49 0a 74 72 69 65 64 |to use. "I.tried| 000004f0 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 6d 75 73 69 63 20 70 72 6f | other music pro| 00000500 67 72 61 6d 73 20 62 75 74 20 74 68 65 79 20 73 |grams but they s| 00000510 65 65 6d 65 64 20 74 6f 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 |eemed to require| 00000520 20 67 72 65 61 74 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 0a | great computer.| 00000530 6c 69 74 65 72 61 63 79 20 61 6e 64 20 61 20 6c |literacy and a l| 00000540 6f 74 20 6f 66 20 74 69 6d 65 20 2d 20 77 68 6f |ot of time - who| 00000550 20 68 61 73 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 6d 6f 6e 74 68 | has three month| 00000560 73 20 74 6f 20 6c 65 61 72 6e 20 61 20 70 72 6f |s to learn a pro| 00000570 67 72 61 6d 3f 22 0a 0a 41 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 |gram?"..Another | 00000580 66 61 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 53 69 62 65 6c |fan of the Sibel| 00000590 69 75 73 20 37 20 73 6f 66 74 77 61 72 65 20 69 |ius 7 software i| 000005a0 73 20 4a 6f 68 6e 20 4d 63 43 61 62 65 2c 20 77 |s John McCabe, w| 000005b0 68 6f 20 68 61 73 20 61 62 61 6e 64 6f 6e 65 64 |ho has abandoned| 000005c0 20 70 65 6e 0a 61 6e 64 20 70 61 70 65 72 20 74 | pen.and paper t| 000005d0 6f 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 45 64 77 61 72 64 20 49 |o write Edward I| 000005e0 49 20 66 6f 72 20 53 74 75 74 74 67 61 72 74 20 |I for Stuttgart | 000005f0 42 61 6c 6c 65 74 2e 20 22 49 74 20 74 61 6b 65 |Ballet. 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He is partic| 000007d0 75 6c 61 72 6c 79 20 6b 65 65 6e 20 74 6f 20 70 |ularly keen to p| 000007e0 72 6f 6d 6f 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 20 6f |romote the use o| 000007f0 66 0a 53 69 62 65 6c 69 75 73 20 37 20 77 69 74 |f.Sibelius 7 wit| 00000800 68 20 67 6f 6f 64 2d 71 75 61 6c 69 74 79 20 73 |h good-quality s| 00000810 6f 75 6e 64 20 65 71 75 69 70 6d 65 6e 74 2e 0a |ound equipment..| 00000820 0a 41 64 61 6d 20 47 6f 72 62 20 66 69 72 73 74 |.Adam Gorb first| 00000830 20 68 65 61 72 64 20 68 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 6f | heard his compo| 00000840 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 6e 6f |sition played no| 00000850 74 20 62 79 20 61 6e 20 6f 72 63 68 65 73 74 72 |t by an orchestr| 00000860 61 20 62 75 74 20 62 79 0a 4a 6f 6e 61 74 68 61 |a but by.Jonatha| 00000870 6e 20 46 69 6e 6e 27 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 |n Finn's compute| 00000880 72 2c 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 |r, with the prog| 00000890 72 61 6d 20 6c 69 6e 6b 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61 6e |ram linked to an| 000008a0 20 65 6c 61 62 6f 72 61 74 65 20 73 6f 75 6e 64 | elaborate sound| 000008b0 0a 73 79 73 74 65 6d 2e 20 22 49 6e 20 73 6f 6d |.system. "In som| 000008c0 65 20 63 61 73 65 73 2c 20 69 74 20 66 6f 6f 6c |e cases, it fool| 000008d0 73 20 70 65 6f 70 6c 65 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 |s people and the| 000008e0 79 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 6c 69 |y think it is li| 000008f0 76 65 0a 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 61 6e 63 65 2c 22 |ve.performance,"| 00000900 20 73 61 79 73 20 42 65 6e 20 46 69 6e 6e 2e 0a | says Ben Finn..| 00000910 0a 54 68 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 63 72 69 74 69 63 |.The only critic| 00000920 69 73 6d 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 6c 65 64 20 61 74 20 |ism levelled at | 00000930 74 68 65 20 53 69 62 65 6c 69 75 73 20 37 20 73 |the Sibelius 7 s| 00000940 79 73 74 65 6d 20 69 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 |ystem is that it| 00000950 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 73 20 61 6e 0a 41 63 6f | requires an.Aco| 00000960 72 6e 20 63 6f 6d 70 75 74 65 72 2e 20 4e 6f 77 |rn computer. Now| 00000970 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 20 63 61 72 64 20 77 69 6c | that a card wil| 00000980 6c 20 72 75 6e 20 50 43 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d |l run PC program| 00000990 73 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 2c 20 |s on the Acorn, | 000009a0 74 68 69 73 0a 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 6c |this.should be l| 000009b0 65 73 73 20 6f 66 20 61 20 70 72 6f 62 6c 65 6d |ess of a problem| 000009c0 2c 20 61 6c 74 68 6f 75 67 68 20 6f 77 6e 65 72 |, although owner| 000009d0 73 20 6f 66 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 68 61 72 64 77 |s of other hardw| 000009e0 61 72 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 62 |are will still b| 000009f0 65 0a 75 6e 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 20 |e.unable to use | 00000a00 74 68 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 0a 0a 42 75 |the program...Bu| 00000a10 74 20 66 6f 72 20 47 6f 72 62 2c 20 74 68 65 20 |t for Gorb, the | 00000a20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 68 61 73 20 6d 61 6e 79 |program has many| 00000a30 20 61 64 76 61 6e 74 61 67 65 73 2c 20 61 6d 6f | advantages, amo| 00000a40 6e 67 20 74 68 65 6d 20 63 6c 65 61 72 65 72 20 |ng them clearer | 00000a50 6d 75 73 69 63 0a 73 68 65 65 74 73 2e 20 22 4e |music.sheets. "N| 00000a60 6f 20 6c 6f 6e 67 65 72 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 49 20 |o longer will I | 00000a70 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 74 72 6f 6d 62 6f 6e 65 20 |have a trombone | 00000a80 70 6c 61 79 65 72 20 61 73 6b 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 |player asking me| 00000a90 20 61 74 20 72 65 68 65 61 72 73 61 6c 20 69 66 | at rehearsal if| 00000aa0 20 49 0a 68 61 76 65 20 77 72 69 74 74 65 6e 20 | I.have written | 00000ab0 61 20 47 20 73 68 61 72 70 20 6d 69 6e 69 6d 20 |a G sharp minim | 00000ac0 6f 72 20 61 6e 20 46 20 73 68 61 72 70 20 63 72 |or an F sharp cr| 00000ad0 6f 74 63 68 65 74 2c 20 69 6e 73 74 65 61 64 20 |otchet, instead | 00000ae0 6f 66 20 74 72 79 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 0a 6d 75 |of trying the.mu| 00000af0 73 69 63 20 6f 75 74 2e 22 0a 0a 42 6f 62 20 57 |sic out."..Bob W| 00000b00 61 72 64 0a |ard.| 00000b04
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