Apur-ee.257 net.music utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!sa Wed Feb 24 00:56:03 1982 Re: music for synthesizers An interesting concept, that....being able to obtain/purchase other's works and then perform (i.e. reproduce) them. Actually, since you have a commercially available synthesizer, you have a resonable chance of success. One place NOT to bother with, though, in your search is the local music store, even if it sells synthesizers. Usually, the most the folks there can do is give you a peek at the owner's manual. In my experience, electonic music set-ups are usually highly customized in terms of hardware and/or software. Also, the majority of "significant" efforts have never existed real-time, but have been painstakingly tweaked, twiddled, and finally laid down on tape; An unfortunate consequence of which is that few are ever scored in any sort of consistent or readable manner. Result: very few scores are available outside of, say, conservatory libraries. Your best bet is probably joining/forming some sort of user's group for your machine (or one of similar architecture). I haven't seen many compositions in print, probably for the the reasons mentioned above. I hope this letter is not overly gloomy. Perhaps a host of CRUMAR composers will emerge in response to your letter!! Good Luck! Scot Aurenz Purdue EE P.S. I would be VERY interested in any consistant, definable electronic music notations anyone out there has formulated!! ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.