MusicPrinter Plus is a

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-based

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program, created by Temporal Acuity Products, Inc.

History

Music Printer Plus was developed by Dr. Jack Jarrett. It grew out of earlier work on a piece of software called Music Printer that ran on IBM PC and compatibles computers. It was first released in 1988 and was discontinued in 1995. Although a

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version was planned, one was not developed. Plans for the

version evolved into Dr. Jarrett's current project

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Capabilities

MusicPrinter Plus contained some advanced mechanisms for its day, including playback of articulations and synchronization to

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and other time code.

References

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MIDI Classics article about MusicPrinter Plus
Scorewriters DOS software