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- HOW TO RUN THE DEMO
-
- >Can I run the program at all, before buying it? I am interested, but I
- >thought it would be possible to use it as a "Demo" version prior to buying
- >it. Please tell me how this works.
-
- Hi, just put the for system folder items into the system folder and restart
- your Mac (you've probably already done that). You can now run Symbolic
- Composer in demo mode selecting the Demo button on the authorization
- panel that first appears when you run the program. However, the program
- is open Lisp environment, which means that all functionalities are
- cancelled to make it impossible to break the copy protection.
-
- This means you cannot execute SCOM score files - but you can open the
- source files and the MIDI files in the demo menu (in tools menu). All
- system functions are also documented and you can access them from the
- pop-up menus or the hyperhelp button on the toolbar.
-
- Symbolic Composer is a music programming language, so if you feel
- comfortable writing scores using a language it is a very powerful system
- to compose music. But if you are looking for an accompaniment software then
- Symbolic Composer is not what you need. On the other hand, if you want
- to learn more about music theory Symbolic Composer is a very deep
- resource for further exploration.
-
- > I'm trying to do the tutorials in the demo version but I am
- >consistently running into an error dialog: "value (x x x) is not of the
- >expected type array" whenever I try to execute a file. It seems to be
- >related to the 'list_to_vector' or 'vector_to_list' but again I don't know
- >enough about the program or about MCL to make anthing more than a guess.
- >Can you help me?
-
- Hi, you have to wait until it is authorized. Functionality is cancelled
- in demo mode and you will get results you described. If you try more
- complex evaluations the system will crash. This behaviour is normal and
- makes hacking difficult.
-
- The demo lets you do the following:
-
- -open and play MIDI files in tools/examples/demos menu
- -open corresponding source files
- -open documents
- -edit and save documents
- -operate interface items
-
- Authorization restores full functionality.
-