socrfan expressed precisely :
> Yeah, this was some years back but don't ask me to pin point it. I can only
> assume it was a Microsoft offering since I've only owned Windows and Amiga
> based computers and I don't think it was an Amiga program. I seem to remember
> it being a beta version but that is as far as it got. It sure was facinating
> to mess with since it did come up with some good tunes all on it's own. A
> great way to play with and experience computer AI.
> This would be one of those great programs to offer Vista users since with
> today's computers it could really be updated nicely.
>
> "Dustin Harper" wrote:
>
>> How long ago was this? I remember something similar many years ago. At first
>> I thought it was a C64 piece of software, but it may have been right after
>> when I got a 8088 machine...
>>
>> --
>> Dustin Harper
>> dharper@vistarip.com
>> http://www.vistarip.com
>>
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>> "socrfan" <socrfan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:78F2C0BA-1E8E-497B-B74F-1644BF061005@microsoft.com...
>>> It wasn't so much a game as it was a facinating simulation of AI. There
>>> used
>>> to be a program that let you pick out any number of musical instruments
>>> and
>>> the computer would put together a song intelligently using those
>>> instruments.
>>> It was a lot of fun to play around with but it was never continued. I
>>> believe
>>> Microsoft developed it or at least distributed it. I'd love to see them
>>> bring
>>> it back. How about it??? With today's better computers this could be a
>>> great
>>> idea.
>>>
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>>
Are you talking about Microsoft Music Producer??
http://www.musicmachines.net/download.htm
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Mike Matheny