Music Construction Set

Will Harvey's Music Construction Set
Developer(s)Will Harvey[1]
Richard Plom (Atari ST)
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
Platform(s)Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Apple IIGS
Release1983
Genre(s)Composition notation

Will Harvey's Music Construction Set (MCS) is a music composition notation program designed by Will Harvey for the Apple II and published by Electronic Arts in 1983.[2] Harvey wrote the original Apple II version in assembly language when he was 15 and in high school. MCS was conceived as a tool to add music to his previously published game, an abstract shooter called Lancaster for the Apple II.[1][3]

Music Construction Set was ported to the Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, IBM PC compatibles (as a self-booting disk), and the Atari ST. Two years later, in 1986, Will Harvey released a port for the 16-bit Apple IIGS, utilizing its advanced sound. Also that year, a redesigned version for the Amiga and Macintosh was released as Deluxe Music Construction Set.

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