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AURICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS (ACS) - We came into existence in late 1983 when Composer Ron Grant and Systems Designer Richard Grant undertook to fashion, execute and distribute perhaps the first professionally accepted film industry Personal Computer software application entitled "AURICLE: The Film Composer's Time Processor"© aka "The AURICLE".

We say the AURICLE is ....

...the most highly honored application in the history of personal computing (EMMY 1985, Academy Award for Scientific Achievement 1987), The AURICLE clearly set the pace and continues to lead the march in establishing professional standards for the crafting and performance of underscore in the entertainment industry. Designed for the film, television and multimedia composer, AURICLE is an interactive aid in the development and performance of music for motion pictures and video. Used by most of the top working composers and music editors worldwide, AURICLE provides total control over the metric and temporal characteristics of feature film music. Not just a mere "hit finder", The AURICLE is first and foremost a "hit maker", allowing composers to creatively place, "synthetically" or orchestrally, any note or phrase anywhere in relation to any filmic or video medium without sacrificing the quality of the music for the sake of synchrony..

Others say the AURICLE is ....

"...the standard of film compositional tools." .....Music Technology

"...the quintessence of user-friendly." .....Billboard

Full Press Kit

Primetime EMMY's (ABC September 1985)

Voice-over (RealAudio) bestowing TV Academy's Scientific and Engineering EMMY Awards to Richard and Ron Grant for their work in creating 'Auricle: The Film Composer's Time Processor'.

"...the most complete and useful piece of software we have ever had our hands on.
...has to be seen to be believed. " .....The Compact Guide to Midi Software

"...the hottest thing to hit Hollywood since Technicolor." .....Family Computing

"...[uses an] ultrafriendly interface between machine and user [earning] the
first patent [4,689,737] awarded a software operating environment." .....Millimeter

"...radical new approach to the way man and machine communicate..." ...L.A. Times

"'...with Auricle its all become so easy... marvelous piece of work...'" ..... Keyboard

"...a remarkable, revolutionary addition to the art of scoring." ..... Entertainment Today

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