Re: [SoundComp-Develop] SoundComp

[<js...@ya...>]

Hello Uri,

I have no intention to build printing support into SoundComp for the time being.

This has basically two important reasons: while SoundComp uses the well tempered scale by default, this is just one out of endless options since the language allows for completely redefining scales and note names. Also, I plan to make the language flexible enough to completely leave the "bar/stroke-rhythm-scheme" if necessary (while it of course will stay the default for entering songs since almost all musicians are used to think that way). To make such a piece of music printable, we also would have to define within the language how such monsters then would have to print since there is no standard for how it would have to look. I just think that would be too much, at least for the start.

The same problem goes for MIDI export. Here, I could live with some restriction since MIDI does not offer as much flexibility as SoundComp provides anyway. So we could say MIDI export is only available unless you redefine scales. Actually, MIDI would probably mostly reflect the note events, but nothing from the sound definitions, so the MIDI export would miss most of what is written, but could be of some use and at least give a slight impression of what is written. Also the rhythm problem for printing is nonexistent in MIDI. So this part of what you think is a different project might come to life in SoundComp later on. Since you help in language specification, you may consider that from start^^

For Non-Free software, I used to play around with 'mup' long time ago (http://www.arkkra.com). This music printing software by then looked promising, although much that I needed (e.g. polyrhythmic/polytempic, complex n-tuple structures) was not really achievable, but it should have grown more flexible since then. Actually, by then it was still (IMHO) the best plaintext-to-scoreprint converter available. And it was try-before-buy and not too expensive - I actually thought about buying it many years ago, but never did since I never came really to using it.


Jan


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Von: Uri Even-Chen <ur...@sp...>
An: "js...@ya..." <js...@ya...>
Gesendet: Sonntag, den 27. Dezember 2009, 22:00:25 Uhr
Betreff: Re: SoundComp

Hi Jan,

Thanks for the explanation.  I remember when working on my automatic
composition project, about 10 years ago, I used a program called
NoteWorthy Composer ( http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/composer/ ).
It allows you to write music in a human readable form, and then play
it by using the software, export it to MIDI or print it.  By the way,
it might be worth writing such a software as free software (with open
source), because this program costs money.  This is another idea for a
project in sourceforge (not related to your project).

I read your mail to the developers mailing list.  Let me know if you
want me to write to the list (and not to you personally).

Uri Even-Chen
Mobile Phone: +972-50-9007559
E-mail: ur...@sp...
Blog: http://www.speedy.net/uri/blog/

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