Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Notation program.
From: Brian Redfern (bredfern_AT_calarts.edu)
Date: Sat Aug 31 2002 - 05:15:38 EEST
One thing lacking on any platform is notation software with user
adjustable pitch tables that supports midi tuning standard. I have a lot
of experience working with altered tunings and pitch tables studying
balinese gamelan, my C/C++ skills still suck right now, but I sent my
girlfriend away for the weekend just so I can work my way through the
rest of oreilly's practical c.
On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 15:06, Richard Bown wrote:
> On Friday 30 August 2002 19:41, Charles Read wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > is there a music notation program for linux that really does the
> > job well - you play your MIDI keyboard and a reasonable approximation
> > to a score appears on your screen? I've tried "rosegarden" but the
> > editing facilities are a bit primitive and it doesn't really print
> > out..... not WYSIWYG anyway. If not I might have a hack at writing
> > one......
>
> Well why not just offer to help us (Rosegarden) out instead of starting
> yourself from scratch? There are many many music projects that have
> been started with few enough ever coming to fruition without
> potentially wasting more effort. We're still in development and open to
> ideas and we'd be most interested to hear your specific comments.
>
> You're using Rosegarden-4 I take it? Have you played about with
> quantizing of your recorded MIDI a little and see how that affects the
> score on the screen? Do you really think the notation layout is
> unattractive? It's true that our printing facilities are a bit limited
> at the moment but again if you want it sooner then please pitch in.
>
> There's a reason it's open-source you know?
>
> R
> [cc'ing rg-devel]
-- http://www.brianredfern.com ;-)>
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