Re: [LAU] [LAD] [Fwd: [Fwd: Re: Improvisor lilypond support!?]]

Grammostola Rosea wrote:
> I've uploaded Improvisor here, so you don't have to subscribe to yahoo
> groups:
>
> Maybe someone has a better place for it?
>
> \r
>
Ok, sorry I was to quick with that. The dev want to keep it together and
wants to give developers svn access if they want...

So I removed the link and source.

\r

>
>
> Grammostola Rosea wrote:
>
>> This is an very interesting application, and it is released as GPL
>> software.
>> The only drawback on GNU/Linux is that sound is not working very well,
>> at least in my experience:
>> http://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=860
>>
>> I dunno if there is a way to get better sound out of java applications.
>> Maybe some devs can help this application with ALSA and/or Jack support?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> \r
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> [Fwd: Re: Improvisor lilypond support!?]
>> From:
>> Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola@email-addr-hidden>
>> Date:
>> Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:30:53 +0200
>> To:
>> lilypond-user <lilypond-user@email-addr-hidden>
>>
>> To:
>> lilypond-user <lilypond-user@email-addr-hidden>
>>
>>
>> I got this reply from the main developer:
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> Re: Improvisor lilypond support!?
>> From:
>> Robert Keller <keller@email-addr-hidden>
>> Date:
>> Tue, 9 Jun 2009 13:17:25 -0700
>> To:
>> Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola@email-addr-hidden>
>>
>> To:
>> Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola@email-addr-hidden>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 9, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>> I've found a very interesting application, Improvisor
>>>
>>> *Impro-Visor* (short for “Improvisation Advisor”) is a music notation
>>> program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos
>>> similar to ones that might be improvised. The objective is to improve
>>> understanding of solo construction and tune chord changes. There are
>>> other, secondary, things it can do, such as improvise on its own. It
>>> has also been used for transcription. Because rhythm-section (e.g.
>>> piano, bass, drums) accompaniment is automatically generated from
>>> chords, Impro-Visor can be used as a play-along device. Now having a
>>> wider array of accompaniment styles
>>> <http://www.cs.hmc.edu/%7Ekeller/jazz/improvisor/Styles.htm>, its use
>>> is not limited to jazz. Distributed with Impro-Visor is "The
>>> Imaginary Book
>>> <http://www.cs.hmc.edu/%7Ekeller/jazz/improvisor/ImaginaryBookIndex.html>",
>>> a chords-only fakebook with chord progressions to about 2500 tunes.
>>> http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~keller/jazz/improvisor/
>>>
>>>
>>> Afaik it's GPL software and that makes me dreaming about having
>>> Lilypond functionality in it... It has an midi export function, so
>>> maybe the midi can be converted to lilypond?
>>>
>>> Are people here working with this application?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> \r
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, this is the home of Impro-Visor.
>>
>> It is GPL.
>>
>> There is no Lilypond export to speak of, although it should be
>> possible. However, I don't believe I can work on it myself, as there
>> is too much else to do at the moment.
>>
>> In the next release, we will be redirecting questions to the Yahoo!
>> impro-visor forum and improvisor@email-addr-hidden will be phased out
>> (because it attracts too much spam).
>>
>> I'd be happy to answer any other questions.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Bob Keller
>>
>> Robert Keller
>> Csilla & Walt Foley Professor
>> Computer Science
>> Harvey Mudd College
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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