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List:       linux-audio-dev
Subject:    Re: [linux-audio-dev] Notation program.
From:       Brian Redfern <bredfern () calarts ! edu>
Date:       2002-08-31 2:15:38
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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]
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