[64studio-users] Notation Software

[Quentin Harley]

Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
>
>
> On 6/21/07, *Quentin Harley* <qharley at wbs.co.za 
> <mailto:qharley at wbs.co.za>> wrote:
>
>     Susan Dridi wrote:
>     > Hi All,
>     >
>     > I was wondering what notation software is in 64 Studio. I know that
>     > Rosegarden has a notation editor, but that only works in
>     conjuction with
>     > having some tracks recorded. So, if I just want to transcribe
>     > something, I just record a lot of dead air, and then I can plop
>     in the
>     > notes.
>     >
>     >
>
>     Why not consider Lilypond as an adition to the great lineup of
>     software
>     to 64Studio. (we are over the magical 700Mb limit anyways, so why
>     worry!) 
>
>
> It's in there already.  I think Csound and Pure Data are the most 
> egregious oversights in the package system, but I guess you have to go 
> for the largest number of users, and not so many people use them.
> I'm personally not a fan of using text to create a graphical 
> document.  I have seen beautiful Lilypond scores, but it's full of 
> defaults where, if you want to move something a millimeter, you have 
> to learn a new command.  I just don't think there is a 'right' layout, 
> you need to be able to edit it by hand, to compare different measure 
> alignments, staff sizes, etc. on the fly.  That being said, I do 
> intend to learn LP better in the future.
>

I just had an epiphany... Did anyone think of starting a "Graphical 
input editor for Lilypond"
This might sound insane, but you'll then have 2 applications daisy 
chaining the data.  Your basic input editor will take your input and 
format it to Lilypond text file. The text file should be editable on the 
fly, for the more advanced lilyponders, and LP should do the rest and 
display the "correct" score in a dialog.  By then dragging some of the 
stuff around in your input editor, the LP commands should be inserted at 
the right places, and LP show the corrected score on the fly.  This 
would be LP by remote control, but would be easier for beginners, as you 
pointed out.

I used to be quite a C programmer a while back, and perhaps this model 
of text to final product appeals to me.  I have struggled to much with 
graphics only programs.  The app has to be too clever, and that takes 
away some of the absolute control of being able to see the "Code"  When 
I still used MS Office to write documents I often swiched to the "all" 
view to be able to see the control characters... but that may just be me.

I'll look into Csound and Pure Data... looks interesting so far


Cheers
Quentin