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| Short description |
| WYSIWYG scorewriter |
| Proposed name |
| Notator |
| Full description |
| A WYSIWYG scorewriter with midi and postscript printing capabilities. Lyrics handling should be very intuitive and it should be possible to import text directly from different wordprocessors. Guitar tabulature and drum notation should be implemented also. |
| Development history |
| Empty |
| Comments |
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I am developing OpusOne, a WYSIWIG sheet music editor. Key features are: * up to 16 instruments, up to 4 staffs/instrument, up to 4 voices/staff, * undo/redo, limited by memory only, * a lot of automatic algorithms for beams, slurs, ties, tuplets..., * fast and efficient GUI (MUI) and methods for writing music, * MIDI keyboard input, * MIDI player with comfort mixing, * MIDI file in/out, * OpusTeX oputput, * ARexx interface, * automatic page layout, * very few of internal limits, * ..... Any comments appreciated. 17/06/1999 Stanislav Kneifl There was (is?) also a program called the "The Copyist" by Dr T. It went through at least 3 incarnations on the Amiga platform - a basic version, the so-called "Professional" version and Copyist DTP. The last 2 produced creditable printed output, and were also capable of taking sequencer files and converting them to notation. I don't believe Dr T are developing on the Amiga any more, but they might be willing to release the source? 06/10/1998 Ann Corduroy There was a program bundled with Music-X 2.0 called Notator-X, which appears to have been the last commercial music notation product. I've never seen it myself, but it might also be a good starting point. 27/09/1997 Paul Tranchida I would also be very keen on a program of this type. Features I'd like to see: - Prints decent quality - ie it wouldn't just output bitmap notes with jagged edges. - Magic chords - User puts in the melody, the computer comes up with some matching chords for the bass clef. - Import from other music programs (ie various tracker formats, Deluxe Music Cons Set, etc) (notes only - not neccessarily with the instruments). Another program I saw that could create proper notatation was 'The Music Studio'. I got this when I bought my first Amiga in 1986, but sadly It's long since dissapeared. It doesn't have the features I want, but it does create proper(ish) notation. 06/06/1997 Simon Champion Deluxe Music Construction Set by Electronic Arts had created a very good program from this idea back a few years but I have asked them about what happened and they said that they only wanted to support the PC today. Maybe someone can buy the code and rebuild it for today's machines.At the very least get hold of the original programmer as he may be able to shed some light on what could be done in that area. 04/06/1997 20:58 Steven Lowry |