Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-25 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
Interesting discussion. And, being primarily a user and not (really) a developer, I hardly can wait to see where this will lead to. But I will be patient. The way I see it: The ideal case would be if a lilypond score that is converted to musicXML and then imported to some other music

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-25 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: But even with shortcomings, MusicXML would make it easier to convert/import Lilypond created scores to other programs. Post-editing may still be needed, but will much less work than when using MIDI export/import. I meant: will BE much less work

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-25 Thread Mike Solomon
On Aug 25, 2011, at 9:05 AM, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: 2. Finale's and Sibelius' MusicXML import isn't 100% perfect either. Yes, when Finale exports a MusicXML file and then imports the same MusicXML file the result will be quite good. But I would not be surprised if importing MusicXML

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-25 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Michael Ellis writes: That sounds encouraging.  So how far away are we from being able to handle a more realistic score, say a string quartet or a 4-part choral score with with lyrics and piano reduction?  Quite far. Jan. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen jann...@gnu.org | GNU LilyPond

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-25 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Reinhold Kainhofer writes: I don't think it's that easy, in particular if you want to get output that you can send to a publisher without being thrown out of the office... I don't think this is a goal that anyone finds worthwile to work on or pay for. Consider the facts that --triggered by

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-25 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
On Do., 25. Aug. 2011 09:11:49 CEST, Mike Solomon mike...@ufl.edu wrote: The issue with Finale and Sibelius exporting is user overrides.  I can drag a markup over the last note in my score to be in the position of the title and it'll look just fine in Finale, but LilyPond will have no clue

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-25 Thread Pierre THIERRY
Scribit Kieren MacMillan dies 24/08/2011 hora 20:00: 1) XML that captures only the music […] No: this is trivial to obtain from #2 or #3, via XSLT. To stay in mathematical lingo, I'd say the issue is that, although it is indeed trivial to obtain #1 from #2, the problem of getting #2 in the

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-25 Thread Jack Cooper
As an engraver AND an independent publisher (both of printed, and soon digital interactive sheet music) it has been imperitive for my to find ways of efficiently separting the content from the actual publishing layout, so that changes to format and/or content can be easily managed without one

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-24 Thread Federico Bruni
Il giorno mer, 24/08/2011 alle 06.23 +0200, Christ van Willegen ha scritto: On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 03:26, Jonathan Kulp jonlancek...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.com wrote: Count me in for US$100 toward the project. Not sure how

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-24 Thread Pierre THIERRY
Scribit Christ van Willegen dies 24/08/2011 hora 06:23: I offered a $100 bounty a couple of years ago on this idea and it still stands. Count me in for €200. Me, too, would like to see Lilypond's usage expanded! If memory serves, so far we have US$200, C$100 and €200. If I were to work alone

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-24 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Pierre THIERRY writes: [cc lilypond-devel] If memory serves, so far we have US$200, C$100 and €200. If I were to work alone on this bounty, that would allow me to allocate approximately 20hrs, which should clearly be enough to write a nice XML exporting in some schema mimicking Lilypond's

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-24 Thread Michael Ellis
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Jan Nieuwenhuizen jann...@gnu.org wrote: Pierre THIERRY writes: [cc lilypond-devel] If memory serves, so far we have US$200, C$100 and €200. If I were to work alone on this bounty, that would allow me to allocate approximately 20hrs, which should clearly

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-24 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
Am Wednesday, 24. August 2011, 23:33:02 schrieb Michael Ellis: On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Jan Nieuwenhuizen jann...@gnu.org wrote: It's only about an hour of work (see below) to convert a simple and prepared .ly score to musicxml, see below. That sounds encouraging. So how far away

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-24 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi all, In short, the only way to make it extendable for the future (so that one day we can also export the layout) is to handle (MusicXML) export similar to MIDI generation, namely via translators that collect all events and all settings as they appear in the score. +1. KMac.

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-24 Thread Michael Ellis
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi all, In short, the only way to make it extendable for the future (so that one day we can also export the layout) is to handle (MusicXML) export similar to MIDI generation, namely via translators

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-24 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 8/24/11 5:31 PM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi all, In short, the only way to make it extendable for the future (so that one day we can also export the layout) is to handle

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-24 Thread Urs Liska
Am 25.08.2011 01:48, schrieb Carl Sorensen: On 8/24/11 5:31 PM, Michael Ellismichael.f.el...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi all, In short, the only way to make it extendable for the future (so that one day we can

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-24 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Carl, Do you want 1) XML that captures only the music (and could be imported into some other program which will make the layout decisions)? No: this is trivial to obtain from #2 or #3, via XSLT. 2) XML that captures both the music and the layout (and could therefore be printed by some

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-24 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Urs: I think 1) should be done in a manner that can be further developped to a solution of 2). Yes — exactly. Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-24 Thread Carl Sorensen
On 8/24/11 6:00 PM, Kieren MacMillan kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca wrote: Hi Carl, My question is this: In what format is the final, typeset music stream such that extracting the music information only would be massively easier than extracting the music and layout information? I don't

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-24 Thread Kieren MacMillan
David, No: this is trivial to obtain from #2 or #3, via XSLT. You are using trivial like a mathematician, strictly interchangeable with doable. Actually, I was using trivial in two ways: 1. As a mathematician (yes, I've had several papers published in peer-reviewed journals), I was — as you

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-23 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Pierre, What kind of funding would be possible I offer C$100 to the MusicXML project. If [Jan: hint hint!] my C$100 goes to creating a function (e.g., \displayLilystreamXML) which simply converts the raw Lilypond music stream (i.e., what we see with \displayMusic) as an XML blob, I'm

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-23 Thread Michael Ellis
Count me in for US$100 toward the project. Not sure how much programming time I can offer in addition, but I'll certainly be more than willing to test the XML output with Finale 2010 as I have a full copy. FWIW, If this is done well I think it will open LilyPond to more new users than you

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-23 Thread Jonathan Kulp
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.com wrote: Count me in for US$100 toward the project.  Not sure how much programming I offered a $100 bounty a couple of years ago on this idea and it still stands. ___ lilypond-user

Re: MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-23 Thread Christ van Willegen
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 03:26, Jonathan Kulp jonlancek...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Michael Ellis michael.f.el...@gmail.com wrote: Count me in for US$100 toward the project.  Not sure how much programming I offered a $100 bounty a couple of years ago on this idea and

MusicXML exporter (was Re: Lilypond lobbying?)

2011-08-22 Thread Pierre THIERRY
Scribit Kieren MacMillan dies 18/08/2011 hora 08:46: I hereby reiterate my offers of bounty and/or XML and XSLT coding assistance for any MusicXML project/effort I have a fair amount of experience coding both in C++ and Scheme (and I have played quite a lot with XML in the past), and if I were