> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 14:30:24 EST > Subject: [abcusers] Re: abcusers-digest V1 #584 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> First why does digest come from <A >HREF="mailto:UnknownSender@UnknownDomain";>UnknownSender@UnknownDomain</A>? > > What kind of list is this any way. A couple of weeks ago, when I signed up, > I got a couple of tunes, that was cool. Now it's all about a bunch of > arguing about arguing, about a code that apparently changes every time > someone writes a program to run it. If these guys writing the programs are > to stupid to stick with the original then just delete the program, and the > ignorate files they generated. > You won't find many tunes on this list. I remain subscribed to the list because I'm interested in the way abc will develop and how it will affect my Village Music Project in the future. If you want to swap tunes, try joining 'tradtunes' on Yahoo Groups. It's not very busy at the moment but things hot up over the winter months. > > If the ABC2WIN piece of junk wasn't for convenience, it would have been gone > long ago. The only good thing about it, is the fact that it quickly plays > the simple tunes on the PC speaker. As long it has no cords, or lyrics. It > crunches the notes together in a little line when you "draw" the tune. You > ought to see what happens if it has lyrics. > > Can you imagine someone didn't even have enough pride that they released this > thing to the public. Then has the nerve to ask you to send them money. Come > on what did it take, all afternoon to develop this. Personally I'm very pleased thst Jim Vint wrote abc2win and made it available to me for a mere $20. It has completely revolutionised my musical life and enabled me and scores of people (who regularly thank me for the tunes published via my project) to expand our repertoire. OK it might not be the last word in programming but I use it to produce tune workshop sheets, disribute tunes to my bands, and rough publish tunebooks and it works. I'd like the standard itself to remain pretty simple and straightforward and the whistles and bells to be contained in the different interpreters. I firmly believe that abc should remain a format for interchange and not a format for publishing. The publishing function should be an addition. I'm happy that people on the list are engaging in robust discussion of the minutiae, but it would less tedious if they were nicer to each other. Just my fourpence worth - back to lurking. John Adams - Village Music Project http://www.performance.salford.ac.uk/research/vmp/index.htm To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
