For some reason this got sent to Dafydd instead of to the list, so here it is again:
>[unedited top-posting fixed] > >>>> Is there a reliable PERL script out there that can convert ABC to >>>> images/midi? >>> most sites which provide midi or postscript from abc will be using >>> a simple script which invokes abc2midi or abcm2ps. >> Which is a bit of a problem, as I don't have command-line access to >> my web host. My problem is: I have a site where people can submit >> tunes in ABC. > >Why not ask them to submit in other formats too? Chances are they'll >all have their own favourite tools, and if you get them to do it you'll >know that the conversion tool used was appropriate for the ABC they >wrote. (I would *not* be happy to have any of my transcriptions auto- >munged by abc2midi in its out-of-the-box released form, and people who >wrote tunes exploiting its interpretation of rhythmic constructs would >not be happy with how more standard ABC software translated them). > >For the Welsh music you're doing, are you happy with what ABC gives >you, or do you need more? How about special notations for the triple >harp? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Campin: 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU; 0131 6604760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack> * food intolerance data & recipes, Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files, and my CD-ROM "Embro, Embro". ------> off-list mail to "j-c" rather than "abc" at this site, please <------ To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
