At 1:39 PM -0800 12/10/10, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
Which makes me kind of think if something for Orchestras/Musical
Pits was developed, it would have to have to be really like a light
weight version of Sibelius/Finale which could do SIMPLE editing of a
pre-existing score (say for like Fiddler on the Roof), and when the
conductor marks up the score with all the cuts, it would send out
the changes to Reader applications where the musicians could then
use it for display, mark it up, etc.
Yes, but that concatenates two separate items (as David pointed out
correctly that I had done):
The first is the need for a universal format, not individual,
proprietary formats that are incompatible. And with all respect to
Recordare's good work, the NEED for Music XML to translate from one
proprietary format to another (and the expense of buying still
another program to do so) simply underscores the problem.
The second is the need for networking rather than for individual,
standalone units, with which I completely agree since the concept
won't really work to its potential without it, but which inevitably
will present the problems of compatibility, setup, and operation that
you do not feel are worth worrying about. .
But again, there would have to be some sort of copy-protection or
something. I don't see MTI Shows giving out free copies of their
works. But then again, I've come across scans of full scores and
parts of Musicals out there on the net so.....I guess the illusion
of security is what matters.
All THAT takes is a copy machine, of course. And I'm not sure what
kind of detective work the three major rental agencies actually do to
track down non-paying performances, but our own community
organization simply will NOT try to dodge the legal requirements to
save a few bucks on rentals and royalties.
On Dec 10, 2010, at 1:31 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
Your comment seems to me to confuse the question of what is used to
create the content and what is used to present the content. Finale
might very well still be what is used to edit the music, while PDF
> output would be used to display on the music stand devices.
Perhaps, but I read Eric's notes as advocating a notation program as
the primary program for feeding files to the iPads. As an example,
I've been using a proprietary program called ExamView this semester
to built the exams for a couple of my courses, and it works pretty
well, but saves its files in its own format which Word cannot read.
(Or if it can, I don't know how, and would require TECHNICAL SUPPORT
to figure it out!) Today a student asked whether I could send him a
previous exam for review, and because of that proprietary limitation
I could not.
John
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Virginia Tech Department of Music
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240
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