Dear lutenists,
I am very happy to announce the release of version 7.37 of the Django
software. That version includes many improvements at the graphical and
notation levels, as well as a new function to export the data to the
MusicXML format, to increase the chances that the intabulations made with
the software will endure for some time to come. XML also allows for a
better "inter-operability" with other music softwares like Finale, Lime,
Sibelius, etc. A complete demo version set-up file can be found at
http://webpages.charter.net/django/ and a PDF format file showing some of
the new capabilities of the software is available at
http://webpages.charter.net/django/Siena_155.pdf . The demo file in the
demo version includes the weird setting of Lachrimae by Besard, an ayr by
John Adson, a baroque piece from the Robarts L.B. and the setting of Robin
from the Folger MS.
I have not had time yet to fully update the help files - apparently my
Christmas vacation time was not long enough... - but I will try to do so
in the near future.
The price of the registration of the software will go from 80 US dollars to
100 at the end of January. I am currently in contact with the French lute
society to offer their members a $25 discount and will be happy to offer
the same to other lute societies that contact me for that purpose.
As one of the people who spent quite a few hours programming lute music
software, I am very grateful to Goran Crona and the American LSA for their
new Fronimo dialogo project which I think points to new exciting ways of
making our music more available.
Happy playing all,
Alain
