If I understand this right, CM is suggesting a feature that acts exactly the
same way transposition does currently in PMX, except it should be selectable
by instrument, and of course allow different transpositions for different
instruments. I have thought numerous times about doing this, deterred only
by the fact that I have no use for it myself :-) I'll go as far as putting
it on the list.
--Don
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Mondrup [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 7:46 AM
> To: Werner Icking
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Transposed Instruments ?
>
> Werner Icking wrote:
>
> > > Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 16:27:26 -0600
> > > From: "Eric Petersen [Aero]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Werner Icking wrote:
> > >
> > > > It would be interesting to convince PMX to do that using inline-TeX
> :-)
> > >
> > > And what is wrong with
> > >
> > > \\setsign1{2}\
> > >
> > > in the first music paragraph of PMX? (I've tried it; it works! But,
> alas,
> > > the MIDI output is not-so-good sounding.)
> >
> > That's the hint, what I ment.
> >
> > I thought about coding as it sounds (as it is e.g. missing for
> \trebleoct or
> > \treblelowoct, ...) and then making the transposition with inline TeX.
> > One could e.g. redefine & and | to make the transposition local. But
> this
> > requires in addition to change stems and beams. So I think it could be
> done
> > well only within PMX; something like "K7+4-1" for "Corni in Fa" if these
> > have the 7th voice for a composition is in C.
>
> What \setsign does is solely to change signs; no transposition is made.
> What I
> would like a pmx feature for transposing instruments to do is to read
> pitches
> entered as they should sound, i.e. in C, and transpose the printing of the
> corresponding voices to the keys used by the player of the instruments in
> question. For example in a composition in C major a Bb clarinet part
> should be
> written in D major. That is the way editors like Finale behave. If pmx
> were
> programmed that way you will be able to enter your score in actual
> sounding
> pitches, do proof listening from the MIDI output, and then first when
> you're
> confident with your typesetting add directives for the transposing
> instruments.
> --
> Christian Mondrup, Computer Programmer
> Scandiatransplant, Skejby Hospital, University Hospital of Aarhus
> Brendstrupgaardsvej, DK 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
> Phone: +45 89 49 53 01
>
