Don--
thank you for your encouragement. So far I scratched only the surface of
MusicXML, i.e. the basic notes properties. Now I am trying to decode a
piano setting with two voices in each stave.
When that works, then I have to think about how to distribute it. Maybe
I am a bit in a Cul de Sac with my 20 year old Oberon implementation.
But I could not do the development in any other language. The language
is simple, but most powerful and the environment is extremely responsive.
We have several options. I am not totally convinced, that I will get to
a point where I can distribute an executable. Therefore I will have to
distribute source code. I will be checking the follower systems at
Zürich. Another option would be to rewrite my logic in LUA. But there I
do not have any practice.
Meanwhile it would be useful (as you say) to have other sources of
MusicXML than Scanner + SharpEye. So anybody who can provide
MusicXML-sources will be most welcome.
--Dieter
Am 07.11.2014 00:32, schrieb Don Simons:
Dieter---
Thanks for adding to PMX's utility!
I, and I'm sure others, would gladly try out your MusicXML => PMX
translator if you would make it available. I'm sure we can find other
ways to get some MusixXML files besides scanning with the somewhat
costly software you mentioned. If you choose to upload, the method is
up to you...I'm sure Bob Tennent would be willing to set up a link
from the icking archive, or as suggested earlier you could perhaps use
github (although I personally detest that site due to its overly
complicated user interface).
--Don Simons
*From:*TeX-Music [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Dieter
*Sent:* Wednesday, November 05, 2014 5:39 AM
*To:* Werner Icking Music Archive
*Subject:* [Tex-music] Scanner Input for PMX
Dear PMX users,
I want to rapidly communicate on my recent experiences with Scanner
input into PMX.
In my choir we often have the task of modifying existing notes either
in parts of the music or the text.
And I do not want any handwritten corrections, but something which
looks nice. This, of course, I produce with PMX.
Manually turning existing note sheets into PMX code is straightforward
and quite fast. But with a Scanner it would be much faster.
So I made some experimentation with the Scanner Software *Smart Eye*
from VISIV /UK. Smart Eye generates after scanning (among other
options) output in terms of MusicXML,
which has been developed by Recordare (www.*musicxml*.com
<http://www.musicxml.com>)./
/In the last two weeks I have been working on a prototype which reads
in MusicXML and spits out the notes partfor PMX.I include as example a
christmas carol
for SATB. After scanning there remained some inaccuracies, which could
easily resoved with the notes editor of SharpEye.
The final MusicXML code has not been touched, and everything after
and including the line "% Bar 1" has been generated automatically.
Of course, my little prototype does not (yet) completely implement
MusicXML. Another drawback for wider use of my development might be,
that I employed a somewhat exotic language: OBERON from Niklaus Wirth
of the ETHZ Zürich.
You are most welcome to further discuss this topic.
Regards,
Dieter
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