Finale, was Re: [linux-audio-user] NoteEdit-2.5.0 : Octaviation (va-lines)

[Mikhail Ramendik]

Hello,

Jack O'Quin wrote:

> > (Or should I subscripe to LAD for this discussion? After all, Jamin was
> > born in LAD/LAU before my eyes, and now it's a usable thing as I
> > understand, so perhaps trying to get some development running is not
> > that bad an idea?)
> 
> LAD is probably the right forum for starting such a project.  

But some JAMin discussion went on around here on LAU as well.

I'll probably try getting an initial proposal together in like a week,
and start a discussion on both lists on what we should want. 

> Almost any small project can benefit from good technical writing.
> There are more good programmers than good writers, and many of the
> best are not native speakers of English, which remains the common
> language for most free software development.

I'm also not a native speaker of English, but you won't notice it from
my writing :) in fact I make a living writing in English for native
speakers .

> But, be aware that music notation is a very difficult problem.  

It certainly is, agreed.

> For my
> purposes, lilypond does a fine job.  It *is* a bit hard to get started
> with, but to me the results have been worth the effort.

It's not just about getting started. It's about a different way of
working with notation. A way that may be very good for programmers, but
does not lie wel with traditional musicians.

However, I agree that Lilypond is an excellent tool for preparing a
final layout for printing. Entry and editing are the problem, as well as
tuning the layout. Doing it through programming - and Lilypond is
somewhat of a programming language - is not acceptable for many
musicians.

Yours, Mikhail Ramendik