[LAU] [Packet-in-user] album files (it isn't a troll)

[drew Roberts]

On Friday 21 March 2008 05:11:06 Frank Pirrone wrote:
> Philippe Hezaine wrote:
> > Have fun!   To deal with the most urgent things first:
> >
> >
> > Multiple-choice questionnaire.
> >
> > Philippe Hezaine a écrit :
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I plan to write a little book of free drums patterns with Lilypond and
> >>> put in it
> >>> on Internet.
> >>> It would be titled "Le Batteur GNU" ( The GNU Drummer") or 'Le Batteur
> >>> Libre"
> >>> (The Free Drummer) and it will be CC-BY-SA.
> >>> I must think of some details yet.
> >>> I mean, for instance, some basics patterns of 4, 6 or 8 bars (without a
> >>> final beat ?)
> >
> >                                YES                 NO
> >
> >>> in one style, eg bossa nova,  separated from each other  by  one  bar
> >>> of rest.
> >
> >                                NO                  YES
> >
> >>> Then some variations are based on it. (maracas, congas...  blabla...)
> >>> So all the patterns are modular. (trussed up)
> >
> >                              FRANK...FURT            FRANK...FURTHER
> >       FRANK...FURTHEST
> >
> >>> You can copy and paste as you need.
> >>> The advantages : a source in plain text + midifile + pdf. Possibilities
> >>> of several tracks.
> >>> The drawback : all velocities are ruined. But what? You customize the
> >>> velocities of
> >>> your 4 -8 bars copied in a sequencer or Hydrogen and voila.
> >
> >                        YES         NO                  OTHER CHOICE
> >
> >>> May be we can share and work on this project with the aim to experiment
> >>> its use.
> >>> It isn't so difficult.
> >
> >       LEVEL OF DIFFICULTIES :      1.     2 .    3 .   4.    5.
> >
> >>> By the way, is anyone will be able to send me a drum midifile in one
> >>> style?
> >
> >                          NO                           NO
> >
> >>> Kevin, have you anything of this kind in your database? For experiment.
> >
> >                I DON'T KNOW                 I DON'T  SAY
> >
> >>> Have fun.
> >
> > -- Phil. http://superbonus.project.free.fr
>
> Aha, Philippe, the man with the missing "e."  I have a drum machine
> Roland DR-50 I believe, that has the ability to output its patterns and
> songs as MIDI files.  I'll hook it up tomorrow to my MidiSport interface
> and see if I can just pull them off.  If I do, I'll post them on our
> project site and let you know they're up.

Does anyone know if hardware drum machines claim any sort of copyrights in 
thier supplied patterns?

Are such basic parts even able to be copyrighted? Always? Sometimes? Depending 
on?
>
> Otherwise, it's after 5AM here in EDT, so I'm not even going to ponder
> your non-trollish stuff above!
>
> Frank

all the best,

drew