There are several free programs if you use the Windows environment. If you prefer the command line I use a set of programs with abc text files (transcribing tunes into a text format) at its core. There is also a Windows program that wraps itself around those command line programs. Everything is free. The abc programs create postscript files, the postscript reader converts those to a pdf format and an abc2midi (abc to midi) program creates a midi file of your music so you can play along.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I'd heard of abc, and your post motivated me to investigate.
It's hard to see why anyone would PREFER a command-line! Though professional engravers stuck with Score - despite its unhelpful interface - long after more pragmatic users had discovered Finale or Sibelius. Is this why you use abc - because it offers finer and more detailed control over layout than the other free programs?
I was disappointed that the only examples of finished output I could find were simple monophonic folk tunes. Is there anywhere I can look at some more complex work?
(If you're just anti-Windows, Musescore is available for Linux. Have you tried it?)
0 comments:
Post a Comment