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Music-Research Digest Sat, 7 Oct 89 Volume 4 : Issue 59
Today's Topics:
CSound, what is it? (3 msgs)
Music Printing in TeX
music typesetting & text notation.. (3 msgs)
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Date: 3 Oct 89 07:38:18 GMT
From: Ron Barrett <munnari.oz.au!basser!metro!otc!ronb@net.uu.uunet>
Subject: CSound, what is it?
To: music-research@uk.ac.oxford.prg
I've seen references to a package called CSound written by Prof. Barry Vercoe
at MIT Media Lab.
Can anyone give me a brief summary of what its all about?
Thanks in advance,
Ron Barrett
Network R&D
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Date: 3 Oct 89 20:50:45 GMT
From: Len Moskowitz <aramis.rutgers.edu!paul.rutgers.edu!triumph.rutgers.edu!moskowit@edu.rutgers>
Subject: CSound, what is it?
To: music-research@uk.ac.oxford.prg
Drop a line to csound@ems.media.mit.edu to get on the csound mailing list.
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Date: 4 Oct 89 01:18:39 GMT
From: William Alves <gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!merlin.usc.edu!aludra.usc.edu!alves@edu.ohio-state.cis.tut>
Subject: CSound, what is it?
To: music-research@uk.ac.oxford.prg
In article <Oct.3.16.50.41.1989.434@triumph.rutgers.edu> moskowit@triumph.rutgers.edu (Len Moskowitz) writes:
>Drop a line to csound@ems.media.mit.edu to get on the csound mailing list.
PLEASE NOTE: this address is to POST to the CSOUND mailing list. To be added
to the list, please send mail to:
csound-request@ems.media.mit.edu
CSOUND is a UNIX-based computer music language related to the MUSICn lan-
guages begun by Max Mathews at Bell Labs. More specifically, it is related
to MUSIC-11 written by Barry Vercoe in the 70's for the PDP-11. For more
information on computer music languages, see Dodge & Jerse "Computer Music."
CSOUND itself is available through anonymous ftp at the same site.
Bill Alves
USC School of Music / Center for Scholarly Technology
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Date: 27 Sep 89 13:32:31 GMT
From: Bob Frank <tank!eecae!netnews.upenn.edu!linc.cis.upenn.edu!frank@edu.ucar.handies>
Subject: Music Printing in TeX
To: music-research@uk.ac.oxford.prg
A friend is working on a paper studying computational models of music
perception. He mentioned that he'd love it if there were some way to
print score within the body of a paper. I remembered that there had
been some discussion of this a while back - I think there was a
package called (I think) MuTeX???? Could someone help me out?
Whoknows the appropriate ftp site, etc.
Thanks.
Bob Frank
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Date: 29 Sep 89 10:34:11 GMT
From: Andrew D Nimmo <mcsun!ukc!icdoc!syma!andrewn@net.uu.uunet>
Subject: music typesetting & text notation..
To: music-research@uk.ac.oxford.prg
I'm looking for info on music typesetting packages and
text-based music notation 'standards'. Any info, references etc., would
be appreciated.
Andrew D. Nimmo
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Andrew D. Nimmo, VLSI and Graphics Research Group,
EAPS II, University of Sussex, Falmer, BRIGHTON, East Sussex, BN1 9Qt
TEL: +44 273 606755 x 2617
EMAIL: (JANET) andrewn@syma.sussex.ac.uk | (UUCP) ...mcsun!ukc!syma!andrewn
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Date: 4 Oct 89 04:35:03 GMT
From: Mark Gresham <artsnet!mgresham@edu.gatech>
Subject: music typesetting & text notation..
To: music-research@uk.ac.oxford.prg
In article <1403@syma.sussex.ac.uk> andrewn@syma.UUCP (Andrew D Nimmo) writes:
>
> I'm looking for info on music typesetting packages and
>text-based music notation 'standards'. Any info, references etc., would
>be appreciated.
The 'bible' of music notation is "Music Notation" by Gardner Read.
There is (and Read has agreed in a letter) there is no comparable
book on commercial music typesetting standards.
The best software package I've experienced is SCORE (Passport,
Half Moon Bay, CA). It is thorough, still buggy a bit in its most
recent incarnation, and is quite complex--it is not for the casual
user. I recommend it only if you (like I) are interested in
investing yourself into the music typesetting or publishing
business. It is relatively user-unfriendly and is poorly
documented. It is also *very* expensive (over $1000 now, I
understand). If you want something easier to use for the purpose
of typesetting your own music for performance purposes only, get
something else. If you want to compete on the commercial market
with Theodore Presser, E.C. Schirmer, Oxford, or C.F. Peters, then
you have no other alternative than SCORE and the extensive
training you'll have to give yourself to create competitive
results. (The much touted Macadoodle programs and Sonata Fonts
don't even come close. Period.)
Cheers,
--Mark
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Mark Gresham ARTSNET Norcross, GA, USA
E-mail: ...gatech!artsnet!mgresham
or: artsnet!mgresham@gatech.edu
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Date: 4 Oct 89 03:10:08 GMT
From: Alan Rinehart <van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a86@net.uu.uunet>
Subject: music typesetting & text notation..
To: music-research@uk.ac.oxford.prg
My name is Alan Rinehart and I have been using SCORE from Passport designs
since 1987. I have a reasonably active DT music publishing business and am
very satisfied with what SCORE can do. I have your address and will send you a
sample of my output..
2029 East 3rd, Vancouver BC Canada
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