In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >Is anybody else here looking much at MusicXML ? I've been having a look >over the last few days, and I must say, I'm rather impressed. It seems >to me that this could all be tremendously useful to us, as ABC users.
Why? It doesn't have the ability to write your own, and isn't a format you could play from as ABC is on both counts. > >I was going to compose a wild-eyed rant on the subject, but sadly I >don't have time just now because I'm going out in a minute. But I've >put some things together into an introductory webpage, plus a few >examples to show some existing possibilities. > >http://www.qualmograph.org.uk/musicxml/ > >Main points are, that to be able to convert abc into musicxml, and vice >versa, has lots of interesting possibilities for useful and fun new >tricks. And also, that many of us may be nearer to being able to take >advantage of this than they'd realised, one way or another. In short, it >hopes to persuade people that this is worth looking into. > > >Are many ABC programs currently capable of generating MusicXML ? There's >a command-line Windows/Linux abc2xml (it's incomplete, it's buggy, it's >closed-source and email to the author bounces, but apart from that it's >great. It exists, for a start), what other ways are there to turn >abc into xml ? > Print it out and use SharpEye to scan it in. SharpEye scans and produces Midi, Niff, MusicXML. www.visiv.co.uk > Bernard Hill Braeburn Software Author of Music Publisher system Music Software written by musicians for musicians http://www.braeburn.co.uk Selkirk, Scotland To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
