Stefano Troncaro wrote > Hi Jonas, > > If every compilation is taking that long, maybe you are compiling several > movements each time? In case you are, you can comment out the parts of the > music that you are not working with to make the whole thing more agile, I > do this with multi-movement works. > > Unfortunately I can't offer you more advice than that. > > 2018-03-22 13:12 GMT-03:00 Shane Brandes <
> shane@ > >: > >> Composition tactics are a very individual to a persons habits and >> skill sets. I use LilyPond for composing intermittently. If it is in >> my head and needs to be set down it is useful. If I am actively trying >> to work something out; I work with paper and pencil or pen, as nothing >> beats that for efficiency. Sometimes If I have the ideal structure of >> a piece worked out I will map that out in LilyPond and then fill in >> the blanks as I have time. But I don't think that is a good tool for >> composition unless you have a lot of skill with it. I am sure there >> are others that might disagree, but as far as resulting output it is >> tremendous and as yet there is nothing that looks as worthwhile to >> use. >> >> As far as the midi you ought to be able to go to whatever measure and >> beat you want to examine and listen to it using the midi tool in >> Frescobaldi. >> >> regards, >> Shane >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 11:35 AM, Jonas Daverio < > daverio.jonas@ > > >> wrote: >> > That may seem like a stupid question, but I've been using LilyPond with >> > Frescobaldi for a year and a half, but I start to ask myself if it is >> as >> > efficient as if I had used another tool like Musescore. >> > >> > I explain: I don't have at all a powerful computer, and I think that an >> > essential feature that I have to have to compose efficiently is to see >> what >> > I've written in real-time. There is such a feature in Frescobaldi name >> > "continuous engraving" (or something like that, my version is not in >> > English), but on my slow computer and with a big project such as a >> 20-pages >> > quartet or symphony, it takes at least 40 to 50 seconds to render. >> > >> > In addition, it would be great to hear the music out of the midi file >> by >> > clicking on the preview (like on almost every WYSIWYG music software) >> but >> > Frescobaldi's midi player is pretty useless for that. >> > >> > I'm not saying that LilyPond and Frescobaldi are bad, it's probably >> just >> me >> > who don't know the right tools or the right way to use them. I'm asking >> to >> > find a way to make my workflow more convenient to compose. >> > >> > Do you have any suggestions? >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > lilypond-user mailing list >> > > lilypond-user@ >> > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lilypond-user mailing list >> > lilypond-user@ >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >> > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@ > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user Yes, I'm already using the trick \set Score.skipTypesetting = ##f, but it is not so convenient. -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user