On Thu, 9 Feb 2012 23:04:35 +0100 Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/2/9 Janek Warchoł <janek.lilyp...@gmail.com>: > > > > Not sure if i understand correctly how Kickstarter works, but what > > about a project for creating a free typeset edition of some famous > > piece (like Mozart's Requiem)? The funds would be split between > > typesetter and programmer who implements necessary features. I could > > do the typesetting part. > > And if you add a musician that would do a recording of the piece and > release it for free (as in "free software", not only "free beer") > you would obtain something like the "Open Goldberg Variations" project. > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/293573191/open-goldberg-variations-setting-bach-free > There it's MuseScore that is used as typesetting software. > http://musescore.org/en/node/10118 > > There is also the idea of a "LilyPond score sharing website", similar > to musescore.com . http://musescore.com/upgrade > > As I said: "IIRC lasconic (Nicolas Froment) said the 3 main developers > of MuseScore (Werner Schweer, Thomas Bonte and himself) are now working > full-time on MuseScore" [thanks to their "fundings"]. > > Several users/contributers, including Janek, showed some interest in > a "MuseScore-LilyPond synergy". BTW I have read that there is a project > of "Smart coupling" between Audiveris (open-source Optical Music > Recognition) and MuseScore. > http://fosdem.org/2012/schedule/event/audiveris > A kind of "synergy" (in both directions) between the file format of > musescore and .ly would also allow a conversion > musicxml <-> musescore <-> .ly . Don't know if that would be "easy" > though. > > I sent an e-mail to lasconic to have further informations about all I > say (all I "kind of remember"). > > Cheers, > Xavier > > -- > Xavier Scheuer <x.sche...@gmail.com> Don't use musescore. Lilypond > Musescore is like Photoshop and MS Paint. Just because there is no famous GUI which is made for Lilypond does not mean to take the second best. Nils _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
