Joel Hunsberger
>
> I have a dream... I am playing yet another something on my
> electronic keyboard. This is being "recorded" as a midi file
> on my PC...
>
...
> I ask, "Why not have a tool that translates the MIDI directly to
> M-Tex, because that's got to be easier in the first place...!)"
>
> Then I wake up to realize that I don't have any of these tools
> in the first place, and my creativity in software development
> for such a thing would need a great boost, both in time and
> talent, to make that happen.
>
I've tried writing some such, and I`ve had a look at what comes out of
proprietary software that purports to do it. The result is not pleasing
to the kind of perfectionist that likes to use TeX instead of some
top-of-the-market WYSIWYG word processor.
1. These programs make bad guesses about sharps and flats.
2. They find it hard to put two logical voices on one stave.
3. They don't understand anything about music theory.
I typed in a little piece, a prelude for keyboard in baroque style,
into one of these sound-card programs. It sounded as good as could
be expected, but the transcription was really almost unrecognizable.
Be thankful you woke up,
Dirk
