Re: [abcusers] force a linefeed in the ps output
joe mc cool wrote: How can I persuade abcm2ps to output a lf at the |: ? Or indeed anywthere ? Blah, it is so easy. I just put a T: before each |: I am really sorry for the stupidity of this question. Joe To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[abcusers] force a linefeed in the ps output
Please, dealing with Irish traditional music. When beginners come to a repeat, they often experience difficulty locating the |: How can I persuade abcm2ps to output a lf at the |: ? Or indeed anywthere ? The -B option is not quite what I need. Sorry to trouble ye with this. -- Joe Mc Cool === Tangent Computer Research BT71 7LN (www.tangent-research.com) voice:(44)2837-548074mob:(44)7802-572441 To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[abcusers] play abc repeats a wee snatch
Please,
I use the following script to play abc:
###
use strict;
use File::Basename;
my $filename = shift;
my $volume = shift;
$volume++;
my $repeats = shift;
my $midi_file= /tmp/.basename($filename);
my $au_file = /tmp/.basename($filename)..au;
print midi = $midi_file\n;
print au_file = $au_file\n;
print volume = $volume, repeats = $repeats\n;
if (-e $filename) {
system(abc2midi $filename -o $midi_file 1 /dev/null 2 /dev/null);
}
system(timidity -L /usr/share/timidity -Ou -o$au_file $midi_file
/tmp/timidity 2 /dev/null);
system(chmod 777 $au_file);# so they can be erased by anyone later
for (my $c = 0; $c = $repeats; $c++ ) {
system(play -v $volume $au_file );
}
###
It works fine, but insists on repeating a wee snatch of the last part of
the tune when it has finished.
If I try:
play -v 1 /tmp/my_audio_file.au
it does exactly the same thing.
If I try:
play -v 1 some_downloaded_audio_file.au
everything is fine and it has no spurious repeats.
Any hints ?
Thanks.
Joe Mc Cool
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Re: [abcusers] play abc repeats a wee snatch
Jim Russell wrote: It works fine, but insists on repeating a wee snatch of the last part of the tune when it has finished. What happens if you use timidity to play the midi file directly to the sound card? The first note is played correctly, after that - jibberish. Does it happen to all your .abc files? Yes. I have just now pulled a midi file down from JC's Tine Finder and played it with: timidity -L /usr/share/timidity -Ou -ojoe.au test.mid play joe.au and the irritating repeat is still there. I can play the sample au files that come with xemacs fine. So, it would appear my problem is with timidity. Oh dear. Thanks a lot. Joe. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[abcusers] floods and the low level
Please, I am sorry to trouble you all, but I cannot find abc's for either Flood's Hornpipe or The Low Level. JC's wonderful tune finder fetches a version of The Low Level OK, but it is not the one that is often played with Flood's. Thanks a lot. Joe Mc Cool To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] converting abc to midi in bulk
Thanks Jack, BTW, I found a way to do it, it's extremely easy, and I'm not going to bother proofreading the 2000+ abc files I have to convert. Any problems with them will come out in the wash, and if they're fixable, I'll fix them then. Have converted 250 so far - not many (if any) errors. Perhaps you should look into it - abc2midi. daniel Jack Campin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone here know of a program that will allow mass conversion of abc to midi (instead of having to save each one individually which will take me years). Having done this for 1000-odd tunes, I'd say if it's going to takeyears, so be it. Unless you have some truly amazing source of properlyproofread ABC none of the rest of us know about, you are not going toget MIDIs that sound as good as any of the direct-from-keyboard onesout there if you blindly convert ABC without reviewing what you'reproducing.What do you want these MIDIs for?-Jack Campin: 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU; 0131 6604760* food intolerance data recipes,Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files, and my CD-ROM "Embro, Embro".To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.htmlDo you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop!
[abcusers] converting abc to midi in bulk
Hi all, Does anyone here know of a program that will allow mass conversion of abc to midi (instead of having to save each one individually which will take me years). Thanks danielDo you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop!
Re: [abcusers] Newbie Questions
Ed Skinner wrote: Gorgeous output!) Suggestions for longevity and portability are particularly Yeah, isn't it wonderful - thanks a lot to everyone. I presume that the absence of a collection of jazz/pop/country standards in abc format on the net is because of copyright issues. If such an archive exists, however, I'd appreciate a pointer. No. For Traditional music anyway See: http://ecf-guest.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/findtune.html wonderful, wonderful facility (thanks a lot John) Joe Mc Cool To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[abcusers] printing the source file name
Please, using abcm2ps, how can I print the source filename - either the original abc file name or the postscript file name ? -- Joe Mc Cool Tangent Computer Research BT71 7LN (www.tangent-research.com) voice:(44)2837-548074fax:(44)-870-0520185 The more you say the less the better. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] printing the source file name
Jon Freeman wrote: Mmmm... I think Joe is looking for a switch (like -z or whatever) to do the work rather than using an abc header. Otherwise, an abcm2ps specific (I think) that could be useful is %%footer. abcm2ps -z blah Unknown flag -z %%footer this is some text produces nothing ! Sorry to be such a bore. But my reading of newfeatures, leaves me still without a solution. -- Joe Mc Cool Tangent Computer Research BT71 7LN (www.tangent-research.com) voice:(44)2837-548074fax:(44)-870-0520185 The more you say the less the better. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Re: repeats and bar numbers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |:abc|abc|abc|abc|abc|abc|abc|[1abc:|[2def||gab|... Which is what I would like to achieve. I have tried inserting %%setbarnb in various places, but it maketh not a button of difference. As it stands my abcm2ps will produce: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |:abc|abc|abc|abc|abc|abc|abc|[1abc:|[2def||gab|... Which is not the end of the world, but it would be nice if it was as David describes. BTW, is it normal for the : to follow the 1st repeat rather than the 2nd as here ? -- Joe Mc Cool Tangent Computer Research BT71 7LN (www.tangent-research.com) voice:(44)2837-548074fax:(44)-870-0520185 The more you say the less the better. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[abcusers] repeats and bar numbers
abc is super. Thanks a lot to everyone. I am using abcm2ps on a Caldera Linux box. Works great. But please when doing 1st and 2nd repeats, it screws up the bar numbering. [1 might be bar 8, [2 will be numbered 9. But I want them both numbered 8 ! Otherwise the following bars are numbered incorrectly. Is there an archive for this group that I can read ? I would like to avoid asking FAQs ! -- Joe Mc Cool Tangent Computer Research BT71 7LN (www.tangent-research.com) voice:(44)2837-548074fax:(44)-870-0520185 The more you say the less the better. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[abcusers] top margins
Oh dear, I've asked this question here before and got the correct answer, but I have forgotten it: What do I put at the top of my abc source to move the whoe piece down the page ? In other words, how do I set a top margin ? Is there an archive for this list ? -- Joe Mc Cool Tangent Computer Research BT71 7LN (www.tangent-research.com) voice:(44)2837-548074fax:(44)-870-0520185 The more you say the less the better. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] top margins
Phil Taylor wrote: I've asked this question here before and got the correct answer, but I have forgotten it: What do I put at the top of my abc source to move the whoe piece down the page ? In other words, how do I set a top margin ? There's no general answer to this, as it depends on what software you are using. I am using abcm2ps, but can find no hints in the help. The only exception to that is for the case where you need to increase the space between two tunes, which you can do in most programs (I imagine) by adding some empty W: lines at the end of the previous tune. Nah. What I want to do is print a tune unto a page which has already has a tune printed on it ! It is definately possible, but I have just forgotten how :-( Thanks a lot. -- Joe Mc Cool Tangent Computer Research BT71 7LN (www.tangent-research.com) voice:(44)2837-548074fax:(44)-870-0520185 The more you say the less the better. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Lost in abcm2ps
http://freshmeat.net/redir/abcm2ps/18668/url_zip/abcm2ps-3.1.13.zip I think is the link for abcm2ps um, yes, I am curious...how does one compile a c program in windows? run from the command line? Does one need a compiler? Yes, you most definately do. MicroShaft do one as does Borland. I currently use Power C from www.mixsoftware.com (it is very inexpensive and small). But be warned - you are getting yourself into a very technical area that will slurp your time. Better to just practice your music instead. It is _so_ easy to get distracted with all this technical crapology. -- Joe Mc Cool Tangent Computer Research BT71 7LN (www.tangent-research.com) voice:(44)2837-548074fax:(44)-870-0520185 The more you say the less the better. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] top margins
John Chambers wrote: | Isn't that what the pseudocomment %%titlespace is for? %%topmargin 15cm Thanks to you both. Ye are bricks. -- Joe Mc Cool Tangent Computer Research BT71 7LN (www.tangent-research.com) voice:(44)2837-548074fax:(44)-870-0520185 The more you say the less the better. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] Wanted: a good strathspey for fiddle in Bb
Laurie (ukonline) wrote: I need a good strathspey to play on the fiddle in the key of B flat major. Any suggestions? Er, stranspose The Road to the Isles. No ? -- Joe Mc Cool C.Eng, SMIEEE Tangent Computer Research BT71 7LN (www.tangent-research.com) voice:(44)2837-548074fax:(44)-870-0520185 The more you say the less the better. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
Re: [abcusers] The virtues of handling music graphically
Ulf Bro wrote: Abc2ps gives a very nice looking sheet which can afterwards become converted to pdf with ps2pdf. I have noticed that this results in relatively small files suitable for emailing to the other band members who can print them out even if they for some reason still happen to have Windows on their computers. :-) -- :-) Hey, I am only scratching at this subject. I am a bum musician. But 12 months ago I moved from NoteWorthy Composer under Windows to abc under Linux and there is no way I'm going back. Even I can recognise elegance when I see it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ! -- Joe Mc Cool C.Eng, SMIEEE Tangent Computer Research BT71 7LN (www.tangent-research.com) voice:(44)2837-548074fax:(44)-870-0520185 The more you say the less the better. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[abcusers] top margins
Please, I use abcm2ps on a linux machine and it works great. I then use ghostscript to print the resulting ps file to a laser printer. But how to I arrange to have a substantial margin at the top of the printed page ? I would like to print tunes unto a page that has already had a tune(s) printed. Of course I can combine abc texts into the one file and have multiple tunes on a page that way, but sometimes this is just not convenient. TIA Joe Mc Cool To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[abcusers] 18 new ABC sites dug out of google.com
John Chambers writes: Writing a program to query google and feed the results to another program strikes me as a possible contender for cool status ... Too right ! And you wrote it in .. ? Joe. To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
[abcusers] OT: hornpipes
This has nothing to do with abc, but Further to the King of the Fairies etc: I was told once that Hornpipes came originally from France Is this true and in what way ? (Sigh, they are _still_ lovely !) Joe Mc Cool To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://wwwtullochgormcom/listshtml
