There's a new beta version 2.610 of PMX that has the ability to transpose one or several selected instruments.
http://www.icking-music-archive.org/software/pmx/pmx2610.zip The syntax is an extension of the existing full-score transpose/key change command "K". Just follow "K" with "i", then instrument number, then the same parameters as before for transposition amount and new key signature: Ki[instrument #][+/-][trans amt.][+/-][new key]. For more than one instrument, you may immediately repeat everything after "K". The command must either be at the start of the score (right after setup), or if later, must be preceded by a normal (full score) key change command K+0[+/-][new key]. (Remember that later full-score transpositions are not allowed.) The command will override any full-score transposition. Of course you must use relative accidentals ("Ar"). Instruments(s) to be transposed must be entered in concert key, and will appear transposed in the score. MIDI behavior has not yet been tested, so if you want a MIDI, for now comment out the transposition commands. This has not been integrated into scor2prt, so for now if you want to make parts, only use Ki... as score-only (on line after "%%") and/or instrument only (on same line after %[Instrument #]). Although in most cases this command will only be used at the start of a score, if there is a later full-score key change it should work at the start of any input block (provided it is preceded with a full-score key change command). I'd certainly appreciate some serious testing; the logic for this was rather complex. The transposition is carried out within PMX, so the TeX file contains already-transposed entries; the MusiXTeX transpose register is not used. --Don Simons ------------------------------- TeX-music@tug.org mailing list If you want to unsubscribe or look at the archives, go to http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-music
