Yes, this is the first casuality of the new internet bubble. Next up I think will be Napster. It will probably be bought/merged with Microsoft's forthcoming online music endeavor.
Or are you thinking about Windows XP reloaded? Erg, can you imagine all the names now of programs? Microsoft Office 2004 Reloaded. Macromedia Flash 2004 reloaded.........help!
Sad, but true. However, once one tries Mozilla, IE looks old and lame in comparison. I mean, Tabbed browsing is the best. Plus, you don't have VB tied into Mozilla like it is with IE, so, the virus issue is limited somewhat...
Yes, Mozilla is developing quite nicely. It's my browser and email of choice. No more IE for me on my Windows XP system. And, of course, Mozilla runs on other systems as well, such as Mac OS X.
I have very few things encoded at 192AAC. I listened to a bunch of stuff I had, and I really couldn't hear any differences between 192AAC and 160AAC. The thing I hear mostly is cymbals that will get distorted at lower bitrates, but at 160 and above that seem to not be an issue....
Perhaps, but I don't see people who write music, IE: Musicians, using this program at all. There are a number of OTHER programs out there. For "engraving quality" the one that pops to mind is Graphire Music Press. It produces excellent output, and is graphical, and is easy to use.
" Sorry, Mr Musician Who Publishes Their Own Work, this "crap" is not for you. Go and play with your little WYSIWYG tools if you think their output is "excellent." You're very free with comments like "this is crap"" Ok, well, that would account for like 95% of the musicians I know...
Huh? What issue of "how is a computer supposed to distinguish between a staccato quarter note and an eighth note?"??? Who the hell cares? I want something that I can enter the music into, and it looks good. A lot of programs can do that. Sibelius, Finale, Graphire Music Press, Encore.....a lot.
"You also threw in a cheap shot about lilypond's slurs -- a known deficiency, you didn't add anything. I have no doubt that slurs will soon be fixed."
Aww, sorry. Did it hurt? If there is anything people complain about, it's slurs. And, well, they ain't happening in Lillypod as far as I can see. Slurs and things colliding with other things. Finale and Sibelius have made a lot of headway in this area.
"If you think Sibelius is better than Lilypond, bully for you. Go use Sibelius or Finale. Really. No one will mind if you do. After all it's about playing music, not just looking at the printed page."
Exactly!! So, why would I waste my time using Lilypond? I could whip something out in a number of other programs, and they wouldn't have slur issues.
"In the meantime there are people who care about getting it right, and who are willing to put in 10+ hours a week for years on hacking it. In addition to practicing and playing, and let's not forget their day jobs. It seems obvious to me that a labour of love will be of a higher quality than work done for hire by some schmoe who goes home after putting in his eight hours."
Day job? Oh yeah, thats right, some people have "real jobs". I guess doing music full time doesn't count as a job. Thats great people want to do this sorta thing, but I don't see it being as good as some of the stuff already out there. Free or not, I am not wasting
Psh, whatever. I do sight-read at a professional level. That is my profession. It's surprising the amount of hand written stuff out there because guys can't use programs to write music.
Honestly, I have no idea what TeX is, so, I don't know the comparison.
I do know that a number of companies are using programs like Sibelius and Finale to do their music.
"Time-honored standards of music publishing". Does this include all the errors that continue to make it in publications as well? I swear the Rose etude book for clarinet has errors that are over 50 years old (I've seen a first edition).
Any how, I really don't see this program doing new. I'd much rather use Graphire Music Press for "engraving standards". Hell, I know a couple of people who make their score look great in Finale and get them published, and the publisher has someone HAND WRITE it out.
That kind of cool to be able to search and stuff like that. But can't that be acomplished with MusicXML?
Ok, you are right. No jags when printing. However, I'm not all that impressed. The example (Standchen), doesn't look spaced well. Measure 17, Measure 7, 8 and 9. Measure 21 where the slur collides with the triplet....
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Isn't that when someone predicted the end of the world? Inca's? Someone?
Why would you NOT want to use iTunes? I think it's the slickest piece of software, and it's free.
Yes, this is the first casuality of the new internet bubble. Next up I think will be Napster. It will probably be bought/merged with Microsoft's forthcoming online music endeavor.
That's one way to eliminate competition.....sue the hell out of them. Go Apple!
It's time to start outsource all that file sharing......just like all these companies are outsourcing jobs......
Um, I mean to the point of bringing it to the BBB.
Or are you thinking about Windows XP reloaded? Erg, can you imagine all the names now of programs? Microsoft Office 2004 Reloaded. Macromedia Flash 2004 reloaded.........help!
Though the English is a little off, I believe the author forgot another important factor as well. Reading too much Slashdot
Apple makes excellent computers.
That and all the spanish speaking people.....
I thought it was games that we keep wanting new, faster hardware.....
Oh well, back to doing stuff on my lowly Pentium III 600Mhz.....
Sad, but true. However, once one tries Mozilla, IE looks old and lame in comparison. I mean, Tabbed browsing is the best. Plus, you don't have VB tied into Mozilla like it is with IE, so, the virus issue is limited somewhat...
When was the last time IE was updated????
Are we going to blame the President for this one as well? It seems that everyone is outsourcing, and there is no one to stop it.
I have very few things encoded at 192AAC. I listened to a bunch of stuff I had, and I really couldn't hear any differences between 192AAC and 160AAC. The thing I hear mostly is cymbals that will get distorted at lower bitrates, but at 160 and above that seem to not be an issue....
And when I get sick of some songs, I just create another play list, sync it, and we are good to go.
And most of them are 192K or higher MP3s or 160AAC
I personally use 160bit AACs for most everything.
I have a HUGE collection of MP3s/AACs, and I have yet to run into space problems on my 15 gig iPod...
Does that mean we will see iTunes ported to Linux? Bundle that with Linux, and you might drive sales of the HP iPod......
Perhaps, but I don't see people who write music, IE: Musicians, using this program at all. There are a number of OTHER programs out there. For "engraving quality" the one that pops to mind is Graphire Music Press. It produces excellent output, and is graphical, and is easy to use.
Ok, well, that would account for like 95% of the musicians I know...
Huh? What issue of "how is a computer supposed to distinguish between a staccato quarter note and an eighth note?"??? Who the hell cares? I want something that I can enter the music into, and it looks good. A lot of programs can do that. Sibelius, Finale, Graphire Music Press, Encore.....a lot.
"You also threw in a cheap shot about lilypond's slurs -- a known deficiency, you didn't add anything. I have no doubt that slurs will soon be fixed."
Aww, sorry. Did it hurt? If there is anything people complain about, it's slurs. And, well, they ain't happening in Lillypod as far as I can see. Slurs and things colliding with other things. Finale and Sibelius have made a lot of headway in this area.
"If you think Sibelius is better than Lilypond, bully for you. Go use Sibelius or Finale. Really. No one will mind if you do. After all it's about playing music, not just looking at the printed page."
Exactly!! So, why would I waste my time using Lilypond? I could whip something out in a number of other programs, and they wouldn't have slur issues.
"In the meantime there are people who care about getting it right, and who are willing to put in 10+ hours a week for years on hacking it. In addition to practicing and playing, and let's not forget their day jobs. It seems obvious to me that a labour of love will be of a higher quality than work done for hire by some schmoe who goes home after putting in his eight hours."
Day job? Oh yeah, thats right, some people have "real jobs". I guess doing music full time doesn't count as a job. Thats great people want to do this sorta thing, but I don't see it being as good as some of the stuff already out there. Free or not, I am not wasting
Honestly, I have no idea what TeX is, so, I don't know the comparison.
I do know that a number of companies are using programs like Sibelius and Finale to do their music.
"Time-honored standards of music publishing". Does this include all the errors that continue to make it in publications as well? I swear the Rose etude book for clarinet has errors that are over 50 years old (I've seen a first edition).
Any how, I really don't see this program doing new. I'd much rather use Graphire Music Press for "engraving standards". Hell, I know a couple of people who make their score look great in Finale and get them published, and the publisher has someone HAND WRITE it out.
That kind of cool to be able to search and stuff like that. But can't that be acomplished with MusicXML?
Ok, you are right. No jags when printing. However, I'm not all that impressed. The example (Standchen), doesn't look spaced well. Measure 17, Measure 7, 8 and 9. Measure 21 where the slur collides with the triplet....
jagged. Very jagged. Check out Finale or Sibelius's slurs.......not jagged.