[fomus-devel] Re: :staff

[dpsenick at uiuc.edu]

I have a fix in the dev. branch now--once I get a change to test it a bit more I'll 
wrap up another tarball

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:58:41 +0000
>From: rob canning <robcanning at eircom.net>  
>Subject: Re: [fomus-devel] Re: :staff  
>To: dpsenick at uiuc.edu
>Cc: fomus-devel at common-lisp.net
>
>hi david,
>this example using :staff doesn't seem to work as i think it should...
>it seems that it doesn't obey the :staff mark unless there is nothing 
>going on at the same offset time - at the last note for example. i have 
>even tried putting the parts in different voices but they still seem to 
>interfere with one another.
>thanks
>rob
>
>
>(init :output ((:musicxml-finale :filename "test.xml")(:lilypond :view
>t)) :filename "test" :title "test" :subtitle 
>"for-harpsichord-and-prepared-piano"
>:composer "rob canning" :auto-accidentals NIL :auto-cautionary-accs
>t :tuplet-style :ratio :verbose 2 :max-tuplet 11);
>TIMESIG :OFF 0 :TIME (4 4);
>part 1 :name "harpsichord" :abbrev "harpsichord" :instr :harpsichord
>;
>(note 1 :voice 2 :off 0 :dur 0.25 :notes (84) :marks (:staccato :ppp
>(:staff 2)));
>(note 1 :voice 1 :off 0 :dur 0.5 :notes (81) :marks (:staccato :ppp
>(:staff 1)));
>(note 1 :voice 2 :off 0.25 :dur 0.25 :notes (85) :marks (:staccato
>:ppp (:staff 2)));
>(note 1 :voice 1 :off 0.5 :dur 0.25 :notes (83) :marks (:staccato :ppp
>(:staff 1)));
>(note 1 :voice 2 :off 0.5 :dur 0.25 :notes (86) :marks (:staccato :ppp
>(:staff 2)));
>(note 1 :voice 1 :off 0.75 :dur 0.25 :notes (84) :marks (:staccato
>:ppp (:staff 1)));
>(note 1 :voice 2 :off 0.75 :dur 0.25 :notes (87) :marks (:staccato
>:ppp (:staff 2)));
>(note 1 :voice 1 :off 1 :dur 0.25 :notes (86) :marks (:staccato :ppp
>(:staff 1)));
>(note 1 :voice 2 :off 1 :dur 0.25 :notes (88) :marks (:staccato :ppp
>(:staff 2)));
>(note 1 :voice 1 :off 1.25 :dur 0.25 :notes (89) :marks (:staccato
>:ppp (:staff 1)));
>(note 1 :voice 2 :off 1.25 :dur 0.25 :notes (89) :marks (:staccato
>:ppp (:staff 2)));
>(note 1 :voice 1 :off 1.5 :dur 0.25 :notes (80) :marks (:staccato :ppp
>(:staff 1)));
>(note 1 :voice 2 :off 1.5 :dur 0.25 :notes (90) :marks (:staccato :ppp
>(:staff 2)));
>(note 1 :voice 1 :off 1.75 :dur 0.25 :notes (81) :marks (:staccato
>:ppp (:staff 1)));
>(note 1 :voice 2 :off 1.75 :dur 0.25 :notes (91) :marks (:staccato
>:ppp (:staff 2)));
>(note 1 :voice 1 :off 2 :dur 0.25 :notes (83) :marks (:staccato :ppp
>(:staff 1)));
>
>
>dpsenick at uiuc.edu wrote:
>> Rob,
>>
>> The lisp documentation won't be helpful at all unless you work with lisp--
lisp 
>> has a built in function "describe" that calls up brief documentation strings 
for 
>> functions if they exist
>>
>> You can force the staff using a :STAFF mark (like this:  (:staff 1)   or   (:staff 
2)   
>> --you should also be able to specify a choice  (:staff 1 2)   (:staff 2 3)   
(maybe 
>> useful for notating a piano part onto 3 staves, etc..)  Soon it'll get easier as I 
put 
>> some of these things into parts and instruments--right now you have to 
stick it 
>> in every note or put  (:startstaff- 1) in the very first note
>>
>> I'll put more examples up soon (plus organize the ones that are there now)  
The 
>> examples pages will soon evolve into an indexed list with keywords (click on 
>> "staves" and see three or four examples of how to control staves, etc..)
>>
>> Since I'm (slowly) getting in the last of the main feature I originally wanted to 
>> put in, I'd be curious to know what I should start improving in general 
(besides 
>> documentation)...  Here is my list in more or less order of priority:
>>
>> Finishing up:
>> Polymeters (I'm getting to this now...)
>> "Chunks" (should be working now--can use them to output different 
sections of 
>> the score with completely different settings)
>>
>> Improvements:
>> tuplets (finding, notating correctly, etc.)
>> speed (large orchestra-size score still can take a while, especially if the 
notation 
>> is complex--I've thought of porting the whole program but I don't think it's 
>> worth the effort)
>>
>> Additions:
>> FOMUS as a Finale plugin (as an alternative to XML importing)
>> GUI interface showing updated score samples
>> structures such as "chord," "sequence" or other similar structures that will 
make 
>> it easier to specify information more efficiently
>>
>> -David
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---- Original message ----
>>   
>>> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:25:45 +0000
>>> From: rob canning <robcanning at eircom.net>  
>>> Subject: :staff  
>>> To: David Psenicka <dpsenick at uiuc.edu>
>>> Cc: fomus-devel at common-lisp.net
>>>
>>> hi!
>>>
>>> i can't figure out how to get at the lisp documentation (i never use 
>>> lisp directly)
>>>
>>> could someone help me out with an example...
>>>
>>> how to force the low A appearing in the lower staff to appear in the 
>>> upper staff with the relevant clef change
>>>
>>> part 1 :name "harpsichord" :abbrev "harpsichord" :instr :harpsichord;
>>>
>>> (note 1 :voice 2 :off 0 :dur 0.25 :notes (45) :marks (:staccato :ppp));
>>> (note 1 :voice 2 :off 0.5 :dur 0.25 :notes (86) :marks (:staccato));
>>>
>>> can  this be done as a :mark or does it have to be set as an :init default
>>>
>>> it would nice to see an example of a bar of single line cross stave 
>>> writing followed by a bar of two part   :staff forced writing with both 
>>> staffs exploiting both bass and treble clef
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> rob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David Psenicka wrote:
>>>     
>>>> v0.2.26
>>>>     Improvements to spanners
>>>>     Some documentation that can be called up by the Lisp 
DOCUMENTATION
>>>> function
>>>>     :STAFF, :STARTSTAFF-, :STAFF-, :ENDSTAFF- marks to override staff
>>>> choices
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