[+lilypond-user] I don't do this anymore - but I used to charge 100 EUR per hour, and what you're sketching is several months of works at the least.
why don't you browse around a little more. I bet there are sequencers that are better suited to what you need. good luck. On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Dan W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd be willing to pay a lot more than $25 ;-) > > Hello, I'm involved in an open source game development project; a game > called Privateer - Parallel Universe > pu.wcjunction.com > pu.wcjunction.com/phpBB2 > It's a remake and expansion of an old game --Wing Commander : Privateer, but > soon we'll be expanding the map from the original (only Gemini sector) onto > other > sectors in the Wing Commander universe map, such as Avalon and Sol sectors; > and we've decided we need new music for those, to differenciate the feeling > of each region. > We'd like to assign a different microtonal musical scale to each race, > faction and region; then compose music for them. > > For the kind of microtonalism I'm speaking of, check out Harry Partch: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOHBqFevy0k&feature=related > Well, not exactly; more inspired on his book, Genesis of a Music, than on > his compositions. > Namely, the kind of microtonalism we're interested in is not a new, > arbitrary subdivision, but rather a return to classic and pre-classic > (pagan) musical ratios. That is, for Terran music we'd probably be using > well-tempered diatonic tunings, based on Pythagorean intervals (using powers > of 2 and 3 exclusively). Human pirates' music might be based on a fairly > similar, Hypolydian ratios, based on fractions containing the number 18 as > numerator or denominator. But for other races, such as Kilrathi, Varni, Woo, > Steltek and others, other scales would apply. Dorian scale, based on > fractions of 11, would be ideal for the Kilrathi, I would think, for > example, due to its martial feeling. > > What I've been looking for is some notation/composition software tool that, > > allows me to compose music with multiple tracks, with some means of > positioning notes in pitch and time. Pentagram would be great. > allows me to specifiy the exact pitch of each note in the musical scale. > Ideally by a rational number, like 5/4 or 81/64 for the major third, for > example; but otherwise in "cents" (hundredths of a semitone) as offset from > an atempered scale note. (Quarter tones would be far too coarse.) > allows me to save a scale to a file; or load one from a file. > assumes that the notes specified for the scale repeat at higher or lower > octaves, but preferably makes allowance for octave-specific variations in > the numbers and pitches of notes. > allows me to bend the pitch of a note at any point along a track > allows me to change the lengths of bars, like playing 2 x 6/8 bars, followed > by two 4/8 bars, followed by.... whatever. > allows me to define different bar metrics for different tracks, such as in > King Crimson's song Discipline, where, at one point (2 minutes into the > song), one guitar is playing at 14/16 and the other at 15/16. > allows me to divide the time of a note by any number, like triplets; but > ideally up to high and odd numbers like 17, or 23 notes in the duration of > one. I believe this is what Wagner does for those musical "explosions" near > the end of the Ride of the Valkyrias, where various instruments are playing > 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 etc. notes in the same space of time, simultaneously. > allows me to edit and play back and to save and to record a .wav or .aif or > some other un-compressed, high quality audio format, hopefully including > high sampling rate formats, such as 88KHz or 192KHz. > hopefully runs on xp but I could install linux if necessary. > hopefully includes some half decent sound fonts of instruments > hopefully doesn't break the bank > > We were just beginning to consider writing our own software, when someone > passed me a link to LilyPond. If you were interested in adding these > features, how long would it take, and how much would you charge me? > -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
