On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:42:33 -0300 "Han-Wen Nienhuys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [+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. Doesn't scala make up microtonal scales? http://www.xs4all.nl/~huygensf/scala/ Maybe they could use that to create the scales and dump the scale to a sound font or csound, pd (speaking from total ignorance of csound and pd here, but the features page says you can do it) and then just compose a song in lilypond to make a midi to play in a sequencer using the scale you've created. I don't know how practical this would be but it seems that maybe scala might fit part of your bill. Shelagh > > 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? > > > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
