As an engraver AND an independent publisher (both of printed, and soon digital
interactive sheet music) it has been imperitive for my to find ways of
efficiently separting the content from the actual publishing layout, so that
changes to format and/or content can be easily managed without one being
entirely dependent on the other.
As a printing method, all my sheet music content is imported as linked graphics
into my desktop publishing software so that as soon as a change is made and the
relevant piece of music is recompiled, my layout document automatically is
updated with the new graphic content. I don't know how a larger publisher would
work, but I would imagine they would follow some similar principle so that
tweaks could easily be made without having to modify the layout.
I've been following the MusicXML export discussion closely, because I have also
been looking at converting some sheet music content into MusicXML so it can be
delivered by the Legato Music interactive sheet music viewer. As I delve deeper
into the process, I don't see how I can avoid having to make formatting/layout
changes to the version that is delivered as interactive sheet music. So that
even if there were a smooth export process from Lilypond to MusicXML, I would
still need to tweak the formatting and layout, perhaps significantly. It would
almost make my life easier just to have a fast, precise way to deliver the
content rather than a way of trying to retain the precise format. I wind up
doing my formatting in Finale, since the Legato support folks recommend the
MusicXML export from Finale (using Recordare's export plugins) as the
cleanest output for the Legato music player.
By the way, I'll contribute $75 US to the MusicXML exporter project(s).
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Jack Cooper, BerLen Music
www.berlenmusic.com
www.jack-cooper.com
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