Re: Lilypond to MusicXML (was: Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite)

2010-02-08 Thread Jack Cooper
- Original Message > From: Graham Percival > To: Martin Tarenskeen > Cc: lilypond-user mailinglist > Sent: Mon, February 8, 2010 6:51:26 AM > Subject: Re: Lilypond to MusicXML (was: Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond > conversion suite) > > On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 10:45:58AM

Re: Lilypond to MusicXML (was: Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite)

2010-02-08 Thread Michael Good
You can get started with a reasonable MusicXML import project for as little as a US $10 investment in Finale NotePad. For a MusicXML export project, just download a free Finale demo. Recordare does not make any money from either the sales or downloads of MakeMusic products. The Finale products

Re: Lilypond to MusicXML (was: Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite)

2010-02-08 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Graham Percival wrote: On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 10:45:58AM +0100, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: But the main problem remains: Lilypond developers are also very happy Lilypond users, which could explain the lack of motivation to put a lot of time and effort exporting to a format

Re: Lilypond to MusicXML (was: Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite)

2010-02-08 Thread Graham Percival
On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 10:45:58AM +0100, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > > But the main problem remains: Lilypond developers are also very happy > Lilypond users, which could explain the lack of motivation to put a lot > of time and effort exporting to a format that only people who do NOT use > Li

Re: Lilypond to MusicXML (was: Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite)

2010-02-08 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
Personally I would already be quite happy if Lilypond would only be able to export the most basic information like staffs, clefs, keys, notes, and beamings. More detailed and/or complex details I would then add manually in the software that I use to import the exported musicxml. Even that wou

Re: Lilypond to MusicXML (was: Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite)

2010-02-07 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
On Sunday 07 February 2010 20:40:55 you wrote: > MusicXML isn't a standard at all. If you have to say "umm, dunno, > look at what this other piece of software does", it's not a > standard. Just to make things clear: It's not so bad. It's just impossible to write a full specification for musical

Re: Lilypond to MusicXML (was: Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite)

2010-02-07 Thread Graham Percival
On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 07:12:59PM +0100, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote: > However, there is also a practical problem: How do you check the > quality of your export? There are so many things in the MusicXML > "specification" that are left unclear, and the typical advice on > the MusicXML mailing list is

Re: Lilypond to MusicXML (was: Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite)

2010-02-07 Thread Reinhold Kainhofer
On Saturday 06 February 2010 16:18:54 Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > Everyone will agree having not only musicxml2ly but also a Lilypond to > MusicXML converter would be cool. Absolutely. The only problem is who will develop it? I don't have the time for such a task, but rather create some more Urtex

Re: Lilypond to MusicXML (was: Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite)

2010-02-06 Thread Graham Percival
On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 04:18:54PM +0100, Martin Tarenskeen wrote: > Could this also be true for Lilypond ? Would it be better/easier to have > a --musicxml output option ( just like --png --ps and --pdf ) instead of > a separate application that has to be written from scratch ? Maybe then > the

Lilypond to MusicXML (was: Re: New Sibelius to LilyPond conversion suite)

2010-02-06 Thread Martin Tarenskeen
Everyone will agree having not only musicxml2ly but also a Lilypond to MusicXML converter would be cool. I remember a similar discussion some time ago in the Mup mailing list. The Mup developers from Arkkra Enterprises were saying it would probably be less work to add musicxml export as an e