Re: Joy of Klez--unsolicited praise

[Richard Schoeller <schoeller...>]

Of course the problem with Sibelius or Finale format is that you would
have to be using a computer that can run programs that can deal with
those formats.  The nice thing about PDF or MIDI is that support for
them is that support for them is ubiquitous.

Of course MIDI doesn't retain the typesetting information and PDF
doesn't contain the musical information.  MusicXML looks pretty
promising.  The latest version of Finale can produce this and there are
about 10 other programs that support it and the number is growing.  One
of them is SharpEye which purports to be able to convert a scanned image
into MIDI or MusicXML.  I haven't used these so I can't comment on their
effectiveness.

Personally I use LilyPond but it is not for the faint of heart.  It is
very powerful for music typesetting but not for non-geeks.

Just my 2 cents.

Dick

On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 19:27, R.A.S. wrote:
> I was just about to suggest more or less the same thing when Allen's post
> came in. A more flexible alternative to PDF files might be to sell Sibelius
> or Finale format files directly, thus keeping file sizes/download times to
> a minimum and making it easy for buyers to extract parts. Of course, this
> would have to be combined with some sort of limited use license.
> 
> Lorele Suggested burning CDs, but even this could be eliminated by making
> tracks available as MP3 downloads. 128Kb/s yields more than adequate
> quality while keeping file sizes reasonable.
> 
> OTOH, all such online-only solutions would leave anybody without internet
> access out in the cold. Not sure just how important or unimportant a
> consideration this would be in this case.
> 
> 
> 
> Richard
> 

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