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by benwiggy
07 Jun 2019, 11:34
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: MuseScore 3.0 released
Replies: 14
Views: 17053

Re: MuseScore 3.0 released

One interesting feature of MuseScore is that they are running a web-server "OMR" (Optical Music Recognition) service. You have to create an account, and upload your PDFs. You get an email back when it's done (or been unsuccessful). I've only tried a couple of things, and the results are 'i...
by benwiggy
31 May 2019, 11:31
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: "Progressive Correction": Beethoven
Replies: 4
Views: 4421

Re: "Progressive Correction": Beethoven

These threads are making me hesitate before I edit anything, in case I haven't understood the usage!
by benwiggy
24 May 2019, 21:06
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Beethoven Slurs
Replies: 3
Views: 3943

Re: Beethoven Slurs

I can't add anything to this, but I must applaud you for your superb attention to detail and understanding in all of these posts. This is so interesting and I think there's a book to be published in your study of Beethoven''s use of notation.
by benwiggy
20 May 2019, 13:44
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: 17th Century moveably type font
Replies: 4
Views: 8387

Re: 17th Century moveably type font

I have the IM FELL typefaces (free downloads), which are similarly based on 17th Century Text typefaces. They would work well with Serenissima. Again, I only use them for simulating old pages and deliberate 'antique' effects. Scores are possible but very impractical due to the need for blank pieces ...
by benwiggy
18 May 2019, 15:32
Forum: Type and Font Design
Topic: 17th Century moveably type font
Replies: 4
Views: 8387

17th Century moveably type font

Someone has made a font that 'emulates' the moveable type used to print music in the late 16th and 17th centuries: not for your notation app, but in any standard word processor. Music type used to consist of a single piece of metal that contained the note at a given pitch and the staff lines in one ...
by benwiggy
16 May 2019, 08:08
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Finale 26.1 released
Replies: 3
Views: 5261

Re: Finale 26.1 released

hautbois baryton wrote: 08 May 2019, 01:55 Still haven't increased the frame limit?
I suspect that if they didn't increase the frame limit when they created the new file format, nor when they changed all the data structures to 64-bit, that it's not going to improve any time soon.
by benwiggy
06 May 2019, 18:52
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: Finale 26.1 released
Replies: 3
Views: 5261

Finale 26.1 released

Finale have released version 26.1, the first update to Finale 26, which was released in October 2018. Highlights include ... improvements to the new articulations method; an updated plug-in, to cope with the new articulations; cross-referenced help pages; 'many small fixes'; and an updated male barb...
by benwiggy
24 Apr 2019, 11:01
Forum: Digital Notation Tools
Topic: More Dorico updates!
Replies: 43
Views: 45396

Re: More Dorico updates!

A 'minor' update to Dorico, released today, with around 30 bug fixes and some small productivity enhancements: new key commands for various print activities; changes to note selection and editing. This is the 5th release of version 2 since 30 May 2018. https://blog.dorico.com/2019/04/dorico-2-2-20-u...
by benwiggy
22 Apr 2019, 08:49
Forum: Manual Notation
Topic: Binding of scores (loose sheets)
Replies: 4
Views: 20434

Re: Binding of scores (loose sheets)

I use a Skrebba saddle stitcher like this: https://www.amazon.com/Skrebba-W115-Saddle-Stapler-Office/dp/B00BEIZFAC It can staple A3 booklets of up to 80 pages on 100gsm paper. (20 sheets). Any more than that, and the staple buckles. If you're using thinner paper, you might get a few more sheets thro...
by benwiggy
09 Apr 2019, 08:16
Forum: Notation Rules and Standards
Topic: Best way to notate long(ish) voiced consonant?
Replies: 8
Views: 7252

Re: Best way to notate long(ish) voiced consonant?

(m) under the note when you want humming to begin. So doo - (m) I would include the m in 'doom' as well as having it later. Underlay needs to 'show the word' so the singers can identify it, and only then 'show the place' for special effects such as this. I have seen stuff like 'pea - - - - - - - - ...