Scripted musical notation available

Ken Norris pixelbird at interisland.net
Sun Mar 2 16:00:01 EST 2003


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> Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 11:05:16 -0600
> From: "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
> Organization: HyperActive Software
> Subject: Scripted musical notation available

> I have just posted a solution for Macintosh users who want an easy way
> to play scripted musical notation in Revolution or MetaCard. Shakobox is
> a combination stack and supporting application which interprets
> HyperCard-style musical notation and plays it back using the QuickTime
> MIDI musical instrument library. All 128 MIDI instruments and sound
> effects are available for playback, with full control over pitch and
> velocity.
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IMHO, this is the coolest addition to Rev's capabilities since Tuviah's TTS
X.

Now, maybe there is hope I can get myMac to sing in Rev.
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> If anyone is interested
> in building a DLL for the Windows side, please let me know.
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Well, one of the reasons to use Rev is it's x-platform ability. I'm still
looking at easy to use TTS solutions with a decent selection of voices for
Windows. So far everything comparable to the Mac's 'normal everyday' TTS and
voices seems pricey. Plus, you have to be sure of compatiblity.
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> The PlayCommand application was written by Jon Bettencourt, who holds
> the copyright, but it is being distributed free of charge. You can get
> Shakobox at: <http://www.hyperactivesw.com/shakobox.html>
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Many thanks to Jon then.

Ken N.




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