Scripted musical notation available

[Björnke von Gierke]

Or you could use the much older crossplatform version from udi:
http://homepage.mac.com/udi/stack/stack.html

And you can also wait for  vers. 2.0 which will also feature such a 
midi-player stack...


On Samstag, Mär 1, 2003, at 18:05 Europe/Zurich, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> 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.
>
> The stack ships with both the 68K and OS X versions of the supporting 
> application "PlayCommand", which is embedded as a set of custom 
> properties directly within the stack. An install button copies 
> PlayCommand to your hard drive where it is immediately ready for use. 
> If you want to distribute stacks built with scripted notation, you can 
> use the same technique and installer scripts to ensure that your users 
> also have the PlayCommand application available.
>
> There are some minor limitations to this initial release; see the 
> stack for details. Even so, it is often possible to play multiple 
> scripted note strings simultaneously to achieve simple chording or 
> harmony. There is an example in the stack.
>
> Because it relies on AppleScript, Shakobox is a Mac-only solution. But 
> since most of the requests for scripted notation have been from 
> HyperCard converts, maybe that's enough for now. If anyone is 
> interested in building a DLL for the Windows side, please let me know.
>
> 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>
>
> -- 
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>
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