Grammostola Rosea wrote: > Bob van der Poel wrote: > >> Atte André Jensen wrote: >> >> >>> Bob van der Poel wrote: >>> <snip> >>> >>> >>>> ...when I have serious (or fun) work to do I write my score with MUP. >>>> >>>> >>> Could you elaborate abit about why you choose mup over lilypond? >>> >>> >>> >> I'll probably get flamed by the lilypond guys ... but: >> >> I did spend some time with a number of products in 2004 and wrote this >> review: >> >> http://mellowood.ca/mup/mup-review.html >> >> I know things have changed since then. But, I figure that so long as >> something works I'll continue to use it :) >> >> Biggest concerns for me: >> >> - I find the syntax of mup much easier. I am quick to point out that >> this might just be a case of "what one knows". MUP is certainly less >> verbose. >> >> - mup handles transposition very well. I'm not sure if lily does now >> (it didn't last time I checked). >> >> It is quite possible that the final output from a lily score may be >> better. But to my eyes the stuff I get from mup is very good. >> >> These days I don't do band scores anymore with multiple parts, etc. >> Mostly I do lead sheets which I need to print in various keys (for Bb, >> Eb, etc). I've got an automated tool chain for this and can crank out a >> custom score from a fakebook with lyrics, melody and chord names in 20 >> to 40 minutes. >> >> My biggest sadness with mup is that the authors have NOT decided to open >> source the product. Certainly, that is their right and I'll not argue >> that they must or should. They do regular updates and respond to user >> requests and questions. But, one has to wonder if the product would >> develop more quickly if more folk were able to hack at it. >> >> >> > I did know the existence of MUP, but I did not consider to use it.... > The notation apps on linux seems to be more orientated towards Lilypond > (even for tablature: tuxguitar). So my choice was not difficult and at > the end (with all the notation apps (gui's) on linux in mind) I think > Lilypond will be the easiest solution... > > > Edit: another reason to learn lilypond is the fact that it is able to handle notation, drum notation and tablature. I think there is no notation editor on linux (with gui) which can do that. So my advice, learn lilypond with the help of lilypondtool and lilykde and when you can do with it what you want to do, consider to use one of the available gui's for it... or not... If you first work all the time with one of the gui's, it will be hard to edit something fast you wasn't able to do with you gui without some basic knowledge of lilypond in my opinion... So stay 'sick' home for a week and make sure you are able to work with lilypond at the end of that week , and I promise you, you will feel much better ;) For the dutch people, I found a nice tutorial/ handleiding by the maker of lilykde: http://www.wilbertberendsen.nl/cursus_lilypond _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
