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| Current music: | Da Capo OST 2 - Jibun o Semete (depressing violin = pwn) |
cracks for sibelius? not for me
lilypond kicks so much ass. while trying to write "kyoudai nan da kara" on finale notepad, I noticed that I couldn't make clef changes. I'm not talking about midway - you can't even make both clefs the same in the beginning. I also came across another limitation while trying to write mcvaffe's "lullaby" for yoshi's island. no key changes. finale notepad so does not represent.
I tried looking for sheet music composition freeware, but all I got was crap. so I went out on a limb and looked for open source. lo and behold, lilypond beckoned to me. think of it as a programming language for music. their essay on traditional engraving was quite fascinating. anyone interested in the difference between handprinted and computer sheet music should definitely check this out. so many nuances for something so subtle.
after working for about a day, I finally finished transposing. while learning lilypond, I realized "kyoudai nan da kara" didn't need any clef changes, so I wrote it out on finale notepad because the MIDI synthesizer rox. then I had to painstakingly copy the notes into lilypond format. while the song doesn't sound quite as neat as I expected, it's still a keeper.
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