Software, Punches, and MIDI
By Jody Kravitz
Philip Jamison raised the question, and it was seconded by Dave Clark, as to whether I have plans on publishing the software I wrote to convert MIDI scores to printed perforation templates. Yes, sort of.
First, however, a comment on netiquette. Traditionally advertising has tended to be discouraged on the Internet. This is especially true of unsolicited mailings. I get some of these because my e-mail address has been listed in conference attendee lists. It can be annoying, and unlike 3rd class US junk mail, you can't use it in your fireplace. I hope that when the discussion of parts, tools, or instruments for sale occurs in this mailing list that the recipients of this list will consider this useful information rather than annoying junk mail.
The second issue is in regards to my role as "editor" of this mailing list. When I offerred Terry Smythe to support this mailing list on my computer, I didn't initially expect to actually be editing it into digests. Now that I am, I feel a bit more self-conscious about discussing the sale of software I wrote than if I was just another of the participants. I will not discourage (or block) the discussion of other techniques or products that produce the same result as software that I've written.
Now that that's said, let me explain what's going on with my software. All the software I have related to automatic musical instruments is pretty much a result of my working with things in Mike Ames' collection. In particular the perforation "template" program was spec'd out and tested by David Wasson. Its the only thing so far that we think as appeal outside of Mike's collection. David has essentially been acting as my "agent" to sell it, and to provide customer support. This leaves me free to do my "day job" during the day and to work on music stuff in the evening and on the weekend. We're still adding features by request, if those features look like they'd be useful to more than one user. I'd invite those interesting in learning more about the program to call David at 619-481-1663 beteen 7:30am and 2:30pm Pacific time.
Jody
|
|
|
Mechanical
Music Digest™ Archives
