[jmsl] Articulation request

[jmsl at music.columbia.edu]

What would make MaxScore more versatile is if the object wasn't  
sending out drawing commands but, instead, higher-level engraving  
commands that are being interpreted in the Max environment.

For instance, instead of sending several linesegment messages  
representing a clef, MaxScore could send out "clef treble x y" (or  
"clef 0 x y" to be more consistent with the xml ocde). In Max, these  
messages could then either be interpreted as a series of linesegments  
or as a clef symbol, be it Emmenthaler or Maestro or whatever font one  
prefers).

Using more high-level or abstract "descriptors" it would be much  
easier to customize MaxScore and add more symbols to the repertoire.  
It would make MaxScore also more efficient as fewer data would have to  
be piped to the Max environment. Being free to interpret higher-level  
data, one could control playback  as well and, thus, interpret a trill  
or tremolo, etc. This is how the promising new engraving software  
Notion (http://www.notionmusic.com/) works.

One other feature that I'd like to put on the wish list is flexible  
tempo. Max5 incorporates a set of new objects centered around  
transport (http://www.cycling74.com/products/maxuptiming). It would  
great if an external clock could optionally control the playback speed  
of a MaxScore sequence.

I understand that implementing all this, implies a major modification  
of JScore's architecture.

Georg

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On Jun 30, 2008, at 6:01 PM, jmsl at music.columbia.edu wrote:

> For instance, I could imagine in MaxScore using a custom  
> articulation to trigger a Max event while the score is playing, or a  
> special articulation for infinite sustain until the user chooses to  
> continue playing.