ABC playing programs...?

Jack Macleod · Post by **Jack Macleod** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:50 pm

Anything new come out that's good for coding and printing? I can't get ABC2WIN to print.

Anything old that I just don't know of?

Recommendations are appreciated...

mvhplank · Post by **mvhplank** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 8:07 pm

Did you try paying for it? I think that one has the printing feature locked on the evaluation version.

Go ahead and pony up the $20 or whatever it is. I've used it for years and more than gotten my money's worth out of it.

M

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:30 pm

I could never get abc2win to work well for me. I have used abcmus for years, but it doesn't do notes transcription. I am trying out abcnavigator2, but this is a beta release and has no help menues, so some things don't seem to work, but it may be that I just don't know how to use it correctly. abcnavigator2 is currently free and has a good user interface. When all else fails, I use Tune-o-Tron on the Concertina.net website to turn abc transcripts into dots or to get a quick midi file just to listen.

djm

Jack Macleod · Post by **Jack Macleod** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 4:40 pm

mvhplank wrote:Did you try paying for it? I think that one has the printing feature locked on the evaluation version.

Go ahead and pony up the $20 or whatever it is. I've used it for years and more than gotten my money's worth out of it.

M

I paid for it. Even asked the guy from whom I downloaded it to help. Didn't work...just thought I would try something different.

emer · Post by **emer** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:50 am

I have ABC2WIN and am too mean and miserable a git to pay for it - to print tunes, having 'drawn' them, got to
copy / paste
copy bitmap to clipboard
then paste into Word doc or similar and print. Works for me.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:58 am

I regularly use ABC Navigator, which prints like a dream. Prints on the Laser at work, too, so the ink doesn't smudge when it gets rained on or beer spilt on it. There is a help page for ABC, written by a public-spirited individual whose name I can't remember. You can find it on thesession.org 's LINKS pages. I pasted a copy into notepad, to have it handy, as sites do get moved or go under.

MarcusR · Post by **MarcusR** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:19 pm

The ABC Plus project!

/MarcusR

BTW, dont miss Guido's whistle making page

djm · Post by **djm** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:22 am

ABCPlus looks promising, but not ready for primetime yet. Still very much in the hacking ... er ... "beta" stages.

djm

magroibin · Post by **magroibin** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:30 am

I use a combination of 2 programs:

1) ABCPlay

http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/8773/abcplay.htm

2) MidiNotate

http://www.notation.com/

I use ABCplay to convert abc to Midi files. Works great for listening to tunes from ABC format. Lets you adjust the tempo, instrument sound, etc...and its free!

If I need to see the dots I use MidiNotate to open the midi files which lets you both see, hear and print out the tune. It's a program written by a musician for the direct purpose of learning tunes. It has a free basic version but the "practise mode" feature is well worth the money. Having a lot of adjustable features makes it a a wonderful program for learning!!!