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Article #2515Re: Looking for PD Music software
From: Dave Hess
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 13:22
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 13:22
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I received this from Glen Diener a while back. I have not had a chance to use his software much but I did print an example that looked prety neat. > I've put Nutation on our archive server, > ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu. Its free for the > taking. Here is the README from there... > > This is the first ever Beta release of Nutation, > a music notation program based on my dissertation > research. There is very little documentation > on the program, but I'm working on it. Nutation has > a long way to go, but I'm hoping that by > letting others bang on it, it will get there > faster. > > Nutation requires OS 2.0 or later > (I've only tested it under 2.1, but it *should* > work on 2.0). It is a big program...together > with all the example files, it currently consumes > in excess of 3 megabytes. (Future releases > will be much smaller, but I haven't had time > to figure out just what symbols I can strip > yet...whatever you do, don't strip the executable! > It won't work if you do!). > > Nutation requires that the Adobe sonata font be > installed on your machine. You can buy this > from several sources; I bought mine from > RightBrain software... 1-800-472-7246, or > (415) 326-2974. About $100 US overnight > shipping included. I have no connection > with them whatsoever, other than as a > satisfied customer. > > > You can get Nutation via anonymous ftp from machine ccrma-ftp. > Look for it as Nu.tar.Z in the pub directory. > > To install Nutation, untar the entire contents > into Nu.app to your Apps directory (or, if you > prefer, to your /LocalApps directory). The > > magic incantation should look something like this... > > zcat Nu.tar.Z | (cd ~/Apps ; tar xf -) > > You need to execute one "dwrite" in order to get things > working. The "NuPath" default for Nu must be set > to the path of wherever you installed Nu.app. > If, for example, you put it in /user/jones/Apps, then > you'll need to execute... > > dwrite Nu NuPath /user/jones/Apps/Nu.app > > > After you launch Nutation, the place to start is by > going directly to the Info/Help menu item. It will > > pop up a Nutation "workspace" with an introduction > in it. > > Don't hesitate to email me if you have any trouble. > > -glen diener > grd@ccrma.stanford.edu Enjoy. -- David K. Hess Graduate Assistant David-Hess@tamu.edu Supercomputer Center Texas A&M University
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tamsun.tamu.edu!news From: d1h1883@sc.tamu.edu (Dave Hess) Subject: Re: Looking for PD Music software Message-ID: <1992Sep2.132225.24832@tamsun.tamu.edu> Sender: news@tamsun.tamu.edu (Read News) Reply-To: David-Hess@tamu.edu Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station References: <Btx729.Mun@spock.dis.cccd.edu> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 13:22:25 GMT Lines: 74