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Re: Looking for PD Music software

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From: Dave Hess
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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