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Messages - François de Villiers

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General Discussion / Re: NWC to mp3
Thank you for the explanation.
I'm using windows 10 Pro on my PC. Coolsoft is set in NWC. The window also reflects GS Wavetable synth as another option.
In settings, App volume and volume preferences, Coolsoft is shown at 100%. Midi mapper and GS Wavetable synth are not there, nor can I find them if I search for them throughout the PC.
Is there a way in which I can test whether the MIDIfile that comes from noteworthy is played through Coolsoft or through GS Wavetable, when Windows media player plays the midi or Audacity or Switch converts the midi to MP3?

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General Discussion / Re: NWC to mp3
Hello and thank you for the quick reply.
I am using the same Coolsoft VirtualMIDISynth which you also use. My NWC uses it and I suppose it is set as default for all audio apps on the computer. I really don't know how to figure that out if necessary. 
However what I do not know is in what form NWC sends the music to my loudspeakers and in what form it converts it to midi. In other words are the sounds that Audacity hears from my loudspeaker the same that is in the MIDI file? I do not know if you understand what I mean here. I understand that MP3s and wave files consist of real audio waves but midi does not and that Audacity hears real audio waves.
Thanks for your help  
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General Discussion / NWC to mp3
Good day everybody
Years ago Lawrence indicated that he uses Audacity to create MP3 files from NWC audio output.
One could also export a MIDI file from a NWC song, and then convert the MIDI file to MP3 using Switch or some other software.
How would the two resulting MP3 files differ?
Thank you
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General Discussion / Re: Development of Rubato User Tool
Good day

Thank you for your prompt replies. I apologize for the delay on my side. In fact Warren's latest reply has overtaken my reply which I have just composed below;

Thank you Warren for the offer to try and establish a Rubato tool where there will be “anchor tempi” This will be much appreciated.
I do not understand the difference between a Rubato object and a Rubato tool. Perhaps you can explain. Thank you.


H.M. Thank you for your work on the project. Your fourth section slows everything down by four times. This is not how the tool worked on the examples that I used. The tool asks you for a percentage Rubato. It then also asks you whether it has to be a smooth or an abrupt transition. If you choose smooth transition, then every note is played at a slightly different tempo depending on the algorithm which is based on the normal distribution, and the percentage which is specified.

What I would like to do is to have noteworthy songs or compositions play back slightly more normally rather than with the metronomic regularity which is built into the program, (And which in most cases is actually what is required).
Thank you

     
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General Discussion / Development of Rubato User Tool
Good day everybody

Having been a NoteworthyComposer user since 1998, I have frequently been on this Website.
However I have never posted anything before. My use for NoteworthyComposer has been to notate my own compositions, and until now I have not really cared much about the playback quality, as I could "hear" the music despite the drawbacks of midi playback. However I now wish to make some of my music available to a wider audience. I have therefore started looking at plugins such as dynamic variance and Rubato. There was a fair amount of struggling to get to grips with the user tools concept and application and use; however that is all behind me now??!.
Warren's Rubato user tool could be quite useful to me. However it only applies between the first and second tempo indications. In a large score of 200 + bars, it is not very useful if it applies to only the first six bars, as the second tempo indication occurs there.
It would be very useful to me if there is a handle or anchor or something attached to the tool, so that the tool could be applied in various places during the score. For example it could be applied before the first tempo indication, before the 4th tempo indication and before the penultimate tempo indication. Hopefully then Rubato will be applied between the first and second indication, between the fourth and fifth tempo indication and between the penultimate and last tempo indication, but not anywhere else. This would also be useful in that the amount of Rubato from petty theft to grand grand larceny could be varied in the different sections. Also, there are certain sections in some works where one would not like Rubato to be applied, for example in marches or tempo giusto sections.
Everyone is busy with their own concerns, so it would not be surprising to me that a user tool that has not received any attention for nigh on 10 years, will not be revisited now.
Anyhow best wishes to everybody, and happy composing /transcribing.
François de Villiers