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Messages - Richard Woodroffe

1803
General Discussion / Re: Out of tune/off-key
This is unlikely - but in addition to the things David suggested to check also check that you haven't :
1. Attempted to do a mpc pitch bend without resetting the status afterwards.
2. That you don't have, on different staves, different instruments with the same midi channel.

Can't think of other possibilities at the moment - but failing all these tests, you could send the piece to one of us to se if anything else springs to mind. (Or attach it here)
1806
General Discussion / Re: Scriptorium Update
Folks,

Just to let you know that the Scriptorium has been updated with works submitted by :

Andrew Morrison    Snow That Never Ends   (Morrison)
Tony Hyman   Lagrima   (Tarrega)
Klaas Lamminga   Befiehl dem Engel, daß er komm   (Buxtehude)
Jim Karageanes (with Reinder Mulder))   "Zapateado," Spanish Dance for Violin and Piano, Op.23, No.2, (Sarasate)
James R. Jennings   Elijah Thanks be to God  (No 20)   (Mendelssohn) Updated
Mike Wiering   Concerto a due cori no. 2   (Handel)
John Peterson   Happy Time   Peterson

http://nwc-scriptorium.org/newstuff.html

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1808
Tips & Tricks / Re: Display staff for two note tremolos using layering.
Omar,

Answering form work - so this is from memory - but if you go to the properties for the staff, you can change the final bar line from a closing section one, to an open one  (for that matter - other bar types as well).

The open one does not show and so achieves what you need.


.........later.............


(And now I'm back at home I can confirm that if you go to Staff / Properties and then the general TAB, there is a box labelled "Ending Bar".  Select "Open (Hidden)" from the drop down list.)



1809
General Discussion / Re: Wishes...
I've always been happy with this style when needed

Just choose which notes you want the extender on, Change lyrics to always, add the appropriate number of minus signs.

Job done.
1810
General Discussion / Re: Beta 2.12 barline causes note misalignment
David - I'm afraid it was me that is the Reicha freak.

I'm in the middle of converting his Te Deum to NoteWorthy . Have been posting to the newsgroup as I finished pieces.

Part of that was a discussion on cross bar beaming and Rick kindly took the score and showed me how it could be done.

Eventually the whole Te Deum willl be on the Scripto.




1811
General Discussion / Re: Scriptorium Update
Folks,

Just to let you know that the Scriptorium has been updated with works submitted by :

Iqbal Hussain    Autumn Leaves   (Hussain)
Iqbal Hussain    Snowfall and Starlight   (Hussain)


http://nwc-scriptorium.org/newstuff.html

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Richard
1812
General Discussion / Re: Wishes...
Grant wrote :
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When we're talking about improvements in beaming, let's not forget the ability to beam over rests. There are hacky ways to do this now but they're a royal pain and not always effective. From the NG I get the idea this would be a popular enhancement.

I don't understand this comment. Beaming over rests is available as standard in version 1.75 nevermind version 2.  All you do is to highlight the ending notes that enclose the rest and then do a Ctrl B operation.

Have I misunderstood what Grant is asking for?
1813
Tips & Tricks / Re: RestChords - hiding the rest (NWC2)
Well spotted Rick.

That's got far more usefulness than just rest chords.  Thinking of a simple rest that you don't want shown ie for layering. No longer have to use muted headless combinations of notes with stem set as appropriate to fill the appropriate time for the measure. You can now use a whole note rest that has just been sent to pos 2048 .

If this was a mistake - keep it in. If it wasn't bravo !!!!  Three cheers.

Just one question - why wasn't it included in the rundown of updated features.


1815
General Discussion / Re: Scriptorium Update
Folks,

Just to let you know that the Scriptorium has been updated with works submitted by :

Robbie Taylor    Lacrimosa, from Requiem Mass in D minor     (Mozart)

http://nwc-scriptorium.org/newstuff.html

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Richard
1817
General Discussion / Re: Playing the piano with NWC
If I understand what you're asking it would all depend on your soundcard.

If you currently can play your virtual organ through NWC AND your PC supports soundfonts loaded into a soundcard, then I would expect that the answer is yes.

If you can load a soundfont into your soundcard, then you should be able to see the soundcard option in Tools/Options/Midi
In the available play devices, you should see under the available play devices, something that represents your soundcard (perhaps a Creative something or other if you use a Soundblaster or Audigy)

If you then go to Tools/Options Record and check the "Echo Input to play device" and select the sound card option. Then I think you would be nearly there - You may need to click "Echo midi input" but I think that if you have already got playback with your virtual organ, then you are most of the way there.

Perhaps if you repost back with what you find, someone else with more experience of this will kindly take you to the next step.
1818
General Discussion / Re: Wish: Provisions for translations
Quote from: bersyl91 –
We, Frenchies, are not very comfortable with foreign languages and prefer having software in french.

Well I think us English are the kings of the monoglot world. Having said that, a few of us some considerable time ago started to translate the command manual (http://nwc-scriptorium.org/command.html) into French but it sorta fizzled out. I think not enough people came forward to help and it was left to small group of people to do and it turned out to be too much.

I have no idea what a .po file is. It sounds like an English colloquialism for .....  well perhaps I'd better not say. (lol)





1819
General Discussion / Re: e-mailing a score
For Outlook Express 6

Click Create Mail
Click insert on the next menu
Click File attachment

This will open a box in "My Documents"

You now need to Navigate to where your NoteWorthy File is.
So if it is in the usual samples directory, go to the box that says file name and then type :

c:\Program Files\NoteWorthy Composer\SAMPLES
Press enter
You will then see all of your NWC files.
Click on the one you want to send
click attach
enter your friends email address in the To Box

Add any message you want to send

then click Send on the top menu

Hope this helps

1820
General Discussion / Re: e-mailing a score
Also remember that if you are emailing your score to someone who does not have NoteWorthy Composer, then you should also email the link where the NoteWorthy Viewer can be downloaded from.

Using NoteWorthy Viewer, the recipients can either play your score in the viewer or print out the score to have a paper copy.
1821
General Discussion / Scriptorium Update 5th January 2007
Folks,

Just to let you know that the Scriptorium has been updated with works submitted by :

Mike Wiering     Sinfonia in C Op. 14 no. 4    (Graaf)
Mike Wiering   Adagio in C for Glass Harmonica   (Mozart)
John White   Symphony No.3 in F major, Op. 153, "Im Walde"(Raff)  Updated
John White   String Quartet in D major, Op. 192 No. 2, "Die Schone Mullerin"(Raff)  Updated
John Hooper   Messe de Minuit pour Noël, 1690 (Charpentier)
Josh Hauck   17 New pieces   (Hauck)
Joseph Guix   Te Deum  Parts 1 - 7   (Charpentier)

http://nwc-scriptorium.org/newstuff.html

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1822
General Discussion / Re: Bug in default folders config
Irrespective of if a repairer will or wont get your NWC files backed up under the programs directory I would suggest that it is good practice to either put all of your data to My Documents or if you have more than one drive, to a drive other than c drive.

Backing up (for those who happen to have learned their lesson more than once) will then be that much better. You know that all of your personal data id in one place and since that is that data that is more fluid, will need backing up more often than data in the Programs area .


For those that haven't learned their lesson - and who don't back up - it's coming - you'd better believe it.


I am heartened to hear that NoteWorthy will consider moving the default locations to My documents. I would also like them to put all of their program products under one folder within Programs too.  That is to have a NoteWorthy Software Folder  under Program Files and then under that to have the various products so that they are all together but that is not as important as the documents and settings.
 
1823
General Discussion / Re: Happy New Year
And to you too Lawrie - from someone who has 9 hrs and 5 mins to go before the witching hour.


[move]  Happy New Year to all !  <Image Link>(Let's go forward to the new year)[/move]

1825
General Discussion / Re: Scriptorium Update
Folks,

Just to let you know that the Scriptorium has been updated with works submitted by :

Klaas Lamminga   Puer natus in Bethlehem   (Praetorius)
Vince Rosario   Amen   (Rosario)

http://nwc-scriptorium.org/newstuff.html

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May I wish you a happy new year
1827
General Discussion / Re: Note Spacing
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OK. I guess Lawrie was talking notational crotchets. I get it now (it's late).

After I read your first post but before the second (reading posts in order) I thought  "Does he really mean that ?  Is he adding to the joke? if so HOW?  Has he missed the joke ? "  Then I thought "American - Bet he's forgotten the other notation nomenclature".  Sure enough.
LOL
Get some sleep :)

1828
General Discussion / Re: Note Spacing
Happy new year David.

I was more lazy than you !  I got so far and thought that there's no point until I can see the score, for the reasons you have identified as well.


Two heads indeed - one of them a bit lazy  !!!
1829
General Discussion / Re: Note Spacing
Hi Techgy,

Had a quick look at your music file. Note Spacing is not your issue here, but rather understanding how you need to enter the notes to obey the timing rules.

For some of the "discrepancies" you have, the easiest resolution is to use layering.

I was having a go at correcting it all but without the original score that's a bit difficult because I can't see how each measure is supposed to be and where the DC al Segno  is for example.

If you would like to send me a scanned in copy of the music, I would be happy to enter it for you and send it back which will give you some pointers on how the "wrong spaces" can be avoided.

If you click on my name (above) it will take you to the profile and you will find the email address there.
1830
General Discussion / Re: Snare Drum
Use midi channel 10 with a bass clef and a low d natural for an acoustic snare and a low e natural for an electric snare.

1831
General Discussion / Re: Scriptorium Update
Folks,

Just to let you know that the Scriptorium has been updated with works submitted by :

John Hooper   Sing Joyfully   (Byrd)
John Peterson   The Fight of a Lifetime; Victory!   (Peterson)
John Peterson   Ein beinahe unmögliches Quartett für drei Posaunen und eine Tuba (Peterson)
John White   Overture in G minor   (Bruckner) Updated
Josh Hauck   12 New pieces 1 revised   (Hauck)

http://nwc-scriptorium.org/newstuff.html


May I take this opportunity to wish you all the complements of the season.

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1834
General Discussion / Re: Spacing problem: first note after clef (Beta 2.10 )
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What kind of person would scour a sheet of music to spectifically to find this sort of thing?
Well, I think I'd like to make a couple of observations to that statement.

The fact that NoteWorthy have said that they are considering a "fancier scheme for ensuring adequate neighbor (sic) spacing" says that there are improvements to be made in this area and NoteWorthy recognise this. These reports of spacing problems will help to provide a better product for all of us.

A number of people use NoteWorthy to publish music professionally or on a pro-am basis. Printers are very exacting in what they will and will not accept and this results in users having to have a DTP completion system. The more NoteWorthy can do to resolve these sorts of issues, the better .

These sorts of issues are the very reason that there is a beta program and what is important to one group of people will be insignificant to others  - but isn't that the way with life in general?
1835
General Discussion / Re: Scriptorium Update
Jay Hamilton and Anndra MacEanruig (aka Andrew Henderson) are just NWC users like you and me !. They have their own pages because they have a prolific amout of music to share with you. If their music was to be included in one of the general pages, then it would undoubtedly lengthen the amount of time the pages take to load.

Actually, I'm thinking of splitting the classical pages down even more to reduce loading time.



1836
General Discussion / Re: Scriptorium Update
Folks,

Just to let you know that the Scriptorium has been updated with works submitted by :

Bart A. Dunn   Incidental Music for Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream   (Dunn)
Bart A. Dunn   Incidental Music for Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothingm   (Dunn)
Bob Darby   Piano Concerto in F - First Movement   (Darby)
Graham Terry   The Great Locamotive   (Terry)
Graham Terry   Variations of Pachelbel's Canon   (Terry)
Graham Terry   Parting After Long Time Spent   (Terry)

http://nwc-scriptorium.org/newstuff.html


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1837
Tips & Tricks / Re: Swing Tempo
If it did come from the Scripto, then it's Josh who did it.
In the file info, if it talks about measure 81, then it is this one.

1838
General Discussion / Scriptorium Update 8th December 2006
Folks,

Just to let you know that the Scriptorium has been updated with works submitted by :

John Hooper   Magnificat in D   (Bach)
Peter Xu   The Scorching Sahara   (Xu)
Peter Xu   Canon in D   (Pachelbel) Updated
Josh Hauck   Le Cygne   Saint-Saëns


http://nwc-scriptorium.org/newstuff.html

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1839
General Discussion / Re: A request to the developers
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I wasn't able to see where the icons were stored in my Program Files NWC folders.  If they are to be found somewhere, it may be possible to add user-created icons to that folder and add them to the toolbars, but I'm just making a wild guess with this suggestion.

I think they're embedded in the NWC code.
1840
General Discussion / Re: A request to the developers
I've never had need to do this, and I'm sitting at work without access to either version of NWC, but I'm fairly sure that you can modify the toolbars or even make up a new toolbar of your own so that you only have play and stop in it.

You can then also unlock the toolbars so that you can put your new toolbar where you want it to be.

At a guess - it will be View menu - then select toolbars. Then in there somewhere will be a customize option.

The only thing you won't be able to do is to enlarge the icons. But at least this will be a help. I believe that is is available in both versions.

I expect that someone else will jump in with the exact details soon.
1841
General Discussion / Re: Scriptorium Update
Folks,

Just to let you know that the Scriptorium has been updated with works submitted by :

John Peterson   Dimensional Dance   (Peterson)
John Peterson   Straight Jazz   (Peterson)
Carl B. Mill   No Rest   (Mill)

http://nwc-scriptorium.org/newstuff.html

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1842
Tips & Tricks / Do you want a play list for the NoteWorthy Viewer? Read on.
Yes, I know you can do it with using Winamp with the NoteWorthy plugin - but supposing you don't have (and/or don't want) Winamp.

Or supposing you really want to see the music, perhaps for rehearsal purposes, or you want to play a complete suite comprising several NWC files ....  Then this tip is for you.

A bit tricky to set up, but once done, is easy to manipulate and change.

Play list functionality is set up using the NoteWorthy Viewer (with a couple of secret commands) and the old batch file command system. (Good old DOS - Rick will probably program an elegant windows scripting program that does the same thing but in the meantime, this does nicely ! - Rick, please feel free to do an equivalent windows script and post here)

You will have to set up 2 files. The first will be the actual play list. As an example, let's call it PLAY.TXT

In it, you will need to put in each file you want in your play list.
This will need to be the full path and filename. One NoteWorthy file to each line.

So let's suppose you want to play one file from your NoteWorthy 1.75 directory on the C Drive , one from your Version 2 directory and one from the viewer directory.
The format of the file will be :

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"C:\Program Files\NoteWorthy Composer\SAMPLES\rose.nwc"
"C:\Program Files\NoteWorthy Composer 2\SAMPLES\carmen.nwc"
"C:\Program Files\NoteWorthy Composer 2 Viewer\caverns.nwc"

So in other words, it doesn't matter where your files are in your computer as long as you give the full path and file name. You do not need to enclose the lines in quotes (except if there are spaces in them).

So that's set up your play list. Save it in an appropriate directory (folder).

Now you have to set up the file that starts up NoteWorthy Viewer and gives it the correct instructions.

Let's call it Play.bat (you can call it anything you like but it must end with .bat)

The following two lines need to be in the file exactly as displayed here except that some parts need to be relevant to your system and also the name you gave to your play list file. (above)

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for /f "delims=" %%q in (play.txt) do (
start /wait /max /d "C:\Program Files\NoteWorthy Composer 2 Viewer\" NWC2View.exe "%%q" /play /close)

So particularly note :
The set of brackets on the first line contains the name of the file that you set up as the play list.
You will need to change this if you called the file something else.

In the second line, in quotes, is the path to your NoteWorthy Viewer. This may be the same as displayed if you used the standard installation.

So save this file (Play.bat) in the same directory as your play list.

Now you just need to double click it to play your play list in the viewer. You can set up as many play lists as you like but you will either need to change the name in Play.bat when you want to play a different list or you could have several batch files each one containing a different play list.  (There is another way to supply the file name when you run the file - but let's keep this at a basic level).

That's it - happy playing.
For those that are interested, here is what is going on in the batch file.

/f tells the command processor to process an input file (Play.txt) a line at a time.
"delims="   tells the command processor that when it's reading in a file, to read all of the line - no delimiters. (If you don't have this instruction then it will read the first line only as far as the first space)
%%q  is the variable to which it assigns the record from the file.
do -  do the following set of commands for each record read in
start   -  start the program
/wait  - wait till the program has finished before looping back to the beginning
/max   - run the program in a maximised state
/d  This parameter tells the command processor which directory(folder)the program is in.
/play  - tells the NoteWorthy Viewer to automatically play. (It doesn't wait for you to tell it to play).
/close - tells the viewer to close when it has finished playing the file. (It doesn't wait for you to close it).
1843
General Discussion / Re: Novice question
Only coz I'm sitting at work and it would have been quite a long answer (and I shouldn't be doing this !!!)

But I would have done the same thing as you except I would have used an invisible rest, not a note - and then assigned lyrics always.

If you have used a note, Linlin, what you may now need to do is to mute it. (Select it and go to the properties again  - and select mute)

1844
General Discussion / Re: Novice question
Hmm - I see Lawrie's on line at the same time as me and we often end up trying to answer the same questions - so I'm going to wait and see if he answers.

I presume you are using NWC version 1.75  - version 2 beta has diamond note heads - Dealing with this in 1.75 takes a bit more - over to you Lawrie.

1845
General Discussion / Re: Novice question
Hello and welcome.

Yes there is !  If you highlight the notes that you DON'T want lyrics attached to (this may be easier in small chunks), then with the notes still highlighted, hold down the ALT key and press enter to bring up the properties for all items that you have highlighted.

Click on the notes tab. You will see that one of the drop down boxes says "Lyric Syllable" . Change this to say "never". Click OK.

You will then find that your tum-te-tum lyrics will only attach to notes that do not have this set.

1847
General Discussion / Re: Scriptorium Update
Folks,

Just to let you know that the Scriptorium has been updated with works submitted by :

John Peterson   The No Name Song   (Peterson)
Graham Terry   Slowly Ascending   (Terry)
Graham Terry   Rushhour   (Terry)
Graham Terry   Jungle Adventure   (Terry)
Graham Terry   Simple Life   (Terry)
Peter Xu   European Lights   (Xu)
Tim Vermande   Prelude and Fugue BWV 533   (Bach)

http://nwc-scriptorium.org/newstuff.html


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Richard
1849
General Discussion / Re: Accessing Notewothy software.com
Tony,

Just tried on my setup, and all seems OK.  But can I just check that you're taking the same actions as me.

When you say

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if I open the Help file in NWC2

You do mean "Click on the help menu"  don't you?

And when you say

Quote
look for Access Noteworthy Software

When you click on the help menu, the option "Access NoteWorthy Software.com" is in the menu items displayed.
You just then need to click on it.

- Just checking !


1850
General Discussion / Re: New member - probably old problem!
Glad you solved your other problems. There are no hairpins in version 1.7, only version 2. You could fudge them by using a font specially for the purpose. Have a look at cresc.zip here :  http://nwc-scriptorium.org/helpful.html#Fonts

With the slurs, it's the same as other note attributes. Highlight the first note that has the slur, hold down alt and press enter to get the properties.  On the notes tab, you will see an entry that says slur direction. This will be set to default.
You can changes this to upwards or downwards as appropriate.