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User Tools / Re: Rhythmic slash notation
Last post by David Palmquist -
Quote from: Lawrie Pardy –
Nice.
Can I make an enhancement suggestion?

Quite often I need to enter comping marks - these are really just a slash in place of a crotchet (quarter note) rest.
Currently I place a crotchet rest, then create a text entry centred on it in the correct vertical alignment (centred in the staff), then I move the rest off the page with Global_mod.  The rest must be moved instead of being made invisible or it won't take up the necessary horizontal space.  Perhaps you could modify this tool to automate that process too (it would need to move the rest).

No need to use a rest pushed into the stratosphere.  Instead, try notes instead of rests.  Each one should be set to muted, stem length zero and nviible notehead. Then put a text slash (  /  ) before it aligned to next note or rest.  The target note itself should have an invisible notehead, should be muted, stem length zero, and invisible notehead. 

Sorry if this has already been touched on, I haven't read the entire thread yet.
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General Discussion / Re: NWC on Linux
Last post by Bart -
Well, I tried again, now with Fluidsynth and Wine, and it is "working".
But the sound is clunky as if the hardware cannot follow the notes.
Caverns, one of the most beautiful samples, hurts my ears badly!
Nothing seems to exceed Virtual Box with an old version of Windows XP, where the sound is normal (=perfect).
Bart
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General Discussion / Re: NWC on Linux
Last post by Francis Beaumier -
I'd rather deal with Wine than XP, personally. I'm on Mint and use Fluidsynth for the MIDI. Timidity didn't want to work well. I'm happy to compare notes if you want to give it another go.
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General Discussion / Re: NWC on Linux
Last post by Bart -
Yes, I tried this also several years ago, but first I needed Timidity to get (bad) sound, then wine and after a reboot, my configuration was lost and I needed to configure it again. Not really useful in my opinion.

With a virtual machine on my new Linux and an old Windows XP, there is no hassle at all.

Bart
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General Discussion / NWC on Linux
Last post by Bart -
My computer does not support Windows 11.
Sadly NWC never provided a version for Linux. :(

Nevertheless I installed Linux on an external USB drive and if I unplug the USB drive, I can still boot in Windows 10.

I have chosen for Linux Mint and I must admit that after using it for some weeks now, I begin to prefer it over Windows 10.  :o

To be able to run NWC, I installed Oracle Virtual Box with an old Windows XP (no activation needed) and installed my copy of NWC.
Now NWC works also perfect on Linux :)

Bart
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User Tools / Re: Beat slashes
Last post by Lawrie Pardy -
Quote from: Mike Shawaluk –
Quote from: Lawrie Pardy –
My only objection to the headless, muted, stemless notes is that I make extensive use of the "CueHeads" object which functions on headless notes...
As the author of CueHeads.ms, I was thinking about this as well. In your usage of CueHeads, how often do the notes have zero-length stems?  The CueHeads object could have an option to exclude stemless (or mute) notes, so that it plays well with this tool.
Hi Mike,
I can't think of any time that I might have used a stemless one, excluding a semibreve, of course  ;) but I do often use them muted, and even more often, with Lyric Syllable Never set.