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Object Plugins / Re: BarLabel.ms (1.2)
Last post by fathafluff -
I was copying a piece which had certain measures marked with the measure number. The part I was copying had an early section repeated (notated twice). I wanted to save space and write a repeat for those measures. There was a noted measure number within each of the parts, so I used BarLabel to mark the measure number for the first time, and again immediately next to it I used the measure number from the second notation from the original copy using the Alternate Text box. But then the measure numbers noted in the original were all 22 measures higher than the actual NWC measure numbers. I wanted my copy to match the measure numbers of the other parts, so I had to use Alternate Text for all following measure numbers. If I could have put in an offset of 22 for all future numbers (and the second number within the repeated section) the numbers would all match the original (though not the actual measure numbers within NWC).
Put another way: Using my original example, if every measure were marked, the original would have had measures 1 thru 10 marked, and then 11 thru 20 also marked (where 1 - 9 matched 11 - 19, with 10 and 20 were different). I wanted to mark them as "1,11", "2,12" through "9,19". Then the first ending would be marked ''10" and the second ending (NWC 11) would be "20". The following measure numbers in NWC would be 12 and up, but I would want then labeled as 21 and up. If the MD wanted to start at M2 you would start at M2 and take the first ending and repeat; If (s)he said to start at M12, you would start in the same place but take the second ending and go on.
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Object Plugins / Re: BarLabel.ms (1.2)
Last post by Lawrie Pardy -
hi fathafluff,
could you explain your reasoning a bit please?
The reason I ask is that when rehearsing, bar numbers (and rehearsal marks, of course) are used to locate a place for the band/orchestra to start together for working on a section, or maybe even just a single chord in a bar.

Taking your example into account, if there was a need to work on, say, bar 6, do we call it bar 6, or 16?
Say the MD calls it bar 16, it could create some confusion for those not familiar with the double numbering of the repeated section.

With the above in mind, I'm also aware of some older pieces, most commonly marches on march cards, where some parts have (again using your example) 20 bars at the start and the second block of 10 are different to the first block, but other parts have the first 10 bars the same as 11 to 20, so the music has a repeat in those parts.  Thus you end up with some parts with a different bar count to others.  These charts usually don't use bar numbers but the confusion is real...

I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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Object Plugins / Re: BarLabel.ms (1.2)
Last post by fathafluff -
Since I have made suggestions which you seemed to like, I have another one. It would be nice to have an "offset" or "add amount" to compute the measure plus (or minus, I guess) an amount. So, e.g. if the first 10 measures were repeated and you wanted measure 11 to be labeled 21 (since it is the 21st measure played) you could put "10" in the offset amount. If that were copied and pasted to later measures, it would add 10 to every one. Of course, the default would be zero, so backward compatibility would not be an issue.
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General Discussion / Re: Old files don't open
Last post by David Palmquist -
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after that i was deleted cause i didn't have a credit card whatever, i made a lot of files and tried to open but nothing appears.
If you deleted the files, they're gone. 

If you didn't delete files you had successfully saved in the demo version, if you've recently switched to Windows 11 it may be trying to associate the files with NWC 1.75.  You might try associating them with the current version instead.  This may not be accurate, but I had some difficulty getting Windows to open my NWC in version 2, it kept opening 1.75 and telling me the version 2 song files had been created on a later version of the programme and couldn't be opened in 1.75.
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General Discussion / Re: What's a plus?
Last post by David Palmquist -
When the part is for trumpet or trombone, the + means mute or closed.   In Ellington transcriptions you'll see + 0 + 0 which means closed, open, closed, open, sometimes where a pixie mute is used with a toilet plunger. 
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User Tools / Re: NWCCONVERTOR
Last post by Flurmy -
I converted an xml file, so I got  the setup window.
After having filled the data in the "NWC title page section" and in "parts/staves" having set "Lyric lines" = 0, I clicked "ok".
Conversion done and file saved, I got:
  • The title remained the one proposed by the xml file.
  • Author and lyricist are ok.
  • Copyrigths are empty. My changes ignored or remained those proposed by the xml file?
  • "Lyric lines" = 1. Change ignored.
Not a big problem, but then you could skip the whole "setup window" and set them in NWC.  :D

If,, for any reason, you want to abort the conversion project at any stage, the only way to restart is to close and reopen NWCconvertor.
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User Tools / Re: NWCCONVERTOR
Last post by Flurmy -
Sorry for being such a p.i.t.a. but, once again, the text is unreadable.
The loggings are saying:
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Analysing...
Input file: F:/Tmp/elpueblo.mxl
Unzipping...
Unzipping META-INF/container.xml
Extracted: META-INF/container.xml
Unzipping score.xml
Extracted: score.xml
Waiting for setup...
Converting...
Conversion completed.
Output saved in:
F:/Tmp/elpueblo-mxl.nwctxt
but...