Took a look at that guy's music program and it looks like he's got the digital audio thing down in spades. That's one thing I haven't gotten into much myself. I'm more inclined to use physical instruments rather than manipulate bits and bytes, but what the heck--creativity is creativity and artistry is artistry no matter what kind of tools you're using. DaVinci could have figured it out using color crayons. So right now I'm trying Lime (notation editor) and it's looking pretty good--just need to wrangle up $65 somewhere so I can get past the free trial run. But I'm still thinking about cooking up something else on my own, and when I do I'll be sure to give Squeak another try. Does anyone here see a need for a little more standardization in the computer world? A friend of mine thinks that standardization would stifle ingenuity and creativity and so on. I'm more inclined to think those things are more than capable of taking care of themselves. Like look how two young guys with no formal musical training blew the crap out of the concrete standardized modules that the recording industry was promoting forty-five years ago. John Lennon and Paul McCartney, in case you're wondering who I'm talking about. But anyway--it's late--had too much coffee--starting to blabble, If anyone here feels like reading more of my blabble they can find me at psycloneranger@gmail.com.
On 5/10/08, Rob Rothwell r.j.rothwell@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/10/08, Lee Nixon psycloneranger@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the prompt and friendly response,-----b--u---t--- I got version 3.9 which, as I recall, is supposed to be the one in sync with the book and I'm still not getting anywhere. The one I had before was 3.10 in case you're wondering. I got an idea--let's get someone who knows what the hell they're doing to write me a Standard Musical Notation Editor. And as soon as I become a millionaire I'll be real nice to them :-)
For what looks to be a very in-depth Smalltalk musical package, take a look at Siren ( http://fastlabinc.com/Siren/main.html ). I haven't been able to get the supporting dll's loaded properly to try it out, but I think it even has a notation editor of some kind... It's written for VisualWorks, not Squeak, but has an extensive manual which might give you some ideas for your project.
I have to keep reminding myself that the entire programming world is full of "examples" that don't work when you download them; it's not just a Smalltalk phenomenon--but it IS frustrating nonetheless...
Rob