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- From: d1h1883@sc.tamu.edu (Dave Hess)
- Subject: Re: Looking for PD Music software
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.132225.24832@tamsun.tamu.edu>
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- Reply-To: David-Hess@tamu.edu
- Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
- References: <Btx729.Mun@spock.dis.cccd.edu>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 13:22:25 GMT
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- I received this from Glen Diener a while back. I have not had
- a chance to use his software much but I did print an example
- that looked prety neat.
-
- > I've put Nutation on our archive server,
- > ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu. Its free for the
- > taking. Here is the README from there...
- >
- > This is the first ever Beta release of Nutation,
- > a music notation program based on my dissertation
- > research. There is very little documentation
- > on the program, but I'm working on it. Nutation has
- > a long way to go, but I'm hoping that by
- > letting others bang on it, it will get there
- > faster.
- >
- > Nutation requires OS 2.0 or later
- > (I've only tested it under 2.1, but it *should*
- > work on 2.0). It is a big program...together
- > with all the example files, it currently consumes
- > in excess of 3 megabytes. (Future releases
- > will be much smaller, but I haven't had time
- > to figure out just what symbols I can strip
- > yet...whatever you do, don't strip the executable!
- > It won't work if you do!).
- >
- > Nutation requires that the Adobe sonata font be
- > installed on your machine. You can buy this
- > from several sources; I bought mine from
- > RightBrain software... 1-800-472-7246, or
- > (415) 326-2974. About $100 US overnight
- > shipping included. I have no connection
- > with them whatsoever, other than as a
- > satisfied customer.
- >
- >
- > You can get Nutation via anonymous ftp from machine ccrma-ftp.
- > Look for it as Nu.tar.Z in the pub directory.
- >
- > To install Nutation, untar the entire contents
- > into Nu.app to your Apps directory (or, if you
- > prefer, to your /LocalApps directory). The
- >
- > magic incantation should look something like this...
- >
- > zcat Nu.tar.Z | (cd ~/Apps ; tar xf -)
- >
- > You need to execute one "dwrite" in order to get things
- > working. The "NuPath" default for Nu must be set
- > to the path of wherever you installed Nu.app.
- > If, for example, you put it in /user/jones/Apps, then
- > you'll need to execute...
- >
- > dwrite Nu NuPath /user/jones/Apps/Nu.app
- >
- >
- > After you launch Nutation, the place to start is by
- > going directly to the Info/Help menu item. It will
- >
- > pop up a Nutation "workspace" with an introduction
- > in it.
- >
- > Don't hesitate to email me if you have any trouble.
- >
- > -glen diener
- > grd@ccrma.stanford.edu
-
- Enjoy.
-
- --
- David K. Hess
- Graduate Assistant David-Hess@tamu.edu
- Supercomputer Center Texas A&M University
-