Re: NAMM 2018 Meeting Minutes [via Music Notation Community Group]

Many thanks for the video and summary.

Other thoughts: The MIDI association was also present at NAMM. MIDI is 
important for all of us.

Demiditize? It seems to me like MNX should have an interface that is 
more general than the specification in MusicXML, with is 
MIDI-specification. We should call an instrument for an instrument and 
not for a program. And the instrument should not be limited to 127 but 
to a bigger list. And channel numbers not limited to 0 to 15. And pitch 
not to 0..127, but with fraction. They say a new MIDI-version is coming. 
I could want just another
byte to the three limitations on instrument, channel and pitch plus the 
missing Clef metaevent FF 5A .... Then I would be satisfied.

I often think there is a gap between what we want to do and reality. 
Especially about the structure of the music. Programming languages have 
simple but effective structures to handle the structure. But music has 
not. Sitting with a tune with "repeats", "voltas", "Segno", "D.S.al 
Coda""Coda" and "D.C. senza rep." and two implicite repeats at the start 
of the tune.
A music-subroutine is also needed like done in the makam-music, where 
the text "[son]" indicates a return to last position.

Musikmesse in Frankfurt: As usual?

/Mogens

Received on Tuesday, 13 February 2018 20:13:54 UTC