Halving Note Length
Submitted by beno on January 24, 2012 - 7:52pm.
Tagged:
Hi;
Let's say I have a string of quarter notes. Can I highlight them all, press some keys and turn them all into eighth notes? Let's say I have a string of quarter and half notes. Can I change them into eighth and quarter notes, respectively?
TIA,
Beno
Is it quantisation?
Sounds like you are talking about taking a passage and making it twice as fast (diminution is the technical term). No, there is no way to do this, aside from simply changing tempo. But presumably you want it to actually change the note values for display/print, not just for playbak.. This was actually one of the first things I thought about trying to write a plugin for, but unfortunately, the plugin framework is just a little too limited to allow this.
Interesting. I'm also a programmer. In what language is this written? I see this is the first stable version. Any idea when the plugin environment will be robust enough to make it viable?
TIA,
Beno
Plugins are written in javascript; documentation is here: http://musescore.org/en/plugin-development
I don't think the plugin framework has been a huge priority thus far, and understandably so, since the core program architecture has been undergoing fairly large changes over the last year or two (heading toward the 2.0 release planned for later this year). I'm hoping maybe once the application code itself settles down, then there can be focus on allowing plugins to access more of that architecture. I think lately, that's been a bit of a moving target, though.
I think this particular function is probably deserving of being incorporated into the application itself as opposed to requiring a plugin. In fact, this reminds me of something I had thought of before but probably never expressed, having to do with finding a natural place for functions like this. It's a bit of a tangent though, so I'll start a new thread in the Technology Preview subforum.
EDIT: here it is: http://musescore.org/en/node/14638
I would like to subscribe to the Tech Preview forum, but it appears that's not possible. Let me know if I missed something. I'll ask one more question then join you all over there. In what language is MuseScore itself written?
TIA,
Beno
I can't understand why you can't subscribe to the Tech Preview forum.
I've just logged out on my other machine and still have access to it, and as far as I know there are no restrictions on it.
I can tell you that MuseScore is written using Qt but as for what language it is actually written in, I've no idea - that's one for those actually writing the code :)
You may find some of the information you want here:-
http://musescore.org/en/developers-handbook
HTH
Michael
I could not find the link to the mailing list on the forums page. I found it here on this page: http://musescore.org/en/development where there was a link to the developers' mailing list. I believe this link should also be included on the forums page. Is there someone I can notify concerning the same by way of suggestion?
Thank you for your help!
Beno
Indeed, there is no link to the developers mailing list on the main forum page, because it isn't a forum. But I wasn't talking about the developers mailing list; I was talking about the "Technology Preview" forum, which is an ordinary forum just like this one. The main forum page lists the following forums:
Support & bug reports
Feature request
General discussion
Documentation
Technology Preview
Translation
Plugins
Made with MuseScore
I am talking about the fifth one on that list. No subscription necessary, any more than this forum requires subscription - just click it and start reading, and you can post just as you did to this one.
Oh, and MuseScore is written in C++. You can get at the source following the links on the developer's handbook page mentioned previously.