3.1054 Mac'ing tabla notation (104)
Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca)
Thu, 15 Feb 90 19:51:32 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 1054. Thursday, 15 Feb 1990.
(1) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 90 09:12:20 EST (24 lines)
From: "Dana Cartwright, Syracuse Univ, 315-443-4504" <DECARTWR@SUVM>
Subject: constructing tabla musical notation
(2) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 90 00:53:42 EST (11 lines)
From: "Patrick W. Conner" <U47C2@WVNVM>
Subject: tabla notation
(3) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 90 17:43 CST (20 lines)
From: Marshall Gilliland 306/966-5501 <GILLILAND@SASK.USask.CA>
Subject: notating tabla beats
(4) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 90 08:56:00 EST (20 lines)
From: N_EITELJORG@cc.brynmawr.edu
Subject: CAD/CAM for Macs? (45)
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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 90 09:12:20 EST
From: "Dana Cartwright, Syracuse Univ, 315-443-4504" <DECARTWR@SUVM>
Subject: constructing tabla musical notation
Responding to Willard's query about software for use on the Macintosh
for constructing tabla musical notation, before wading into true CAD/CAM
software, take a long look at MacDraw II (Claris Corp, expensive) or
SuperPaint 2.0 (Silicon Beach, reasonable price). Both are excellent
general-purpose drawing packages. From the original query I was not
certain that the capability of writing text other than in standard
straight horizontal form was needed. That is, does one need to "label"
a circle with text that follows the circumference? Neither MDII nor
SP2.0 allow one to have text follow along arbitrarily drawn curves...for
that you might look at one of the illustrating software packages (Aldus
Freehand, for example). I use both MDII and SP2.0 for creating floor
plans, electrical circuit schematics, and drawing of all construction
projects (I no longer cut into sheets of either metal or plywood, nor do
I attack an expensive pile of oak lumber, without first creating a
complete, dimensioned drawing of the project on the Mac). My point is
that "simple" drawing packages are often the right solution to the task
of producingigures, rather than leaping immediately into CAD/CAM systems.
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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 90 00:53:42 EST
From: "Patrick W. Conner" <U47C2@WVNVM>
Subject: tabla notation
HyperCard or SuperCard could do it easily. If he will learn a little
about scripting in Hypertalk (which is awfully easy) he can even build
in sounds to correspond to the notation when clicked upon. There are
Arabic alphabets available (Check MacUser or MacWeek), and these can--
as can any font--be read and used in HyperCard.
--Pat
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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 90 17:43 CST
From: Marshall Gilliland 306/966-5501 <GILLILAND@SASK.USask.CA>
Subject: notating tabla beats
Except for the label-making, at least in anything approaching an easy
way, your friend can create a notation system with SuperPaint, or ANY of
the moderately sophisticated freehand graphics programs for the Mac.
Circles and points in or on them are easy to make as a wet or dry
martini.
The labels are another matter. If all you want to do is print a sheet of
labels that you cut apart with scissors and then glue or tape on an
envelope, then you can do this with the same paint program. And yes,
you can draw the Arabic characters, individually and then connect
them--you can't type them. Or at least not easily.
If what you want is a "sheet of labels" to print onto a page of blank
labels, then the problem is complex, but there are solutions readily
available--the budget determines which you get. You can even do this
with the paint program, but it will take some fiddling to get the
template just right.
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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 90 08:56:00 EST
From: N_EITELJORG@cc.brynmawr.edu
Subject: Re: 3.1053 what are the "humanities"? CAD/CAM for Macs? (45)
CAD programs for the Mac are now fairly widely available. They range
from the fairly primitive to the fully 3-dimensional and complex. The
choice is probably not much dependent upon features, though, because,
with the exception of the desire for Arabic, the needs are not difficult
to meet. I would suggest starting with AutoCAD as the place to look for
two reasons: It is so widely available that there may be an Arabic
version, and its data files are transparently interchangeable from Mac
to PC to Unix machine. A US dealer may not know whether there is an
Arabic version, but the parent company, Autodesk, maintains a forum on
Compuserve, and I understand that responses to questions posed there are
very quick and full. Less expensive programs are also available, and
even something rather simple, like MacDraw, would probably do the trick
(except for the Arabic). Autodesk also makes a simpler version of
AutoCAD called Autosketch. If they supply an Arabic font for AutoCAD,
perhaps they also do for Autosketch, but I don't think Autosketch is
available for the Mac.
Nick Eiteljorg