Re: Is there a perl script to partially convert ascii tabs to lilypond input?

[Hugh Myers]

Patrick,

Thanks for the run down. From your comments and others, I would guess
that the lack might have something to do with the lack of standards in
ascii tabs and the perception of how hard it would be to find a
solution and so on. Encourages me that my idea of starting with what
can be done easily and working from there might be a useful one.
Likewise Perl and the command line allows me freedom from platform
restrictions similar to LilyPond. All and all a 'fun' project to work
on--- for at least my definition of 'fun'...

---hsm

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Patrick Schmidt <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Hugh,
>
> I haven't heard of any perl scripts to convert ascii tabs to lilypond (apart 
> from your script. Sounds interesting!) but I know of two programs that are 
> supposed to be able to import ascii and export MusicXML (with musicxml2ly you 
> can convert to LilyPond):
>
> 1) GuitarPro (commercial)
> 2) Harmony Assistant (commercial)
>
> With GuitarPro 5 (Mac-version) I can open .txt/.tab-files but tablature is 
> faulty and the program crashes when I try to export MusicXML. Harmony 
> Assistant seems to do a rather decent job but I only tried the demo version.
> http://www.myriad-online.com/en/products/harmony.htm
>
> TablEdit could be an alternative. It can also read ascii and you can export 
> it to abc and midi. (With abc2ly and midi2ly you can convert to lilypond.)
> http://tabledit.mac.findmysoft.com/
>
> There also seems to exist a solution to convert from midi to ascii and vice 
> versa but I haven't tried it.
> http://www.gnmidi.com/handbook/english/txt2midi.htm
>
> hth
> patrick
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 05:05:00 -0700
>> Von: Hugh Myers <address@hidden>
>> An: Federico Bruni <address@hidden>
>> CC: lilypond-user <address@hidden>
>> Betreff: Re: Is there a perl script to partially convert ascii tabs to       
>>  lilypond input?
>
>> I asked the question (after googling I might add ;-) ) because I
>> figured if anything was on going it would have been heard about here.
>> Mostly I asked in order to avoid re-inventing the wheel. While I don't
>> claim to have solved the problem, what I do have is what I call an 80%
>> solution. It will read in an ascii text file and produce an .ly file.
>> It does so with no effort to solve any of the trickier problems
>> involved, as yet not even the features I more or less plan on--- this
>> is something I started a year or so ago and only now have gotten back
>> to. Mostly I write these sort of things because the challenge is
>> interesting, giving me a chance to learn about the language or the
>> problem or both...
>>
>> --hsm
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Federico Bruni <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > Marc Hohl wrote:
>> >>
>> >> But seriously: is tuxguitar able to read ascii tabs? It has a export
>> >> function to lilypond.
>> >>
>> >
>> > AFAIK, tuxguitar can't open ascii tabs.
>> > But it can import midi file very well.
>> > Does a good converter ascii2midi exist?
>> >
>> > Kguitar should be able to read ascii files (use .tab extension and you
>> > will see the file in the open window), but I've tried an ascii file
>> > right now and does not work.
>> > It says:
>> > "Can't load or import song!It may be a damaged/wrong file format or,
>> > if you're trying experimental importers it may be a flaw with the
>> > import code."
>> >
>> > I don't have any other ascii tab so I can't test it much..
>> >
>> > HTH,
>> > Federico
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>>
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