The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #45197   Message #694278
Posted By: IvanB
20-Apr-02 - 08:56 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Converting PDF Sheet Music
Subject: RE: Tech: Converting PDF Sheet Music
Jon, I believe John in Brisbane is trying to create a soulution, using only free software, to print songs in the DT with both music and lyrics. I believe his further aim is that the process not be so complicated as to be beyond the average user. I don't know what the current distribution set of the DT uses for tune formats but, if I remember correctly, the older ones had the tune and at least one verse of lyrics in the SongWright file. Of course, the limited (free) version of SongWright which Dick was given permission to distribute would only play the files, not show or print them. And SongWright is, of course, a DOS program and so has gone the way of most such programs. But, if one could translate from the SW format to a more common one usable in Windows, then possibly the song could be printed out with music and lyrics aligned properly. And, I believe, this is what John is working on. If not, he can certainly correct me.