Music Editing Software

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Music Editing Software

• Patrick Mutchler
• 2006 2007
• 1st Quarter

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Problem With Current Software

• Price
• Overcomplexity

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Purpose Statement

• Free
• Accessible
• Amateur audience

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Scope

• File and GUI input system
• Graphical output
• Compositional Aids

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Development Staged Delivery

• Multiple versions
• Allows for quarterly releases
• Design Time
• Enough design time but not too much
• Coding Time
• Significant coding time

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Language - Java

• Graphical Interface
• Easy to code output and GUI input
• High Level
• Does not require micromanagement
• Common Use

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Analysis

• Complex Input
• Human made
• Untrained user testing
• Other students in the class

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Preliminary Results

• Version 0.2
• File Input
• ASCII Output
• Problems
• Ledger Lines
• Attractive Output

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Version 0.2 Output
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Version 1.0

• Completed input
• Preliminary Output
• Shell and Pseudo Code
• No Graphics2d

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Future Goals

• Version 1.x Graphical Output
• More powerful and accurate than ASCII
• Version 2.x GUI Input
• Easier to use than file input
• Version 3.x Compositional Aids
• Help amateur composers