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To participate in mutex and musictex discussions, you +can subscribe to (or unsubscribe from) the "mutex" mailing list at the +address: + mutex-request@stolaf.edu +To send a question to the entire membership of the mutex mailing list, use +the address: + mutex@stolaf.edu + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +01 What is MuTeX? + +The MuTeX package is a set of macros allowing TeX to typeset music. It was +written by Andrea Steinbach and Angelika Schofer, as a master's thesis at +Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University. MuTeX allows you to typeset +single-staff music and lyrics. + + +01 What is MusicTeX? + +Another powerful package which allows the typesetting of orchestral and +polifonic music is MusicTeX, written by Daniel Taupin. + +The main difference between MuTeX and MusicTeX is that + - MusicTeX deals with multiple staves (staffs?) + - MuTeX produces a nicer output. + +The reason that MuteX produces nicer output seems to be that it can +handle only single-staff music and therefore can easier put glue +between the notes. A second reason is that it makes "real" slurs and not +some sort of rotated brackets (braces, ...). But MusicTeX is getting +better and better because Daniel Taupin maintains it whilst nearly +nobody continues the development of MuTeX + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +02 Where can I get MuTeX and MusicTeX? + +Most up to date version of musictex: + + rsovax.ups.circe.fr directory [anonymous.musictex] + +Different versions of MuTeX and MusicTeX are available from many other +sites, including: + ftp.stolaf.edu /pub/mutex/MuTeX.tar.Z + ftp.stolaf.edu /pub/mutex/MuTeX_doc.tar.Z + ftp.gmd.de /music/mutex/mutex.zip + ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au /pub/tex/MuTeX.tar.Z + clouso.crim.ca /pub/MuTeX.tar.Z + sol.cs.ruu.nl /pub/TEX/mtex.tar.Z + +MusicTeX + ftp.stolaf.edu /pub/mutex/musictex-4.31.tar.Z + ftp.gmd.de /music/musictex/musictex.zip + /music/musictex/musictex-nnn.tar.Z + alfred.ccs.carleton.ca /pub/tex/MusicTeX.tar.Z + aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de /tex/musictex.tar.Z + bach.cs.umb.edu /pub/tex/musictex.tar.Z + cs.dal.ca /pub/comp.archives/musictex + emx.utexas.edu /pub/mnt/source/tex/musictex.tar.Z + forwiss.uni-passau.de /pub/tex/macros/musictex.tar.Z + iraun1.ira.uka.de /tex/musictex.tar.Z + kth.se /tex/umb/musictex.tar.Z + wraith.cs.uow.edu.au /cache/ftp.cs.umb.edu/pub/tex/musictex.tar.Z + qed.rice.edu /pub/musictex.tar.Z + sol.cs.ruu.nl /TEX/musictex.tar.Z + srawgw.sra.co.jp /.a/sranha/arch/arch/comp.archives/musictex + srawgw.sra.co.jp /.a/sranha/arch/arch/comp.archives/music/notation/musictex + +Other Related Stuff + arisia.xerox.com /pub/musictexdemo.PS + athene.uni-paderborn.de /pcsoft/amiga/tex/fonts/musictex.lzh + nz20.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de /pub/pctex/texutl/macros/musictex.lzh + ftp.gmd.de /music/midi2tex/... midi to MusicTeX + +For those without FTP access, you can e-mail to: + + mail-server@cs.ruu.nl TEX/musictex.tar.Z +or + +(Submitted by: dgold@basso.actrix.gen.nz (Dale Gold)) + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +03 Where are the archives of the MuTeX mailing list? + +Archives for the MuTeX mailing list are available via anonymous FTP from: + ftp.stolaf.edu:/pub/mutex/archive (actual size: 0.5 MB!) + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +04 With MusicTeX I get notes and beams, but they are badly aligned, + beams and slurs are offset to the right etc. + +Remove all unnecessary spaces, i.e. ALL (all, not most of them) +spaces which do not follow a TeX or MusicTeX control sequence. E.g.: +do not write \qu h | \ibu0i3 \qu b \qu c \enotes +but \qu h|\ibu0i3\qu b\qu c\enotes + +\relax at the end of each line not ending with \enotes + +Answer thanks to TAUPIN@FRUPS51.bitnet + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +05 I obtained easily the .TEX files but the .PK and .TFM are wrong. + +You probably forgot to say BINARY to your ftp before GETting the binary files. +As a rule the .TEX and .STY are ASCII, as well as the .MF. But the .PK, .ZIP, +.TFM and (for VMS) .BCK files must be transferred in BINARY + +Answer thanks to TAUPIN@FRUPS51.bitnet + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +06 There is no documentation with MusicTeX. + +There is one, named musicdoc.tex. You may process it by plain TeX after +installing the tfm-files from the distribution. The result is musicdoc.dvi +-- which is in the distribution, too. Print it with you favourite dvi-driver. +If you do not have all fonts, put dummy ones and read the text. It will not +be beautiful, but still informative... + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +07 I run MusicTeX on SUNOS (or some other big computer) but I have + memory problems with MSDOS + +Two solutions: + a) insert compulsory line breaks (\alaligne) and page breaks (\alapage) + b) use Eberhardt Mattes's bigtex (btex286) (or the beta-test version + of tex386 if you have at least a 386-machine) + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +08 Where's the glue? it's not clear to me when to use or not use \temps + or just what it really does. + +Glue occurs each time you say \barre or \temps or \alaligne or \alapage +\temps is used to put glue between groups of notes. You can disable it +and look how ugly it looks... + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +09 When and why do you really need to put \relax at the end of a line? + +Put \relax at end of lines whenever the last item is not a control +sequence. Because in this case the spaces are swallowed by TeX as a +final part of the control sequence. Thus I use \relax when I need +a control sequence to swallow end of line spaces (and new line code). + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +10 What are the advantages or disadvantages of using ^ instead of \sh? + Is one more flexible, or is it just a matter of typing style? + +The ^ is used within collective coding, \sh is used outside. + + You may write \sh k\qu k + or \qu$^k + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +11 How can I put something somewhere in the MusicTeX staffs. + +Read the musicdoc and use \zcharnote\244<pitch>\207\244<what-you-like>\207 +If you want it spacing use \charnote\244...\207\244...\207 +Within those macros you can put anything, including maths +below, in the middle of, above the staffs. To be used inside +tne \notes....\enotes. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +12 I cannot print notice.tex with american paper. + + don't print it :-) you have an old version. New versions of + MusicTeX contain musicdoc.dvi a LaTeX-document which fits + on american paper. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +13 How can I make triplets? + +It's already in musictex.tex, but without the `slur' you wanted. \xtuplet +is the routine that puts a number under your beam, and the line: + + \def\triolet{\xtuplet3}% + +will provide you with a number under or over your beam and it could be +adapted for sextuplets or anything else. This will make you a nice +triplet: + + \Notes\ibl0j0\triolet M\qb0{jk}\tbl0\qb0j\enotes + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +14 How can I offset vertically the rests, in order to avoid collision + with beams or other notes in polyphonic music: + +Write \raise <n>\internote\ds + or \raise <n>\internote\soupir + + All rests are \hbox-es, so you can prefix them with \raise <dimension> + The <dimension> (or <n>\internote or <n>\Interligne) can be negative. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + |