
			       MICROABC
		      Hudson Lacerda (2006-2007)

microabc  is  a free  software  which  generates  macros to  represent
microtonal music  in ABC notation.  It  is intended for  use along the
preprocessor   abcpp,   although  it   contains   a  simple   built-in
preprocessor, able to convert  delimited macros and to provide support
for Sagittal  Notation System.  The preprocessed ABC  code is suitable
for  abcm2ps  and/or  abcMIDI.   Other  related tools  are  scala  and
timidity++ (for the  programs refered to, see links  below, at the end
of this file).

The  program reads  commands and  data, and  outputs a  list  of macro
definitions. The file ``microabc.txt'' describes features and usage.

Software you probably will need:
- abcpp-1.3.2 (or newer)
- abcm2ps-4.3.2 (or newer)
- abcMIDI-2006-01-31 (or newer)

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==LINKS==

microabc
	http://br.geocities.com/hfmlacerda/abc/microabc-about.html

ABC music notation
	<http://abcnotation.org>
	<http://abc.sourceforge.net>
	<http://abcplus.sourceforge.net>
	<http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/hfmlacerda/>

abcpp - ABC preprocessor
	<http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/#abcpp>

abcm2ps - ABC to PostScript (staff notation)
	<http://moinejf.free.fr>

abc2midi - ABC to MIDI (abcMIDI package)
	<http://ifdo.pugmarks.com/%7Eseymour/runabc/top.html>

Sagittal - A Microtonal Notation System
	<http://users.bigpond.net.au/d.keenan/sagittal/>

scala - Editor, librarian, and analysis tool for musical tunings
	<http://www.xs4all.nl/~huygensf/scala/>

timidity++ -  MIDI-to-WAVE converter and player
	<http://timidity.sourceforge.net/>

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==AUTHOR==

Hudson Flávio Meneses Lacerda
	<mailto:hfml@brfree.com.br>
	<http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/hfmlacerda/>

