What is your favourite abc software?

[cwalshaw]

So what abc software do you like to use?
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[ronfox]

In the "other" category, I'd vote for abc2midi.

Clarification - my top favorite is definitely abcm2ps. My second most favorite is abc2midi.

Aside - this ability to edit your own posts could play havoc with replies IMO.

[ali]

ditto for abc2midi

[dglenn]

I'd put abc2midi a ways behind abcm2ps on my favourites list but well ahead of everything else. I do use three different PalmOS tools, but that's partly because none of the three do exactly what I want and each falls down in a different place. In the meantime, as someone who routinely switches between Linux, Windows, MacOS, and BSD, it's no surprise that I lean toward the easily-ported command-line apps.

[Rick]

Definitely abcm2ps.

[Banaticus]

This abcm2ps seems like it just converts abc music to PostScript. ABCexplorer converts music into both midi files and .pdf sheet music files. But, my true "abc software", what I use to actually "play" the music is Lord of the Rings Online -- it has instruments built into the game that people can learn to play and it can parse .abc files.

[Chris P]

I use AbcExplorer, which is is a front end program for PC that uses whatever package of software/version you prefer. By default it downloads abcm2ps and abc2midi, among others.

[farvardin]

I think we can't use abcm2ps without abc2midi, so I vote for both (the later should be in the poll), and for the third I chose Skink.

[cwalshaw]

I've added abcMIDI now. Chris

[cwalshaw]

Oops!!! Adding abcMIDI wiped out the previous voting - seems I've still got a bit to learn about these bulletin boards.

Fortunately, there were only 18 votes so far (abcm2ps marginally in the lead), so not too much harm done.

Sorry about that - please vote again.

And yes, I think I'm going to change the ability to modify posts.

Chris