PSTune - a easy way to create music

[Sajut]

I wrote a little script to create music for planeshift without starting the client. And also without clicking around in the editor
Its hopfully an fast an easy way to bring new music to planeshift.

The "translator" is written in PHP so you need a working php installation. If you like i can build an online converter.

short syntax overview:
comment line = !
note = [b/#]<pitch><octave>-<duration>[.]
chord = ([b/#]<pitch><octave> [b/#]<pitch><octave> ...)-<duration>[.]
pause = p<duration>
repeat start = RS
repeat end = R<repertitions>
Duration is "1" for whole note, "2" for half note, "4" for quarter note, "8" for eighth note, "16" for sixteenth note.

the file structure
1. line -> Title
2. line -> <tonality> <beat> <BPM>
3. line -> measure 1.
4. line -> measure 2.
... line -> measure ...
99. line -> measure 99.

Download (including a detailed description and two examples): http://files.sajut.de/pstune.zip.

One of the examples:

! !=Comment
!Title
rocky road
!tonality, beat, tempo
2 9/8 120
!begin
rs d5-8 f5-8 d5-8 c5-4 h4-8 a4-4 a4-8
e4-4 a4-8 a4-4 a4-8 h4-8 c5-8 d5-8
e5-8 f5-8 e5-8 d5-4 h4-8 a4-4 c5-8
h4-4 a4-8 g4-4 a4-8 h4-8 c5-8 d5-8 r1
!
rs e5-4 a5-8 a5-4 f5-8 g5-4 h5-8
e5-4 a5-8 a5-4 a4-8 h4-8 c5-8 d5-8
e5-4 a5-8 a5-4 f5-8 f5-4 e5-8
d5-4 h4-8 g4-4 a4-8 h4-8 c5-8 d5-8
!
e5-4 a5-8 a5-4 f5-8 g5-4 d5-8
e5-4 a5-8 a5-4 a4-8 h4-8 c5-8 d5-8
e5-8 f5-8 g5-8 f5-8 g5-8 a5-8 g5-8 f5-8 e5-8
d5-4 h4-8 g4-4 a4-8 h4-8 c5-8 d5-8
!
e5-8 c5-8 a4-8 e5-8 c5-8 a4-8 a4-4 a5-8
e5-8 c5-8 a4-8 e5-8 c5-8 g4-8 h4-8 c5-8 d5-8
e5-8 c5-8 a4-8 e5-8 c5-8 a4-8 a5-4 c5-8
e5-4 h4-8 g4-4 a4-8 h4-8 c5-8 d5-8
!
e5-8 c5-8 a4-8 e5-8 c5-8 a4-8 a4-4 a5-8
e5-8 c5-8 a4-8 e5-8 c5-8 g4-8 h4-8 c5-8 d5-8
e5-8 f5-8 g5-8 f5-8 g5-8 a5-8 g5-8 f5-8 e5-8
e5-4 h4-8 g4-4 a4-8 h4-8 c5-8 d5-8 r1

and the generated xml file.
http://files.sajut.de/rocky_road.xml


P.S.: The code is ready to use but might have some bugs. Please report them 

[Gilrond]

If you can, better rewrite it in some standalone language (Ruby, Python etc.), to make the script more accessible.

[Sajut]

I can try it with c, but it would take some time....

[LigH]

It may not be hard to write a little HTML form user interface around it, for someone with access to a web server...

[Sajut]

It may not be hard to write a little HTML form user interface around it, for someone with access to a web server...

http://pstune.sajut.de/index.php should do the job

[Eonwind]

Nice job Sajut

A little news from the development team: Lucubro (our awesome music man ) is back again and is partly rewriting the music plugin, in the the future fixes the engine will be more compatible with the standard music XML format.

[Gilrond]

Eonwind: That's great! Standards are here exactly to avoid making convertors