For years, composers and producers have used complex tools to digitally score music. Developer Dave Yarwood wants to change all that with Alda, a new programming language he created to help people write scores with little to no coding experience.
Yarwood found GUI-based scoring and production tools like Sibelius distracting and limiting when it came to actually penning music. Alda strips all that away and presents users with a simple syntax that they can use to compose MIDI scores in a text editor, without the need to learn a new software interface.
A basic score with its syntax in Alda
Alda supports commands for various note lengths, accidentals, multiple instruments and more. In its current state, its a handy tool for basic notation, but features like key transposition and repeats are still in the works.
Yarwood has written up a detailed guide to Alda, and says that he has plans to extend its scope to support samples and sounds beyond the General MIDI sound set it currently uses.
Alda [GitHub]
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/09/07/alda-is-a-new-programming-language-that-lets-you-compose-music-in-a-text-editor/
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