ENOMA W orkshop – The Grieg Academy, UiB 26 May 2006

1. ENOMA Workshop –The Grieg Academy, UiB 26 May 2006 User requirements for ENOMA. Existing, comparable systems for music documentation Leif Arne Rønningen and Lars Erik Løvhaug NTNU ENOMA - European Network of Online Musical Archives

2. Who are the users? • Researchers/musicologists • Performers • Composers/Editors of music • Students of music • Teachers of music • General public • Service Providers ENOMA - European Network of Online Musical Archives

3. From interviews, the following user needs have been found: • The system shall hold written information about the music (meta information) • The system should function as a “record company” for universities and university colleges. • The system should function as a sound and sheet music archive. • The system should be expandable to span several universities and countries. • Material can be made available under restrictions such that only some users or user groups can access it. • The system should support keeping track of the quality of published material. • The system should support conference groups. ENOMA - European Network of Online Musical Archives

4. Users can choose to listen directly to the music or download the music. • It should be possible to listen to previews of notated music. • Artists or groups can use the system to publish music. • The system should automatically generate lists of “best sellers” • The system should show the latest released material. • Material listings can be sorted by category. • Material can be commented by other users by logging in and comment or write an analysis of the material. • Users can log in and grade material. The system should store the grades and generate lists of popular material. • The system should hold information about composers ENOMA - European Network of Online Musical Archives

5. The main features of ENOMA –derived from user needs and existing systems • The system shall permit the publishing of music in the form of sound and sheet music [required] • The system may permit the publishing of music in the form of video. [optional] • The published material shall be available for todays performers and researchers [required] • The system shall have central server. [Required] • The server shall have an access control system. [Required] • The system shall have different user groups. [Required] ENOMA - European Network of Online Musical Archives

6. The central server shall maintain the user groups. [Required] • The access control system may include payment for services. [Optional] • The server shall contain a library. [Required]. • The library must be user friendly. [Required] • The ENOMA system shall provide a specified quality of service [Required]. ENOMA - European Network of Online Musical Archives

7. The following search methods should be possible in a full implementation: • Metadata field matching • Free text search • Visual collaging • Query by example – On-screen Piano Keyboard • Query by example – Tap Rhythm • Query by example – Whistle or Sing a Tune in the Computer Microphone • Query by example – Melodic Contour Search – both using normal Parsons code and refined contour • Query by example – Pitch Sequence Search • Query by example – Scale Degree Search • Query by example – Interval Search • Melodic Key and mode (minor, major, etc.) • Meter ENOMA - European Network of Online Musical Archives

8. Metadata description • It should be possible to search for material based on terms like composer, style, price, name of the composition, artists, groups, instruments, year, free text etc. • The meta-information should comply with standards for digital libraries to ensure compatibility with similar archives so that it is possible to search through multiple archives at the same time ENOMA - European Network of Online Musical Archives

9. Music notation, formats • Midi (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) • Text based • A standard ’signalling’ language for playing synths • Guido • Text based notation format for scores and music • LilyPond http://www.lilypond.org/web/ • Text based notation • Translates to various (graphics) formats (PDF, SVG, Midi,,) • Free software (GNU) • MusicXML http://www.recordare.com/xml.html • XML based format for score representation • Exchange between the large number of different existing formats • Various players and converters available (MusicRain) • Supported by e.g. Finale and Sibelius • Other,,, ENOMA - European Network of Online Musical Archives

10. Digital audio • Recorded and coded with a certain quality • Compressed • Lossless • Lossy (MP3,..,) • Uncompressed (WAV, AIFF,..,) ENOMA - European Network of Online Musical Archives

11. Some on-line Music Systems • Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL)http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page • Based on Web Wiki, for free • Download Musical score – .PDF • Listen – Midi only • Some Finale and Sibelius • Searching facilities • The Mutopia Projecthttp://www.mutopiaproject.org • Web based, for free • LilyPond format • Download score – .ps, .PDF, .ly • Listen – Midi only • Searching ENOMA - European Network of Online Musical Archives

12. Musipedia.orghttp://www.musipedia.org • MySQL database, TYPO3 content management • LilyPond/ Midi • Download score – .ps, .PDF, .ly • Listen – Midi only • Searching – humming, melodic contour, rythm tap, keyboard • The Indiana University Digital Library Program (DLP),Music collectionshttp://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/ • Musical score • Download music • Searching ENOMA - European Network of Online Musical Archives

13. Themefinder, Stanford Univ, Ohio State Univ. http://www.ccarh.org/themefinder/ • Themefinder search tool http://www.themefinder.org • Advanced Search • ,,,,, ENOMA - European Network of Online Musical Archives

14. Content management systems • MediaWiki http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki • For free • PHP scripting – process and display data • MySQL database system • Any webserver (Apache2) and operating system • TYPO3,,,,,, • Payment systems • Paypal,http://www.paypal.com/ • KOPEK,http://www.fastsearch.com/ • Payex • ,,,,, ENOMA - European Network of Online Musical Archives

15. Virtual Collaboration Games Business Education Concerts Opera Theatre Future TV Leif Arne Rønningen, 19sep05 DMP – Distributed Multimedia Plays ENOMA and networked collaborations LAR 1998 ENOMA - European Network of Online Musical Archives