I am writing to request space for a project to be hosted on common-list.net. The name of the project is "Fomus" (an acronym for format music). It is a program for computer music composition and is designed to work with other Lisp music programs (Rick Taube's Common Music and CCRMA's Common Music Notation in particular). The program receives "raw" data representing notes, durations and other musical parameters and outputs files in various formats to be imported into music notation programs (supported file formats include MusicXML, CMN, and Lilypond), the idea being that all decisions regarding notation such as spelling of notes, splitting and tying notes, layout of voices across staves, etc. are automated. This relieves the compute music composer of the tedious task of importing and formatting the output of his/her algorithms, facilitating artistic experimentation and allowing for quicker feedback. The program is also being written in a modular fashion so that users can choose between sets of related functions or to use only select portions of the program. It is being tested in SBCL, CMUCL, OpenMCL, Allegro and CLISP.

Project Name: Fomus License: LLGPL My Name: David Psenicka Location, Phone: Champaign, IL, (217) 390-6339

Thank you.