rtfm i know! and found solution: init :double-dotted-notes NILhi, i would rather use decimals for durational values but the quantization wont make it look clean... example below any idea what i am doing wrong? i'm using the latest tarball many thanks rob decimal v fraction example: (init :output ((:musicxml-finale :filename "draft-clarinet-piece.xml")(:lilypond :view t))); init :filename "draft-clarinet-piece"; (init :title "work for clarinet and 4-channel tape" :subtitle "draft score" :composer "rob canning"); TIMESIG :OFF 0 :TIME (4 4); init :verbose 2; part 1 :name "clarinet" :instr :bf-clarinet; (note 1 :off 0 :notes (66) :dur 0.33333 :marks (:ignore :p :ignore)) ; (note 1 :off 0.33333 :notes (66) :dur 0.33333 :marks (:ignore :p :ignore)) ; (note 1 :off 0.66666 :notes (67) :dur 0.33333 :marks (:ignore :p :ignore)) ; (note 1 :off 1 :notes (67) :dur 1 :marks (:ignore :p :ignore)) ; (note 1 :off 2 :notes (70) :dur 1/3 :marks (:ignore :p :ignore)); (note 1 :off 2.333 :notes (64) :dur 1/3 :marks (:ignore :p :ignore)) ; (note 1 :off 2.666 :notes (65) :dur 1/3 :marks (:ignore :p :ignore)) ; (note 1 :off 3 :notes (67) :dur 1 :marks (:ignore :p :ignore)) ; ----------------------------------------------------------------- Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts _______________________________________________ fomus-devel mailing list fomus-devel@common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fomus-devel-------------------------------- www.robcanning.info -------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts