Programs donated by users

We maintain a repository for programs that have been donated by users and may be useful in connection with Mup. THEY ARE PROVIDED AS IS. ARKKRA ENTERPRISES MAKES THEM AVAILABLE AS A SERVICE, BUT PROVIDES NO SUPPORT AND DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY.

If you have a program you would like to donate, send us email at

User-donated programs include:

• mtmA MIDI-to-Mup converter
• midi2mup (Unix format gzip-ed tar file) or midi2mup (DOS format zip file). Another MIDI-to-Mup converter program.
• spkrmidi - play simple MIDI files on computer speaker for UNIX SV_R4 or Linux x86 systems.
• guitar - an "include" file that expands chord names into guitar chord notes. This is especially useful for MIDI, because you can hear how a guitar chord part will sound without having to write out all the individual notes.
• grids - an "include" file that defines guitar grids.
• grids2 - file that defines grids for ukulele, baritone ukulele, guitar, mandolin, and banjo.
• gen_midi - Mup macros for specifying General MIDI instruments by name. (An alternate set of macros for the same purpose is available here.)
• tabstems - Mup macros for drawing stems, beams, and bow marks on tablature staffs.
• mup2smufl.json (translation from Mup music symbol names and SMuFL symbol names), smufl2mup.json (translation from SMuFL symbol names to Mup music symbol names), and mup2smufl.txt (information about the json files).
• mup.pats - Mup syntax pattern file for nedit
• mup.vim - Mup syntax pattern file for vim
• mupfont.tgz - A collection of Quikscript files for use with Mup, and an extracted standalone version of the Mup music font.
• mupxpnd.l - expand a 2-staff condensed vocal score to a 4-staff vocal score.
• splitvoices - ksh script that takes staffs with a single voice and splits the chords into two voices.
• pssubset.c - extract a subset of pages to print from a PostScript file.
• mididelay.c - add delay to specified tracks of a MIDI file
• abc2mup - convert abc format to Mup format
• program to take voices in PocketSynth format and convert them to a Mup file which can then be edited on a PalmPilot or exported to a desktop for printing or playing.
• package that helps put music fragments created with Mup into LaTeX documents
• A collection of python scripts for manipulating Mup files, and some Mup macro definitions. These include:
  • Mup-Template: A simple python script that creates a "blank" Mup score.
  • Mup-Score-Renumber: A simple python script that renumbers comments in a Mup score.
  • Mup Accompaniment: A not-so-simple python script that analyzes a Mup score and adds a bass line to it.
  • Mp -- Mup Print and Display: A python script to process, display, and print scores. Supports various keys and transpositions for different instruments.
  • Macros for accordion music. If you are planning on writing any music for the accordion, these files will be useful. They add the ability to print the "circles with dots" used to denote the switches in accordion music via macros.

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