Musiklayout

English translation: mockup

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German term or phrase:Musiklayout
English translation:mockup
Entered by: Erik Freitag

05:49 Oct 21, 2015
German to English translations [PRO]
Music / Music production
German term or phrase: Musiklayout
This term comes up a few times. The context is creating music for an advertising campaign. The "Layout" here refers to a version of the music, presumably using software, where it is still in development and the different versions are being evaluated. I suspect it is a false friend in this context. My current thinking is that it means "arrangement" but would love confirmation.

"weitere Verfeinung der beiden Musiklayouts" (there are two versions with different beats per minute)

"die technische Qualität des Layouts (wurde) verbessert und eine professionelle Stimme sowie musikalische Elemente in der Begleitung ergänzt"
Roger Matthews
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:21
mockup
Explanation:
It's not entirely clear from the context, but these probably are mockups. This is music produced with (software) samplers and other digital instruments, so different versions can be evaluated before producing the final version (with real musicians and/or more production effort).

I can safely rule out "arrangement".



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Note added at 18 mins (2015-10-21 06:08:12 GMT)
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I've found the term "MIDI mockup", although today, MIDI doesn't really play a significant role anymore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI_mockup
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Erik Freitag
Germany
Local time: 08:21
Grading comment
This is what the client went for, so thank you
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1music layout
Donald Jacobson
3 +1Track
Harry Dooner
2mockup
Erik Freitag


Discussion entries: 6





  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
mockup


Explanation:
It's not entirely clear from the context, but these probably are mockups. This is music produced with (software) samplers and other digital instruments, so different versions can be evaluated before producing the final version (with real musicians and/or more production effort).

I can safely rule out "arrangement".



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Note added at 18 mins (2015-10-21 06:08:12 GMT)
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I've found the term "MIDI mockup", although today, MIDI doesn't really play a significant role anymore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI_mockup

Erik Freitag
Germany
Local time: 08:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 68
Grading comment
This is what the client went for, so thank you
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you - particularly for ruling out arrangement. Mockup is the kind of thing I was looking for initially, and fits the context... will do some research to check

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
music layout


Explanation:
Sheet Music Design, Appearance, Layout
www.musicaleditor.com › sheet-music-de...
To design your music score you can use a large set of graphical elements. The « Design» tab in MagicScore also has ...
Piano Sheet Music - Writing Music
www.writing-music.com › piano-sheet-m...
Adjust the page layout of your piano sheet music, customize the number of measures for each staff or more generally, ...
Preparing the Score Layout for Printing - Apple
Apple › documentation › usermanual › c...
This section outlines a number of changes you can make to the overall score layout. These primarily involve display ...
[PDF]Music Preparation Guidelines for Orchestral Music - Major Orchestra ...
mola-inc.org › article › Music-Preparatio...
MOLA periodically invites representatives from music publishers to its an- nual conferences in ... the sheet music. Not all libraries have the ... advise on the format and layout of printed music, they should ...

Donald Jacobson
United States
Local time: 02:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks - as it wasn't a printed version, I was wary of this, and the client went for something else.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Erik Freitag: I'm not sure whether your suggestion will work here, but at least your references are from a completely different context (i.e. music engraving).
23 mins

agree  philgoddard: I think we have to assume the writer knows what the English word means. Software (if that's what it is) uses lots of English.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Phil!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Track


Explanation:
You often see the term track used in music production software to refer to anything from a work in progress (different versions, etc.) to the finished piece. If you take a look, for example, at Apple's Logic Pro X, you can see it used in many different contexts.


    https://www.apple.com/uk/logic-pro/in-depth/
Harry Dooner
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:21
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: This sounds like a good solution, however the client went for a different one in this case. Thank you!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Erik Freitag: Yes, that's of course more generic than the source term, but it might work well here.
16 mins

agree  Kristina Cosumano (X): Most correct or not, I can't say. But that's the term I have most often heard in the context of editing recorded music. .
2 days 7 hrs
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