Originally posted by griphon2
I have no problem with oddball time signs, unless it can be written or read more simply. This can become a major can of worms, because of the different methods of teaching.

If it works for you, and you can make it simpler for yourself great. I find it easier to manage writing it as is. Sometimes writing a 5/4 as 4/4, or as Azreal said applying one over the other, can work although it causes the measures to be uneven. You’d have to write 5 measures of 4/4 for it to work out even. Since most musical measures are in groups of 2, 4, 8, and so on. This can cause some sort of confusion.

Originally posted by griphon2
For example, there are not endless possibilities for playing one beat. Endless possibilities are not possible for humans to play. Think maybe, not play. Especially the average player.

Well there are, but most don’t sound good so nobody uses them. If your thinking strictly, every time you play something it is different in some way. This is probably why you not getting absolutely accurate interpretation from music editing software on your computer, but I think it is possible something else.

Originally posted by griphon2
It's rare to play a Waltz any more, except maybe Zydeco. To me as a writer and a reader, time signs don't say much without more info. 30 years ago, yes, today, no.
Bluesette is not a waltz. Sort of, sounds like one.

Actually 3/4 is still pretty common, obviously not as much as 4/4 but it is still used. Now 6/8 is more common though than 3/4 from what I have heard.

Originally posted by griphon2
My problem is getting the computer to notate and perform correctly. I simply want a program that can play and write evenly a 5 to 7 note figure (or rather an odd ball figure) on one beat without having to modify the time signature and tempo in the process and it sound correct.

Are you playing this on guitar first, then transcribing what your playing, or are you just writing the music?? If your doing it on guitar and using a metronome, it should be easy for you to write an polyrhythmic and have it sound exactly like you played it. That is if your writing the rhythm correctly. If your not using a metronome, two things could be the problem. One is your not getting the tempo right to start with. Which is going to cause you a crap load of frustration. Try using a metronome and then figure it out. Second is your playing very expressively, which makes the tempo fluctuate, which midi software can‘t reproduce unless you write it in by hand. Some midi software programs have event lists where you can write it in, but that‘s a pain in the neck. But it can be done.

Since we are not as advanced as we all should wish. Midi music will is never sound exactly like you want it too. Most of the synth’s don’t sound anything like the actually instrument, and the playing is so strict that there is no human quality to it. You may just be too picky about how it sounds, your going to have to sacrifice either accuracy or performance. The new and better substitute for Midi is VST instruments, they sound more realistic and the “humanize” a lot better than midi.

Originally posted by griphon2
A lot of classical composers, wrote oddball figures per beat. Bach and especially, Giulianni. G is real special about writing impromptu sections. Advanced players read and play this music like a walk in the park. You just can't walk through the park on the computer. Try taking an impromtu section of a classical guitar piece and write it within a computer and then have the computer play it correctly. One learns an awful lot about time and people's and even your own perception of it.

That's because no one can keep a completely strict tempo. Like playing ever part at 88 bpm. Tempo always fluctuates and a computer is always strict unless you tell it otherwise.