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[Dave Woyciesjes]

On 05/31/2012 11:54 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 11:44 -0400, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>> On 05/31/2012 07:55 AM, bart deruyter wrote:
>>>
>>> For writing scores I use lilypond, a very steep learning curve, but
>>> superb output,
>>> even better then it's propietary alternatives that have a gui and drag
>>> and drop system. Otherwise Musescore
>>> is a good alternative, though it has some limitations.
>>
>>
>>
>>> 2012/5/31 Ralf Mardorf<ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
>>> <mailto:ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net>>
>>>
>>>      On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 08:56 +0200, bart deruyter wrote:
>>>       >  Rosegarden does it all, and with a score. But I'm not a fan of
>>>      it... I
>>>       >  had too many issues with it, but it might work out well for you.
>>>
>>>      +1
>>
>> 	Thanks for the info. Like I said, I'm just starting with making music
>> into song tracks; I don't care about printing out the score. So far I
>> looked at MuseScore. Seems pretty easy, need to find the instruments
>> sounds I like.
>> 	RoseGarden is next on the list to try. And I'll have a look at Lilypond
>> too.
>
> IIRC one of Rosegarden's drawbacks is that the system freeze, when
> trying to use HPET. The HPET/hrtimer might be needed to decrease MIDI
> jitter.
>
> Btw. a drawback of Qtractor is the file management. It's hard to archive
> snapshots or to play a song using different directories, e.g. to play a
> copy of the song. Rosegarden does those jobs very good. OTOH does
> Qtractor generate MIDI files, while IIRC Rosegarden has got it's own
> format.
>
	As long as I can get it to end up as mp3, I'll be happy.


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