Chris Cannam <cannam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Greg Reddin wrote: > > Rosegarden (latest stable version as of 7/15 - forgot the number) > > Probably 0.9.1. > > > [...] I don't like the fact that you have to start your synths > > externally from the application. > > I personally (as a RG developer) like this aspect; it means that > you treat every synth in the same way and the program behaves > more or less identically whether you're using soft synths or > hardware synths. For a long time I've been moaning to people > (and to the LAD list, on occasion) that I'd like to see a > standalone GUI app specifically for managing soft synths: to me > that would be better than doing so from within the sequencer. They {Cakewalk} did mention {project page} the possibility of porting this to linux a while back. http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/Project5/system.asp :} This would rock. I've no idea what's up with that. > In the absence of such a thing, Rosegarden probably will acquire > the ability to start and stop synths at some point. I'm not > sure whether we'll ever go to the extent of running them in- > process like (I think) MusE does. > > In principle LADCCA should take care of this kind of thing for > you (restoring soft-synth connection state etc), but Rosegarden > doesn't support it (or vice versa) yet. > > > you could only record one track at a time. The main thing I disliked > > about RG was the lack of a mixer window (maybe I just haven't found > > it yet). > > No, there isn't one. Something of the sort is planned for 1.0 > but it's not there yet. > > > Chris > >