> > > I have just installed the Planet on my linux partition and have > started in to reading the jack and alsa user documentation. > > I want to do some basic composition and aranging in midi. I was > thinking that I would use MusE with Fluidsynth and various > soundfonts. At this point I am not trying to input any external > signals from guitars, hardware synths, mics, etc. > > I noticed that MusE gives an option to use Alsa only or to use > Jack (which I assume would be in combination with Alsa as a > driver). Any opinions whether it is worth going to the trouble > of learning to use jack with MusE to import, modify, create and > playback midi tracks? > > Thanks, > > Barton Barton, First, jack is very easy to use from a user's point of view, so that should not be a problem if you find you need it. Frankly, for what you are suggesting you want to start out doing (just FluidSynth) I would not bother with Jack immediately, but if you find yourself needing more than one soft synth, then using Jack is a very easy way to do it. Cheers, Mark
