l?rdagen den 31 januari 2004 23.23 skrev Florin Andrei: > I know there were some discussions not too long ago about sequencers, > but i'd like to ask the questions in a slightly different way. > > I'm looking for a decent sequencer for Linux. It's not required to be a > "Logic/Cubase/Pro Tools/Sonar killer" (although it would be great :-D), > but i'd like it to perform a few basic tasks well. > On account of MusE: > Must-have features: > - record and play multiple MIDI tracks check > - record and play multiple sound tracks check > - MIDI and sound must be able to blend freely in a project (i.e. record > and play arbitrary combinations of MIDI and sound tracks simultaneously) check > - overdub multiple sound tracks into one (or two) check (not sure what you mean about two, stereo?) > - fine-grained MIDI editing (edit individual keystrokes' parameters such > as velocity, timing adjustments) check > - automatic tool to move slightly off-beat keystrokes to a fixed > temporal grid which is defined in the program (therefore making "perfect > performance" timing-wise) check > - sound editing abilities (features such as "snap to pass-through-zero" > would be nice) not yet I think > - LADSPA filters check > - play a metronome through a MIDI or sound channel check > - works with JACK and ALSA check > - does not crash well...um....perhaps? :) > > Nice-to-have features: > - the editors (MIDI, sound) and, generally, the whole app must be > user-friendly and inspiration-friendly :-) (when the inspiration > possesses you, it's not a good thing to start fumbling through some > crappy interface and make a thousand mouse clicks just to do some > trivial operation - every second lost is precious) This is very much from person to person... MusE is not always intuitive so you always know how to do things, which might be a problem for new users (asking on the mailinglist is recommended), though, when you know how things are done it's generally done swiftly... my opinion, of course. > - music notation at the moment yes, but I think it is removed in cvs, don't know if it will reappear. There are external packages that do a good job with this anyways. > - some kind of interoperability with related apps of course, lots. > > Essentially, in the free software world, it's either Muse or Rosegarden. > Has any of you extensive experience with both applications? Which one is > a better fit for the description above? Being very much biased I'm not the one to compare, it works the way I like it in muse... I suggest you try both to get a feel for it yourself. In the end it's the details that either work for you or against you. /Robert
