>From Chris Cannam on Friday, 2004-01-09 at 10:36:28 +0000: > On Friday 09 Jan 2004 10:03 am, Conrad Newton wrote: > > From Chris Cannam on Friday, 2004-01-09 at 09:06:19 +0000: > > > Rosegarden does need JACK for audio, yes. If you only want MIDI > > > and notation -- and when I say MIDI I include the ability to > > > drive ALSA soft synths such as Timidity, qsynth or Fluidsynth -- > > > then you can build it happily without JACK or run a JACK-built > > > version without running jackd. > > > > I'm not sure that I understand this comment, although it sounds > > quite interesting. Are you saying that I should rebuild the > > program without JACK? Or that via a softsynth I can use the > > program anyway, without running jackd? > > If you only want to use Rosegarden to edit MIDI and score and to play > to and record from MIDI devices, whether they're soundcard synths, > hardware such as keyboards, or soft-synths, then you don't need to > compile with JACK or run jackd. MIDI and score support in Rosegarden > are stronger than audio support at the moment anyway, so this might > not be too much of a loss. So, for example, you will be able to > import MIDI files, edit them as score, record additional tracks from > a MIDI keyboard, arrange and play the results through a separate > qsynth or a soundcard synth, drive other MIDI applications such as > Hydrogen, etc; you just won't be able to record the results as audio > back into Rosegarden, or add audio samples to your composition. > <snip> Thank you for your very careful clarification of all the issues surrounding the use of rosegarden. I will go back and have a second look at this program. Conrad
