I'm still using MUP http://www.arkkra.com/ ... I don't figure I'm dumb at all, but I can't get my brain around lilypond :) There's a review somewhere on my web page as well: http://mellowood.ca/mup/index.html ethan a young wrote: > linux-audio-user-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Message: 27 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:34:16 +0100 From: ben > <brouits@xxxxxxx> Subject: Re: NtEd To: > linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Message-ID: > <4992FE08.3050704@xxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Laura Conrad a ?crit : > >>>>>>>>>>>>> "ethan" == ethan a young <ethan.y.us@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>>>>>> >>> ethan> What has other's experiences been so far with these new and >>> ethan> developing programs? >>> >>> I use lilypond and have used ABC in the past. You can use rosegarden >>> or musescore as a frontend to lilypond, but I haven't been very >>> successful doing it. I have an emacs program that takes MIDI keyboard >>> input and puts lilypond notes in the buffer, and I can use >>> point-and-click on the xpdf screen to get back to my emacs buffer. >>> >>> I don't claim that this is as easy to set up as a GUI would be, but >>> given all the options you want for a full-featured notation editor, >>> for me anything that works with emacs is easier to use than anything >>> that doesn't. >>> >> >> >> Following the thread, i admit i still do not have made my choice: >> i stared by using denemo with lilypond output, then switched to write >> lilypond or ABC with vim, and have recently given a try with nted. I >> noticed nted has a good midi-output, considering ornaments and other >> expression directives. >> - ben > > i was really excited when i first discovered lilypond, but it's intimidating to get started in (hah, this coming from someone who abandoned windows and went fully to linux on a whim... :) regardless, i don't know how to make lilypond work to produce scores...i tried with the jEdit front-end, but that never worked well. > > i haven't ruled out lilypond, but it seems like programmers are most comfortable using it, and i am no programmer... > > i really like the fact that NtEd is truly WYSIWYG...even Encore was never this good, and i had to trust the printer output because the display was often corrupted comparatively. Finale looked good, but i am biased against Finale and similar programs -- tried it and it was really complicated and unintuitive for me. mouse clicks and button presses often did not do what i expected them to! > > i never looked seriously at Rosegarden -- not to say it isn't a good program. i'm sure it is :) but i didn't want a full "music composition environment." by the time i enter music into the computer, it is fully composed in my head and/or on paper :). i suspect it is the same for many composers and musicians who spend most of their time off the computer, which is why i think a program like NtEd is so important. > > i just want something that can make beautiful scores without much fuss or a steep learning curve, but with a powerful editor so i can publish and archive my compositions in a semi-professional manner. > > what features is NtEd missing? > > I put it in a similar category as Seq24: it's a simple tool, but it does what it's supposed to do very well. I think it is aimed at a different audience than RoseGarden, though. > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > -- **** Listen to my CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
