On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:40:17 -0500 "S. Massy" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > One important way in which I have made music on Linux in the past is > using text-to-midi software to create tracks. The software I used back > then, and have used occasionally in the past few years, is midge[1], a > text-to-midi programme written in perl with a strong emphasis on > randomisation (randomised timing, weighted random note selection, random > block selection, etc.). Allas, it does not appear to have been updated > in nearly six years now, and, though it still works fine for my > purposes, I'm wondering whether I should switch to something new before > diving back into text sequencing. Does anyone know of other such > programmes offering similar randomisation features? I've heard good > things of Bob Van Der Poel's mma, but its focus seems more on templating > styles and quick composition: is that correct? > > Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated, as always. > > Cheers, > S.M. > > 1. http://www.undef.org.uk/code/midge/ Yes, use Laborejo (www.laborejo.org) without the GUI, by writing text/command files. You will, essentially, write a very high level Python source file which instructs Laborejo to generate a midi file. Plus you get Lilypond/PDF with one line more. It can do most of the "Current Features" listed on the midge website, and more. I see details which it cannot do, but I have the infrastructure to include these in a very short amount of time. Contact me in the irc channel #laborejo on irc.freenode.org or use the http://www.laborejo.or forum, but IRC will be better for an initial talk, so I can see what you really want to do. Nils _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
