On 12/31/2013 02:12 PM, Brett McCoy wrote:
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 6:47 AM, David Santamauro
<david.santamauro@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It's been a while since I researched notation software. What are the major
players in the linux world? What is being actively maintained? What is new
and cutting edge?
MuseScore & Rosegarden are probably the most mature score editors, at
least the ones I've tried. MuseScore is more in spirit to Sibelius and
Finale, whereas Rosegarden can be used as a DAW with JACK, and
supports LADSPA & DSSI plugins, although does not yet support LV2.
Nothing beats Lilypond, though. I use it for all of my composing, not
just for printing.
... and I love lilypond as well. My side job requires midi mock-ups as
well as scores and for that I need a flexible workflow utilizing quality
software instruments. It is simply less time consuming (once the proper
templates are created) writing into a score editor, composing or
arranging and hitting play, moving things around (instrumentation-wise),
hitting play again ... something just not possible with lilypond--at
least not with the tools I'm aware of.
I spent a few hours with Rosegarden this morning and I'll probably keep
at it but it seems MuseScore comes closest to my needs.
thanks to all for the tips ...
David
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