Klarinet Archive - Posting 000289.txt from 2006/09

From: "Joseph H. Fasel" <jhf@-----.gov>
Subj: Re: [kl] my apologies
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:28:08 -0400

I've been meaning to try Lilypond out, but haven't gotten around to it
yet, so I do not speak from experience, but it looks as if Rosegarden
(one of the Lilypond front ends) does playback and midi sequencing, as
well as gui input:

http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/

Cheers,
--Joe

On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 13:37, Joseph Wakeling wrote:
> Stephen C. Moore wrote:
> > I have played around with Lilypond and have found it to be chock full
> > of features and capable of producing beautiful scores. However, it is
> > not what you'd call user friendly. There have been several attempts
> > at making front ends for Lilypond (the one that comes to mind is
> > MusicTex) but they are not interactive in the way Finale or Sibelius
> > are. Since lilypond really only takes data and compiles it into a
> > score, I'm not sure if this environment is convenient for score
> > playback, live experimentation, etc.
>
> Yes, this is exactly what I see as missing too, although you can compile
> to MIDI from Lilypond.
>
> On the other hand, I wonder if for pure experimentation something
> altogether different might be more worthwhile, like some of the audio
> sequencers. I don't know; it's been a while since I've really engaged
> with computer composition tools.
>
>
>
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