On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Brett McCoy wrote: >> I never did that, but I do come with classical background and writing >> classical score by drawing sticks in MIDI editor and not being able to >> work on actual notation sounds like a joke to me. Especially since RG >> is able to show several tracks in one notation editor which you cannot >> do with matrix editor. Being able to edit data for multiple tracks >> simultaneously simply rocks. > > That is one aspect of the using the matrix editor that is kind of > limiting, it would be nice if you could have selected regions all show > up together (in different colors, of course) like they do in the > notation editor. I don't know many MIDI apps that will show multiple > tracks in the matrix editor (Digital Performer might, it seems to be > popular with MIDI orchestrators).
This is one of the things that Ardour3 seems to be getting right :) > Getting back to MIDI orchestration, knowing how to write notation for > live players is an essential skill for an orchestrator, but that is > separate from knowing how to do MIDI orchestration, which involves a > lot more than just knowing the music theory and the notation. Very few > notation editors will do "What you hear is what you see", and you > still need to fix up the MIDI to do things like crescendos, > dimenuendos, articulations (which may require multiple tracks, key > switches, etc, even though you would not notate it this way), > expression, etc. And having a good sample playback engine and good > samples is essential also. And this is where I'm probably missing background. Was there any discussion about contributing to RG ins some way instead? I do realize that I'm probably starting a flamewar, but curiosity of a worst kind is something I always had measured in tons available to be be shared with anyone without will :) Alexandre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
