Tom,
as Lorenzo said, freedom comes at a price ;o)
I think RG can do what you want easily (I have no vested interest btw).
There is no need to mess up your established audio setup if you use the
alsa layer only.
Here's what I recommend:
1. Use fluidsynth standalone with alsa ( -a alsa) (no jack req'd). RG
will recognise FS when RG starts.
2. Create your compositions using midi tracks in RG and send the output
through fluidsynth (manage midi devices, track params etc).
3. RG is probably the your best bet for manipulating scores.
4. Play your compositions in RG and simultaneously record them from the
alsa interface using 'arecord'
You will now have a score and matching sound file for your work.
Regards,
Chuck.
On 08/02/2021 1:05 pm, Tom Peters wrote:
Chuck, Michael, Lorenzo:
thank you very much for your input.
Michael, Lorenzo, I share your sentiment. I think it is fair now in
the 22nd year of the 21st century to expect from a computer application:
1) that the package management system like apt is configured that an
application will get all its dependencies so that it will actually work;
2) that an application is configured with sensible defaults so that it
actually works out of the box.
Rosegarden or in any case its Debian&Ubuntu packages apparently fail
on these two points.
Also sound is working now on my computer for VLC media player and
browser, and I am afraid to break that if I insert all these new
things. I already had my audio output turned off for lack of an output
device, and I had to reboot to get it back again.
That said, I wonder if you can recommend a simpler and more complete
alternative. What I have been looking for is a tool to generate scores
and accompanying sound files to study scales and tunings, as examples
for my website on music theory
(http://arpeters.net/Nederlandse_paginas/Muziekleer/Inhoud.htm : in
Dutch). So nothing fancy with multiple tracks and driving an expensive
synthesizer. From the description, Rosegarden would be able to do
that, but from my initial experience I wonder if it isn't too heavy.
Any suggestions for alternatives?
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