Perhaps we're getting off-topic a bit, but is there actually a midi sequencer in the open source world that one could call 'fantastic' and is as reliable as Ardour has been so far?
So far I've always bumped on applications that are buggy as hell, still in development, unmaintained, limited in features or not able to follow new technologies etc... I've tried out seq24, qtractor, rosegarden, muse, I even tried openoctave, but all have failed in my tests or requirements. Rosegarden came out best, but as I said, with lot's of issues (latency in playback and recording, crashes, it even manages to crash my XV88, which is connected with a midi cable, softsynths that don't work, crashing my audiofire12 on exit...) I'd love to hear about such an app. About Ardour 3, it might be limited and look weird for midi indeed, but when stable, it will at least be stable and do what it has to do, record, edit and playback midi. Never recommend beta-stage software to unexperienced people though, certainly not newbies in linux audio, and certainly not to do real work, beta is beta and you can almost count on it you'll have crashes, data loss etc... For writing scores I use lilypond, a very steep learning curve, but superb output, even better then it's propietary alternatives that have a gui and drag and drop system. Otherwise Musescore is a good alternative, though it has some limitations. grtz, Bart http://www.bartart3d.be/ On facebook <https://www.facebook.com/pages/BartArt3D/169488999795102> On Twitter <https://twitter.com/#%21/Bart_Issimo> On Identi.ca <http://identi.ca/bartart3d> On Google+ <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/116379400376517483499/> 2012/5/31 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> > On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 08:56 +0200, bart deruyter wrote: > > That means a midi and audio capable DAW. > > > > All of it in Ardour? > > Ardour2 is for audio only and Ardour 3 for audio and MIDI. While Ardour2 > is the best software for audio, Ardour3 for MIDI still has got serious > lacks. I'm an old school MIDI user from the 80's, for MIDI (with less > audio) I recommend to use Qtractor. > > > That's new to me, well, with Ardour 3 yes, but without a printable > > score. The official release isn't out yet... it's still beta. It has > > midi support though. > > Dunno which Linux app is the best to print scores, but Rosegarden is for > audio, MIDI and MIDI score and perhaps one of the most used > "sequencers". > > > Rosegarden does it all, and with a score. But I'm not a fan of it... I > > had too many issues with it, but it might work out well for you. > > +1 > > > My guess is, wait for Ardour 3 to release a stable version, download, > > install (installer is really easy) and try it out. Then you'll have a > > audio/midi recording app of huge quality. > > IMO at the moment the way MIDI is implemented is a little bit bizarre. > > - Ralf > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >
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