What notation editor do you use and why?
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What notation editor do you use and why?
What notation editor do you use and why?
I'm thinking of writing some melodies down. But that's very hard in just a simple text file (or word processor for that matter). I lean towards trying Lilypond because you can quickly make a simple text based file to convert to PDF later and it works in LaTeX too.
On the other hand Musescore's GUI looks very clear, polished and non-intimidating.
I'm thinking of writing some melodies down. But that's very hard in just a simple text file (or word processor for that matter). I lean towards trying Lilypond because you can quickly make a simple text based file to convert to PDF later and it works in LaTeX too.
On the other hand Musescore's GUI looks very clear, polished and non-intimidating.
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Re: What notation editor do you use and why?
Musescore. I've been using it since version 0.9 and version 4 looks like it's going to be fantastic.
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Re: What notation editor do you use and why?
I've been trying the nightlies.
Musescore4 looks like a serious step forward.
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Re: What notation editor do you use and why?
I use Musescore. I don't have a clear reason why as I've never tried anything else. It definitely does the job.
I don't know if other notation editors do this -- it has a soundfont that comes with it that lets you hear what you're doing. The notes sound as they are input or moved around. It's then possible to play back what you've written and hear it. If chord symbols are put in Musescore will play the chords. The sounds aren't super top quality, and I don't think they would be used in a production version, but they're good enough to hear what you're doing. jeff will be horrified to learn that Musescore works with JACK. Painlessly for me, but I'm sure jeff could make a mess of it if he put his mind to it.
As far as I know the soundfont is one of the things that is being improved in version 4.
I don't know if other notation editors do this -- it has a soundfont that comes with it that lets you hear what you're doing. The notes sound as they are input or moved around. It's then possible to play back what you've written and hear it. If chord symbols are put in Musescore will play the chords. The sounds aren't super top quality, and I don't think they would be used in a production version, but they're good enough to hear what you're doing. jeff will be horrified to learn that Musescore works with JACK. Painlessly for me, but I'm sure jeff could make a mess of it if he put his mind to it.
As far as I know the soundfont is one of the things that is being improved in version 4.
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Re: What notation editor do you use and why?
Thanks for the info. Wonder why people are extra positive about ver. 4? I've got Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and that comes w/ ver. 3.x. Is ver. 3 very different form 4? (I do not like installin software from outside of the standard repo's.)merlyn wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 12:44 pm I use Musescore. I don't have a clear reason why as I've never tried anything else. It definitely does the job.
I don't know if other notation editors do this -- it has a soundfont that comes with it that lets you hear what you're doing. The notes sound as they are input or moved around. It's then possible to play back what you've written and hear it. If chord symbols are put in Musescore will play the chords. The sounds aren't super top quality, and I don't think they would be used in a production version, but they're good enough to hear what you're doing. jeff will be horrified to learn that Musescore works with JACK. Painlessly for me, but I'm sure jeff could make a mess of it if he put his mind to it.
As far as I know the soundfont is one of the things that is being improved in version 4.
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Re: What notation editor do you use and why?
Hi there!
Once again I would like to draw your attention to "nted" see: https://vsr.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/s ... nted.xhtml
It is in debian's repos and is perfect to scetch down my ideas.
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Once again I would like to draw your attention to "nted" see: https://vsr.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/s ... nted.xhtml
It is in debian's repos and is perfect to scetch down my ideas.
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Re: What notation editor do you use and why?
Yep. Tried it, like it. It starts up super fast, is non-intimidating and can export to Lilipond (can't import it though,too bad).Babarosa wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 4:10 pm Hi there!
Once again I would like to draw your attention to "nted" see: https://vsr.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/s ... nted.xhtml
It is in debian's repos and is perfect to scetch down my ideas.
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Re: What notation editor do you use and why?
It's been a while since there was an update, which implies this is going to be a big one. Musescore has gotten better with successive updates, so the chances are version 4 will be a step up.
I haven't tried 4, 3.6 is fine for me for just now. I'll update when 4 appears in my repo, going against the "never use x.0 of anything" advice.
Re: What notation editor do you use and why?
Musescore 4
-does not support Jack anymore
-does not have sfz support anymore
-vst's do not work in Linux
and so on
https://musescore.org/en/node/334701
But is looks fantastic and is probably as good as the commercial dorico or sibelius -- which are not available for Linux anyway.
A new orchestral library "Muse Sounds" will be availlable for Linux.
-does not support Jack anymore
-does not have sfz support anymore
-vst's do not work in Linux
and so on
https://musescore.org/en/node/334701
But is looks fantastic and is probably as good as the commercial dorico or sibelius -- which are not available for Linux anyway.
A new orchestral library "Muse Sounds" will be availlable for Linux.
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Re: What notation editor do you use and why?
Sometimes an update ain't no upgrade.diedeno wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:54 am Musescore 4
-does not support Jack anymore
-does not have sfz support anymore
-vst's do not work in Linux
and so on
https://musescore.org/en/node/334701
But is looks fantastic and is probably as good as the commercial dorico or sibelius -- which are not available for Linux anyway.
A new orchestral library "Muse Sounds" will be availlable for Linux.
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Re: What notation editor do you use and why?
Thanks for the heads up, diedno.
Curse you, Muse Group! Curse you, Tantacrul! It's just so depressingly predictable that commercial interests (the Muse Group) blast in and wreck not one, but two bits of free software. The Muse Group have rocks in their head as they bought Ultimate Guitar and honestly I have never found a TAB on that that was 100% right.
Curse you, Muse Group! Curse you, Tantacrul! It's just so depressingly predictable that commercial interests (the Muse Group) blast in and wreck not one, but two bits of free software. The Muse Group have rocks in their head as they bought Ultimate Guitar and honestly I have never found a TAB on that that was 100% right.
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Re: What notation editor do you use and why?
Ain't that the truth.Linuxmusician01 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 9:37 amSometimes an update ain't no upgrade.diedeno wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 8:54 am Musescore 4
-does not support Jack anymore
-does not have sfz support anymore
-vst's do not work in Linux
and so on
https://musescore.org/en/node/334701
But is looks fantastic and is probably as good as the commercial dorico or sibelius -- which are not available for Linux anyway.
A new orchestral library "Muse Sounds" will be availlable for Linux.
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Re: What notation editor do you use and why?
Nils, on a sort of related note, I've been experimenting with Laborejo. As one would expect, it produces an elegant lilypond output.
I'd include it in a discussion about engravers/notation apps.
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Re: What notation editor do you use and why?
I am still working on Laborejo, but I have given up on actively getting anyone to use it. Not because I tried and failed but because I don't want to anymore. It's just a small hobby project now, "recreational programming" for my own fun.alex stone wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 2:22 pm
Nils, on a sort of related note, I've been experimenting with Laborejo. As one would expect, it produces an elegant lilypond output.
I'd include it in a discussion about engravers/notation apps.
Laborejo is still not a Lilypond-frontend though, eventhough you can use it to quickly export simple arrangements.
For serious notation, printed or pdf for me the only way has been, and still is, to write Lilypond textfiles.