Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] midi file editor/sequencer/player
From: Stéphane Rollandin (hepta_AT_infonie.fr)
Date: Sun Dec 23 2001 - 13:42:17 EET
At 06:03 23/12/01, you wrote:
>On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 04:22, Stéphane Rollandin wrote:
>
> > well, there is my own stuff: GeoMaestro on KeyKit
>
>Looks interesting but KeyKit itself will never be truly open
>source so any work based on that code base has a dubious future.
Right. But since GeoMaestro is GPL, any one willing to develop an
equivalent platform will find me ready to port GeoMaestro on it. Needs are:
an interpreted langage, extensive MIDI support, and basic but comprehensive
graphical display. Of course the thing should be multiplatform :)
> > includes a original and very powerful MIDI sequencer called the Compositor,
> > and even some DSP through Csound
>
>Again, very interesting potential but blown away by difficult
>to use components that may, on a good day, fit in with an end
>users current system (ie; _might_ all compile and work if the
>wind is blowing in the right direction).
? nothing needs to be compiled here... I agree that the thingy is far from
easy to set-up, but there's no compilation involved.
I HATE having to compile a soft :)
> > definitely NOT user-friendly and quite difficult to get into, but also
> > completely open and customizable for people who are not afraid of
> > programming
>
>I am. I unashamedly avoid "not afraid of programming" challenges.
>
>Again, great potential... for muso hackers.
Yes... my interest is in developping new types of musical tools, so this is
a software for experiments and research. If someone finds the approach
interesting, it could be possible to write from scratch a version dedicated
to musicians would do not like programming. I will not do it myself,
though... but I am willing to help anyone doing so..
> > homepage (download, documentation, tutorials, example compositions):
> > http://www.zogotounga.net/GM/GM0.html
>
>Thanks for the pointer/reminder, maybe the positives will outweight
>the negatives and generate some interest and creativity via this
>package.
well, this has been the case for me, anyway.. :)
regards,
Stef
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