Re: [LAU] Qtractor vs Rosegarden

Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
> Matthew Smith wrote:
> > Just out of interest, what - if any - are the pros and cons of
> > Rosegarden versus Qtractor? For myself, as an unsophisticated user, is
> > Qtractor (as it appears) all I'll ever need?
>
> major qtractor cons;)
>
> - no tempo/key-signature map
> - no score/notation editor
> - no automation
> - no plugin latency/delay compensation
>
> however these are all features that will be addressed in the future
> (except score/notation; that won't happen sorry:)

Rosegarden's notation view is one feature of this program that I could not
give up. I have been also a Cakewalk/Sonar user under windows for a long
time, using it's staff view a lot.

In both programs I don't use the notation view as a score desktop publishing
engine, because a real score editor needs many features that these programs
lack. But it may be a very nice representation of MIDI tracks, if you record
the MIDI tracks with a metronome, or create it from scratch. It is not that I
dislike the piano-roll representations, but I feel much more comfortable with
the score for visual inspection of the music. I can locate very quickly where
I've made a mistake without having to press the play button. That's because
I'm very used to scores, of course.

Regards,
Pedro
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Received on Sat Nov 15 00:15:02 2008