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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT earthlink.com.au>]

Hi Sindi,

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 01:27:38 +0000 (UTC)
sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:

> >> Did you get anything to work at all?
> >
> >    Only Timidity.
> 
> >
> >    I couldn't get Jazz to compile. I think I got Brahms to configure, 
> > but I have failed to find a way to compile it. I did get RoseGarden to 
> > compile on SW9.1, but it is not fully functional even there.
> 
> Would you like help compiling one or more of these?  (Not from me, but 
> maybe Steven or Stephen or David).

    Thanks, but no.

>  Which would you find most useful?
> Which one looks simplest (smallest source code, fewest subdirectories)?

   To explain:  I am trying to get all sorts of software to configure/compile 
and to work.  Not always because I have to have the software, but because I 
am interested in the process, and in seeing other approaches.

  I already have MIDI sequencing software that suits my needs, as well as 
stuff for conversion between MIDI, MP3, OGG and MOD.
 
> I was reading about Lilypond, a music typesetter (used to make sheet music 
> files), and some midi sequencers (used to make midi files, right?).

   It requires some stuff I haven't got, so I won't bother with it. I already 
have a couple of progs that will set and print sheet music.
 

> >   I am not interested in tracker-type applications, so I haven't 
> > bothered with those, and I do not have a MIDI add-on keyboard.
>  
> Is that were you see a bouncing ball?

    No.  Tracker-type sequencers use alpha-numeric characters to represent 
the notes, as opposed to a graphical staff on which you place notes with the 
mouse, which is my preferred method (being the equivalent of writing music 
with pencil and blank music score pages).

>  A friend has a Roland piano which 
> actually does display the score as it plays the notes, with a bouncing 
> ball over the note begin played.

   I have a MIDI sequencer for Win3.1 that does something similar (as an 
option).
 
Regards,
         Ron

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Ron Clarke 
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