[LAU] Qtractor vs Rosegarden

[Rui Nuno Capela]

Matthew Smith wrote:
> Hi Folks
> 
> After many attempts at building Rosegarden, both with the Gentoo ebuilds 
> and now by hand, with updates to KDE libraries, etc., it still crashes. 
>   Too much time wasted, three months on and I still haven't made a note 
> of music.
> 
> I have now moved onto Qtractor - this was mentioned in an earlier thread 
> and appealed to me as it is not infected with KDEitis.
> 
> Qtractor builds, it runs, it doesn't crash (yet).  Woohoo!
> 
> Having had a quick look over it, the interface looks cleaner and less 
> overwhelming than Rosegarden.
> 
> 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:)

whether you're unsophisticated enough, you'll find qtractor quick and 
dirty, mostly targeted as a prototype recorder and arranger.

cheers
-- 
rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
rncbc at rncbc.org