+1<br>I am interested, too.<br><br>Perhaps you guys know Grace (<a href="http://commonmusic.sourceforge.net/">http://commonmusic.sourceforge.net/</a>). It's not command line and it has its own GUI but it's perfectly suitable for composing (via programming, either in scheme or its own built-in language SAL) and writing compositions to MIDI, Lilypond (needs fomus library), CSound etc. If you really need to use CLI, you can build it from sources and you get a cm binary that can be run as Emacs inferior process.<br>
<br>But I am sure you knew all that already...<br>Cheers!<br><br>./MiS<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 2:10 PM, S. Massy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@wolfdream.ca">lists@wolfdream.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 06:33:24PM +0100, Nils wrote:<br>
> On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 10:41:46 -0500<br>
> "S. Massy" <<a href="mailto:lists@wolfdream.ca">lists@wolfdream.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 03:52:21PM +0100, Nils wrote:<br>
> > > On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:40:17 -0500<br>
> > > "S. Massy" <<a href="mailto:lists@wolfdream.ca">lists@wolfdream.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > > Hello,<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > One important way in which I have made music on Linux in the past is<br>
> > > > using text-to-midi software to create tracks. The software I used back<br>
> > > > then, and have used occasionally in the past few years, is midge[1], a<br>
> > > > text-to-midi programme written in perl with a strong emphasis on<br>
> > > > randomisation (randomised timing, weighted random note selection, random<br>
> > > > block selection, etc.). Allas, it does not appear to have been updated<br>
> > > > in nearly six years now, and, though it still works fine for my<br>
> > > > purposes, I'm wondering whether I should switch to something new before<br>
> > > > diving back into text sequencing. Does anyone know of other such<br>
> > > > programmes offering similar randomisation features? I've heard good<br>
> > > > things of Bob Van Der Poel's mma, but its focus seems more on templating<br>
> > > > styles and quick composition: is that correct?<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated, as always.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Cheers,<br>
> > > > S.M.<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > 1. <a href="http://www.undef.org.uk/code/midge/" target="_blank">http://www.undef.org.uk/code/midge/</a><br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > Yes,<br>
> > ><br>
> > > use Laborejo (<a href="http://www.laborejo.org" target="_blank">www.laborejo.org</a>)<br>
> > > without the GUI, by writing text/command files. You will, essentially, write a very high level Python source file which instructs Laborejo to generate a midi file.<br>
> > Thanks, Nils,<br>
> > I didn't realise Laborejo could be used without a GUI; I will definitely<br>
> > have a look at the language and what it can do and get back to you.<br>
> ><br>
> > Cheers,<br>
> > S.M.<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> There is nearly zero documentation. Thats why I suggested the IRC channel.<br>
</div></div>So I realised. Unfortunately, IRC is tough to do with kids prancing<br>
around, which is the normal state of affairs here. :)<br>
<br>
Let me know if you have an example up. I tried looking in the tarball<br>
but didn't really find anything.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
S.M.<br>
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