[LAU] Qtractor vs Rosegarden

[Stephen Doonan]

James Cameron wrote:
> I'm an occasional user of Rosegarden.  I've just tried Qtractor because
> you mentioned it.
> Quick summary of the difference ... Rosegarden has notation editing,
> score production, a matrix editor, a percussion matrix editor...

What is a "matrix editor"? Qtractor has a very nice standard 
"piano-roll" editor, as Rui mentioned.

My own subjective impressions of Rosegarden and Qtractor--

Both are great programs. Rosegarden has been around longer and has 
therefore been more developed. Qtractor is newer, but has been rapidly 
developed to a very usable state.

Rosegarden has a music score editor, but I have personally felt that 
other dedicated music score programs might be better for this complex 
task both in terms of the tools provided to produce a score, the 
flexibility to accommodate unusual notation, and the quality of the 
final output. I think that it is a wise decision on Rui's part to _not_ 
include a music score editor within Qtractor.

Qtractor's design is conceptually different than Rosegarden. I like 
Rosegarden a lot, but I really admire Rui's approach to a MIDI and 
digital-audio recorder, the design of the graphical interface and 
elements, and the way the program and its functions work.

Both Rosegarden and Qtractor are nice programs for anyone who wishes to 
use a MIDI recorder/editor and audio recorder/importer.

Steve