[LAU] NtEd

david gnome at hawaii.rr.com
Wed Feb 11 02:57:00 EST 2009


ethan a young wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am posting in favorable comment of the notation editor, NtEd.  It has 
> a very straightforward and simple yet powerful interface.  It seems very 
> well-designed, and has been much more stable than the alternatives on 
> both my Ubuntu and 64studio systems.
> 
> I come from a background with Windows Encore version 4.5, which I still 
> run through Wine.  However, I would like to switch to to a native Linux 
> program.  I've tried MuseScore, which seems powerful, but is complicated 
> and has remained buggy on my system, including crashes and several 
> compilation errors.  Canorus seems promising, too, but does not seem to 
> be as far along or moving as fast in development as NtEd.
> 
> For the record, I am notating the following types of pieces:
> 1. four-part SATB
> 2. piano pieces
> 3. jazz lead sheets
> 4. small instrumental ensemble music
> 
> What has other's experiences been so far with these new and developing 
> programs?

Haven't used any of those. I use Rosegarden. v1.7.3 just came out and 
they're in the process of porting it to QT4.

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