[LAU] Text to Midi

[S. Massy]

Hello,

One important way in which I have made music on Linux in the past is
using text-to-midi software to create tracks. The software I used back
then, and have used occasionally in the past few years, is midge[1], a
text-to-midi programme written in perl with a strong emphasis on
randomisation (randomised timing, weighted random note selection, random
block selection, etc.). Allas, it does not appear to have been updated
in nearly six years now, and, though it still works fine for my
purposes, I'm wondering whether I should switch to something new before
diving back into text sequencing. Does anyone know of other such
programmes offering similar randomisation features? I've heard good
things of Bob Van Der Poel's mma, but its focus seems more on templating
styles and quick composition: is that correct?

Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated, as always.

Cheers,
S.M.

1. http://www.undef.org.uk/code/midge/
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