[LAU] notation software

[David Santamauro]

On 12/31/2013 02:12 PM, Brett McCoy wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 6:47 AM, David Santamauro
> <david.santamauro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's been a while since I researched notation software. What are the major
>> players in the linux world? What is being actively maintained? What is new
>> and cutting edge?
>
> MuseScore & Rosegarden are probably the most mature score editors, at
> least the ones I've tried. MuseScore is more in spirit to Sibelius and
> Finale, whereas Rosegarden can be used as a DAW with JACK, and
> supports LADSPA & DSSI plugins, although does not yet support LV2.
> Nothing beats Lilypond, though. I use it for all of my composing, not
> just for printing.
>


... and I love lilypond as well. My side job requires midi mock-ups as 
well as scores and for that I need a flexible workflow utilizing quality 
software instruments. It is simply less time consuming (once the proper 
templates are created) writing into a score editor, composing or 
arranging and hitting play, moving things around (instrumentation-wise), 
hitting play again ... something just not possible with lilypond--at 
least not with the tools I'm aware of.

I spent a few hours with Rosegarden this morning and I'll probably keep 
at it but it seems MuseScore comes closest to my needs.

thanks to all for the tips ...

David