12 Nov
2008
12 Nov
'08
4:23 a.m.
Matthew Smith wrote:
Hi Folks
After many attempts at building Rosegarden, both with the Gentoo ebuilds
and now by hand, with updates to KDE libraries, etc., it still crashes.
Too much time wasted, three months on and I still haven't made a note
of music.
I have now moved onto Qtractor - this was mentioned in an earlier thread
and appealed to me as it is not infected with KDEitis.
Qtractor builds, it runs, it doesn't crash (yet). Woohoo!
Having had a quick look over it, the interface looks cleaner and less
overwhelming than Rosegarden.
Just out of interest, what - if any - are the pros and cons of
Rosegarden versus Qtractor? For myself, as an unsophisticated user, is
Qtractor (as it appears) all I'll ever need?
major qtractor cons;)
- no tempo/key-signature map
- no score/notation editor
- no automation
- no plugin latency/delay compensation
however these are all features that will be addressed in the future
(except score/notation; that won't happen sorry:)
whether you're unsophisticated enough, you'll find qtractor quick and
dirty, mostly targeted as a prototype recorder and arranger.
cheers
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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
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