On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:40:17 -0500
"S. Massy" <lists(a)wolfdream.ca> wrote:
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/
Yes,
use Laborejo (
www.laborejo.org)
without the GUI, by writing text/command files. You will, essentially, write a very high
level Python source file which instructs Laborejo to generate a midi file.
Plus you get Lilypond/PDF with one line more.
It can do most of the "Current Features" listed on the midge website, and more.
I see details which it cannot do, but I have the infrastructure to include these in a very
short amount of time.
Contact me in the irc channel #laborejo on
irc.freenode.org or use the
http://www.laborejo.or forum, but IRC will be better for an initial talk, so I can see
what you really want to do.
Nils