22 Aug
2003
22 Aug
'03
5:28 p.m.
I have just installed the Planet on my linux partition and have
started in to reading the jack and alsa user documentation.
I want to do some basic composition and aranging in midi. I was
thinking that I would use MusE with Fluidsynth and various
soundfonts. At this point I am not trying to input any external
signals from guitars, hardware synths, mics, etc.
I noticed that MusE gives an option to use Alsa only or to use
Jack (which I assume would be in combination with Alsa as a
driver). Any opinions whether it is worth going to the trouble
of learning to use jack with MusE to import, modify, create and
playback midi tracks?
Thanks,
Barton
Barton,
First, jack is very easy to use from a user's point of view, so that
should not be a problem if you find you need it.
Frankly, for what you are suggesting you want to start out doing (just
FluidSynth) I would not bother with Jack immediately, but if you find
yourself needing more than one soft synth, then using Jack is a very easy
way to do it.
Cheers,
Mark