[email protected] wrote: > Hello everyone, my name is Denis. They like to call me Dr Denis. I've > been using Rosegarden for six years now. I have a total of 811 .rg > files that I have created since 2005-09-17. I use Rosegarden > exclusively for MIDI, I don't use Jack or any synth plugins. I wouldn't > know how to if I wanted to. > > I'd like to share my opinions on Rosegarden with all of you. I think > Rosegarden is quite good, it works fairly well for what I use it for > (making MIDI music). > Unfortunately, some recent changes have made it harder to use. Since > the matrix view was changed in a recent version, I find it harder to > see where to place notes to get them timed correctly. I'm not sure > what's different, I think the older version had some markings which > made it more obvious.
Sorry, I don't use the matrix view. > Some other things which has changed for the worse are the volume and > pitch bend rulers. It used to be possible to click and drag them > around, select multiple at once and delete them, or right click and > select 'clear ruler'. Now you can't really do those things, and it's > not very obvious how you're supposed to use it. After searching google > I eventually found out that you can still insert a line of controllers > by holding down shift. Anyway, I assume this functionality is > unfinished and will be fixed in a later version. > > Another problem is that Rosegarden seems to take a long time to start > up these days. In particular, it seems to spend a long time > "initializing [the] plugin manager". I imagine the plugin manager is > only useful if you use Rosegarden for audio stuff. I think it would be > good if it were possible to disable the plugin manager, so far I > haven't found any way of doing this. I suspect your long start up and crashes might be related to badly-coded plugins ... > Rosegarden also crashes a lot these days. I've experienced a lot of > segmentation faults lately, and sometimes when I start it up there are > strange problems with the interface (such as buttons not drawing and > etc). It seems like Rosegarden has been going through certain changes > and works which still aren't finished, which would explain the rough > edges that I've noticed in it. What version of RG are you running, on what Linux distro, with what hardware? I have RG 11.11.42 running on Debian Sid with an MAudio Audiophile 2496 card and a USB-to-MIDI adapter that connects to an external Yamaha keyboard. I don't do much audio stuff with RG, mostly scores and MIDI. > Anyway, even despite the flaws, Rosegarden is a good program. Hopefully > it will continue to improve. I could post some of the music that I've > made with it if anyone's interested. Go for it! -- David [email protected] authenticity, honesty, community ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
