On 09-02-2021 05:46, Ted Felix wrote:
On 2/8/21 10:19 PM, david wrote:
Also, what's a "sensible default" vs something that someone else might
consider a headache or bloatware?
Heh. Yeah. VMPK just added a built-in synth. That caused me a
bunch of head scratching since it broke my setup. Had to dig through
the menus to get it working again. You can't keep the beginners and the
pros happy.
We've got documentation and lots of folks here willing to help. I
think we're doing it right.
I agree with Ted on the folks willing to help, but I do find the
documentation lacking. His page
(http://tedfelix.com/linux/linux-midi.html) appears to be what I was
looking for (it does look like some work, so I won't have time to dive
in until the weekend), but all this info appears lacking from the
Rosegarden site itself. A picture of the required software stack like
on Ted's page I think is most helpful (although oddly Rosegarden itself
is not in it).
Also in this thread opinions differ on what is required or recommended:
JACK? Obsolete with DSSI? DSSI itself obsolete?
Maybe too many hardware combinations and choices to have a "sensible
default", but then an installation wizzard like someone suggested would
be a valuable addition. And I do maintain that since almost every
compter has a sound card and speakers, which are known to the kernel and
detectable, getting sound out of them should be automagic.
Traditionally Unix has been a bag of components and a bag of tools and
users have had to build their own custom hotrod. But frankly, I've been
there, done that, got the T-shirt (really I do - from the trade shows in
the late 1990's): what I want these days is get things done. I want to
go from A to B and don't care about the colour of the car or think about
if I need spiked tyres along the way. That's why I asked whether
Rosegarden is the proper tool for what I am trying to make (sound
samples to illustrate music theory). Since I am looking for a program
that can generate notes in Pythagorean tuning which is hardly standard,
I suppose I need something fancy like Rosegarden so I will make the
effort. But I foresee that I will come back with questions on how to get
a non-standard tuning.
Maybe if I figure things out I will see what I can contribute to the
documentation.
--
Tom
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