Wanted: open-source, cross-platform music notation

2008-09-23 06:56 am
mdlbear: (hacker glider)

What I'm looking for is an open-source, cross-platform (Linux, Windows, and preferably also MacOS) program for music notation. Preferably with the ability to export to Lilypond (for typesetting), ABC, and MusicXML. Must import and export MIDI files and play via MIDI. Rosegarden would be absolutely ideal, except that it only runs on Linux (for a change).

Canorus looks plausible, but appears to be immature at this point. Definitely worth a try, though, since there are Windows binaries on the download page. It's based on the earlier Noteedit, which is Linux-only again.

Of course, we could always use VMWare and either run Lilypond on Windows, or a pirated version of Concertware on Linux. The latter is ancient, though, and stuck with proprietary formats.

  • Mood: hopeful
  • Location: Grand Central Starport (office)
  • Music: soon
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!@#$wireless!@#!@

2008-03-12 10:15 am
mdlbear: (ubuntu-hello-cthulhu)

I'm having an intensely frustrating time getting the wireless card on [livejournal.com profile] pocketnaomi's computer working. It seems to be willing to work on either Windows (98) or Linux, but never twice in a row on the same machine. It actually connects in both OSs, but has problems with DNS; I'm beginning to suspect some oddity in either the access point or the router. The really frustrating thing, though, is that it *has worked* at one time or another on both OSs. Just not reproducibly.

Anyone remember whether Win98 uses UDP or TCP/IP for DNS? That might have something to do with it. If I had time I'd upgrade the AP to OpenWRT; as it is I may just haul out my travel router and see if I can get that working.

  • Mood: grumpy
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