Not sure what that was about, but I'll take a guess and assume you were thinking about asking if Rosegarden will ever be ported to Android.
I haven't gotten around to trying to develop a Qt 5 app for Android yet. It's "supposed" to be possible. Question 1: Is it possible, or is it a hideous hack that's way too complicated for end users? I might answer that one eventually, as I've been intending to write myself a little convenience app to do some calculations for me on the job. If I make enough progress to get sucked into the challenge, I'll probably get enough momentum to create that one of these days. If I get stumped much at all, I will probably just end up making a spreadsheet. It's one of those things where the app is just there to make it prettier and more convenient, and it isn't worth a lot of pain. IF that actually works, then I MIGHT get bored enough to try compiling Rosegarden. We've already done most of the work of porting it to Qt 5, so it's TECHNICALLY possible. MAYBE. From there, who knows. Question 2: Is it possible to interface with the audio in any interesting way? I'm going to guess the answer is hell no. I have some experience on a different platform, and the needs of a device that can function as a telephone are totally different from the average desktop computer. These needs are impressively difficult to reconcile with good latency numbers, and the result is latencies on the order of 333 ms. Ever try interacting with an audio app that has 333 ms latency? I have. Don't waste your time. It's a whole lot of what ifs and maybes for a guy who pulls the hours I do, and on night shift to boot. The chances of me getting beyond wild speculation and actually touching the first bit of useful work are extremely low. On 12/17/2014 11:33 PM, david wrote: > On 12/17/2014 01:46 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:12:51 -0500, Paul Davis wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 1:58 PM, david <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Any ideas for good music composition, synthesis and/or recording >>>> apps for Android? >>>> >>> >>> bwahahahahah! Android is basically a non-starter for this app niche >>> at this point in time. The exceptions prove the rule. >> >> OTOH Jack is dropped for the iPad :(. >> >> "JACK does currently not work on iOS7!" - >> http://www.crudebyte.com/jack-ios/ >> >> My iPad currently is on iOS 8.1.2 and there wasn't a jackd update ;). > > Well, I don't think I need JACK for my mobile uses. More just noting > down compositions, playing with sounds. > >> On 12/17/2014 01:39 PM, Diego Simak wrote:> >>> 2014-12-17 16:58 GMT-02:00 david: >>> >>> Any ideas for good music composition, synthesis and/or recording >>> apps for Android? >>> >>> AUDIOID >>> really nice TB303, 808 and 909 emulation, lots of fun >>> >>> KOSM >>> audio composition app based on gravity and mass, once you get it is very >>> addictive >>> >>> MikroWave >>> from the same developer of Kosm, haven't tested it.. > > Thanks, Diego, I'll check them out. > >> On 12/17/2014 01:36 PM, Erik Steffl wrote: >> On 12/17/2014 01:55 PM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote: >>>> On 12/17/2014 07:58 PM, david wrote: >>>>> Any ideas for good music composition, synthesis and/or recording apps >>>>> for Android? >>>> >>>> For recording I use TapeMachine but I'm about to buy Audio Evolution >>>> Mobile DAW so I can use my USB audio interface with my phone or tablet. >>>> Haven't used Android for other things than recording, basically because >>>> the apps are lacking. So I partly agree with Paul. >>> >>> Audio Evolution is probably best for recording, I played around with >>> it a bit, with USB input device (and special host USB cable which makes >>> it possible for tablet to behave as USB host) you get pretty low latency >>> (didn't measure it), >>> >>> plus the developer was very responsive, >>> >>> erik > > Erik - I wasn't necessarily thinking of recording using the tablet, but > both TapeMachine and Audio Evolution sound interesting. What kind of USB > cable did you have to get to have the tablet function as a USB host? > >> On 12/17/2014 01:17 PM, Neil wrote: >>> I've played with Caustic a little, and I used to have a fun theremin app >>> on my phone that used the NFC proximity sensor. I've looked at some >>> other Android software, but Caustic was the most capable title I came >>> across. Capable as it is, I didn't like it enough to stick with it. I >>> do all my music work on Linux PC. > > I do mine on Linux PC, too, just wanted something mobile. The Tegra Note > has decent speakers and great headphone output, so I like it. > > I like Caustic. It seems to be well-designed for phones and tablets. > Didn't know there was a desktop version! According to this site, Caustic > for Windows works under WINE: > > http://jeffhendricks.net/?p=291 > > I'll have to try that out. > > For price comparison, a friend is a devotee of FL Studio (from its > honest days when they called it "Fruity Loops"). FL Studio Mobile is > $19.99. The Reactable Mobile app is $8.91, but Caustic seems to be a lot > more versatile. So $8 for Caustic doesn't bother me. > > So far, Ensemble Composer seems to be a decent basic composition tool. > MuseScore for Android seems to only be able to display and play sheet > music, not a composition tool. Apparently composing with it requires > using the PC version. > > Thanks for the apps mentioned, it sounds like there's a better selection > of good audio apps on Android than good calendar apps ... > -- D. Michael McIntyre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-user mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-user
