Chuck, Michael, Lorenzo:
thank you very much for your input.
Michael, Lorenzo, I share your sentiment. I think it is fair now in the
22nd year of the 21st century to expect from a computer application:
1) that the package management system like apt is configured that an
application will get all its dependencies so that it will actually work;
2) that an application is configured with sensible defaults so that it
actually works out of the box.
Rosegarden or in any case its Debian&Ubuntu packages apparently fail on
these two points.
Also sound is working now on my computer for VLC media player and
browser, and I am afraid to break that if I insert all these new things.
I already had my audio output turned off for lack of an output device,
and I had to reboot to get it back again.
That said, I wonder if you can recommend a simpler and more complete
alternative. What I have been looking for is a tool to generate scores
and accompanying sound files to study scales and tunings, as examples
for my website on music theory
(http://arpeters.net/Nederlandse_paginas/Muziekleer/Inhoud.htm : in
Dutch). So nothing fancy with multiple tracks and driving an expensive
synthesizer. From the description, Rosegarden would be able to do that,
but from my initial experience I wonder if it isn't too heavy.
Any suggestions for alternatives?
--
Tom
On 07-02-2021 18:11, Tom Peters wrote:
Hi, I am a beginner with Rosegarden and indeed with sound editing. I am
struggling with what appears to be everybodies first problem: getting
sound out of my computer.
The FAQ:
https://www.rosegardenmusic.com/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions#playback_and_recording
has 2 lines of explanation and then declares the rest obsolete. Those 2
lines mention ALSA (apparently the Linux kernel sound system) and JACK,
but it is not clear whether I need to use (and configure in RoseGarden)
both ALSA and JACK, or one of them excluding the other, or that they
co-exist. I would appreciate some elaboration.
What I have now:
Kubuntu 20.04
Rosegarden "Yesterday" 19.12 (packaged with Kubuntu).
When I first started Rosegarden it warned me I need a software
synthesizer, specifically QSynth: but QSynth is not in Ubuntu.
Instead I installed anything I could find for JACK:
JACK Keyboard
QjackCtl
RoseGarden appears to start jackd:
/usr/bin/jackd -T -ndefault -T -d alsa
I also installed anything mentioning fluidsynth:
Fluidsynth DSSI
SoundKonverter
The former mostly installs libraries, and an application
fluidsynth-dssi.desktop, which refuses to start because it says it needs
the program 'jack-dssi-host' which it can't find, and neither can I.
Finally I installed anything mentioning timidity:
timidity itself
(and soundKonverter again)
Now I managed to write a 1-bar composition in Rosegarden and save it.
When I play it in RoseGarden, it does not complain and it appears to
oblige, the indicater at the lower left shows activity: but no sound.
The apparatus and instrument are default: Audio #1.
I could choose Synth-plugin but it cannot find any plugins.
I also exported the test composition to MIDI (.mid), and when I close
Rosegarden (won't work if it remains open) and run:
$ timidity /home/tom/rosegarden/test.mid
Playing /home/tom/rosegarden/test.mid
MIDI file: /home/tom/rosegarden/test.mid
Format: 1 Tracks: 2 Divisions: 480
Copyright: Copyright (c) xxxx Copyright Holder
Cue point: Created by Rosegarden
Cue point: http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/
Track name: test
Playing time: ~6 seconds
Notes cut: 0
Notes lost totally: 0
I do get sound.
So my question is:
what is missing in the components and configuration?
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