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NoteEdit Stable release 2.8.1 / 4 September 2006 Written in C++ Operating system Unix-like Type Scorewriter License GNU General Public License Website http://noteedit.berlios.de/ NoteEdit is a defunct[1] music scorewriter for Linux and other Unix-like computer operating systems.
NoteEdit is written in C++, uses the Qt toolkit, and is integrated with KDE. Released under the GNU General Public License, NoteEdit is free software.
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Features
NoteEdit, unlike some Linux-based music editors, features a graphical user interface. NoteEdit's design has been praised by ITworld[2], and Linux Journal praised both the interface and the relatively wide range of features and applications of the program.[3]
It supports an unlimited number and length of staffs, polyphony, MIDI playback of written notes, chord markings, lyrics, and a number of import and export filters to many formats like MIDI, MusicXML, abc, MUP, PMX, MusiXTeX and LilyPond.[3]
Linux Magazine recommends using NoteEdit with FluidSynth, a software synthesizer, to expand NoteEdit's abilities. FluidSynth uses wavetable synthesis to simulate the sound of a NoteEdit score played by live instruments.[4]
Authors
NoteEdit was maintained by Jörg Anders for a long time. Since August 2004, a new development team was formed. Now there are quite a few people behind this software project:
- Reinhard Katzmann, project manager
- Christian Fasshauer, programmer
- Erik Sigra, developer
- David Faure, KDE User Interface
- Matt Gerassimoff
- Leon Vinken, MusicXML
- Georg Rudolph, LilyPond interface
- Matevž Jekovec, developer and composer
- Karai Csaba, developer
Although NoteEdit is still maintained, some of the current developers have started a new project, Canorus, to replace it, since the NoteEdit source code has certain limitations that make it difficult to maintain and improve.
The original author Jörg Anders has also started a new WYSIWYG GTK+ musical score editor for Linux called NtEd.
External links
References
- ^ http://vsr.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/~jan/noteedit/noteedit.html
- ^ The Sweet Sound of Linux Accessed 9 May 2008.
- ^ a b LilyPond Helper Applications: Development Status Accessed 9 May 2008.
- ^ "Do-it-Yourself Instruments" (PDF). Linux Magazine. http://w3.linux-magazine.com/issue/37/NoteEdit.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
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