From: Robert J. <rob...@da...> - 2004-03-30 07:08:28
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Hi, > > > I actually am very little midi-oriented (you know...guitarist...<insert > > favorite pun>), I'm more concerned with the audio parts, and that's what > > I use mostly. Of course I do use midi, but I'm no power user, drums and > > pads mainly. > > > > On a related note, I updated the FAQ on the brand new shiny wiki with a > > few known problems (a few are crash problems) for 0.6.3. By staying away > > from those issues, MusE behaves quite well for me. > > Right there... I know it's hard to do anything about a bug you can't > reproduce, but... I guess what I'm saying is, I'm sure there were good > reasons for the rewrite or major overhaul, but theres still a lot of > potential in the 6 series. Having to gut the RTalloc function as a > workaround for the no playback bug was a major step backwards. Yes, removing the RTalloc was unfortunate. But I think it was added as a temporary measure as the fundamental issue is fixed in 0.7 ( I think :). > > > > what i miss is a realy stable MuSE and i think that is what a musican > > > want's too - stable software - not that super power feature list the > > > comercial softwares are sold for. it's should just be stable. > > > > Of course you are right in that MusE should be really/really/really > > stable. > > Stable will do. It's running on a platform that's more robust than windows, > so thats half the battle right there. > > > But there are a bunch of features that, at least myself, would want very > > much. And... 0.7 has pretty much all these features semi-implemented :). > > Those are all audio features, as a Midi sequencer MusE is pretty much all > > I ask for. > > But different users have different needs, I know Mathias has some more > > midi-stuff in the works because he wants it himself. > > This is another point.. I can't build the unstable CVS on debian unstable, > because it requires a bleeding edge QT. Which wouldn't be so bad, but > apparently there are some obsolete things in you guys tool chains. I have > to downgrade some stuff, then open a whole can of worms with Qt and KDE. I know where you are coming from... I tried upgrading to Mandrake 10 a while ago... For various reasons I went back to my current installation though... One of the things I found out was that the build chain in MusE didn't work on this distribution.. either... We'll have to fix this, problem is that autoconf is...well... autoconf... I hardly know anything about it... and I get the feeling that's where most peoples knowledge about it is... Someone has to fix it eventually, and hopefully sooner than later... Someday I'll break down and try to fix it myself, but I'm not quite there yet... As for QT, it should be compileable with qt3.2 so it's not _that_ bleeding edge. > > I've been there/done that type of thing. I'm running debian for a reason. > For the time being any time invested in hacking around with MuSE is > strictly 6 series for me. I don't blame you, but there are only so many hours one can dedicate to fixing things in MusE and still feel it's fun (and lately it has been close to zero). > > > > i managed to use muse with my Q / MC 307 / zynaddsubfx / iiwusynth > > > and hey - that worked well! > > Softsynths is one of the great features of MuSE, IMO. Indeed. > > > Great :) > > > > > 0.6.3 release realy fit's my basic midi needs. record midi, replay > > > midi, record ..., delete, ... > > > > > > when is the release of 0.7 planned? Personally I hope not before it's > > > more stable than the 0.6.3 release. > > > > I always liked Werners previous schedule with releasing a few > > <versionX>preY test versions before the real one. > > > > I don't know if Werner is around? No cvs checkins for a while.. infact no > > checkins after this message from him (some weeks ago): > > "manual writin is evil! It instantly shows all the open ends, missing > > code, misfeatures, design flaws etc." > > ...which makes me a little worried :-). > > > > Werner, if you're around, do you have any plans for what is left before > > 0.7 is ready ? > > What level of functionality is expected for 0.7? Some things are pretty broken right now (incomplete list follows) - metronome - several of the softsynths are not moved to the new arch, (though in my opinion Fluidsynth is the one that matters, and that one is functional) - can't load/convert old muse songs - more As for new stuff (mostly working but not stable): - jack transport - jack audio routing (wheeeee!!) - automation architecture - lots of configuration changes - more features in mixer - interface changes, the TrackInfo pane is used more effectively now. When the release is made that is finally called 0.7 it would be terrible if it is not better than 0.6.3. (apart from the stuff that are removed for good reason). Several of us are using MusE to create music, the new version should enhance those possibilities, or else we have failed. /Robert |