Audience

Composers, musicians, and music students in need of a music composition and editing environment with MIDI features

About Rosegarden

Rosegarden is a music composition and editing environment based around a MIDI sequencer that features a rich understanding of music notation and includes basic support for digital audio. Rosegarden is an easy-to-learn, attractive application that runs on Linux, ideal for composers, musicians, music students, and small studio or home recording environments. Rosegarden is currently an application for Linux only. Now that we have ported to Qt 4, and now that Qt is freely available for all platforms without a commercial license, there are fewer obstacles standing in the way of eventually becoming a cross-platform application. Rosegarden uses the Qt 4 libraries for various common controls, but you can run it under any window manager or graphical environment you like. The Open in Notation Editor option on the main view's Segments menu will open all the currently-selected segments together in a single editor.

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Ratings/Reviews - 1 User Review

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 5.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 4.0 / 5
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Company Information

Rosegarden
Founded: 2021
www.rosegardenmusic.com

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Product Details

Platforms Supported
Linux
Training
Documentation
Support
Online

Rosegarden Frequently Asked Questions

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Rosegarden Product Features

Audio Editing

Record Live Audio
Export Audio (Multiple File Types)
Record Multiple Simultaneous Tracks
Virtual Mixing
Virtual Instruments
Swappable Patches
Batch Processing
Scrub, Search, Bookmark
Audio Effects
Spectral Analysis / FFT
Speech Synthesis (TTS)
Voice Changer
Sound Editing Tools

Rosegarden Verified User Reviews

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  • Ismar R.
    Electronic Technician and Musician
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Weekly
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
    Design
    Ease
    Features
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Great Mid Sequencer !!!"

    Posted 2024-12-15

    Pros: Is an excellent alternative for use with mid tracks. Audio tracks. A perfect and very stable Digital Audio Workstation!

    Cons: You need to insert a sound font player, SF2, SF3...etc.

    Overall: I'm a musician and I've been making my arrangements using Rosegarden since 2015. It has good editing and audio mixing features. A good alternative to paid software.

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