Jeremy wrote:
> Has anyone generated music on Linux recently?  I would like to generate some 
> notes / chords using programming, but I'm looking for an easy way to make the 
> audio.  
> 
> Ideally, the output would be some standard notation (MusicXML, Lilypond, etc), 
> and mp3 for the actual audio.  Generating text files (as input to another 
> program) is easy.  Making the mp3 is the tough part.  MIDI could be part of 
> the solution, but it seems tricky to get MIDI working properly.
> 
> What's funny is that It was easier back in the day, just boot the Apple ][ and 
> you could write musical notation in a few lines of code.  
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Jeremy

There are some at http://sourceforge.net/

Search for music generator.

Good Luck!

Bob