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Mark Browne
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org 
> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:13 AM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: [tclug-list] Music generator?
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
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