NoteEdit

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.

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 SoundFont technology (a sample-based synthesis) to simulate the sound of a NoteEdit score played by live instruments.[4]

Canorus

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.

NtEd

The original author Jörg Anders has also started a new WYSIWYG musical score editor for Linux called NtEd. It is based on Cairo and uses GTK+.

NtEd works well with the software synthesizer TiMidity++.

NtEd home page.

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:

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