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- ! title The Non Sequencer
- ! author Jonathan Moore Liles #(email,wantingwaiting@users.sf.net)
- ! extra #(image,logo,logo.png)
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-
- ; Description
-
- The Non Sequencer is a powerful real-time, pattern-based MIDI sequencer for
- Linux--released under the GPL. Filling the void left by countless DAWs,
- piano-roll editors, and other purely performance based solutions, it is a
- compositional tool--one that transforms MIDI music-making on Linux from a
- complex nightmare into a pleasurable, efficient, and streamlined process.
-
- Please see the #(url,MANUAL.html,manual) for more information.
-
- ; What it is not
-
- Non is *not* a plain MIDI recorder, tracker, software synthesizer, notation
- editor or AI system. There are other programs available to do those things.
- Non is intended to be one tool among many in your Linux audio toolbox.
-
- Everything in Non happens /on-line/, in realtime. Music is composed live,
- while the transport is running.
-
- ; What does freedom have to do with this software?
-
- Non is /free software/. This means, briefly, that you are free use it as
- *you* wish, free to examine and adapt the source code, free to share it with
- your friends, and free to publish your changes to the source code.
- Furthermore, Non is /copyleft/, which means that you are free from the threat
- of some other entity taking over and denying you the above freedoms. The
- /free/ part of /free software/ doesn't refer to price any more than the
- /free/ in /free speech/ does.
-
- To learn why free software is so important to us (any why it should be
- important to you), please see the Free Software Foundation's website:
-
- #(url,http:\/\/www.fsf.org\/licensing\/essays\/free-sw.html,What is Free Software?)
- #(url,http:\/\/www.fsf.org\/licensing\/essays\/copyleft.html,What is Copyleft?)
-
- ; Donations
-
- Donations can take many forms. You can donate your time in code, either by
- sending it to me for review, or cloning the git repository and publishing your
- changes (to be eventually merged back into my tree). You can donate your time
- in testing, documentation, artwork, indexing, etc. Or, if you don't feel that
- you possess the time or skills required for the above forms of donation, you
- can donate money instead. Money donated will help to ensure that I have the
- free-time, good nutrition, and enthusiasm required to implement new features.
- It can also be a more palpable way of saying "Thanks for caring." or "Job
- well done!"
-
- If you don't love this software, don't feel guilty about not contributing. If
- you do love it, then please help me improve it--in whatever manner you think
- is appropriate.
-
- #(url,http:\/\/non.tuxfamily.org\/donation.html,Make a donation)
-
- ; Distribution
-
- Development of the Non Sequencer can be followed with Git:
-
- > git clone git://git.tuxfamily.org/gitroot/non/sequencer.git
-
- # or
- #
- # > git clone git://repo.or.gz/src/git/non.git
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- There are no pre-compiled binaries available.
-
- ; Requirements
-
- The following libraries are required to build Non.
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- * FLTK >= 1.1.7 (with `fluid`)
- * JACK >= 0.103.0
- * sigc++ 2.0
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- The following are optional:
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- * LASH >= 0.5.4
-
- ; Community
-
- Feel free to drop by the `#non` channel on irc.freenode.net.
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