The MusE development team has announced that version 1.0 of the MIDI/Audio sequencer, MusE, is now available. This marks the culmination of 10 years of feature packed and bug ridden development towards the goal of making a good platform for creating music on the Linux platform.
MusE is a MIDI/Audio sequencer with recording and editing capabilities written originally by Werner Schweer now developed and maintained by the MusE development team. MusE aims to be a complete multitrack virtual studio for Linux, it is published under the GNU General Public License.
Highlights since 0.9:
- DSSI + Win VST support.
- Python remote control API (for wonderful things).
- Some primitive example scripts for live re-sequencing included, more to come.
- Instrument editor with GS/XG drum controller support.
- Part cloning.
- Better bounce operations, with Jack freewheel mode support.
- Better MIDI sync output.
- MIDI controller knobs in pianoroll and drum editor.
- Jack transport master timebase function.
- External MIDI filtering support write your MIDI filters in just about anything, including bash.
- Denormal protection + limiter.
- Record looping overdub, replace, mix support.
- Audio optimizations, less CPU usage.
- Countless fixes and tweaks, about a 1000 lines in the Changelog, check it for a complete list of blood sweat and tears.