Amuc For Linux

Amuc (Amsterdam Music Composer) is an application for composing and playing music.

Amuc is written in C++. It is a lightweight application, not needing a GUI toolkit or a non-standard library (only X11, alsa and libusb). Speedy operation: maybe this is the fastest tool to explore musical ideas and to assemble them. The only drawback might be that the main window looks rather crowded, however you'll really need all those buttons!

Here are some key features of "Amuc":

· Tune fragments are entered graphically. These are combined into a complete tune by means of a script file. · Tunes can be exported as WAV or MIDI files, or as human-readable scores in postscript format. · MIDI files can be imported. · Support for USB keyboard. · Samples (e.g. for percussion instruments) can be read from wave files. · Five-bar staff or piano roll display. · Score creation from wave file. · For the inexperienced composer there is help available with scales and chords.