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