Documentation, tutorials, videos? [WAS]: Re: Do we want LV2 and jack-midi?

On 08/06/2022 20:06, [email protected] wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 14:31:26 +0200
> Lorenzo Sutton <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I'm wondering if, maybe after the next release, it would make sense to
>> have some addendums to the current documentation which in some cases
>> might be a bit dated, e.g. advising to use plugins, with especially DSSI
>> not being the most maintained in distributions. Even the more 'current'
>> formats like videos? I think this should be a user community effort and
>> I always wondered if they'd be useful or not...
> 
> I second that, but I also understand the devs' dilema i.e. to code or to explain?

Well... I'm not a dev, and I've actually wondered what might be helpful 
in terms of documentation.

It seems today videos are very popular, but I wonder if they can really 
help people get started? Would a short written 'how to make sound with 
Rosegarden' be better (also it could be updated versus a video which 
might become obsolete)

How should we take into account Linux distribution ecosystem? Could we 
just say install at a minimum jack, qjackcrl, yoshimi, fluidsynth, a 
soundfont (fluid soundfont probably) and rosegarden. For how to do it 
check your distribution. I believe these exist on virtually all major 
distributions.

With the above it's actually pretty easy to start making noise with 
Rosegarden once the system is set-up and this also applies to simply 
using e.g. a Laptop's integrated audio device (without going too much 
into low latency etc.). What especially non-linux users have to get used 
to is the modularity aspect.

What other topics would be of interest?

Carla can also work with Rosegarden, but one needs a2jmidid as an extra 
layer, plus I'm not sure how widespread Carla is in distributions.

Then there's also jack-transport relevant topics, e.g. using rosegarden 
together with ardour or qmidiarp etc.

Any ideas are welcome and I'd be happy to help (time (TM) permitting :-) )

Lorenzo