Installation - www.muse-sequencer.org

MusE does not run on any Windows or Mac version because it depends on ALSA and the JACK sound system. Not to forget the Linux kernel specific code. Maybe there are other systems like sparc or alpha, MusE could be working with (in case Linux is used). When you're lucky and have Linux working on your exotic hardware there might be a change that you can use MusE with some adaptions.

If so please report your success to us!

Why MusE will not work together with windows, read on Faq#Is MusE running on Windows.

Why Realtime Matters

Having MusE running with realtime priority is important MusE to function correctly, if it is not audio will suffer, drop outs and other artefacts may be introduced.
Recording audio often requires quite low latency, using a realtime configured linux kernel is recommended.

More about latency here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latency

Hint: To improve your performance try:

stay off the network
close unnecessary applications
do not use KDE / GNOME instead use blackbox
turn off your screensaver
look at your cron jobs

These preparations will ensure that MusE receives high priority in the least problematic environment. MusE can be run without attention to these factors, but your stability and security will certainly vary if you choose to ignore these recommendations.

MusE supports this realtime approaches already: Realtime

Please note that the --enable-rtcap configuration is deprecated and only valid for a patched 2.4 system

Installation Of A Binary Package

Check your distribution for a dedicated muse or museseq package. Instructions for installing packages included in your distribution should be available from the distributor.

If you use Redhat there is an addon repository called Planet CCRMA http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/, no further instructions currently available, (feel free to add)

Compiliation And Installation

What you need (my installed debian packetlist):

These instructions have in parts aged a bit but should still be mostly correct apart from the version numbers of packages

Here the command (qt specific things):

apt-get install libqt3-headers libqt3-i18n libqt3-mt-dev libqt3c102-mt qt3-assistant qt3-designer qt3-dev-tools qt3-doc qt3-qtconfig automake1.9 pkg-config cpp-3.3 libtool1.4

Here the command (MusE specific things):

apt-get install libjack0.80.0-dev libjack0.80.0-0 libsndfile1-dev libsndfile1 libfluidsynth-dev lash-dev

joachim@debian:~/tmp/muse-stuff/muse$ dpkg -l | grep qt3

ii libqt3-headers 3.2.3-2 Qt3 header files
ii libqt3-i18n 3.2.3-2 i18n files for Qt3 library
ii libqt3-mt-dev 3.2.3-2 Qt development files (Threaded)
ii libqt3c102-mt 3.2.3-2 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime version)
ii qt3-assistant 3.2.3-2 The Qt3 assistant application
ii qt3-designer 3.2.3-2 Qt3 Designer
ii qt3-dev-tools 3.2.3-2 Qt3 development tools
ii qt3-doc 3.2.3-2 Qt3 API documentation
ii qt3-qtconfig 3.2.3-2 The Qt3 Configuration Application

joachim@debian:~/tmp/muse-stuff/muse$ ### misc stuff ###

ii automake1.9 1.9.3-1 A tool for generating GNU Standards-complian
ii pkg-config 0.15.0-4 Manage compile and link flags for libraries
ii cpp-3.3 3.3.5-2 The GNU C preprocessor
ii gcc-3.3 3.3.5-2 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-3.3-base 3.3.5-2 The GNU Compiler Collection (base package)

root@debian:/home/joachim/bilderchen/flubb# dpkg -l | grep jack

ii libjack0.80.0-0 0.98.1-4 JACK Audio Connection Kit (libraries)
ii libjack0.80.0-dev 0.98.1-4 JACK Audio Connection Kit (development files)

root@knabber:/home/joachim/tmp/muse-stuff/0.7/muse# dpkg -l | grep libfluid

ii libfluidsynth-dev 1.0.4-2-1 Real-time MIDI software synthesizer (develop
ii libfluidsynth1 1.0.4-2-1 Real-time MIDI software synthesizer (runtime

root@knabber:/home/joachim/tmp/muse-stuff/0.7/muse# dpkg -l | grep libtool

ii libtool1.4 1.4.3-19 Generic library support scri

root@debian:/home/joachim/bilderchen/flubb# dpkg -l | grep libsnd

ii libsndfile1 1.0.10-2 Library for reading/writing audio files
ii libsndfile1-dev 1.0.10-2 Library for reading/writing audio files

root@knabber:/home/joachim/tmp/muse-stuff/0.7/muse# dpkg -l | grep ladc

ii ladcca-dev 0.4.0-4 Development files for LADCCA
ii ladcca2 0.4.0-4 LADCCA shared library files

Remove all previous versions of automake or you might run into problems:

joachim@debian:~/tmp/muse-stuff/muse# dpkg --purge automake1.4
(Reading database ... 69071 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing automake1.4 ...

Point QTDIR to where your QT libraries are installed. ALSA and OSS are boolean values (ie. yes or no) that tell MusE how to handle Midi and Audio on your system. It is safe to say yes to both.

export  QTDIR=/usr/share/qt3

Now run: ./configure --enable-optimize --enable-dssi

configure parameters

If you have downloaded the cvs run ./autogen.sh first, if not type this:

./configure --enable-maintainer-mode --disable-doxy-treeview --enable-optimize --enable-lash --enable-debug

But most users (not developers) might not want to use --enable-debug because of it's overhead.

Then type

make
sudo make install

Contents

How to Obtain MusE

System Requirements

Software

Hardware

(Other) Supported Platforms

Why Realtime Matters

Installation Of A Binary Package

Compiliation And Installation

What you need (my installed debian packetlist):

configure parameters