Rosegarden

Spec sheet

Purpose

Rosegarden is a music composition and editing environment built around a MIDI sequencer, with music notation and basic digital audio support.Read 12 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Intended users

The site describes Rosegarden as suitable for composers, musicians, music students, and small studio or home recording environments.Read 12 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Free plan

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Integrations

Rosegarden's integration page describes routing and synchronizing audio applications through JACK.Read 12 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Support

The project provides tutorials, a manual, a FAQ, mailing lists, a wiki, and user discussion resources.Read 12 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Audio

Rosegarden can record and mix audio clips alongside a composition, with audio track capacity depending on the user's hardware.Read 12 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Audio plugins

Rosegarden uses the LADSPA plugin API for effects and the DSSI plugin API for synths.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Community support

The project lists mailing lists, a wiki, and a SourceForge page for bug tracking and feature requests as community resources.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Distribution

The site lists Linux distribution packages and a Flathub Flatpak, and says the development team also provides source code.Read 12 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Editing

Users can enter notes with a MIDI keyboard, the PC keyboard, or a mouse, and the editors provide unlimited undo and redo.Read 12 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Flatpak

A Flatpak with dependencies is available on Flathub; the site says Flatpaks may be larger because they include dependencies.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Hardware limits

Audio recording and playback, multiple audio plugins, and soft synths can require more system resources than MIDI editing and score editing.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Help

The site provides FAQs, tutorials, a manual, and a wiki resource for user tips and tricks.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Languages

The site says Rosegarden is available in 21 languages, with about 12 remaining reasonably current.Read 12 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Linux audio requirements

Rosegarden requires ALSA sound drivers for audio and MIDI support, and JACK is required for audio sequencing but not MIDI.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Linux distributions

Installable packages are available from major Linux distributions, though the site says repository packages tend to be outdated.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

MIDI devices

Rosegarden includes configurations for over 100 MIDI synthesizers and lets users create and export device files.Read 12 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

MIDI editing

Its MIDI tools manage ports, banks, programs, and controllers, and its editors include controls for velocity and pitch bend.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

MIDI sequencing

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Multitrack editing

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Notation

The notation editor supports editing and printing scores, and can use LilyPond to generate typeset output.Read 12 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Package limitation

The site says packages from distribution repositories tend to be outdated, while Flatpaks may take more space because they include dependencies.Read 12 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Plugins

Rosegarden supports the LADSPA audio plugin API and the DSSI synth plugin architecture.Read 12 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Project leadership

The authors page identifies Ted Felix as the current primary curator and calls the role unofficial.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Source code

The development team provides Rosegarden in source code form for users to compile after downloading.Read 11 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Supported platforms

LinuxRead 20 Sep 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

System requirements

Rosegarden runs on Linux, requires ALSA for audio and MIDI support, and requires JACK for audio sequencing but not for MIDI.Read 12 Oct 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

Third-party plugins

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · rosegardenmusic.com

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