This is nice for a preview, but I'd like to get more done here, since most of the times the corrections I have to make are related to how different the preview is from the end result. At the moment, in Frescobaldi I can only configure a single MIDI output, which I usually set to a QSynth instance with the default Fluidsynth soundfont for rendering. The reason why I don't do any MIDI editing in Ardour (apart from very minor tweaks) is that I really don't like how MIDI is handled there: this makes the process a bit of a pain, because if it turns out I have to do some major correction, this means going back to Frescobaldi, regenerate the MIDI, import again and replace the notes in the tracks I imported previously. Eventually, when the bulk of the writing is done, I import the resulting MIDI file in Ardour, and then do everything else there: assigning the right instrument via a SF2/SFZ/whatever plugin, adding real recorded instruments, and so on.

Just to give some context, as anticipated I usually write all my music in Lilypond with Frescobaldi, which I found to be quite faster than using other more visual editors. Please let me know if this should be moved elsewhere. Not sure if my question belongs here or to the 'Recorders & Sequencers' section, since it's more MIDI related, but since it all starts from a requirement I have using Lilypond and Frescobaldi I thought I'd ask here.

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