<s>
NoteEdit	B-Language
is	O
a	O
defunct	O
music	O
scorewriter	B-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
other	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
computer	B-General_Concept
operating	I-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
NoteEdit	B-Language
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
uses	O
the	O
Qt3	B-Language
toolkit	I-Language
,	O
and	O
is	O
integrated	O
with	O
KDE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
license	O
,	O
NoteEdit	B-Language
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NoteEdit	B-Language
,	O
unlike	O
some	O
Linux-based	O
music	O
editors	O
,	O
features	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NoteEdit	B-Language
's	O
design	O
has	O
been	O
praised	O
by	O
ITworld	O
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
Journal	O
praised	O
both	O
the	O
interface	O
and	O
the	O
relatively	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
features	O
and	O
applications	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
an	O
unlimited	O
number	O
and	O
length	O
of	O
staves	O
,	O
polyphony	O
,	O
MIDI	O
playback	O
of	O
written	O
notes	O
,	O
chord	O
markings	O
,	O
lyrics	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
filters	O
to	O
many	O
formats	O
like	O
MIDI	O
,	O
MusicXML	O
,	O
abc	O
,	O
MUP	O
,	O
PMX	B-Application
,	O
MusiXTeX	B-Application
and	O
LilyPond	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Magazine	O
recommends	O
using	O
NoteEdit	B-Language
with	O
FluidSynth	B-Application
,	O
a	O
software	O
synthesizer	O
,	O
to	O
expand	O
NoteEdit	B-Language
's	O
abilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FluidSynth	B-Application
uses	O
SoundFont	B-Application
technology	O
(	O
a	O
sample-based	O
synthesis	O
)	O
to	O
simulate	O
the	O
sound	O
of	O
a	O
NoteEdit	B-Language
score	O
played	O
by	O
live	O
instruments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NoteEdit	B-Language
was	O
maintained	O
by	O
Jörg	O
Anders	O
for	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Autumn	O
2006	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
decided	O
to	O
rewrite	O
as	O
score	B-Application
editor	I-Application
in	O
Qt4	B-Language
from	O
scratch	O
(	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
Canorus	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
0.1.0	O
to	O
0.7.2	O
released	O
under	O
GPL-2.0-only	B-License
,	O
and	O
since	O
version	O
0.7.3	O
under	O
GPL-3.0-only	B-License
.	O
</s>
