<s>
Rosegarden	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstation	I-General_Concept
program	O
developed	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
with	O
ALSA	B-Application
and	O
Qt4	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
acts	O
as	O
an	O
audio	O
and	O
MIDI	O
sequencer	O
,	O
scorewriter	B-Application
and	O
musical	O
composition	O
and	O
editing	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
free	O
alternative	O
to	O
such	O
applications	O
as	O
Cubase	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	B-Application
synthesizer	I-Application
is	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
plugin	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
external	O
MIDI	O
synthesizer	O
,	O
hardware	O
or	O
software	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
FluidSynth	B-Application
or	O
TiMidity++	B-Language
)	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
any	O
sound	O
from	O
MIDI	O
compositions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
versions	O
of	O
Rosegarden	B-Language
support	O
the	O
DSSI	B-Application
software	B-Application
synthesizer	I-Application
plugin	O
interface	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
use	O
some	O
Windows	O
VST	B-Application
plugins	I-Application
through	O
an	O
adapter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
Rosegarden	B-Language
program	O
was	O
originally	O
named	O
Rosegarden-4	O
,	O
to	O
distinguish	O
it	O
from	O
a	O
previous	O
program	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
authors	O
called	O
Rosegarden	B-Language
2.1	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
X11	O
Rosegarden	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
X11	O
Rosegarden	B-Language
is	O
very	O
limited	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
stable	O
on	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
and	O
other	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
,	O
because	O
Rosegarden(-4 )	O
uses	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
ALSA	B-Application
system	O
,	O
it	O
only	O
runs	O
in	O
a	O
very	O
limited	O
manner	O
on	O
non-Linux	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Rosegarden	B-Language
project	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
1993	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Bath	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rosegarden	B-Language
2.1	O
(	O
X11	O
Rosegarden	B-Language
)	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
in	O
1997	O
;	O
Rosegarden(-4 )	O
began	O
in	O
April	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rosegarden	B-Language
was	O
developed	O
up	O
through	O
1.0	O
by	O
Chris	O
Cannam	O
,	O
Richard	O
Bown	O
and	O
Guillaume	O
Laurent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bown	O
has	O
retired	O
from	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
while	O
Laurent	O
has	O
left	O
to	O
pursue	O
his	O
interest	O
in	O
porting	O
to	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
via	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
in	O
an	O
as	O
yet	O
unnamed	O
spinoff	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
