Javier

My daughter who understands things like Linux tells me WINE should run it and certainly many versions of BIAB are on their database as compatible.

Geoff

I use Lilypond: it’s a free and produces really good-looking output. In its native form, however, it’s more of a programming language (which suits my background!) than a what-you-see-is-what-you-get Windows-friendly programming, though. There is a very steep learning curve not helped by a help system that isn’t very helpful! However, once you set up a template for your music, it becomes a simple matter of little more than typing in the notes and lyrics.

A useful place to start for church music:

http://www.geoffhorton.com/hymns/library.html

It hasn’t been update in years and uses an old version of Lilypond which isn’t always compatible with the current version, but nevertheless I found it very useful when I first started playing with Lilypond.

I find that the midi files produced are fairly basic, and can be improved by converting to mp3s on solmire.com which has much better sound fonts than I have on my computer.

G’Day Javier

The backings here are MP3 files rendered from Band in a Box files that I make myself. They can also be made into MIDI files.

I’ve never heard of Lilypond, I must look into it.

cheers

Geoffrey