Create and edit songs¶

In canta song-creation is a two-step process:

1. create a song:¶

to do this you have to start Canta-song-generator. If you installed it right there should be an csg starter under games in your desktop environment. Also you can start it from a console:

> csg

or under windows:

> csg.exe

with no parameters there comes the gui version, there you can select an soundfile (mp3/ogg/flac...) then press "Generate Song" this will generate an basic songfile under your home directory that you should now find in canta under songeditor.

csg has also an cli mode with more options than the gui have to get help on type in your console:

> csg -h

or under windows:

> csg.exe -h

2. edit the new song:¶

start canta and then click on song-editor button, if you did not install another song in under your songdirectory in your home folder ( <home>/.canta/songs ) you now should see your just generated song. Select it. Now you should see the first line of the song this data is just some fake-data but you can make it fit to the song with this editor, press h for an help screen that should explain how to use the editor.

songs can have own themes¶

if you are interested in this, ask in the forum or write an email.

comment¶

This tutorial should work, but If someone have time be free to make a user-friendlyer tutorial with pictures and an more complete explanation of the song-editor and generator.