NoteEdit is a defunct[1] music scorewriter for Linux and other Unix-like computer operating systems.
NoteEdit, unlike some Linux-based music editors, features a graphical user interface.
[4] It supports an unlimited number and length of staves, polyphony, MIDI playback of written notes, chord markings, lyrics, and a number of import and export filters to many formats like MIDI, MusicXML, abc, MUP, PMX, MusiXTeX and LilyPond.
FluidSynth uses SoundFont technology (a sample-based synthesis) to simulate the sound of a NoteEdit score played by live instruments.
Now there are quite a few people behind this software project: In Autumn 2006 the development team decided to rewrite as score editor in Qt4 from scratch (now known as Canorus).