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From: Jose Angel Morente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 3:50 AM
Subject: SEQUENCERS and TRACKERS
Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba soltó algo así como:
> What do you mean by a sequencer? I don't think
A CUBASE-style program.
> tracker-style programs are bullshit. Many of
> them are even used for professional works. My
Trackers are used only to make dance music and
similar.
> first contact with PC music was with a se-
> quencing program named Cakewalk for DOS. I
> thought it was great, but I never achieved
> great productivity with it (maybe because I
> actually didn't have any MIDI input device)
Do you know the actual versions of CakeWalk?
I use EVERY DAY the Cakewalk Pro Audio v9.0
(I work as composer/arranger/producer at a
recording studio).
That program is similar to Cubase VST or Logic Audio.
> and eventually found FT2 and everything was
> good. :)
This is I think about trackers:
FT2 is bullshit.
ST3 is bullshit.
IT is bullshit.
MoonBlaster is BIG BULLSHIT.
Ok so you don't like trackers....
who cares! lots of other HOBBY
composers do like trackers, just
because they are user-friendly.
Not everyone is a professional in the
music industry and doesn't need
more than a "simple" tracker.
I agree moonblaster isn't the
perfect music editor, but hey
if I want to do professional stuff
I use my pc, if I want to have a
lot of fun, I use my msx. And I
think you don't remember the charm
of working on a good ol' msx
with all it's limitations. I really though
that was what msx is all about,
why else are we still use it and not some
10 kazillion gigahertz pc........
> But I still miss MML music programming. Some-
> times it's cumbersome, but it's the best way
> to define short note sequences. Think drums
> or arpeggios. :)
I think MML is the best (actual) way to make
music on MSX. Using MuSICA I can sequence any kind
of music, there is no musical limitations as
occurs on trackers.
> This is getting off-topic, but this is the
Not off-topic! I think it is very important
to speak about music editors because there is no
good programs for MSX. It would be nice if we
had a good music editor.
Could you imagine if we got the editor used by
Microcabin? We only can dream of this.
> point: a bad sequencer will never be better
> than a good tracker. Bad sequencers, bad
> trackers, badly designed MML... This is
I don't agree at all ..... Trackers are BAD
because they have 'phisical' limitations.
Using a tracker, MoonBlaster for example,
I cannot make irregular groups like
triplets, etc., I can't record live phrases,
sample ram, ever heard of it?
I can't achieve a good timing resolution,
be creative, you'll find something
I can't make 'feeling', 'human' music,
probably your own limitations
I can't use different measures than 4/4...
try reading the manual... you'll see it can be done.
Pathetic.
if all of this is so pathetic, why don't you sell your msx?
> what I'd call bullshit. MSX, as any other
> system, benefits a lot from good SOFTWARE.
Of course. But I'm sure at this point: MuSICA
is better than MonsterBlaster, for instance.
MML allows making music similar to the music
made using a good sequencer (cakewalk/cubase alike).
I don't mean to piss people off with this,
but I just had to get this off my chest.
Pepijn
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