so has anyone got experiene with MAX/MSP? i'm looking into that.
what's the cost of the base program? or msp?
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On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 18:16:55
Thomas Millar wrote:
quoted 41 lines on 7/18/02 5:02 PM, Chris Dooley at DooleyC@firstcharter.com wrote:
>on 7/18/02 5:02 PM, Chris Dooley at DooleyC@firstcharter.com wrote:
>
>> Hey guys i am looking for another software sequencer/arranger, etc than what i
>> am used to.
>>
>> Forever i used acid and logic, but i was wondering if there are other programs
>> that i could use to arrange music just to try at least?
>
>I'm gonna throw in my eight nickels even though it's not a good answer. For
>my time and money, all the SW audio and seq apps I demo'd started to look
>the same. Even Reason wasn't what I was looking for. With SW I was always
>getting stuck right at the very beginning because there never seemed to be
>any spontaneity to it. I got tired of having to plan my tracks out in my
>head loop-by-loop, and, well, computers crash. AAAAARGGGH. We'll not discuss
>timing issues.
>
>If you're looking for something other than what you're used to I suggest
>looking into hardware production stations. Sampling seqs such as the Akai
>MPCs and the YAMAHA RS7000 (fanfare) (I own one) are so much more fun I
>don't think I could ever go back to software. Of course you can't really get
>a good demo in a store, but (total) prices (assuming you're intending to pay
>for the SW, which is probably a dumb assumption) are about the same for the
>features. Buying the Yamaha changed my whole perspective on music making.
>Unfortunately as with many 'dance/remix' workstation products it's very easy
>to fall into genre traps, but that's where you have to start fucking around.
>The RS7000 has a lot of excellent IDM beeps and FX. Put it this way,
>'Geogaddi' was really boring to me because most of that kinda stuff I can
>cook up in about ten minutes now. See also '*-house'. I am not exaggerating.
>
>Plus, the Yamaha is less RSI inducing and easier on your eyes than any SW
>I've ever used. Chopping and rearranging samples is also extremely simple,
>in case you cared.
>
>Tom
>
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