on 7/18/02 5:02 PM, Chris Dooley at DooleyC@firstcharter.com wrote:
quoted 5 lines Hey guys i am looking for another software sequencer/arranger, etc than what i> 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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