manchoa
Saturday 14 November 2009 à 08:12
QUOTE (houstonmusic @ Fri 13 Nov 2009, 18:16)
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/mac/MIDI_SEQUENCERS/while garageband is great in it's way, it doesn't fulfill your requirements. i don't believe it's able to address external midi ports. (could i be wrong? please correct me if i am)
of the MIDI sequencers listed on the hit squad page, i do like Traction best.
now, if you're using old modules, it's possible that you'll appreciate Digital Performer's ability to build patch maps and select tones and patches directly from the sequencer window. it may be a reason to pony up the price... even if you use all custom patches, you can build patch lists that will show in DP. i used to love that. it comes with lists for all the major modules.
good luck.
Hi and thanks for answer(s). I used to make my music with Cakewalk Pro 9. It doen not use much space, has clear interface, no plugins, no sounds, no virtual instruments. Just pure multitrack midi sequencer. All the sound comes from my external hardware synths, connected to midi output of my mac.
Garageband is a fun toy to fool round, something like Sony Acid. It´s more if you don´t play instruments youself, but want to make music. And it does not suppert midi output as far as I know. Logic seems perfect, but it takes a lot of space in my computer for the things I never need (like all the plugins, instrumetns and other bells and whistles). And why should I pay extra money for the things I do not use ?
They should make something like LE version of Logic - jut the sequencermixer part with no extra stuff.
I record my music with BOSS BR-1600, I take al my sounds from my synths (about 15 of them from Fantom X to Yamaha DX7 and AN1x) and I use only harware compressors and FX. So no need for "virtual" versions.