phil@sdcsvax.UUCP (Phil Cohen) (03/20/85)
Yamaha has a sequencer intended to be used with their rack mount DX gear. It has 8 tracks that each go to a different midi out jack. It looks like if you have the full 8 module DX rack, each track goes to a separate DX module. They also have a splitter that sends one midi out to up to 8 midi thru ports. You could use this to play all 8 modules from one midi controller ( a ninth DX! ) without midi thru delays. Can you imagine? One DX playing 16 string voices, one playing 16 horn voices, etc., etc, all driven from the sequencer. The sequencer has a floppy disk in it and stores up to 80,000 notes. That's enough to play an entire album. I can see it now, buying sequencer floppies at your local music store and then listening to next-best-thing-to-live performances! Could this sort of technology eventually replace record albums and CD's??? The literature claims that hearing this system play is an unforgettable experience. I don't doubt it. Phil