MV010320@NDSUVM1.BITNET (12/01/90)
I have an old CZ 101 and a Yamaha Drum machine both of which are MIDI capable
I have just recently purchased a 520ST and am wondering what is the best
MIDI program for the buck. Some of the features I would like is on screen
editing and the ability to compose,( being able to print tabliture is not
really needed), play back at different speeds, and stuff like that. In other
words a type of Musical word processor. I'm not really up on what's out
there so what I'm asking for may not exist and if it doesn't I'd like to know
about something that comes at least close.
Thanks,
Thomass37837k@saha.hut.fi (Jari Lehto) (12/09/90)
If price does not scare you off, you should get the Cubase from Steinberg. It is a state-of-the-art MIDI software for ST. Includes the MROS, Musical Realtime Operating System. One disadvantage: It requires at least one megabyte RAM (so does almost every other good MIDI-software too) *** Jari Lehto, jartsu@otax.hut.fi, s37837k@saha.hut.fi ***
waal@cwi.nl (Peter de Waal) (12/09/90)
s37837k@saha.hut.fi (Jari Lehto) writes: >If price does not scare you off, you should get the Cubase from Steinberg. If the price does scare you off, you should try TWELVE from Steinberg. This is basically a stripped down version of PRO-24. It can handle only 12 tracks (hence the name) and it lacks some of the more advanced editing features of PRO-24. It can read patterns that were created with PRO-24, so you can use all the song disks that are available in this format. The greatest advantages are: - excellent support from the importer of Steinberg software (in the Netherlands that is). I received an update immediately, when I called them to complain about some bugs I had in the very first version. The copy I now have works flawlessly. - The price. In the Netherlands it's only Dfl. 99,- which is about US$ 55. One disadvantage: It does not like to cooperate with Turbodos. If Turbodos is installed, Twelve does not recognize media changes (disk swaps), so you can screw up a disk completely. I guess that if you have TOS 1.4, you don't have to use Turbodos, and the disadvantage disappears. When I use Twelve, I usually don't use the harddisk (otherwise I would not be able to hear my synths anyway :-)) and boot from a floppy without Turbodos. ============================================================================= Peter de Waal, CWI, P.O. Box 4079, 1009 AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands Tel: +31 - 20 592 4167. Electronic Mail: waal@cwi.nl "Poor is the man who's pleasure requires the permission of others." =============================================================================
boyd@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) (12/10/90)
Just FYI, I saw this in the Oct START:
#967 . Cosh Sequencer - 16 voice MIDI recorder V2.1. From Europe. This
is the one everyone is talking about.
This is a pd disk for sale with others in the BRE Software add. Their
number is 1-800-347-6760, and they say they have a catalog to offer. The
disk costs $3.99.
I am in no way connected blah blah blah.
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