glennd@athena.arc.nasa.gov (Glenn Deardorff - GDP) (04/19/91)
I'm on the verge of getting a new sequencer for my Atari ST, and am trying to decide between Cubase and Dr. T's Omega. I know that Cubase is supposed to be the sequencer to end all sequencers, but on the other hand, I'm presently using Dr. T's X-oR (as well as their VZ-Rider), so it only makes sense to stick with Dr. T's, if I want to multitask successfully between X-oR and the sequencer, not to mention the fact that Omega is a high-end sequencer in itself (there are plenty who swear by it). I've pretty much researched the features of each. At this point, I need to know if there are Cubase users who routinely and successfully use it with M-ROS for non-M-ROS applications (especially X-oR). Or if they're happy with the patch editing capabilities supplied with the Satellite desk accessory. Or also, for those "in the know", if there are things that Omega can do better than Cubase (for instance, the ability to display up to 3 tracks of note and controller data at once). I've heard/read that getting M-ROS to work successfully is hard, and I've had enough problems getting incompatible programs to run together that this is definitely an area of concern for me. Thanks in advance for any replies, which can be made via personal E-mail, or as a followup to this post. - Glenn
peter%midiline.uucp@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Xorcist) (04/20/91)
X-OR is NOT a multitasking tool with OMEGA as is CUBASE's MIDI MANAGER. Although, OMEGA, I feel, is better then CUBASE. I've used both and CUBASE is a lot buggier then OMEGA and very sluggish. It's like working in jello. OMEGA is fast and direct. The only way to utilize XOR and OMEGA is to have 2 ATARI's. I'm going to try that soon. PS s
whitcomb@aurs01.UUCP (Jonathan Whitcomb) (04/22/91)
In article <qkuo11w164w@midiline> peter%midiline.uucp@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Xorcist) writes: >X-OR is NOT a multitasking tool with OMEGA as is CUBASE's MIDI MANAGER. Well, X-or is not a multitasking tool in itself, but it does run in KCS Omega's Multi Program Environment (MPE), which loads several programs into memory and lets you switch amoung them without re-loading (effectively a multitasking environment). In addition, MPE allows several of Dr.T's programs to share common data. For instance, you can play KCS Omega sequences from within X-or. The song editor in Omega will automatically load X-or performances when a new song is loaded, which will save lots of time. You can only do this sort of thing within MPE...you will lose all these capabilities if you go with CUBASE. >Although, OMEGA, I feel, is better then CUBASE. I've used both and >CUBASE is a lot buggier then OMEGA and very sluggish. It's like >working in jello. OMEGA is fast and direct. And I have yet to find a bug in KCS Omega. > The only way to utilize XOR and OMEGA is to have 2 ATARI's. I'm going to >try that soon. Sorry, this is incorrect... although you will need at least two megs of RAM to fit them both, you can most definately run them in one ST...I can comfortably fit KCS, Tiger , the Song Editor and X-or in my un-modified Mega ST2, with Hotwire! and Maxifile resident. This is a very powerful setup, and it's great to switch amoung all of the programs with no waiting. I will have to upgrade to 4 megs in order to load T-Basic and Quickscore as well, though. > PS -Jonathan ********************************************************************** Jonathan Whitcomb UUCP: <whitcomb%aurgate@mcnc.org> Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh, NC Delphi: JBWHIT