Conference napalm::commusic_v1

244.0. "New UK noter needs advice" by MINDER::KENT () Tue Feb 11 1986 14:21

Hi folks 

I am Paul Kent and I work in the UK in Manchester


I have been reading this notes file for about a week (protocol observed)
and have been itching to get involved to get some help and hopefully give some
input, when possible. 

My setup I suggest is probably what we in the U.K. kindly term as Budget Based
the implication and realisation being that we can't afford any better but would
like to.

From a base of zero about 6 months ago my studio now consists of the following

			Yamaha CX5M with large keyboard
			Digital Music Systems (sequencer for above)
			Tascam 244 portastudio
			Casio CZ1000
			Yamaha RX21 Drums
			Ibanez digital delay
			
Plus all the gear I had when I was a pro musician in the mid 70s.

The advice (input) I could do with at the moment is as follows. 

The DMS sequencer is great. It has released all that pent up inventiveness 
and artistry that I could only release, previously, after the drummer had
excersised his wrists and the bass player had broken the windows in the 
house next door. However it has it's limitations. It does not accept any
pitch bend or velocity information. I knew of these limitations when I bought 
the system but also new that I could use it as an expander and programming tool
once I can afford that DX7. Also including the software it only cost me 300 
pounds which is the about half the price a Rhodes cost 10 years ago.

I now have access to a commodore 64 can anybody recommend a good sequencing
package for this system bearing in mind I would like all of the above.

How do I get the CASIO to put out system exclusive data.

Does anyone have a good SAX patch for either the CX5 or the CZ.

If anyone out there owns a CX5 then my local music shop is actually also
DMS (i doubt if this is the Digital Music Systems I read of in an earlier note)
who are ace CX5 programmers and have quite a bit of software for this machine
including a sampler due out in late February. If anyone is interested I can
input the technical info to the file.

					PK.

Paul -

First thing you need to do is define NOTES$TIMEZONE to reflect your proper time 
zone.  This note thinks it's 4 hours in the future.   8^)

There are several pretty good s/w sequencers out for the C64.  If you want to 
really become familiar with all the options, I suggest that you pick up a copy 
of the Jan 86 Keyboard magazine, and scope out pages 66-77 et al.

In the meantime, here are a few that you might want to check out:


Mfg'er	 Product		      Price	Interface   Notes/Tracks
-------	 ---------------------------  -------	----------  ------------
C-lab	 Supertrack		      340 DM	C-lab, JMS  4300+/16 poly
						Steinberg

EMR	 MIDI Track Composer/Editor   45 lb	EMR

Joreth	 Music Composer System	      244.9 lb	Joreth	    6000+/8 poly

Passport MIDI 8 Plus		      $150	Passport    6500/8 poly

Steinberg   Pro 16		      290 DM	Passport,   8000/16 poly
	    (need additional h/w)		Sequential,
						Steinberg


Hope this helps.


Brad	8^)

 If you can afford the price difference look at the Tascam 234 
syncassette and a seperate mixer. The 234 will give much better 
recording performance than the portastudio, although it's not as 
convenient.

good luck

dave