Xref: utzoo comp.music:1732 rec.music.makers:9809 rec.music.synth:15196 Path: utzoo!utstat!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!mcgill-vision!snorkelwacker!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!cvedc!gssc!jdm From: jdm@gssc.UUCP (John David Miller) Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.makers,rec.music.synth Subject: HELP: Mac sequencer and MIDI/SMPTE interface Summary: which should i buy? Keywords: Mac, SMPTE, MIDI, Sequencer, MOTU, Opcode Message-ID: <6300@gssc.UUCP> Date: 7 Aug 90 21:39:45 GMT Organization: Graphic Software Systems, Bvtn OR Lines: 34 Well, things have happened such that I will be buying a Mac after all. I don't mind - the Mac is a fine user machine, esp. for performing arts like music and video. Trouble is, this happened just after I bought Cakewalk Pro 3.0, an MQX-16S, and a JL Cooper MSB+ Midi Patch Bay. And I thought I was all set. However, I have a good relationship with my dealer, and if I act soon, I can probably trade this stuff in on Mac equiv. goods. The big question is, WHICH Mac stuff to buy. On the high-end serious stuff (all I'm really interested in) there seems to be two camps: Mark of the Unicorn (makers of Performer and Midi Time Piece) and Opcode (makers of Vision and Studio 3). The Midi Time Piece looks much better than the Studio 3: 8x8 v. 2x8. Does this mean I should go with Performer over Vision? Since I didn't have a Mac, I haven't paid much attention to the Mac version of "my sequencer is better than your sequencer" wars. About all I know is that both seem to have a devoted following. How are their personalities different and similar? I'm interested in pop/jazz, i.e., phrase oriented music, more than evolving, droning, new-age stuff. Either better for drum machine programming? BTW, I'll be getting a Mac IIci, 4Mb RAM, 80Mb hard disk, dunno which display. Thanks in advance, -- jdm -- John David Miller jdm@gss.com Graphic Software Systems uunet!gssc!jdm 9590 S.W. Gemini Dr. (503) 641-2200 (voice) Beaverton, OR 97005-7161 (503) 643-8642 (FAX)