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From: waal@cwi.nl (Peter de Waal)
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Subject: Re: Sequencer program for ST
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Date: 9 Dec 90 12:32:39 GMT
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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.


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