Xref: utzoo rec.music.synth:20830 comp.sys.atari.st:37473 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!aurs01!whitcomb From: whitcomb@aurs01.UUCP (Jonathan Whitcomb) Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Cubase vs. Omega for ST??? Keywords: ST, sequencers Message-ID: <59750@aurs01.UUCP> Date: 22 Apr 91 13:01:35 GMT References: <1991Apr18.224006.18116@riacs.edu> Sender: news@aurs01.UUCP Reply-To: whitcomb@aurw32.UUCP (Jonathan Whitcomb) Organization: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh NC Lines: 37 In article 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: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh, NC Delphi: JBWHIT