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From: tjm@nsscb.UUCP (Timothy J. Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Amiga Sequencers
Summary: Soundscape is powerful, but...
Keywords: mimetics, amiga, soundscape
Message-ID: <511@nsscb.UUCP>
Date: 13 Sep 88 16:41:39 GMT
References: <4056@itsgw.RPI.EDU>
Reply-To: tjm@nsscb.UUCP (Timothy J. Murphy)
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Organization: AT&T NSSC  S. Plainfield, NJ
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In article <4056@itsgw.RPI.EDU> rogoff@itsgw.rpi.edu (David H. Rogoff) writes:
>
>  I have just gotten Mimetics Soundscape for my Amiga(still waiting
>  for the MIDI interface).  It seems to be a very powerfull program,
>  but very cumbersome.  I'm trying to find other people who have it
>  or have used it.  I would especially like to find out about the
>  various 'utilities' that Mimetics has for it.  Some are supposed to
>  be shells that make the program easier to use.
>
>    Thanks
>    David Rogoff

	I purchased Soundscape because of the features it offers, but
also because I didn't have the patience to wait for any Dr. T software. Now
it seems there will soon be a wave of midi software for the Amiga, not only
from Dr. T's, but from a host of other companies as well (Bacchus, are you 
listening?). Back to Soundscape.
	My only real gripe with it is the number of mouse "strokes" it takes
to get to a particular function, of which there are lots. The sequencer is
not bad, distinguishing between entire songs and the sequences making up the
songs, allowing cut & paste operations, etc. etc. The utilities modules (I
think there are two out now) don't really offer different front ends, they
just present you with additional options you can manipulate with the patch
panel, such as using the mouse as a pitch bender/modulation wheel, more ad-
vanced MIDI channel mapping/mixing functions, and so on. I haven't used them,
so I can't comment on their usefulness or ease of use...
	The Amiga-specific features, such as the console keyboard are nice if
you want to include the Amiga as part of your sound-synthesis equipment.
Assigning samples to specific key ranges for inclusion in songs is nice, even
if the samples are kinda noisy (assuming you're using an Amiga sampler to
generate the samples). All in all, it's a pretty thorough package. Hopefully
you have Ver. 1.4; earlier versions were buggier than a New Jersey swamp
during the rainy season. If you want to trade info/questions/applications,
you can e-mail me, I'll be more than happy to trade ideas with someone who
has a software package I'm starting to use intensely (I'll even trade ideas
with someone who doesn't!).





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