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From: riley@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Daniel S. Riley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Amiga Sequencers
Keywords: mimetics, amiga, soundscape
Message-ID: <6322@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 15 Sep 88 14:20:21 GMT
References: <4056@itsgw.RPI.EDU> <511@nsscb.UUCP> <4735@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: riley@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Daniel S. Riley)
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga
Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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In article <4735@cbmvax.UUCP> erickson@cbmvax.UUCP (Lee Erickson) writes:
>In article <511@nsscb.UUCP> tjm@nsscb.UUCP (Timothy J. Murphy) writes:
>>In article <4056@itsgw.RPI.EDU> rogoff@itsgw.rpi.edu (David H. Rogoff) writes:
>>>  Some are supposed to
>>>  be shells that make the program easier to use.
>>
>>The utilities modules (I
>>think there are two out now) don't really offer different front ends,
>
>I have Mimetics Utilities Disk 1, and it DOES contain a front end they call
>"Fast Tracker" that is supposed to be easier to use.  I haven't actually
>gotten around to using it yet, so I can't verify that claim.

Fast Tracker opens up a low-res screen with 16 tracks set-up already,
and with a metronome already set-up.  It has gadgets for turning on
the metronome, turning on a countdown before the tracks begin, input
quantization of various resolutions, time signature, and a few
other things.  It has just one set of over-sized transport controls,
and a big led-style bar:beat counter.  I use it all the time for the
first cut at a new track, since it saves me the trouble of setting up
a lot of stuff.  I turn on the metronome and count-off, do rough 
versions of a few tracks, and then usually close fast tracker and
use the usual controls for the rest.  It's not terribly sophisticated,
but it saves a lot of time on the simple stuff.

-dan riley (dsr@lns61.tn.cornell.edu, dsr@crnlns.bitnet)
-wilson lab, cornell u.