Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!LFCS!NICK From: nick@LFCS.ED.AC.UK (Nick Rothwell) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.emusic-l Subject: RE. Playing Live Message-ID: <513.9002051017@subnode.lfcs.ed.ac.uk> Date: 5 Feb 90 10:17:09 GMT Sender: Electronic Music Discussion List Reply-To: Electronic Music Discussion List Lines: 12 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway Via: UK.AC.ED.LFCS; 5 FEB 90 10:14:35 GMT In-Reply-To: jeff beer's message of Mon, 29 Jan 90 09:30:00 CST <6981.9002030646@lfcs.ed.ac.uk >I know some people are happy with the Alesis sequencer. Also, have >you heard of the gear in which it always you to record and play real-time >MIDI data on a cassette. That should make things simple if all of your >pieces are planned in advance. Be wary of the MIDI<->cassette machines; although they theoretically have enough bandwidth to carry a fair amount of MIDI data, the effective baud-rate is apparently low enough to cause serious flamming on big chords and so on. I don't know how they handle large SysEx dumps, for the same reason. Nick.