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From: bchivers@smiley.uucp (Brent Chivers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Music Software
Keywords: Sonix
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Date: 17 Feb 90 01:46:38 GMT
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In article <84.25D613B9@afitamy.fidonet.org> Jim.Priestle@afitamy.fidonet.org (Jim Priestle) writes:
_>_Funny, most purcusion types I think would rather want the simplicity and 
_>_unchanging Sonix, but you request tells me otherwise.

The advantage Sonix has for percussion is that you can change
instruments on every note, not just at the beginning of every measure.
This means you can mix drums/cymbals/etc things on just one track and
leave the other 3 (or 7, with MIDI) available for melodic/harmonic work.
With DMCS, each different instrument that sounds in a measure must be on
a different track, so interesting percussion doesn't leave room for much
else.
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