[linux-audio-user] Re: anybody using seq24 for live performances?

[Loki Davison]

On 1/3/06, charles thorley <charlesthump at yahoo.com> wrote:
> thanks dave!  i read your article in linuxjournal
> about seq24, which was one of the things that got me
> interested in it.  i'm hoping to get in touch with
> some people who have been using it for playing out,
> but even in the absence of feedback like that, i'm
> leaning towards seq24 right now (as opposed to a
> hardware sequencer).
>
> i read a comment...
>
> http://unit-e.cc/knowledge/index.php?id=MidiSequencers
>
> ...that suggested that it's lacking as a drumseq.  i'm
> not sure what would make it better for
> bass/melody/etc. than drums (as the writer suggests) -
> any thoughts on the matter?
>
> -c

I think it's a very usable sequencer for everything. I use it for drum
stuff in preference to anything else, with smack.
http://smack.berlios.de I use it that way for both live use and
non-live production. Though live use has so far been limited to just
playing alone or small shows to go with talks about smack. I think
most of the om-synth crowd use seq24. I think the problem they are
suggesting for drum is that there is no drum map i.e notes don't say
what they are unlike hydrogen. This really has never been a problem
for me.

Loki