10 Apr
2004
10 Apr
'04
12:28 a.m.
On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 08:18:04PM -0400, Dave Robillard wrote:
On 04/09/04 16:54:56, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
What about seq24? It's simple and uses GTK. I think it also has
something where you can draw lines on a canvas to change control
parameters.
One thing I'd love to have is *simple* MIDI
sequencer that does *only* midi
(no audio whatsoever), is optimised to handle arbitrary note timing (no
tempo,
beats, ...), and using the ALSA sequencer interface. The saved file format
doesn't even have to be midi. Sort of a dumb multitrack recorder for midi
data, slaved to JACK transport control.
I agree completely that a straight plain MIDI sequencer is needed. Not so
sure about the no tempo idea though. Editing MIDI without the concept of
tempo and/or bars would be a most horrible thing. Ardour sync through some
means is definitely essential (and the thing that makes the current stable
version of MusE essentially useless to me). I don't know about "simple",
except the fact that it's just MIDI. I'd like a feature complete MIDI
sequencer (in gtk), not one that's sucked down feature-wise.
Writing a multitrack recorder is a duplication of effort - we already have
one (and I severely doubt anyone is going to be surpassing ardour in
quality any time soon).
We don't, however, have a just-MIDI sequencer, with all the nice features a
MIDI sequencer needs (like advanced control editing, etc.) The next
version of MuSe could be quite good, but it has all that audio stuff
holding back development, plus it's Qt of course..
(Random thought) A MIDI sequencer where you can draw control curves over
the tracks (like ardour volume and whatnot) would be very cool.. esp. for
electronic music (like, say, trance) when the control parameters are as
important as the notes themselves
-Dave