7 May
2010
7 May
'10
4:48 p.m.
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 4:08 PM, James Stone <jamesmstone(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Sorry I haven't added a ticket for the build
problem I reported. Will
try to do that this evening.
Don't forget to give your OS/Machine specs!
Out of interest, how do you see Jacker fitting with
Tutka (another
midi tracker)? Does it have improvements over the older program, or is
it "just different"?
Oh, never heard about that one. I just had a look at it and from the
quick glimpse I can point out following differences in Jacker:
* has a Cubase-style sequencer, with tracks assignable to individual
ports and MIDI channels, patterns concurrently playable, and full
keyboard/mouse support (see cheatsheet.txt).
* patterns have dedicated columns for note volume and commands. Allows
to do a bit more than just send MIDI.
* each pattern can have a different count of channels.
* supports different signatures than just 4/4, so measures like 6/8,
5/4, 3/4 are all possible.
* has Jack MIDI support only, but supports 16 JACK ports, and 16 MIDI
channels per port = 256 MIDI channels in total.
* loads/saves files in JSON, not XML, which makes generating and
parsing documents in Python ridiculously easy.
* has a compact UI.
* has been released as Beta right now, where the last Tutka release is
from 2006.