[sdiy] Need MIDI sequencer recommendation, please

[John Speth]

Using virtual machines has always been a problem for me.  The first problem I always encounter is difficulty getting a legal machine image.  I can find Win3.1 and Win95 images but WinXP is impossible to find.  The next problem is bit rot.  In my case, I was using Cakewalk 3.01 (16 bits from Win3.1 days).  It was working great under WinXP.  There is no hope to getting it working in Win10, VM or not.  The HW doesn’t exist anymore so any drivers needed (or available) in a Win3.1 VM are useless.

John Speth

From: Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org] On Behalf Of Jay Schwichtenberg
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 2:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [sdiy] Need MIDI sequencer recommendation, please

Has anyone been successful running a sequencer in a VM machine?

Most of my experiences running SW in a VM that uses hardware or needs to be real time has been bad. But then it's been a while ago since I've tried this.

Thanks

Jay S.
On May 24, 2017 at 2:00 PM Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com<mailto:quincas at gmail.com>> wrote:
I think Reaper rocks!  Way more than a sequencer, but a good one nonetheless :)

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 3:06 PM, henry birdseye <henry.birdseye at gmail.com<mailto:henry.birdseye at gmail.com>> wrote:

I use Reaper for my PC>Midi needs. If the Vbox won't cure your ills, I highly recommend Reaper. Inexpensive and versatile.

http://reaper.fm/
On 5/24/2017 1:24 PM, John Speth wrote:

Hi Folks-

(Off topic, sorry)

My ancient WinXP computer died last week and has left me orphaned with a bunch of MIDI equipment with no way to control it.  I have a Win10 computer but my legacy MIDI SW won’t work on it (64 bits).  My biggest loss is I have no MIDI sequencer.  Can anyone recommend a free or low cost MIDI sequencer?  I’m trying to avoid investing time evaluating a number of sequencers that I’ll eventually drop.

Thanks – John Speth
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