[sdiy] Need MIDI sequencer recommendation, please

[sleepy_dog at gmx.de]

"The HW doesn’t exist anymore so any drivers needed (or available) in a 
Win3.1 VM are useless"

What hardware in particular?
DOSbox has Gravis Ultrasound emulation, in case that would be one of the 
things you had in mind.

how to run Windows 3.1 in dosbox (high colour, sound, ect)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBfAMomH010


Am 24.05.2017 um 23:28 schrieb 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
> *To:* synth-diy mailing list <synth-diy at synth-diy.org>
> *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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