The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

At 05:04 AM 8/6/00 +0000, you wrote:
>hey people,
>
>what would be a decent hardware sequencer for me to pick up to play 
>around with that is relatively inexpensive. I hate Cakewalk and 
>Cubase. Too much crap to messa round with and fill my screen. Give me 
>something tangible in my hands to trigger my keys. Once upon a time I 
>had an Alesis MMT8, but that's a midi recorder.
>
>I want some suggestions from some of you, please...I'll appreciate 
>very much.
 
There's not that many hardware sequencers around...in fact there are none,
but there are samplers/workstations/grooveboxes that have sequencers in
them. The only ones I can come up with are...

Akai MPC2000 / MPC2000XL ( I recently bought a 2000XL...I start writing
tunes with that sequencer and finish them with Cakewalk (it can
import/export files in standard .mid format!)...I haven't been this
prolific songwriting-wise in a long time!)

Yamaha RM1x  - Yamaha's answer to the Roland MC505, but despite its ugly
looks, it's gotten a lot of praise on the net and a lot of people seem to
like it.

Roland MC505 - I don't know if this can play external MIDI tracks...

Ensoniq ASR-X Pro: Ensoniq's answer to the Akai MPC. A better sampler than
the MPc, but an inferior (and not very reliable) sequencer.



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