The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

--- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, "Darren Boudreau" <RIXdeGAUL@j...>
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 used an MMT-8 for a couple of years - back when they were new. It
is indeed a MIDI Sequencer - and quite a good one at that. The timing
was dead-on too.  I don't understand your comment "but that's a midi 
recorder." What is this suppose to imply? All MIDI Sequencers are MIDI
Recorders. I don't understand the point :-)

Roland now makes the MC-80 Seqeuncer but it is pricey. I think you
can add one of those JV expansion boards to it. The MC50 MkII is
still 
around. Check some of the online etailers for remaining inventory.

The Kawai Q80 and Q80ex are a good bet. I think you can still find 
Q80ex info at the Kawai website. The Q80 can be had 2nd hand - cheap! 
It doesn't have all the buttons the MMT-8 does but then again it does 
have disk storage (which the MMT-8 does not.)  

The RM1x is a solid bet for a hardware sequencers as is the MPC2000.  
The ASR-X series sequencers is okay for playback and as a scratch pad 
but it is not real responsive to real time mutes, etc. The
underpowered 
CPU short changes the ASR-X sequencer. But as a sampler it's much, 
much better than the MPC but that's an entirely different story...

regards,
Jon