★ APPLICATIONS ★ CREATION MUSICAL ★ ESQ1 Sequencer Dump ★ |
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Silicon Sounds Midi software and an Ensoniq synthesizer are all you need to form the ultimate one-man band. Richard Monteiro puts theory to practise. Musical compositions or sequences can be created and stored on an ESQ1. Composing is easy, space is tight. Silicon has realised this and oilers a Sequencer Dump program. A pity that both Data- and Sequencer Dump packages aren't bundled together the price would undoubtedly be an octave lower.
The Sequencer Dump does little else than its title suggests. It merely lets you save and load sequences to and from disk. You wouldn't be blamed for having doubts at shelling out an extra £60 for. what is. a very simple program. The fact is that musicians have few alternatives. They can either save compositions to cassette (prone to corruption due to the very high baud rate at which data is saved) or use a Mirage (a £1.000 machine with 3.5 inch drive capable of saving and loading sequences - also has a few extra features, such as sampling, thrown in). There are no alternatives to Silicon's Amstrad ESQ1 software at present Indeed, no other micro can boast Ensoniq software. At first sight the £185 (plus £300-odd if you haven't got a CPC) asking price for the complete outlit may seem excessive, however, there are no cheaper reliable alternatives. Bar that the packages perform well and are learnt in a quaver. Richard Monteiro , AA
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