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Originally posted by spalding:
i have used the yamaha sequencer. There is no way Insider would have have done those demos using the T2 Sequencer Diki. It would have taken him a month :-) If i understand him correctly Insider used external sequencers to sequence the midi files for his demo's?????

If my understanding is correct that is the basic problem with demo's that i hear on the Tyros because it would be very difficult to produce a demo that sounds like the demos on the instrument itself without using external gear.

Insider talked about tweaking a riff on one of the SA sax's . I have no doubt that he could have played it live if he re-recorded it again directly into the keyboard but it would have been very difficult to micro edit that sax using the onboard song player/sequencer.


Hi Spalding - last post before I away to bed.

I consider the interface of Cubase to me the modern equivalent of a Score. I can see the entire arrangement, display controller data and get an immediate overview of what's going on. Of course, I have also written the score too, and it is setup in a way that all those who come after me may look at in the same way, so there is a common language and any changes are all easily accessible.

I have been using the program for a long long time now (coming up for 20 years) and I suppose in some ways it is difficult to break old habits too. Every note and piece of data in a composition can be up for discussion and has to be justifiable - this is how seriously this is taken. The same goes for Style programming, a lot of care is taken to try and make it as good as it can be and it will be picked apart with a fine (digital of course) toothpick.

So tweaking the riff was a decision based on "I like the performance so that's a keeper". However to drop in beats 13.2.4.40 - 13.3.1.00 is a bit of a challenge, so I wrote it in because it made it sound that little bit better - I already liked the rest of it, I just wanted a bit of Icing too. Maybe I am the only one who knows it's there, well obviously you know now, too.

For the purists, apologies, just tryin' to do my job. . . .