WTB sequencer

Harold Jack Baker · Post by **Harold Jack Baker** » 13 Mar 2002 2:22 pm

My Alesis bit the big one. Is there such a thing as a low cost 6 or 8 channel sequencer out there somewhere that needs a good home to back up a steel guitar. Harold Jack Baker <texjac@netins.net>

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Earl Foote · Post by **Earl Foote** » 13 Mar 2002 3:12 pm

Use your PC! If your using standard midi files, they will play on your computer. You would need a decent sound card & speakers. You might want to invest in Cakewalk or a similar program. Of course if you need your sequencer to be portable, a PC might be a problem. Do you want to write sequences on this machine or do you just want to play them?

Tom Jordan · Post by **Tom Jordan** » 13 Mar 2002 5:04 pm

Howdy Jack, altho the laptop/band in the box/cakewalk deal is the way to go, I think you asked for cheap...not sure all that you have besides the Alesis but here is what I use for soloing. A roland MC-50 (ebay $150ish) and Boss DR-5 (ebay $125ish). I use these for no particular reason other than they were cheap and available. I write the tracks on the DR-5 (awesome bass and drums) and store/playback from the MC-50 using the DR-5 as a sound module. The MC-50 uses the old DD floppy disks but I found them for $4 per box of 10 on the e-net. The DR-5 midi assigments are not the standard midi numbers so if you changed sound modules down the road you would have to edit the sequences to make sure that a bass is still a bass.

Hope it helps,

Tom

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