lanas wrote: > Le Mercredi, 20 Janvier 2010 22:57:10 -0300, > robert lazarski <robertlazarski@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit : > >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:32 PM, lanas <lanas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> With all the Linux audio tools around, is there a way to have >>> the type of sequences/arpeggios like Tangerine Dream was using ? A >>> simple example would be ZynAddSubFx's 'Sequence 2' patch. I wonder >>> how Tangerine Dream were doing these sequences and arpeggios. Like >>> for instance the beautiful sequenced synth right after the piano >>> intro on 'Ricochet'. In those times they surely did not have >>> powerful sequencers to store all of these for live concerts. They >>> must have relied on some programmable arpeggio type of function. >>> Is there a way to have such a flexibility to create similar things >>> in Linux and if so, which tools ? >>> >> There are midi files here to get you started: >> >> http://www.tadream.net/midi.htm >> >> Any linux sequencer like seq24 and rosegarden will play those. I've >> never seen a midi file for 'Ricochet' , that'd be kool. Lots of synths >> of that era had built in sequencers, and analog sequencers then also >> did exist, so they used that I believe when possible. > > That's not it I think. Using a sequencer for that is like painting the > Mona Lisa by number. Tangerine Dream surely have used some sequencers > but a large part of their work resided in the capability to modify in > real time what sound like 'sequences' by turning knobs and plugging > wires as sounds were made. As such, it was really a performance, more > than we could think in general. So I think rather they were using > complex arpeggiators. Today we can listen to that and write it down in > a MIDI file, but that's not what I'm looking for. > > Recently I got the latest by Ozric Tentacles (Yum-yum Tree) and they > also are using some of those real-time modifiable pseudo-'sequences' so > I guess some synths are sold with that capability. > > I had the suggestion that qmidiarp could do something similar, so I'll > check it out soon. Using too much of that could be unnerving (a > critiscm I make towards the Ozrics sometimes) but by itself it sure > sounds fun to groove to. I like the 'Sequence 2' in zynaddsubfx for > starters. > > Cheers. > You could also try PHASEX which has the possibility to generate arpeggios that can be modified. Or a tool like Arpage, a MIDI arpeggiator. PHASEX: http://sysex.net/phasex/ Arpage: https://sourceforge.net/projects/arpage/ Best, Jeremy _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
