There is a great tracker for the PC and Mac called renoise, which let's you do mod pattern based music, very similar to OctaMED on the Amiga. Sadly though it is not accessible which I discovered after losing my sight this year. The developer has no plans to make it accessible either as the code is shared between the PC and Mac or something.
So sadly I do not know of any accessible pattern based sequencers for the Mac which you could use to create trance music. I would also be interested in such a product if anyone else knows of one. Chris On 30 Dec 2010, at 06:02, Austin Seraphin wrote: > It always amazes me how Mac users have a family vibe. We feel empathy when we > hear of the death of a fellow Mac user. Because of this, I first wanted to > pass on the sad news that a long-time Mac user and professional musician has > passed away. Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson helped found such legendary > industrial bands as Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, and Coil. He died in his > sleep on November 24th. > > While reflecting and self-reflecting upon these reflections, I decided that > this marked the time to finally get into making music on my beautiful iMac. > I've started using Amadeus Pro at the excellent recommendation of list > members. That does multi-track editing. Now I guess I need a sequencer. I > don't even know exactly what I want. I created .mod files as a teen-ager, if > anyone remembers those. I also toyed with some Windows sequencing before my > installation crashed fabulously for the final time. > > I've heard about the new Garage Band, supposedly with improved accessibility. > One guy told me he didn't find it so, but others seem to like it. I've also > seen some other music programs in the Apple store and elsewhere. I want > something I can easily learn, something with which I can start making trance > music as soon as possible, and something that will give me room to grow, with > a shallow learning curve. I also plan to do strange and wonderful things with > instruments, including using sacred mathematical scales, as researched by > Hans Cousto. http://akashaproject.de gives examples of this. I'd appreciate > any recommendations anyone may have. No doubt others have asked similar > questions, so I apologize in advance. > > - Austin > > PS: I have iLife 11 on my MacBook Air. I would rather have it on my iMac. I > wonder if I could just transfer it from one machine to another? If not I > guess I'd have to pay the $49 if I want to go that route. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
