>> No. It's just targeted at a rather specific group
>> of composers - which obviously doesn't include you.
>> Trackers are perfect for making dance tracks
>> (like you said) or game music, which doesn't need
>> very high composing quality (in my opinion)
>
> I don't agree. Games need good musics! Do you
> think the musics from SD Snatcher or Illusion City
> are low composing quality?!?!
ok 'quality' was the wrong word here, maybe.
More appropriate would be 'complex' (using weird
combinations of musically interesting features
like mixing several measures). Game music is
mostly intended as background music which would
distract the player of the game if it were
too complex, rather than creating the right
atmosphere for the game.
>> I think MML sucks. If I see one pattern in a
>> tracker, I can see what's happening when and where.
>> MML is obscure - especially when it comes to
>
> Obscure? :)
Yes, obscure. :-)
> MML is crystal clear! I can see all the music
> all the time, and I can make cool things like
> triplets-duets mixing, near-human rifs and more!
Personally, I think that this (one measure for a
simple drum riff, use fixed pitch font):
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
B X . . . X . . . X . . . X . . .
S . . . . X . . X . X . . X . X .
C . . X . . . X . . . X . . . X .
H X X . X X X . X X X . X X X . X
T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
is much clearer than:
BH16H16C16H16BSH16H16C16SH16BH16SH16C16H16BSH16H16SC16H16
(pfooh!)
> That's right as well ...... But I insist on this:
> Musics on Microcabin and Konami games can not
> be made by using Moonblaster.
Maybe. But that may be more of a problem of
MoonBlaster's features, than of the fact that MB is
a tracker style music editor.
> But I can not *mix* triplets and duet, for
> example.
Set a higher tempo and use 6 steps per beat.
> And adjusting the tempo makes me to
> set a main tempo that may not match the
> adequate tempo for the song!
Which also happens when you use MML, but it's not
that obvious, because the MML tries to cover that
deficit.
>> > I can't record live phrases,
>>
>> Name one non-tracker program which can do that
>> on MSX _and_ allows me to correct the mistakes
>> I made afterward.
>
> The editor included with BIt2 MIDI interface ...
You cant compare that package with MB:
- MB plays on MSX-MUSIC/MSX-AUDIO
The Bit2 package uses MIDI to control an external
synth.
- the Bit2 package includes hardware with its own
timer. MB is stuck to the VDP interrupt.
> Or MML itself provides a good resolution enough
It doesn't. It just makes you believe that.
> to make 'human' phrases (by using the '{' and '}'
> symbols on MuSICA).
Explain what you mean by "'human' phrases".
[you can_ use measures different from 4/4 in MB]
> I know that. As a matter of fact, I have made 6/8 measures
> on KPI Musics using MoonBlaster. But ... I prefer to make
> that without the using of 'tricks'.
It's not 'tricks' it's just getting away with the stupide
'idee fixe' that the 16 steps in a pattern restrict you to
having 4/4 music with a 16th note resolution!
> I know that MML is hard for those people that can't
> read music scores. MML is very easy for me though.
I can read music scores and I still find it very obscure.
I've made several musics with FM-BASIC's MML and finally
finding FAC SoundTracker and later MB was a _relief_!
> Thats right. I meant MML is capable of making music
> without program-related limitations.
No, it just gives you the suggestion that you can
make music without the *hardware*s limitations.
> BTW, I NEVER use MIDI Keyboard to write the notes on
> Cubase/Cake :) I always use the piano-roll ^_-
Even more cumbersome than using a tracker IMHO
Eric
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