POLL: Your Sequencer?

[Alan Lastufka]

The poll was lost after switching to the new forum. Here is the latest tally of the poll:

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[Alan Lastufka]

I use Cubase SX 2.0.1 on a PC.

[dubaifox]

Pro Tools + MAC

Apparently not a very good combo for GPO, which is surprising because when I voted, 50% of ALL responses were Pro Tools on MAC.

You\'d think they would want to give better support for this massive user base. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Brian2112]

I\'ve used them all. (except DP and GB)

But now I only use Sonar 3 Producer (P.C.)

Brian

[spettigrew]

MAC & ProTools, because I like a challenge. Seriously, I\'m a film/tv music editor by trade and have to use ProTools anyway.

_Scott

[Junkmonkey]

Sonar 3.1 PE + PC

Because macs are.... *shudder* ... evil /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

- Junk

[Ron Klaren]

[ QUOTE ]
I use Cubase SX 2.0.1 on a PC.

[/ QUOTE ]

Allan,

There\'s a new update of Cubase available.
Besides many bugfixes, Steinberg introduced 3 new plugins, 2 instruments and an fx VST.

You can get a free update here: SX 2.2 Update (\"http://www.steinberg.net/Steinberg/Company/NewsItem.asp?id=3332&Langue_ID=7\")

Ron

[Ron Klaren]

Oh... I use CubaseSX2.2 on the PC /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Karl Garrett]

DP on a Mac.

[Styxx]

I\'ve used Cubasis, Pro Tools, CWHS2004XL. Haven\'t had much luck with anyone so far. Next, I plan to use Sonar 3 Producer. If I am not satisfied with either of them I will be hiring the Guacamole Symphony Orchestra. They\'re user friendly and man can they make one heck of a dip! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Shazbot]

I\'ve mostly used the included Cubasis VST 4.0, which has worked fine with some glitches, and also used PGMusic\'s Power Tracks Pro with limited success. I\'m currently saving up for Sonar 3. Oh, PC all the way (though not necessarily politically correct!).

[CallMeZoot]

SONAR 3 PE.

I use Finale for notation, usually *after* I\'ve finished a mockup in SONAR. (I import the MIDI file into Finale and then clean up the notation, add dynamics, articulations, expression marks, etc. etc. etc.).

chris.

[Scott Cairns]

SX2 here. Hey, I see another bithday cake, Happy Birthday Alan. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Styxx]

Slap Hap Happy Birthday Alan! Here\'s a few to make ya feel even better;

You Know You’re Getting Older When;

\"Getting a little action\" means you don\'t need to take a laxative.

Adult diapers are actually kind of convenient.

All of your favorite movies are now re-released in color.

At cafeterias, you complain that the gelatin is too tough.

Conversations with people your own age often turn into \"dueling ailments.\"

Everything hurts and what doesn\'t hurt, doesn\'t work.

In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.

It takes a couple of tries to get over a speed bump.

It takes longer to rest than it did to get tired.

It takes twice as long to look half as good.


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[aplanchard]

DP on a Mac and Sonar PE on a PC

[Ron Klaren]

Hah... happy birthday Alan ! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Jeff Turner]

I\'m using Pro Tools on a Mac, because that\'s the setup my clients use and I need to stay consistent with them.

JT

[Karl Garrett]

Ah, Didn’t catch the birthday cakes. Have a great birthday and at least a hundred more after this one. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Styxx]

OK Alan. I polled my sequencer. NOW HOW DO I GET IT DOWN FROM THERE! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[thesoundsmith]

DP on Mac

Dasher

[RickH]

Sonar/PC.

[TobyBrez]

[ QUOTE ]
Please post your answer after voting...

[/ QUOTE ]

SONAR Producer / PC

[avalongalaxy]

i use SX2.0 and sometimes cubasis 4

[Juan Sanchez]

Sonar 3.1.1

[DarwinKopp]

Overture on the PC. Overture\'s midi editor allows me to do anything that needs to be done for reasonably good notation-based playback. Add some per patch rudimentary eq (at least treble and bass) and a separate reverb send(s??) in GPO\'s Kontakt player to go along with the existing pan and level controls and there\'d be no need for Cubasis at all.

[Edi]

DP-MAC

Ed

[DPDAN]

DP on MAC and love it!!!!!

[Joseph Burrell]

Notation on a PC.

[jimmyd]

DP / Mac

[Styxx]

Anyone ever hear of a \"AMP\"? I\'ve heard its the notation and sequencing program to beat all? Anyone know where to read up on this?
Thought I would ask.

[Beel]

Logic Pro 6.4.2 on a G5 1,8DP.
Wow, less Logic user than I expected... ah well.

Best

Holger

[Hardy Heern]

Alan,

Cubase SX 2 on PC.
(When I get going /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif)

Frank

[Ned Bouhalassa]

Logic on a Mac G5 dual 2Ghz. Lovely combination... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Nhick Ramiro Pacis]

Sonar 3 PE for me.

[Shazbot]

[ QUOTE ]
Anyone ever hear of a \"AMP\"? I\'ve heard its the notation and sequencing program to beat all? Anyone know where to read up on this?
Thought I would ask.

[/ QUOTE ]

I couldn\'t find a thing about anything called \"AMP\" online, so... ???

[Styxx]

http://www.fx-max.com/amp.html (\"http://www.fx-max.com/amp.html\") I believe you\'ll find it here.

I was reading a little further as time permitted and this struck me as most interesting!

[ QUOTE ]
# Auto alternation
AMP can replace the need for external midi tools for auto-alternation (eg VSL, GOS, GPO, SAM use transpose based alternation for up/down bows and multiple takes) Sonic Implants uses mod-wheel alternation mode for up/down bows, AMP can also be used to add Auto Alternation to other libraries which include articulations for alternative takes (eg. Peter Siedlaczek Advanced Orchestra, Miroslav Vitous etc)
# Legato mode
AMP can replace external midi tools for legato mode using sustain pedal switching systems (eg Garritan GOS & GPO).

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[DPDAN]

Kinda funny, if a particular library could use alternating up and down bow strokes, it is obvious that it would have to be equiped with both types of samples. This \"new\" program (another one) would have the feature built in, so what\'s the use, MARKETING I SAY.... I feel like any company that brags about features that are already out and being used is probably not worth the trouble. It is particularly easy to copy someone else\'s product once it\'s out. Look at Digital Performer....., Pro Tools, and all these other programs would not be what they are if it weren\'t for MOTU (DP) designing and programming their original Performer program. I doubt seriously that there is any other program available that offers everything that Digital Performer does. I\'m not saying that these copy cats are not good useful programs. I think that most people think DP is way too complicated when they see it. Bah humbug, it\'s awesome! For midi and Digital audio, there is no other! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[RichardRodgers]

Sonar 3 Producer

Just upgraded earlier this year. Glad to be a new member of the GPO family!

[robh]

Logic Platinum 5
PC version

Rob

[Ernstinen]

Performer on a Mac G3 (stable as granite)
Pro Tools on a PC (mastering only)

[Garritan]

Alan,

You forgot Linux!

Gary Garritan

[Cazalar]

Sonar 3 Producer on PC.

[Pierre Laroche]

SONAR 3 PE on PC

Pierre

[G Rudolph]

SONAR 3 PE on PC

[Christo7]

I run Cubase SX and Gigastudio into Pro Tools Mac.

[CHudson]

Sonar 3.1.1 PE on dual Athlon MP2800\'s

I call it my Mac spanker /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Looper]

Nuendo 2.2 PC

[mal7]

Ordered Sonar 3 Producer yesterday /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Mal

[Zelazowa]

I use Cubase and PC
bye bye
Zelazowa

[Chris Jarzynka]

Hey, I use Cubase SX 2.0 and PC and didn\'t know about this 2.2 update until I came here! Thanks very much for the heads up! Since Pinnacle changed the site around, my Cubase SX software didn\'t pick up on the update...

BTW, the new synths and Mackie Extender control makes this free update well worth the download (broadband only!) I\'ve also found (and others have too) that the upgrade is rock solid. No crashes yet to report!

GPO integrates so well with it, too! It really is a pleasure to make music with it. Now, if I only had the TIME to sit down and play around some more! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[UNIX_GURU]

Logic Pro 6.4.2 on Mac.

[Ernstinen]

Unix,

Would you PLEASE stop that!

I\'m up in the northwoods, and am without my wife.

Erns

[Brian2112]

Look at the bright side Ern. Your vocal range will increase by an 8va.

Brian /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[UNIX_GURU]

[ QUOTE ]
I\'m up in the northwoods, and am without my wife

[/ QUOTE ]

LOL, I have been getting a lot of strange looks since I put that up on the web.
I didn\'t intend on causing people lust, perhaps it is time for me to switch to a less sensual gif. After post 19,000 I will make a new one to put up /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Ernstinen]

It just did!!!!!


Yewoooooollllllll, SALESMAN!

Thanx,

Ern

[kstevege]

SONAR 3 Producer works great for GPO and all my other VST applications. Never had a problem. (CPU 2.9, 1 gig pc3900 dual channel ram) I never used Pro Tools or Cubase so I cannot subjectively compare Sonar to the rest thats out there. But Sonar 3 does everything I need and I am a very happy composer!!!

[Declan]

I use Sonar3PE.

[sandden1]

I\'m using \"Muzys\" on PC, there is no Mac offering. It is surprisingly well adapted to GPO. Using it with Overture SE, I don\'t really have any need for GPO Studio.

I don\'t think that it\'s for sale anymore. The developer seems to have fallen prey to some inner demons. Perhaps Gary should look into it as a possible additon to his offerings.

Dennis Burton

[O Boy]

Mmm. Doughnut.

Sonar 3.1.1 Producer on a 3GHz P4 w/1GB dual-channel DDR RAM.
O.

[mistahamma]

Sonar 3.1.1 (Producer)

[dewdman42]

Wow..I am really surprised to see how many people are on Sonar! Don\'t get me wrong...If I were on PC I\'d probably be using Sonar also..I just didn\'t realize it was so popular. I honestly thought Cubase was more common. Good to know...

[mschiff]

Sonar 3 Producer on a PC at home, and Overture on a PC at work (Sonar too).

-- Martin

[Poolman]

Alan -

Just to satisfy my curiosity: is \"tounge\" the accepted spelling in America? (I have seen it before.)
In the UK we spell it \"tongue\".

Poolman

[Alan Lastufka]

No, I was just always the first to get booted out of the spelling-bee\'s http://www.northernsounds.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Junkmonkey]

It\'s definitely spelled tongue.

Tounge would sound like lounge... you know... with a T at the beginning.

- JUnk

[sfiks]

Sonar 3.1.1 with GPO. Glad to be a new member.

[Boneweasel]

DP/MAC and FINALE for notation

[Error]

Sonar / PC like nearly half the people here...

[Michael W.]

I use Cubase SX and PC.

Michael

[RickH]

Anybody else not able to see the graph anymore since the forum switch?

R.
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[Pierre Laroche]

I do not see the graphic either.

Pierre

[Alan Lastufka]

The pole ended when we switched servers, sorry guys...

We'll do it again in the future...

[Joseph Burrell]

Gary's Goat Herder huh? :p

[Alan Lastufka]

Gary's Goat Herder huh? :p
Beautiful, ain't it? hehehe :)

[crr]

i use overture and GPO studo on a powerbook G4 1.33 Gz. I use also logic express

[JMCannon]

I will be using Digital Performer V. 4.12 with a Mac laptop 1.5Ghz with 1G of RAM and an 80G HD. I wil also experiment with Sibelius and Finale and, of course with Logic 6 (not Pro 6). JMCannon

[loogoo]

I saw a passing reference to it in one of the Sibelius forum threads. I do some occasional arranging and orchestration for a singer friend of mine in Missouri and my GM2 mock-ups were passable, but not great. When I heard the demos I was bowled over (the price didn't hurt either!) and Voila! a new GPO user was born. :D

[billp]

SONAR Producer 3.1.1 on PC

[rageangel]

The poll was lost after switching to the new forum. Here is the latest tally of the poll:

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[Hardy Heern]

Cubase SX on PC

I wonder if the majority of GPO users are in the USA and this has resulted in the Sonar majority? This may signify that GPO hasn't penetrated Europe as much as the USA as I suspect that Cubase still reigns here. I have to admit that I trialled Sonar and was very impressed.... only relative familiarity (Cubase since Atari days) and a cheaper upgrade kept me with Steinberg.

As so often happens with successful companies, Steinberg has sat on its thumbs for too many years and Cakewalk are giving them a hard time I'm sure.

Only Gary knows the figures.....long term it may be premature to assume that Sonar users predominate.....just food for thought.

Frank

[RainerVolkenandt]

Cubase SX 1 on PC

regards
Rainer

[KevinKauai]

Cubase SX 2.0 x (latest "safe") on a PC 2.66 gHz.

[jaydee]

New member - first post. Glad there are some Digital Performer users here. Same here - DP & Mac. :)

[Tony Monaghan]

Sonar 3.1.1 PC

[Styxx]

So far, Cubase SE has been a joy to use! I am a point and click person with very little time for reading manual (although I do in reference). And, SE is upgradable to SX or SL but not S&M. :D

[seeker]

Cubase SX on a PC

[Tweakdaddy]

Cubase 2.2 on Mac

[ailteoir]

Cubase SX2 PC

[addo]

CUBASE SX2 on a PC......

great

[Dimora]

Hurray for DP on Macs :D

[Shazbot]

Just put in my order for Sonar 3 SE. I already have VSampler and some good reverb plugs, so PE wasn't an attractive buy for me for the extra money - not that I had the extra money, anyway... :p

I enjoyed trying GPO with the Tracktion demo and was almost set on getting that, but trying GPO again with the Sonar 3 demo was like realizing what I had always wanted for using GPO with. Wow. What a difference. With Cubasis, it's like I've been pulling a tractor trailer down the road with my teeth, and now I'm driving a Lambourghini! Okay, that's a bit of a stretch, but there really is quite a difference with how easy and fluid and "non-glitchy" Sonar is with GPO, especially compared to Cubasis. And it has video support, which would have been a huge help recently when I worked on some film scoring. Still, I'm very glad I had Cubasis to be able to use GPO at all until I could pick up Sonar.

Okay, it's still not the Lambourghini, because I've only got a 1.7 GHz and 768 RAM, but still... quite a step up. Oh, yeah... :D

[provette82]

I\'ve used Cubasis, Pro Tools, CWHS2004XL. Haven\'t had much luck with anyone so far. Next, I plan to use Sonar 3 Producer. If I am not satisfied with either of them I will be hiring the Guacamole Symphony Orchestra. They\'re user friendly and man can they make one heck of a dip! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I highly recommend hiring the ROYAL LA COMTESSA APPASSIONATA D'CLIMAX PHILHARMONIC.....they work cheap and mop up before leaving.

"P"

[chmara]

Logic Pro 7 on I Mac G5

Want to start using Overture for more intricate pieces.

Doodling and screwing around -- Garage Band for loopy loops.

[Kanjika]

I use FL Studio 4.51. Ive been using since I started seqencing and im so used to it that I dont want to switch to cubase or sonar. I also find it more intuitive.

[Trankonia]

I use Sonar SE 3.1.1 and am considering moving up to PE 4

Regards,

Trankonia

[tgfoo]

I used Sonar 3.1.1 and then upgraded to 4. Definitely worth the upgrade IMO.

[mhleo]

Using Cubase SX recently upgraded to SX3, with PC IV 2.4 with 2G RAM.

mhleo

[Edi]

MAC/DP

Ed

[Styxx]

I've been using Cubase Se for quite a few months. Just really for the first time loaded more than 16 instruments (32) and started having problems. Problems problems problems. So, I put my Sequencer up on the top of the flagpole out front of the school.
Next, I would like to try Sonar 4.

[Nathanael Iversen]

Logic 6.4.2 on Powerbook.

[Toonyfish]

Sonar 3.1 SE

[sam ward]

Logic 6.4.1. Mac X.2.8

[RichM]

Sonar 4 PE

[lukpcn]

Cubase SL on PC

[qbert]

Cubase SX 2 on Mac.

Oh yes, and Sibelius 3 on mac as well...

JP

[EricWatkins]

Cubase SX 1.06. PC

[Garritan]

This poll was done over a year ago. When the forum was switched over to a new format, the wrong poll was inserted. Let's do a new poll on a new thread.

Gary Garritan

[Nickie Fønshauge]

Go right ahead, mother goose. :)

[Karl Garrett]

Go right ahead, mother goose. :)

Oh I like that. :D