Re: [linux-audio-user] Learning to use a tracker

On Fri, 10 Feb, 2006 at 03:22PM -0600, Jeremiah Benham spake thus:
> I am sorry for the stupid question but I am interested in learning to
> use a tracker. I have heard music created with such software and I think
> it sounds pretty cool. I have never used a tracker before so I don't
> care if it is a good tracker. I just want to learn a tracker that is
> well documented for the tracker newbee. Later I may a use a better
> tracker but I am looking for one to use that is the most well documented
> at the moment. How different is seq24 from a tracker? i have used it and
> very much like it. I am also a csound junkie so I kind of want something
> that I can intergrate with csounds somehow. Didn't someone build a
> tracker interface to csounds or something once? I want the tracker to
> really give me ideas for things to do in csound. I like the sounds and
> ideas James comes up with using cheesetracker. I don't know how to get
> started using it though. I installed it and am scratching my head over
> how to get started with it. I tried freewheeling recording my csounds
> output from jack. That was alot of fun. I was looping extremely small
> samples and allowing them to clip creating really grungy sounds and
> controlling the notes on my external midi keyboard. So can anyone
> suggest a tracker that is well document and possibly anouther that has
> cool features that fit the kind of things that I like to do.

Well if you've tried CheeseTracker, I'm out of suggestions. The
tracker I used before that was Impulse Tracker on Win, years ago now.

Why not give me a clue about what you want to do, and we can swap
cheesetracker files? I can show you most of what you need, and then
it's just a matter of playing.

James
 
> Jeremiah
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