The Yamaha RM1x is a blue, knobby hardware MIDI sequencer that basically rocks. I think it blows away the Roland Groove boxes and is more intuitive and hands-on than the older Yamaha QY700 or the Akai MPC boxes.
But, the RM1x could be much better. Perhaps its successor, the RS7000 will be a more capable unit.
From: Laurent Vitalis To: hwseq-list@teklab.com Reply-To: hwseq-list@teklab.com Subject: RM1x mute solution (YAMAHA PLEASE READ!) Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 15:59:35 -0400I posted this idea some months ago, when i got my RM1x, in the first days of the hwseq list. I'm posting it again to make sure Yamaha get it, maybe they were not subscribed back in those days...
This is a solution to all the "mute/unmute status record" problem we all have while composing a song.
It's a modification to the pattern-chain mode, where i think the problem is...
Take a look at the attached gif at the end of the message while reading this:
| Knob 1 | Knob 2 | Knob 3 | Knob 4 | |
| rotate | select the measure (unchanged) | select the style (unchanged) | select the section (was knob 4 before) | select the transpose value for this measure |
| push | nothing (unchanged) | nothing (unchanged) | set the mute status for this measure | clear (unchanged) |
- change the style
- change the section
- change the mute status
- change the transpose
Just think about that, you could sequence a complete song with just one pattern !!
What do you think about this... ?
Laurent
Credits for inspiration:
- AXS soft-synthesizer (pc) for the Mute status column idea
- MLine tracker (amiga) for the Transpose column idea