I tried loads of MIDI sequencers. One is king (by far).

AP Mastering February 3, 2025
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I'm a professional mastering engineer. I'm on YouTube to make entertaining videos while creating brand awareness for my no-nonsense, great value, online courses on audio related topics and VST plugins. I studied audio engineering in 2005 (BA hons 1st). Since then I've been a recording and mixing engineer, I've constructed studios, manufactured acoustic treatment, offered acoustic consultancy, built analogue compressors, EQs and amplifiers, fixed vintage guitar amps, soldered thousands of TT connections, made guitar FX pedals, released several albums, played gigs on drums, bass and guitar, taught at university and most recently started offering online courses and developing VST plugins. Despite the variety, my core specialization has always been mastering and I am most active within the techno scene. See my website for more info on what I'm currently working on: https://apmastering.com

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▶ MY PLUGINS: https://apmastering.com/plugins ▶ MY COURSES: https://apmastering.com/courses SHOPS I USE AND RECOMMEND: ▶ Sound Imports: http://soundimports.eu ▶ SchneidersLaden: https://schneidersladen.de GEAR I USE AND RECOMMEND: ▶ Hypex amplifiers: https://hypex.nl ▶ Reaper: http://reaper.fm STUDIOS I RECOMMEND: ▶ Studio Wong: http://studiowong.de ========== VIDEO DESCRIPTION ========== There have been many MIDI sequencers over the years, both hardware and software. Some of the early stuff like the Yamaha QX1 makes essentially zero sense to use today unless you want to impose deliberate creative restrictions. The much more advanced Yamaha QY700 is also pretty much just a relic of the past now. But some machines like the AKAI MPC 3000 are still pretty much in use today and taken very seriously especially by hip hop producers. Then there's the modern stuff by Squarp, Cirklon, Polyend, Arturia and the eurorack based stuff like eloquencer, metropolis, Rene, varigate. Can these hardware machine really be better than the software sequencers? Some small niche group of producers people still swear by Notator on the Atari ST but most people nowadays are using cubase, logic, FL studio, Ableton, reason, bigwig etc. But what about trackers like Renoise? Or hardware trackers like nerdSEQ? I discuss my experiences with everything I've tried in this video. There's a bunch of stuff I committed like the korg electribe stuff which I had fun on back in the day, and with the exception of the Cirklon, I'm not discussing anything I haven't owned or used extensively, hence why I may not have discussed your personal favorite sequencer. But I cover most of the significant ones here.

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