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[Ralf Mardorf]

On Thu, 2012-05-31 at 08:35 -0600, Daniel Worth wrote:


> Also to say Ardour lacks any midi functionality sounds a bit
> disingenuous unless you can list what you can't do with it, other than
> notation editor.

Editing MIDI events is an issue for all Linux MIDI sequencers, but last
time I used Ardour3 it was more painful than for Qtractor.
 - move, transform, edit CC and other events
Something missing for all Linux sequencers I know are
- move MIDI events by ticks
- negative offset delay by ticks or ms
- BPM sync to e.g. audio delays
- real time sys ex editors for synth like the Matrix-1000
- lock tracks for polyrhythm, not only for exotic music, but to keep
  sound FX for film in sync, while the BPM of the music are changing
- SMPTE, MTC (for good reasons an issue, SMPTE due to resampling, MTC
  due to a lack of the MIDI specifications)
- running status off ;p
- [...]

I experienced that for Qtractor sometimes are workarounds possible,
while for Ardour3 there's too much missing.

What I didn't test with Ardour are serious issue I get with Qtractor.
MIDI tracks for external (hw) MIDI gets out of sync with internal MIDI
tracks and audio tracks when loop playing. MIDI volume CC vs the
settings of Yoshimi. [...]

What sequencer to use depends to the needs and workflow. Some might say
an arpeggiator, CC filters etc. should be part of a sequencers, others
don't want it.

Regards,
Ralf