Why I still use old midi sequencers

I like to keep my old midi sequencers around for those days when I need a little boost of creativity or inspiration. Setting up an old school sequencer rig, messing around and recording something on that, will take my brain into another direction and the result will be different. I always hope that the difference will be magic. Nostalgia can be a great thing. It can also be a dead end. One never knows. It's like opening a box of chocolates.

00:00 Why did I keep all those sequencers?
02:14 The setup
03:35 Yamaha QX5FD
04:35 Recording Electric Piano on midi channel 1
05:20 Exchanging tracks
05:37 Recording Bass on midi channel 3
06:50 Quantizing the bass
08:00 Layering strings - Chord intervals in depth
09:20 Recording Strings on midi channel 2
10:28 The Lead melody line
11:32 What synths did I use? Reveal
12:12 Mixing it as I go
12:48 Which sequencers did I keep?
13:58 Final thoughts

In this video it's all mixed live on the Yamaha DM3 mixer, with internal effects and processing. Some additional reverb, chorus and delay from the Zoom MS70cdr, especially on the piano.

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