Audacity Forum

I used to have a Casio Sz1 midi sequencer that would record in real time.
It was very basic but also very easy to use.
http://www.synthony.com/vintage/sz1.html

What would be an easy to use software equivalent? Preferably standalone as well as vst.

Not Audacity. Audacity isn't a sequencer and getting Audacity to record a sequencer output can be a challenge — particularly if you're trying to get the computer to do both. Anything wrong with buying another Casio Sz1?

Koz

Hardware sequencers: http://bit.ly/1rmZBHN
Software sequencers: http://bit.ly/1rmZGLv

Thanks koz I don't want hardware I travel a lot.

The reason I'm asking here steve is because the software sequencers I've already found through Google either don't record in realtime or I find rather complicated. I'm asking for recommendations from personal experience.

I don't want to use a Daw sequencer for the same reason, other than Audacity I find them all too complex.

I didn't know it but what I have been looking for is a very rare little beastie in today's often complex audio software jungle.

<Click> to Record Midi from laptop keyboard <Click> to Playback Midi (through Soft synth).

Who would have thought such ease could be so difficult to find?

Then I found this thread on kvr at 4am just as I was about to quit.

Notenspeicher
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 3c83fef6fc

I like this approach to software very much.

http://music.service-1.de/html/notenspe ... n_ste.html

Instead of using a DAW I can run it and a soft synth in instances of Savihost using midi yoke.

A couple of other options (I've not tried these - they are results from Google and particularly Sourceforge):

Red Dot Forever (can it be simpler?) http://sourceforge.net/projects/reddot/
Musescore: http://musescore.org/

Also:
Speedy MIDI (a simple MIDI editor) http://speedymidi.sourceforge.net/