Matt: that pattern/channel-repeat issue will be taken care of with the tracker I'm lead-designer of, together with a company.
Repeats might not always apply on varied orchestral music, I usually shove-in enough variations so that a full-repeat isn't possible anyway, but that's all personal ofcourse..
Do notice that trackers like ST3/IT/FT are classic trackers, there's not really a fully modern tracker around that doesn't purely focus on dance/trance etc. Maybe too generizing, but I haven't ever seen anything tracker'ish that can be seriously used for orchestral/casual music, that doesn't offer arcane screenlayouts (gfx-designers at work for THEIR rep. only!) and little keystrokes.
That's gonna change however. ^_^
Repeats might not always apply on varied orchestral music, I usually shove-in enough variations so that a full-repeat isn't possible anyway, but that's all personal ofcourse..
Do notice that trackers like ST3/IT/FT are classic trackers, there's not really a fully modern tracker around that doesn't purely focus on dance/trance etc. Maybe too generizing, but I haven't ever seen anything tracker'ish that can be seriously used for orchestral/casual music, that doesn't offer arcane screenlayouts (gfx-designers at work for THEIR rep. only!) and little keystrokes.
That's gonna change however. ^_^