EMUSIC-L Digest Volume 34, Issue 03 This issue's topics: Software questions and answers beginner's sequencer? Cancel Mag Filings Orders! (4 messages) DMCS files on UCSD.EDU Finale MIDI programming on Atari STe (2 messages) Modplay / Modedit Sequencing software (2 messages) Software Texture sequencing software Your EMUSIC-L Digest moderator is Joe McMahon . You may subscribe to EMUSIC-L by sending mail to listserv@american.edu with the line "SUB EMUSIC-L your name" as the text. The EMUSIC-L archive is a service of SunSite (sunsite.unc.edu) at the University of North Carolina. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1991 08:34:00 EST From: MICHAET@CLEMSON.BITNET Subject: beginner's sequencer? Somebody on rec.music.synth has a Korg SQ-8 for sale. I figure that I have to start somewhere and get a sequencer that I can afford, even if it is limited in capability. Is there any advice out there about the capabilities/limitations of this pocket sequencer. I have never seen one before, and I'd be nervous about buying blindly over the .net. However, the price of $50 seems reasonable. Is it possible to be musical with this model, or is it a toy? Thanks, Michael Townsend michaet@clemson.bitnet P.S. I hope this message doesn't qualify as one of those that "should stay on rec.music.synth." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1991 17:11:14 PST From: Bill Flowers Subject: Re: Cancel Mag Filings Orders! Greetings, and welcome back. After a few months of unemployment and a major relocation (350 miles and one lifestyle), I am back on the net. I was wondering if you happened to reserve a copy of the tape for me, even though I haven't sent you any money yet (did you set aside one per contributor or anything like that)? If so, I'll send a check straight away. Otherwise, I guess I'll have to impose upon some other kind soul to make me a copy. When I completed my piece, I sent you my only good mix thinking I could just recreate it, but I have since moved my entire setup and I can't seem to get the levels and eq right. Soooo, if you don't have any more compilations, would you be willing to send back the original, assuming you still have it. If not, again, no big deal. I'll get it all set back up eventually. Thanks, Bill Flowers (Trio Tres Bizarre/"Song for Linda") ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1991 18:50:52 EST From: ctan@world.std.com (Cecilia M Tan) Subject: Mag Filings The Mag Filing reposting should be ignored. I asked Cecilia Tan before sending for the tape and got this reply. Lorne Hammond ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- What? Someone re-posted about Mag Filings II? No, we sold out a few months ago and I am not taking more orders. I also haven't had a chance to catch up on emusic-l since then so I haven't seen this message you mention... I don't even live at 90 Montebello Road anymore! Sorry I can't be of more help. -ctan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1991 22:40:25 GMT From: Cecilia M Tan Subject: Cancel Mag Filings Orders! Hi, kids! Sorry I haven't been around much for over three months now. Today I got mail from three separate individuals saying they had just sent me checks or inquiring about sending checks to order copies of Magnetic Filings Volume II. Apparently, my old msg from May 19th has resurfaced mysteriously in some places..??? For the record, as of now, Magnetic Filings II is sold out. There are still afew people out there who I owe copies to, and they will be getting theirs very soon (really!) But I am not taking any new orders at this time. Thanks all, -ctan P.S. What's a good price to pay for a Korg M-1? New? Used? Please reply via e-mail (esp. if you have one to sell. It's for a friend) -- * "I have heard the big music, and I'll never be the same." * * --The Waterboys **-------------------> ctan@world.std.com <-------------------** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1991 11:28:10 EST From: Scott Bringen Subject: Re: Cancel Mag Filings Orders! Hi there, Although I don't know much about synths, I do know about M1 prices. I purchased mine new from Washington Music Center about 1 year ago for $1500. About 2 months ago I sold it for $1000. I checked around before selling and $1000 was a pretty cheap price. Good Luck, Scott B. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1991 11:10:04 EST From: Brian Adamson Subject: DMCS files on UCSD.EDU There is a directory on ucsd.edu accessible through anonymous ftp (/midi/scores/DMCS) which contains a number of DMCS (Deluxe Music Contstruction Set) files in a .mid format. Could someone enlighten me, Is this standard Midi File Format or some other format? I have DMCS version 2.5 and have been unable to read these files. I wonder if the intent of the poster of these files was that they only be read and played back as standard MIDI files without being able to open them from DMCS????. . . . . -- Brian Adamson NRL Code 5523 adamson@itd.nrl.navy.mil ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1991 22:06:33 -0700 From: Hugh Moore Subject: Finale Hey, Does anyone out there use Finale on the PC? I have acquired it recently, but I'm having a few problems with it. I can't get it to send patches to my Proteus/1 correctly. I always resets the patches to 00 (Piano). I have a 386-40 w/ 64K cache, a Music Quest interface, a Proteus/1, etc. I would appreciate hearing any other problems/answers... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Take my degree, please... Department of Psychology hughm@lamar.colostate.edu evenings... Colorado State University hughm@vines.colostate.edu days... Fort Collins, Colorado ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1991 09:04:06 EST From: tjt@BLINK.ATT.COM Subject: re: MIDI programming on Atari STe > Is there anyone on the net who has written software to get around the > problem with the standard bios midi input function. I was thinking about > writing a sequencer package (yea, I now its already been done!) but using > the basic bios call for input loses half the incoming data. It's been many years since I worked on the ST, but I recall that it was necessary to enlarge the buffer that was being used for MIDI input. After doing that, the standard stuff for handling MIDI input worked fine. ...Tim... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1991 12:05:21 GMT From: "B. Purvis" Subject: MIDI programming on Atari STe Is there anyone on the net who has written software to get around the problem with the standard bios midi input function. I was thinking about writing a sequencer package (yea, I now its already been done!) but using the basic bios call for input loses half the incoming data. Using Atari's Basic works OK, they obviously have some extra code to handle midi input, but I hate writing in Basic. Please reply direct to me by E-mail as I only get the digests which are currently running about 6 months behind real-time. Thanks, Bill =================================================================== W H Purvis | wh@cxa.dl.ac.uk SERC, Daresbury Lab | wh@uk.ac.dl.cxa Warrington, Cheshire, UK | (+44) 925 603357 =================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1991 08:50:29 EST From: Dave Crowley Subject: Modplay / Modedit I just found both Modplay and Modedit (programs to write and play Amiga 4 channel sound files on a PC). Their both great programs but I have one question...... Is there anyone who has a complete list of instrument files that these programs use? I find it very time consuming to download a .mod soundfile, unpack it, run modedit, listen to the sound or instrument to see what it sounds like and then save it to disk. I was wondering if anyone has a fairly complete list of files they post somewhere? Any help would be greatly appreciated. (can)| Also in the instructions for Modedit on how to make a D/A converter it say you need: IC1 - a ZN426e (ferranti or plessey are UK manufacturers) I took this info to a local electronics supplier and he had no idea what it is other than some sort of ic chip. And later in the same file it gives another diagram for a D/A converter that is stereo and this one requires 2 of these chips , but the number on these is different. These are labeled ZN428. Does anyone know if these chips are available under a different name here in the states? or know of a distributor I could contact? once again Thanks Dave Crowley - DCrowley@Brownvm.brown.edu ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1991 04:24:21 GMT From: Stewart Schultz Subject: Sequencing software I'm looking for public domain Macintosh sequencing software. Is there anything around that I can use just to upload some sequences from my M1 to free up space? Thanks, Stewart Schultz schultz@unixg.ubc.ca -- Stewart Schultz Botany Department University of British Columbia schultz@unixg.ubc.ca ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1991 23:33:42 EST From: "Schmidt,Rodney" Subject: Re: Sequencing software Is it possible that someone from Coda Music Software reads this list? If so, I would appreciate a communication. We own several copies of Prose and Finale and are accumulating quite a list of bugs and boo-boos that I would like ti discuss prior to future purchasing decisions. Both of these programs receive EXTENSIVE use by students and faculty. Most recently, the MIDI playback in both stopped timed sequencing and now plays all the notes in a composition at once. Speaker playback in Prose is OK. Not to mention problems with expressions, multiple stave setups in the same piece, etc. All the option/clicks, and shift/option/clicks become very tiresome. A few more menu options would be friendlier and more Mac like. Anyway, just thought I'd throw out an inquiry........ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1991 09:25:04 EST From: Duane Beyer Subject: Software Hi, I'am new to the midi world and would like to purchase some software to place tracks down in real time, edit it step by step, and the be able to print out the score and play back what I have written. I will be using a Roland MPU401 midi interface that support 16 channels, 3 midi keyboards for play back, two with 24 note poly and one with eight polo and an IBM 55sx PC with EGA graphics. I want to write music for a small band, 3 trumpets, 2 saxes, 2 clarinets, 2 tbones, 3 flutes, 1 baratone, 1 tuba and a drummer. I would like the software print out each part in the proper key, I will be entering everything in C on the keyboard. I also would like the editor to show music staff, not a different size black dots representating duration. Does anyone know of any such software that is in the 100 to 350 dollar range. Duane Beyer Bitnet : URDB@MARIST Internet: URDB@VM.MARIST.EDU (914) 575-3252 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1991 16:59:04 EST From: "Joseph D. McMahon" Subject: Texture sequencing software Forwarded message: > From: "George Buckner" I am a Texture beta tester. Having bought it about 3 years ago, I noticed very early on that it had some serious timing problems, as well as a few other bugs. I had graduated from using a Commodore 64 with Dr. T's, which I ended up using as a MIDI datascope for troubleshooting some of these problems. Version 4.2 is the current version, and yes, it does work with standard MIDI song files. It still leaves a bit to be desired with the user interface (i.e. it asks whether you want to save when you exit, whether or not you have made changes, yet when asked to load another file it does so with no prompts, erasing whatever was in memory). However, I also prefer working in the "pattern --> song" mode that I was brought up using, and Texture is by far the most powerful sequencing program that works in this mode (on an IBM PC), IMHO. George ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1991 13:48:40 GMT From: Piet van Oostrum Subject: Update of mf2t/t2mf programs I have new versions of mf2t and t2mf (formerly called mft/tmf) available. These are programs to convert standard midifiles to/from a text representation. In this way you can easily make chances to your midifiles (e.g. program changes, channel/controller assignments, drum notes) using a text editor, awk, perl or even Cobol :=). Compared to the previous (alpha) release this release has a couple of bugs solved and is the first official one. The tar file contains sources only, the zoo file contains the sources and executables for the Atari ST. (it is no use to get both). I will supply MS-DOS (yack!) executables when I find out how to use the compiler. How to get mf2t.tar.Z or mf2t.zoo from the archive at Dept. of Computer Science, Utrecht University: NOTE: In the following I have assumed your mail address is john@highbrow.edu. Of course you must substitute your own address for this. This should be a valid internet or uucp address. For bitnet users name@host.BITNET usually works. by FTP: (please restrict access to weekends or evening/night (i.e. between about 20.00 and 0900 UTC). ftp archive.cs.ruu.nl [131.211.80.5] user name: anonymous or ftp password: your own email address (e.g. john@highbrow.edu) Don't forget to set binary mode if the file is a tar/arc/zoo archive, compressed or in any other way contains binary data. get MIDI/PROGRAMS/mf2t.tar.Z get MIDI/PROGRAMS/mf2t.zoo by mail-server: send the following message to mail-server@cs.ruu.nl (or uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!mail-server): begin path john@highbrow.edu (PLEASE SUBSTITUTE *YOUR* ADDRESS) send MIDI/PROGRAMS/mf2t.tar.Z send MIDI/PROGRAMS/mf2t.zoo end NOTE: *** PLEASE USE VALID INTERNET ADDRESSES IF POSSIBLE. DO NOT USE ADDRESSES WITH ! and @ MIXED !!!! BITNETTERS USE USER@HOST.BITNET *** The path command can be deleted if we receive a valid from address in your message. If this is the first time you use our mail server, we suggest you first issue the request: send HELP -- Piet* van Oostrum, Dept of Computer Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 14, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands. Telephone: +31 30 531806 Uucp: uunet!mcsun!ruuinf!piet Telefax: +31 30 513791 Internet: piet@cs.ruu.nl (*`Pete') ------------------------------ End of the EMUSIC-L Digest ******************************