EMUSIC-L Digest Volume 38, Issue 10 This issue's topics: Macintosh MIDI Driver (7 messages) need mac program examples (3 messages) 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: Fri, 13 Mar 1992 14:36:15 EDT From: Sean Subject: Macintosh MIDI Driver Hi, I'm trying to write my own MIDI driver (without time code handling for now) so I can then write a librarian for my DW8000. I was wondering if anyone has any MC6800,C,or Pascal code that they might send me so I can study it. Also, if anyone can suggest a good book on the subject I would appreciate it. I have never written a driver for my Macintosh Plus and the Inside Macintosh books are not descriptive enough. I tried using Mac's MIDI Manager toolbox and was quite disappointed. Thanks for the help......Sean. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1992 19:10:00 PST From: BISHOP_M@PLU.BITNET Subject: Re: Macintosh MIDI Driver >Hi, >I'm trying to write my own MIDI driver (without time code handling for now) >so I can then write a librarian for my DW8000. I was wondering if anyone has >any MC6800,C,or Pascal code that they might send me so I can study it. Also, >if anyone can suggest a good book on the subject I would appreciate it. I have >never written a driver for my Macintosh Plus and the Inside Macintosh books are >not descriptive enough. I tried using Mac's MIDI Manager toolbox and was quite >disappointed. >Thanks for the help......Sean. One can order book from the Mix Bookshelf on programming the Macintosh with MIDI. I personally don't own the books but they may be of some use to you. The books are entitled: MIDI Programmer's Handbook DeFuria & Sacciaferro MIDI Programming Techniques for the MAcintosh DeFuria & Sacciaferro The address for the catalog from the Mix Bookshelf is: 1-800-233-9604 Mix Bookshelf 6400 Hollis St. #12 Emeryville CA 94608 Mike Bishop (MIDI_Boy) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1992 10:17:19 EST From: ronin Subject: Re: Macintosh MIDI Driver try MIDI Programming for the Macintosh, by Steve DeFuria. you'll also want a copy of MIDIPascal, a set of extensions for Pascal on the Mac. -----------< Cognitive Dissonance is a 20th Century Art Form >----------- Eric Harnden (Ronin) or The American University Physics Dept. 4400 Mass. Ave. NW, Washington, DC, 20016-8058 (202) 885-2748 ---------------------< Join the Cognitive Dissidents >------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1992 11:50:49 +0000 From: Nick Rothwell Subject: Re: Macintosh MIDI Driver >>I tried using Mac's MIDI Manager toolbox and was quite >>disappointed. Hmm. Why disappointed? I found it easy to use and it works well. My line here (as everyone knows) is that you should use MIDI Manager, for the same reason that you should use QuickDraw. Non-MM applications are nonportable, not future-proof, won't work on new machines, won't work with other applications, and a squillion other reasons. Nick. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1992 12:22:29 PST From: "Matthew Rogalsky" Subject: Re: Macintosh MIDI Driver Hi this is drifting away from the usual focus of discussion here, but... I would like to ask Mr. Yary whether the MIDI toolkit he mentioned is available to persons outside the CMU community. And if it _is_ some form of shareware, whether he would be kind enough to tell me where I could get ahold of the Mac code (emailing directly most welcome!). thanks a lot Matt rogalsky@mailserver.sfu.ca ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1992 14:46:42 -0500 From: Yary Richard Phillip Hluchan Subject: Re: Macintosh MIDI Driver Since you live on the CMU campus, you can pick up the quite good MIDI toolkit from the Studio for Creative Inquiry at the college of fine arts. Bring your own disk and the code is free, instruction manual is $5.00. They have Mac, IBM, and Amiga versions, all in C. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1992 12:30:11 -0500 From: Yary Richard Phillip Hluchan Subject: Re: MIDI Toolkit Ooop,s did I say the package was "quite good"? That was a second hand review. I got myself a copy of the software and manual yesterday.. the sample programs are outdated. Apparantly this is a pre-release from 1988, the manual dates from 1986. Luckily they have included all the source code and I was able to re-compile and run one program with minimal editing... as soon as I get back from Spring Break I'll try compiling the ones that do actual MIDI work. And then I'll give the studio the updated versions and enquire about sales off- campus for y'all. See you in a couple weeks- yary! (yh0a+@andrew.cmu.edu) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1992 23:51:51 -0500 From: Yary Richard Phillip Hluchan Subject: need mac program examples I'm trying to use the Macintosh's sound manager as described in Inside Mac volume 5. If you have any or know of any archive sites with source code using this, please tell me... pref. in C... I'm trying to a)have my computer do some MIDI effects and b)use the midi keyboard to control some simple 8-bit sounds from the computers on-board d/a converter. I also have a ~7 yr. old A/D converter hooked up to the serial port, current sound digitizing programs recognize it, any ideas on how to access it? Tomorrow I'll try hacking with the serl port drivers but I'd rather not drive blind. Thnak you! ..yary ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1992 00:58:00 PST From: BISHOP_M@PLU.BITNET Subject: Re: need mac program examples >I'm trying to use the Macintosh's sound manager as described in Inside Mac >volume 5. If you have any or know of any archive sites with source code >using this, please tell me... pref. in C... I'm trying to a)have my computer >do some MIDI effects and b)use the midi keyboard to control some simple >8-bit sounds from the computers on-board d/a converter. > >I also have a ~7 yr. old A/D converter hooked up to the serial port, current >sound digitizing programs recognize it, any ideas on how to access it? Tomorrow >I'll try hacking with the serl port drivers but I'd rather not drive blind. >Thnak you! ..yary Apple computer has a special group for programmers called APDA (Apple Pragrammers and Developers Association). Try calling them up and they will send you a catalog of different source code examples for many applications including MIDI. Their number is 1-800-282-2732 (USA) 1-800-637-0029 (Canada) 1-408-562-3910 (International) MIke Bishop (MIDI_Boy) BISHOP_M@PLU.BITNET ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1992 19:12:21 -0800 From: Jeff Boone Subject: Re: need mac program examples The Inside Mac volume 5 description of the sound manager is confusing and downright wrong in certain areas. Use volume 6, it will save you alot of head scratching (and bashing) :-) Jeff boone@apple.com ------------------------------ End of the EMUSIC-L Digest ******************************