EMUSIC-L Digest Volume 46, Issue 04 This issue's topics: About MOD files (2 messages) Editor/Librarians internet access to modfmt.zip? MegaBeats CD Music for drum machines? (fwd) 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, 6 Nov 1992 18:30:00 +0800 From: H8710244@HKUCC.HKU.HK Subject: About MOD files Dear subscribers, Do you know if there is any document describing the file formatof MOD files? Please tell me if you find one. Thank you in anticipation. from, Roland h8710244@hkucc.hku.hk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 10:42:00 EST From: NLOWREY@DREW.BITNET Subject: Re: About MOD files In article , H8710244@HKUCC.HKU.HK writes: > Dear subscribers, > > Do you know if there is any document describing the file > formatof MOD files? Please tell me if you find one. Thank you in anticipation . > > from, > Roland > h8710244@hkucc.hku.hk There is a file on the Compuserve MidiForum called "MODFMT.ZIP" which contains MOD file formatting information. This forum contains many files devoted to MOD player/editors, songs, and technical information. I can recommend a program called MFED (for Mod File Editor) as being the best shareware product for playing and editing MOD files. (There are others which have better graphics - like WHACKER - but it has some implementation problems. These programs require at least a 286 at 12 mhz. If you want any more information, you can call me at 201 408-3421. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 11:26:30 CST From: Al Vigland Subject: Editor/Librarians I ran across an ad for OPCODE's Galaxy Plus Editors software for the Mac in this months Keyboard magazine. Has anybody had any experience with this product? Is it only intended for high-end studio use (it sounds expensive)? And lastly, are there any competing products available to the starving musician? -- Al vigland@asia1.mdc.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 09:17:15 LCL From: "(FRANK FARMER)" Subject: internet access to modfmt.zip? >From: NLOWREY%DREW.BITNET@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU >Subject: Re: About MOD files >Comments: To: emusic-l@auvm.bitnet >To: Multiple recipients of list EMUSIC-L >Status: RO --- {stuff deleted} --- >There is a file on the Compuserve MidiForum called "MODFMT.ZIP" which >contains MOD file formatting information. This forum contains >many files devoted to MOD player/editors, songs, and technical >information. --- {more stuff deleted} --- Q: Is this information accessable via internet or is there a FTP site where this information can be obtained? I have already done the "archie" search with no success, any help would be appreaciated. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 03:30:25 GMT From: "(Scott Fisher)" Subject: Re: MegaBeats CD Eric McCormick <0004775674@MCIMAIL.COM> writes: >I remember seeing something about this CD posted several months back. Does >anyone know the address/internet address of the company that has this Drum >Sound Sample CD for sale? I think it was somewhere in the UK. >Thanks, >Eric > +--------------------------------------------------------------+ > | _&_ | > | / \ | > | | | | > | | (0)(0) Eric McCormick | > | C .---_) | > | | |.___| MCI Telecommunications | > | | \__/ | > | /_____\ 0004775674@MCIMAIL.COM | > | /_____/ \ | > | / \ | > +--------------------------------------------------------------+ REVIEW: Title: MEGA BEATS SAMPLE CD. Address: Patchworks Frederick House 211 Frederick Road, Hastings East Sussex TN35 5AU ENGLAND OVERVIEW: The authors of this CD mention that it is dedicated to "sample-mania" and they are right. It consists of drum-machines from 1980-90. The drum machines were mastered direct to DAT then transferred digitaly to CD. 30 drum machines have been sampled. Now the first thing I worried about was "what sounds had they left out?"...the answer: nothing! All the internal sounds and any extra sounds that the makers could get their hands on (from cards, eproms etc) were recorded off each machine. SOUND QUALITY: The sound quality is as good as the original machines, after all the master was a DAT recording live from the machines. About 3 or 4 of the 700+ sounds appear to have been clipped in the recording process, it could be the machines tho. The only hiss you hear is from the drum machines, if at all. In other words if you are not satisfied with the audio quality of any of the sounds from the CD the real thing will be exactly the same. WHAT'S ON IT: There are over 700 sounds, the CD is 73 minutes long. Each sound is played at least twice so you can get your levels together. Where a machine had additional controls such as "accent, snappy, ADSR" the guys may fiddle and may give you the obvious variations. For example the TR-808 kick/bass drum sound has about 4 variations...BOK, BOOOoood, BOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo.and BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo.............. Remember you get EVERY internal sound and (sometimes) card/rom/cart sounds they could find. The machines covered are... Roland CR78, R8, TR505, TR606, TR626, TR707, TR727, TR808, TR909 Boss DR550, DR55 Simmons KIT Yamaha RX21L, RX11, RX5 Linn 2, 9000 Akai XR10, XE8 Sequential TOM Casio RZ1 Korg KPR77, DDM110, DDM220, DDD1 Oberhim DMX Emu Drumulator Alesis HR-16, HR-16B Dr Bohm CONCLUSION: This CD is a "classic". Not only does it represent 10 years of the most popular drum machines used in the music industry, but it preserves all the internal sounds of these beasties for posterity. I only wish they had put the Alesis SR-16, D-4, Korg DS-1 & 3, Fairlight, Emu procussion...but then again that will be on their next CD right. Scott. _______________________________________________________________________________ Scott Fisher [scott@wapsy.uwa.oz] PH: [61] (09) 380 3574. _--_|\ N Department of Psychology / \ W + E University of Western Australia. Perth --> *_.--._/ S Nedlands, 6009. PERTH, W.A. v *** ERROR 144 - REBOOT? is a registered trademark of ENSONIQ Corp *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 09:33:00 -0500 From: "(Joseph D. McMahon)" Subject: Music for drum machines? (fwd) Paul Baker (P.Baker@shu.ac.uk) writes: > Hi everyone..... > This is my first mail to this list and I am wondering if anyone can > help me out...... > I have a YAMAHA DD11 drum machine and I wonder if there is any music > books written for this kit..... > > thanks in anticipation..... > > Paul. > Bye for Now............. > Thanks For The Chat..... > Catch You Again......... > > P.Baker@scp.ac.uk ------------------------------ End of the EMUSIC-L Digest ******************************