EMUSIC-L Digest Volume 56, Issue 06 This issue's topics: anyone using 386 clones for sequencers? (5 messages) el-cheapo 16-bit a/d d/a for ibm Making CakeWalk load midi files from Band in the Box PC-connection (for ADAT) Question about connecting keyboard, sound module & PC Soundblaster 16ASP thanks for 386/486 clone answers Turtle Beach 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: Sat, 18 Sep 1993 13:20:35 -0500 From: Mark Swann Subject: anyone using 386 clones for sequencers? hi Imnew on the list......wondering if any of you out there are using pc clones to run midi,, .. Ive heard (from salesmen here in town that want to sell me a new IBM) that clones dont run midi software,, and Ive heard the contrary,,, but not from people that areactually doing it... anyone have any experience in this field? ie.. what software seems to work with 386 clones the best? thanks, svann ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1993 14:44:00 EDT From: Arthur Friedman Subject: Re: anyone using 386 clones for sequencers? salesmen may not know. i am running midi ok on 286 clone with shareware midi programs such as winjammer, a windows sequencer. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1993 23:08:51 -0500 From: Kenneth Wayne Goodson Subject: Re: anyone using 386 clones for sequencers? I'm using a clone (486DX 33Mhz) and running Cakewalk Pro for Windows and Finale for Windows w/out any problems. However, my dad had a 386SX and did experience some problems running these same two. However, he also used Cakewalk for DOS with NO difficulties whatsoever. I think his problems had to do with a. running Windows on a underpowered 386 and b. constantly fiddling with settings and indiscrimanately deleting files and reinstalling software at the slightest hint of a problem. Generally, it has been my experience that clones many times run software, MIDI included, better than a true-blue IBM. ************************************************************ *Kenneth Goodson *Atlanta High School * *Band Director/UIL Computer Science*705 Rabbit Blvd * *kgoodson@tenet.edu *Atlanta, TX 75551 * *(903) 796-4636 (home) *(903) 796-7213 (office)* ************************************************************ "Up, up and away, in my beautiful balloon"-Fifth Dimension On Sat, 18 Sep 1993, Mark Swann wrote: > hi Imnew on the list......wondering if any of you out there are > using pc clones to run midi,, .. Ive heard (from salesmen here in > town that want to sell me a new IBM) that clones dont run midi > software,, and Ive heard the contrary,,, but not from people that > areactually doing it... anyone have any experience in this field? > ie.. what software seems to work with 386 clones the best? > > thanks, svann ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1993 08:14:17 -0500 From: Randy Holder Subject: Re: anyone using 386 clones for sequencers? I'm now running a 486 clone with a mpu-401 midi card and Cakewalk 3.0. I've run both the mpu board and cakewalk on an old 8088 clone. Salesmen seem to be wrong. As long as the clone is fully IBM compatible - no problem. **-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*** | Randy V. Holder | Rholder@comp.uark.edu | *------------------------------------------------------------------------* | UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE | *------------------------------------------------------------------------* | ADSB Computer Lab Supervisor | "Success is a journey | * Electronic Mail Support | not a destination." * | Lotus 1-2-3 Support | | * User Count Coordinator | * **-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*** On Sat, 18 Sep 1993, Mark Swann wrote: > hi Imnew on the list......wondering if any of you out there are > using pc clones to run midi,, .. Ive heard (from salesmen here in > town that want to sell me a new IBM) that clones dont run midi > software,, and Ive heard the contrary,,, but not from people that > areactually doing it... anyone have any experience in this field? > ie.. what software seems to work with 386 clones the best? > > thanks, svann ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 13:42:52 +0000 From: Nick Rothwell Subject: Re: anyone using 386 clones for sequencers? >Ive heard (from salesmen here in >town that want to sell me a new IBM) that clones dont run midi >software Q: what's the difference between a computer salesman and a used car salesman? A: a used car salesman knows when he's lying. Nick Rothwell | cassiel@cassiel.demon.co.uk CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance | cassiel@cix.compulink.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 14:33:03 CDT From: "Kevan L. Moore" Subject: el-cheapo 16-bit a/d d/a for ibm hey guys. what's the cheapest way to get 16-bit a/d d/a on an ibm pc? i just want to write a C program to sample a line level mono input & and play back. PERIOD. any way i can do this without buying a soundblaster? klm ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1993 10:31:17 GMT From: Christer Lundberg Subject: Making CakeWalk load midi files from Band in the Box I'm running CakeWalk and Band-in-the-Box on a SoundBlaster 16ASP with Wave, exporting "Standard Midi Files" from Band-in-the-Box and having problems making CakeWalk Professional read them. Does anybody have a solution to the problem ? Please give me a clue ? /Christer ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1993 01:00:29 EDT From: VEILLEUX BRANT Subject: Re: PC-connection (for ADAT) Any one out there got an ADAT. If so have you heard anything on the IBM controler/software package That sound-trax is putting out? Or any other bonus things that you can do with it.? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1993 14:08:07 GMT From: ehrlich@WORLD.STD.COM Subject: Question about connecting keyboard, sound module & PC Although I was going to get a Roland SCC-1 for my PC, I am now thinking of getting a SC-50 Sound Canvas and a plain midi interface for the PC. What is the best way to hook up the PC (MIDI), Sound Canvas, and MIDI controller (keyboard)? I will be running a sequencer (maybe Cakewalk) on the PC. Keyboard midi out ==> PC MIDI in; PC MIDI out ==> Sound Canvas MIDI in ?? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 15:51:44 GMT From: Christer Lundberg Subject: Soundblaster 16ASP Hi there! I just bought a Soundblaster 16ASP card with WAVE and MIDI interface to my PC. When I unpacked the stuff I found quite a lot of manuals, but to my astonishment very few of them described the hardware. There were so many bundled programs included, that they seem to have spent allt their money on manuals for them, and forgotten that the hardware needs some description too. Does anybody know how to find information about how to use the cards from for example a C program. Is there a book that covers that kind of detailed information for both the Soundblaster/Waveblaster and Midi interface ? Thanks for your help ! /Christer ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 00:24:08 -0500 From: Mark Swann Subject: thanks for 386/486 clone answers problee going for a 386 to learn midi on,, until the new mac AV models get the bugs out.. and the powerPC drives prices down,, yeah, sure. I called two mac dealers to ask about whether the AV will allow direct to disk recording w/o the audio2 card that macs need. (900$) noone knew,, and the apple 1-800 help line,, heh.. a recording comes on and says " your wait will approximately be 30 min" please plan your time accordingly. " sure, if you have a speaker phone, .. anyway.. onward. svann. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 21:54:21 -0500 From: Phil Somebody-or-another Subject: Turtle Beach Hi- I just purchased the turtle beach multisound card for my pc- the one with the 1/xr proteus onboard. I have a couple questions that I hope someone can answer. 1- I want to sample voice from a mike, but the board will only take a signal at line level. If I put it though my guitar effects processor (Korg a-4), will that raise the level enough to sample well? 2- This is my first experience with computer aided composition, and I am having trouble getting anything but general midi voices out of the proteus. I know it has 400 some-odd voices, so do I need to create a "midi map" to task the other voices to the standard 128 voices? What is the best way to do this? any help you guyys could lend would be great. Thanks. phil skiba sps5251@siena ------------------------------ End of the EMUSIC-L Digest ******************************