[net.music.synth] Roland MPU-401

kelpie@fluke.UUCP (Tony Garland) (10/18/85)

See the Fall 1985 issue of BYTE Magazine (Vol. 10, No. 11) page 127 for
a fairly detailed article about using a Roland MPU-401 MIDI Processing Unit
with a PC to implement an 8-track record/playback utility.

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shep@datacube.UUCP (10/23/85)

I've been working with the Roland MPU-401 for sometime now. I would
be glad to exchange comments, answer questions, etc. on its uses.
Unlike all the "canned" MIDI programs (I've consulted on a real nice
one for the Macintosh), -YOU- write the code and it does what -YOU-
want. My favorite interface as of yet is directly onto some 68000
bus with a interrupt handler managing the input and output data flow.

By virtue of all this, I can upload patterns, songs, and presets
to another computer for archive, interchange, and processing. For example,
melody and drum patterns galore, all synth and effect presets, and
even sampled sounds wavetables.

Is there anybody on USENET also doing this stuff?

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