tynor@gitpyr.UUCP (Steve Tynor) (02/07/85)
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I'll soon be upgrading my dkSynergy by adding an RS-232/MIDI
interface. Is there anyone out there who's done the upgrade?
It sounds pretty simple, but it's always nice to get a second
opinion...
Also, what does it take to interface a micro to MIDI? I'll probably
be getting a non-standard micro (ie. not a C-64 or Apple II) and
will be writing composition software for it. Are the MIDI interface
boxes that Roland, Korg, Seq. Circuits etc. market easily programmed?
ie. are the necessary specs given to the user in order to write a
MIDI driver? I hope I don't have to join the International MIDI Assoc.
just to get this info.
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Steve Tynor
Georgia Instutute of Technology
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Steve Tynor
Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,masscomp,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!tynorzadco@ssc-vax.UUCP (Rick Fairfield) (02/13/85)
> I'll soon be upgrading my dkSynergy by adding an RS-232/MIDI > interface. Is there anyone out there who's done the upgrade? > It sounds pretty simple, but it's always nice to get a second > opinion... Included with the upgrade you mention is what DK calls the VRAM board, which allows you to voice the Synergy, and a bunch of software that runs on a Kaypro computer (or with some modification on any Z80, CP/M machine). This package makes the Synergy real close to a GDS which costs about $30000.00. I used such a system over Christmas vacation; it's real swell stuff. I have had the RS232 interface on my Synergy for a year but haven't used it in that time (no computer). I just recently added the MIDI/VRAM upgrade and bought a KAYPRO computer. I've had some trouble getting my system to talk to the computer because of an incompatability with my rev. of the RS232 board and the MIDI/VRAM upgrade. DK is sending me a new RS232 board. One problem with the system is that there is currently no MIDI interface available for the KAYPRO. I hear rumors that there might be one soon. Any more Synergy owners out there? Any GDS users? Anyone friends with Wendy Carlos? zzzzzadco