mlknol@cs.vu.nl (Knol Marcel L) (01/15/91)
Hello out there, I have an Amiga B2000 and I want to use my Amiga as synthesizer, but I don't want to destroy my Amiga keyboard. Is there a possibility to connect a simple music keyboard to the Amiga, using MIDI (where can one use MIDI for?), serial or parallel port? I don't mean a little keyboard, but a full-sized keyboard. I don't want to buy an expensive synthesizer. I just want to learn to play some tunes. By the way, I don't even know if there exists software to use such a keyboard. Can someone help me, any information is welcome. Please send e-mail. Thanks in advance, Marcel Knol -- Marcel Knol, ...!mcsun!hp4nl!star.cs.vu.nl!mlknol Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, <mlknol@cs.vu.nl> Department of mathematics and computer science, The Netherlands.
peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (01/16/91)
In article <8747@star.cs.vu.nl> mlknol@cs.vu.nl (Knol Marcel L) writes: > > I have an Amiga B2000 and I want to use my Amiga as synthesizer, >but I don't want to destroy my Amiga keyboard. Is there a possibility to >connect a simple music keyboard to the Amiga, using MIDI (where can one >use MIDI for?), serial or parallel port? I don't mean a little keyboard, >but a full-sized keyboard. > I don't want to buy an expensive synthesizer. I just want to >learn to play some tunes. By the way, I don't even know if there exists >software to use such a keyboard. Can someone help me, any information is >welcome. Please send e-mail. Far away from being a MIDI expert, I still can assure you: yes, this is possible with the Amiga. There are available rather cheap MIDI keyboards on the market that are just keyboards to output the codes of the pressed keys but don't produce any sound on their own. They are used to control numerous other MIDI equipment which in turn normally doesn't come with an own keyboard. The second component you need is a MIDI interface for the Amiga that plugs to the serial port. They are very cheap. The last component you need is a MIDI capable music software. But you can't use any MIDI software, you need one that is able to generate sounds using the Amiga audio hardwre according to the MIDI codes input. (Some of the MIDI software packages rely on a connected synthesizer that does the final sound generation.) I'm not very well informed here, can it be that SONIX and Bars&Pipes are adequate here? -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
psycho@banana.ucsb.edu (Scot Kellan Forbes) (01/22/91)
In article <11121@darkstar.ucsc.edu> daguru@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Da Guru) writes: > >I know that there are programs that allow you to write and play >music on your Amiga, but are there any PD programs that do this? >Or is the art limited to those with much cash? > >-Nick Does anyone know if the unix-based CARL sound file system is in the public domain? I'm taking a class in computer music that uses cmusic and other utilities in the ircam soundfile system on a Vax, and I was wondering if these programs have been/can be ported to the Amiga. Being the nightowl I am, it would be nice to be able to do my assignments at home and download them when I'm done, of course the potential problem I see is that an Amiga port that uses the Paula chip would only take 8-bit information for sounds, while the D/A converter on the Vax is 16-bit. I don't know yet if the sound information is independent of the playback methods, as there have only been three classes. Any information regarding these programs would be most appreciated! E-mail responses are preferable, but I read the amiga groups enough to catch any responses in time for them to be useful. Thanx in advance! Scot Forbes