jayg@wpi.wpi.edu (Jay Giurleo) (08/02/90)
Hi All.. a friend of mine owns an Amiga with a midi keyboard which, as I understand it, is interfaced correctly. Currently she uses Deluxe Music Construction Set to key in songs and to play them back. What she really wants to do is to be able to record on-the-fly.. with at least 4 simultaneous voices. No special sequencing features are required, she said, but they would be nice to have. So here's the question: What should she look for in software? She doesn't need anything professional, but it should be reliable at least.. and not impossible to figure out. Being a Mac person myself, I thought I would direct this question to those who REALLY know the software. Also, if you could E-mail this response to me, I would appreciate it. Thanks! -- /\ Jay Giurleo Worcester Polytechnic Institute /\/\ jayg@wpi.wpi.edu Box 2080 /\/\/\ 100 Institute Road /\/\/\/\ Worcester, MA 01609
cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) (08/03/90)
In article <14290@wpi.wpi.edu> jayg@wpi.wpi.edu (Jay Giurleo) writes: > So here's the question: What should she look for in software? She >doesn't need anything professional, but it should be reliable at least.. >and not impossible to figure out. Being a Mac person myself, I thought I >would direct this question to those who REALLY know the software. Also, >if you could E-mail this response to me, I would appreciate it. >Thanks! I would have emailed but we're experiencing email troubles with nntp for some reason today. Two points to make : #1) Once you record MIDI data, playing it back is never really quite as satisfying because you can hear where you missed a key or hit something a little to hard, etc. And heck, since its just a bunch of data why don't we go an fix it? But wait we need to find the event in all this data. Ok did that, but wait I wish that melody line was a Piano instead of a Harpsichord, ... Anyway you start wanting to play games with it and suddenly you _must have_ a sequencer. Several are available, I've got 4, I prefer Music-X. #2) I've been playing around with Bill Barton's freely distributable midi.library functions and find them extremely easy to use. You could probably write a midi "recorder" and playback function in about 2 nights (one to read the doc, one to write/debug the code) That would be free to you so could get to the _must have_ a sequencer point with all of your cash intact. -- --Chuck McManis Sun Microsystems uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: <none> Internet: cmcmanis@Eng.Sun.COM These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you. "I tell you this parrot is bleeding deceased!"
givler@cbmvax.commodore.com (Greg Givler - Product Assurance) (08/03/90)
In article <140049@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes: >In article <14290@wpi.wpi.edu> jayg@wpi.wpi.edu (Jay Giurleo) writes: >> So here's the question: What should she look for in software? She >>doesn't need anything professional, but it should be reliable at least.. >>and not impossible to figure out. Being a Mac person myself, I thought I >>would direct this question to those who REALLY know the software. Also, >>if you could E-mail this response to me, I would appreciate it. >>Thanks! > >I would have emailed but we're experiencing email troubles with nntp I too, tried mailing but it bounced. I would suggest she try Tiger Cub by Dr. T's Software. It is not bad and cheap at around $99 mail order. I have used it and it is not that hard to use. I use Bars&Pipes but at about $300 it is not easy to say pick it up for giggles. BTW, Tiger Cub gives you some ability to print music too. It is a nice intro package. Greg -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Givler | Q-Link: GregGivler Analyst - Systems Evaluation Group | CompuServe: Greg Givler 76702,647 Commodore Product Assurance | GEnie: G.Givler 215-431-9100 | The NET: givler@cbmvax.commodore.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I'm a Hawk, you're a Tiger... We're our own Zoo" -- Countess Charlotte Malcolm -- From the Musical -- _A_Little_Night_Music_ -- By Stephen Sondheim -- ===============================================================================
jdutka@wpi.wpi.edu (John Dutka) (08/23/90)
Have her test Sonix and some of the Dr. T's products before she buys - she'll probably find what she needs in the Dr. T's line of MIDI software for the Amiga...