klm@munsell.UUCP (Kevin McBride) (06/12/87)
I'm posting this for a musician friend of mine... Can somebody out there e-mail me some technical info on the MIDI interface standard, or at least tell me where to look? Is it a standard, and whose? What is the hardware protocol? software? I don't personally know anything about MIDI because I never needed too. A somewhat technically oriented friend of mine just bought a MIDI keyboard (Roland, I think) and wants to find out what makes it tick. Advthanksance -- Kevin McBride |Disclaimer: These | harvard -\ Eikonix - A Kodak Co. | opinions are mine, | ll-xn ---adelie-----> munsell!klm 23 Crosby Dr. | not my employer's, | decvax -v talcott -v | Bedford, MA 01730 | So There! | allegra ------------encore
harald@ccicpg.UUCP ( Harald Milne) (09/18/87)
I don't understand all this claptrap about Amiga MIDI. From running
tasks in background, that were CPU intensive, and various priorities, I
concluded the following behaviour of the OS:
1) Tasks that are CPU intensive with high priority have precedence
over tasks of similar nature at a lower priority.
2) So much so, that similar tasks at a lower priority are effectively
locked out.
3) The Amiga OS doesn't have fairness in mind concerning task
priorities. You put it there, it's there. UNIX on the other
hand tries to be fair to multiple users. This I consider to be
a flaw, becuase of the lockout. A low priority task should RUN
sometime.
4) Because of this lockout effect, a task set at high enough
priority will do nothing but DO WHAT IT HAS TO DO!
The bottom line is, with the proper priority, the Amiga will
do nothing else but wait for something to happen! That's realtime in my
book!
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UUCP: uunet!ccicpg!haraldnews@spies.UUCP (06/05/88)
Well, since no one answered my question.... Who has an HT-700 keyboard, a MIDI interface, and software? Well, I have the first one, and about to purchace the third and get the second. Which is the best? Preferably one with a Serial Put-through. !spies!fatcat!jeremy +-++jeremy+-++ Sysop of: 914-623-2338
rsine@nswc-wo.arpa (08/25/88)
Gentlepeople, I'm sorry I must be missing a gateway or the host tables on this system aren't up to snuff (this isn't my system, I run a VAX/VMS system and someone else is the admin.). If anyone can help me get mail directly to these people (so I don't keep boring/jamming the net) please do. Again, I'm sorry but I can't get directly to this guy so I am posting to the net (since I've done it twice now, you can call me stupid). Evan, I use the ECE MIDI interface for the Amiga. The reason is that it has a pass through switch. The reason this is important is because the Amiga uses the serial port for MIDI. To circumvent having to plug and unplug the modem cable each time one wants to do non MIDI communications, one wants a pass thru switch. I use Dr. T's KCS for sequencing. Currently it's the best sequencer I know of for the Amiga. The MusicX package seems to be very good but right now it's still vaporware (until *I* see it working). The scoring programs that are popular for the Amiga are Sonix and DMCS. I have them both. If you're just starting out with computer generated music and scoring or if you're new to reading music and scoring in general I would recommend it. But, it has limitations and for the more serious/experienced musician I recommend DMCS. However, I have converted all my music to KCS. I highly recommend it for the serious MIDI user/musician. I can enter music lots faster by playing to the sequencer than by scoring. If you have any further detailed questions please do not hesitate to ask. Ran