gregwong@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Greg Wong) (12/05/88)
Hello. I was wondering if anyone can provide me with or direct me to info about Macs and Midi synthesizers. First, let me give you my background. I'm an amateur composer of mostly classical music. I use programs like Studio Session to hear my work. I can not play keyboards. A friend of mine suggested that I look into midi synthesizers. Recently, I saw a listing in the MacWarehouse catalog for Mac Jr. Pac published by Passport. It includes some software for composing music as well as a MIDI interface. Here are my questions. If I get into MIDI, what role does my Mac play? Does the Mac produce the sounds or are the sounds produced by the sythesizer? I don't play keyboards -- will I still benefit from going to MIDI or is Studio Session good enough? Does anyone have any opionions on the software+midi package I described above? Can I get more realistic sounds (like brass, woodwinds, and strings) using MIDI? What kind of synthesizer do you recommend and how much do they cost? I know I've asked a lot of questions here. Please feel free to jump in and answer any size subset. I don't normally subscribe to this newsgroup, so please send your responses via e-mail. Thank you. --Greg gregwong@maui.cs.ucla.edu gregwong@maui.cs.ucla.edu "Mr. Spock. The women on your planet are logical. Yours is the only planet in the galaxy that can make that claim."