Carra_its-me_Bussa@cup.portal.com (08/07/89)
.......help! I'm an old hand at "PC"s (anyone remember feeding BASIC paper tape to ALTAIR 8080?) and trying to break into MIDI and synths. I've read this newsgroup (and everything else I can lay my hands on) and I feel that I _ALMOST_ know what is going on. :-) So, I'm ready to take the big jump, but..... WHERE THE H*LL DO I FIND SPECS ON ALL THE KEYBOARDS OUT THERE??? Oh, all the mags (and some USENET notes) pop up with "this is 32 note polyphonic @ 8 timbre. Great, but is the keyboard velocity sensitve? After-touch? Does it even HAVE a keyboard? What ELSE does it do? How many pretty lights does it have? And all that good stuff. WHERE can I _FIND_ this info?? Do I listen to the net, find an owner for each machine, and get a brain dump? And for THAT matter, where can I find the "official" MIDI specs? I've heard of this animal and seen a few synopses of it, but where is the original? (It's NOT just as good as a XEROX (tm), in this case! :-) ) I'm SURE this has been hashed OVER and OVER, so everyone tell me to "shaddup and go read such-and-such". I'll be GLAD to!! Thanks! Carra Bussa hm: (501) 565-8351 CIS:70165,1264 7700 N Chicot, Apt A-201 wk: (501) 223-5744 Genie: xjm22964 Little Rock, AR 72209 USENET: carra_bussa@cup.portal.com My employer uses COBOL as their primary language. (I'm so ashamed.....)
EHARNDEN@AUVM.BITNET (Eric Harnden) (08/10/89)
1)read Electronic Musician, edited by Craig Anderton. 2)got to your local dealer, and lean on the reps. they don't like to hand you docs, but it's their job.