jol@sei.cmu.edu (Jun Lee) (12/23/89)
Hi, Everyone. Is there any "generic" books on writing MIDI software? What I mean by generic is, general for all types of computers. I've seen it for Macs and PC's but I have an Amiga. I would like to get a book that deals more with the common ground that is relevant to writing MIDI software for all types of computers and MIDI equipment. I would prefer it if it is in C. ThanX The Eelman jol@sei.cmu.edu
djw@hpldsla.HP.COM (12/27/89)
> Is there any "generic" books on writing MIDI software? .............. > ................. but I have an Amiga. My bias: I have an Atari - but, the only book I have seen written for MIDI on the Atari is a piece of trash. Personally, I have found that a lot of the MIDI books for the IBM-PC are good for general consumption. Sure, you have to deal with getting data to and from the MIDI port yourself, but that is usually pretty easy (it's hardest on the PC!). The hard part about writing MIDI software is the stuff at the application layer. If you know about your Amiga, and you can follow the thinking in some software for another computer, you should get good use from one of the 'C' books for the PC. David "my first Apple II book was written for the TRS-80!" Williams djw@hpldsla.hp.com
sage@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (David Martosko '91) (01/01/90)
In article <5449@fy.sei.cmu.edu> jol@sei.cmu.edu (Jun Lee) writes: > >Is there any "generic" books on writing MIDI software? What I mean >by generic is, general for all types of computers. I've seen it >for Macs and PC's but I have an Amiga. I would like to get a book >that deals more with the common ground that is relevant to writing >MIDI software for all types of computers and MIDI equipment. >I would prefer it if it is in C. I don't know so much about books, but some guys at Carnegie-Mellon have put together a MIDI programming toolkit which is free for the asking. It is written for a variety of Mac/IBM/Amiga languages, including C. You should write to Roger Dannenburg at CMU (I think his address is something like Dannenburg@spice.cs.cmu.edu, but I'm not sure). You can also download the toolkit, but I'm not sure where. For $20 bucks or so, he'll throw in a manual and sample programs. Good luck ----------------------------------- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Martosko E-mail:sage@eleazar.dartmouth.EDU Dartmouth College HB 2216 Phone:(603) 643-4347 Hanover, NH 03755
lwyse@retina.bu.edu (Wyse) (01/04/90)
>Is there any "generic" books on writing MIDI software? What I mean >by generic is, general for all types of computers. I've seen it >for Macs and PC's but I have an Amiga. I would like to get a book >that deals more with the common ground that is relevant to writing >MIDI software for all types of computers and MIDI equipment. >I would prefer it if it is in C. There is a new book out, "The MIDI Programmer's Handbook" by S.De Furia and J. Scacciaferro. It covers basics, devices, configurations, MIDI messages,modes,time code commands, protocols and the MIDI files standard. Publisher M&T ISBN 1-55851-068-0. It just came out in December, and I haven't seen it, but would be interested in hearing from anyone who has. XXX XXX Lonce Wyse | X X Center for Adaptive Systems \ | / X X Boston University \ / 111 Cummington St. Boston,MA 02215 ---- ---- X X X X "The best things in life / \ XXX XXX are emergent." / | \