[comp.sys.next] MIDI and other sound questions...

sl150040@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Eric J. Isaacson) (09/27/89)

I've got a couple of simple questions (I'm just getting going--please be kind):

1.  What is the state of MIDI in 1.0?  Earlier word was that it was to be
available (through the SCSI port?) in this version.  Is it supported? Where
is it documented if it is supported?  If it isn't supported yet, will it be?

2.  Is there a music font included in the Adobe collection, or any other
facility that would make music notation (simple notation) a relatively simple
matter?

3.  How about a way to input sound other than via a microphone or MIDI.  In
particular, would it be possible to direct the digital coding of a CD into
the NeXT (assuming copyright issues were resolved) for use in a hypermedia
application?  Is the coding used for CDs compatible with the DSP?

4.  On a related topic, is there a way to get stereo input to the cube?

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