ST702383@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU ("Teddy D. Pan") (04/19/91)
Will the Opcode Professional Plus MIDI interface work with the GS or are there specific drivers that it needs? I'd get the apple midi interface but this one is cheaper and better so I'm told. Thanks in advance. Ted (st702383@brownvm)
v097pba8@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Ken F Morton) (04/19/91)
In article <9104191417.AA10479@apple.com>, ST702383@BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU ("Teddy D. Pan") writes... >Will the Opcode Professional Plus MIDI interface work with the GS or are I have one and it's works great. I don't know what driver it uses but I imagine it's the apple one. If not no big deal, they all come with the system disk. My only wish is that Master tracks Pro would support *two* of them! >Ted >(st702383@brownvm) Ken Morton "A vacant engineer rides on a v097pba8@ubvms.Bitnet train of thought that will not v097pba8@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu lead him home" - Edie Brickell
MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET (04/20/91)
I'm JUST about to 'close a deal' with the Music department at UT Chattanooga.
I'm talking them into getting some GSs with some MIDI equipment and
software. I need some info though...
1. What software is available?
-how good is it (especially compared to mac MIDI stuff?)
-Is there composition software available (one of their specific questions)
2. What Hardware interfaces are there.
-what features do they have?
-how much do they cost?
3. I heard someone say that there's a card that supports either 4 or 8
output channels?
-is it still available?
-who makes it... how much.... where from?
4. I need to know the maximum limits of the GSs sound capabilities.
-sample rate
-playback rate
-anything else you feel is important
5. Where's the best (cheapest) place to get GSs? (and price, of course:)
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pro-line-- mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.comv097pba8@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Ken F Morton) (04/21/91)
In article <9104200204.AA06989@apple.com>, MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET writes... > >I'm JUST about to 'close a deal' with the Music department at UT Chattanooga. >I'm talking them into getting some GSs with some MIDI equipment and >software. I need some info though... > >1. What software is available? > -how good is it (especially compared to mac MIDI stuff?) > -Is there composition software available (one of their specific questions) Music Writer Professional by Pyware. 40 Staves, MIDI, it can also play the piece with the GS's ensoniq. I personally don't think it's all that wonderful and it's a tad quirky. Master Tracks Pro by Passport. Excellent! One reason I've hung onto the GS for so long. It's just like the Mac version, but no Sys-Ex dumps. There's a program called SysExGS that one could use to fill that hole. [MIDI-sequencing, graphic controller editing, the works] >2. What Hardware interfaces are there. > -what features do they have? > -how much do they cost? Any Opcode Mac interface will work - MTpro doesn't support more than one MIDI port on the GS tho - and probably never will. The GS doesn't have the software it should have. With the Ensoniq it's a powerful music computer. I'd like to see it do sampling resynthesis and such, along with extensive sample editing. 16 bit rez could be achieved by using MIDI sample dumps and playing with the data. The GS itself won't play back 16bit, but for the purpose of making new sounds the ensoniq would serve as approximation. Takes a while to dump the sample back into a sampler you see. I intend on taking on the task of learning to program this beast very soon in the future. Not anything the masses might like, but specialized MIDI and sound software that I'd like to see realized. > BITNET-- mquinn@utcvm <------------send files here > pro-line-- mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.com Ken Morton "A vacant engineer rides on a v097pba8@ubvms.Bitnet train of thought that will not v097pba8@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu lead him home" - Edie Brickell
sb@pnet91.cts.com (Stephen Brown) (04/21/91)
v097pba8@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Ken F Morton) writes: >In article <9104200204.AA06989@apple.com>, MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET writes... >> >>I'm JUST about to 'close a deal' with the Music department at UT Chattanooga. >>I'm talking them into getting some GSs with some MIDI equipment and >>software. I need some info though... >> >>1. What software is available? >> -how good is it (especially compared to mac MIDI stuff?) >> -Is there composition software available (one of their specific questions) > > Music Writer Professional by Pyware. 40 Staves, MIDI, it can >also play the piece with the GS's ensoniq. I personally don't think it's >all that wonderful and it's a tad quirky. MusicWriter (by Pyware) is more than just quirky. It was obviously written by programmers who had limited knowledge of music. Even at 1/5th of its $500 cost, I still wouldn't bother with it. DiversiTune is much more robust than almost anything else I've seen for the GS. The problem is that its user interface is cumbersome and punching in & out is awkward... it also doesn't produce notes in staves. Seriously worth looking at... SoundSmith, though impressive, gives music that "spreadsheet" quality that should be avoided at all costs. In terms of MIDI boxes, anything that works on the Mac (there are a few Yamaha models) will work on the GS as well. Apple's own box is overpriced, and stripped down to the minimum number of features... it doesn't even have a MIDI though. :( You can build you own for $30 or less... +---------------------------------------------------------+ | Stephen Brown Toronto, Canada | | Internet: sb@pnet91.cts.com UUCP: utzoo!pnet91!sb | +---------------------------------------------------------+ | Apple II Forever !!! | +---------------------------------------------------------+ | Like my new .signature. ? Too bad. | +---------------------------------------------------------+