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From: lebrun@ll.mit.edu (Steven F. LeBrun)
Subject: Reference for good MIDI Programmer's book
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 15:04:39 -0400
Expires: 17-Nov-1992

I am looking for some books about programming MIDI's that are still in
print.  "The MIDI Handbook" was recommanded to me but as far as I can
tell the book is no longer in print.  Books using C are preferred but
any structured programming language will be fine.
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Newsgroups: comp.music
From: pinelr@aix.rpi.edu (Rob Pinelli)
Subject: Re: RE : Information needed : Computers analysis
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 19:11:17 GMT

In article <1b4hm1INNaku@iraul1.ira.uka.de> hadulla@i11s8.ira.uka.de (Christian Hadulla) writes:
>In article <1992Oct7.203515.3347@dunix.drake.edu>,
>dtg001@dunix.drake.edu (Soli Deo Gloria) writes:
>
>|> I am a student of Church Music, nearing completion of my studies,
>|> and am interested in pursuing the use of computers in the
>|> _analysis_ of previously written music, and the "composition" of
>|> new music based upon rules found in the music analyzed.
>|> (rest of text deleted)
>
>Another project follows a more classical aproach. It handles
>the music of Mozart and "composes" variations upon his music.
>The approach I call "classical" because the concept bases on
>"Grammars".
>
>
>------------------------
>
>Does any other group work on similar projects ?

  well, I'm not a group but I am currently working on an independent study
project to generate 50's style music.  The code is to be written in LISP and
I am currently analyzing a number of songs and trying to find threads of
commonality between them to generalize and implement as AI heuristics.  I 
would like to know what other work has been done on this sort of thing, and
where I can read about it, if at all.  thanks...

--Rob

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Atari ST| 203 North Hall |276\ "I don't patronize bunny rabbits!"   "What's 
 Mega 2 | Troy, NY 12180 |7080\ your damage?"  "It'll be very!"  -Heathers
Xref: sparky comp.music:4720 misc.forsale:28248 rec.music.synth:16317
From: cfoley@Bonnie.ICS.UCI.EDU (Ciaran Foley)
Subject: Forsale: Ensoniq EPS + 2x Expander + hardshell case
Newsgroups: comp.music,misc.forsale,rec.music.synth
Date: 9 Oct 92 22:25:53 GMT

Well, I've outgrown her, but she's given me all I wanted. It's a shame
I have to let her go. Original EPS in perfect condition (cosmetically
and operationally) no past problems...always used in studio. I'll ship
her and an industrial grade flight case to the first person who bids
over $870. Try negotiating anyway, I may sway my opinion. I'll even
throw in about 180+ disks full of samples!


Ciaran Foley

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From: bdenckla@husc10.harvard.edu (Benjamin Denckla)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Nancarrow and MIDI
Date: 15 Oct 92 20:48:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Oct15.164815.16422
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

Does anyone know if anyone has transcribed any of Conlon Nancarrow's
Studies for Player Piano for MIDI?  I am very interested in doing this but
do not wish to reduplicate work already done.

Ben Denckla
Electronic Music Studio
Harvard University
From: cobe101@emory.edu (Christopher C. Chung)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: MOD Files!!! Where?  I need some!
Date: 15 Oct 92 22:45:57 GMT
Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3


Could someone tell me which FTP sites have MOD files?

I know many Amiga FTP sites have them, but I don't know

any.  I need them for my Mac.  I can translate them over.

Thanks

Chris Chung
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: lebrun@ll.mit.edu (Steven F. LeBrun)
Subject: MIDI File Format Specifications
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 15:00:13 -0400
Expires: 17-Nov-1992

Is there a "standard" MIDI File Format for storing MIDI commands and/or
sequencing information?  If so, could someone tell me where I can find 
a description of this format.  A text or postscript file(s) available 
via anonymous ftp on the Internet would be preferred.
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| Steven F. LeBrun             |      MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Group 91     |
|                              |        244 Wood Street, Room LI-136       |
| lebrun@ll.mit.edu (Internet) |          Lexington, MA 02173-9108         |
| lebruns@merlin    (internal) |  Phone:(617)-981-5742, FAX:(617)-981-0991 |
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|"Hard as lightning, soft as candlelight;                                  |
|                    Dare you trust the Music of the Night?" - The Phantom |
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Newsgroups: comp.music
From: hjv@phil.ruu.nl (Hendrik Jan Veenstra)
Subject: Re: .lzh? What archiving is this?
Organization: Department of Philosophy, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 22:25:45 GMT

cobe101@emory.edu (Christopher C. Chung) writes:


>How does one unarchive .lzh formats?

LZH archives are made (and 'unmade' :) with lharc - available for unix,
pc and atari st (and amiga?). If you have one of those machines, there
should be a lharc available at some ftp-site - which site depends on
the particular machine of course.


--
Hendrik Jan Veenstra  |  hjv@phil.ruu.nl  |   You look for your dreams in
Dept. of Philosophy   |                   |   heaven, but what the hell are
University of Utrecht |                   |   you supposed to do when they
The Netherlands       |                   |   come true...?
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: jsc@athena.mit.edu (Jin S. Choi)
Subject: X11 music fonts?
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Distribution: comp
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 04:49:47 GMT


I'm interested in writing an X front end for MusicTeX (and a number of
other output formats).  I'd like to know 1) if it's already been done,
2) where I could find any X fonts or bitmaps of music symbols.  I'd also
appreciate any comments, suggestions, things to consider....

Thanks,
-Jin
--
Jin Choi
jsc@athena.mit.edu
From: novak@vitruvius.ar.utexas.edu (Marcos Novak)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: ANNOUNCING: New Graduate Program in Architecture+Art+Technology
Date: 9 Oct 92 05:45:58 GMT
Organization: School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1b3
From: beltran@ns.network.com (Tony R. Beltran)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Cakewalk problem, anyone help ?
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:23:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: ns.1992Oct16.182343.3538
Organization: Network Systems Corporation

In article <1262@ozz.oasis.icl.co.uk> sch@getafix (Simon Hamner) writes:
>Hi, can anyone help with a problem a friend (in the loosest posible terms)
>of mine is having with cakewalk pro - problem described below :-
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>I have a Roland JV-30 synth, 386 PC, Windows 3.1, Cakewalk Pro for Windows
>(1.02 Engine), and SoundBlaster Pro Ver2 card.  Everything works great
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I don't know if this will fix your problem, but Twelve Tone Systems
shipped a free upgrade to version 1.03 to registered users.  It fixed
some bugs, added features, etc.  Check with them or whoever your
contact is.

Tony
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: kris@media.mit.edu (Kris R. Thorisson)
Subject: MIDI controlled light mixers
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 19:14:53 GMT

If you know anytning about MIDI controlled light mixers
please let me know about:

What's available
Where to get data
What general prices are
Where to buy
Problems with them
etc.

Thanks,
=kris
From: dave@prc.unisys.com (David Lee Matuszek)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Can someone recommend Mac music software for me?
Date: 9 Oct 92 15:42:41 GMT
Organization: Paoli Research Center - Paoli, PA


Hi, all -- please forgive the intrusion of a nonmusician.

I'm in the market for a CHEAP program that I can use to write music
and play it through the Mac's internal speaker.  I've heard that
ConcertWare+ and Deluxe Music Construction Kit can do this for me.
Can anyone confirm this?

I need something that does not require MIDI.  I have no external
equipment and no plans to buy any.  (I'm not a musician,
remember--this is just for fun.)

I used to use Studio Session by Bogas Productions on my old Mac Plus,
but it no longer works on my Mac IIsi, and Bogas has apparently gone
out of business.

Can anyone here offer any recommendations?

Thanks in advance,
  dave

-- 

It isn't pollution that's harming the environment.  It's the
impurities in our air and water that are doing it.
                -- Vice President Dan Quayle
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From: diarmuid@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Diarmuid Pigott)
Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Cakewalk to MIDI convertion utility
Date: 8 Oct 1992 14:42:57 +0800
Organization: The University of Westrn Australia
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: uniwa.uwa.edu.au
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Actually that isn't quite true.

You can use the WinCake demo: simply copy the entire file into the
clipboard, and save the clipboard contents. Then you can write a quick
and dirty program to burrow into the file and extract the midi file.
(Just look for the "MThd" string)

[Sudden horrified thought... does this mean that you could actually save
and restore files of your own using the demo version of WinCake? Well
perish the thought. I'd certainly never suggest such a downright
underhanded and dishonest thing...]
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: 879721193@nckuvx.enet.dec.com (Jinn-Kwei Guo)
Subject: Q: ANSI MUSIC
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 11:51:41 GMT

   Is there anyone can tell me the ANSI screen control sequence, including
the ANSI music ? 

                                                            Jinn-Kwei Guo

Newsgroups: comp.music
From: eherrera@lascar (Eduardo Herrera IIC)
Subject: Queen ?
Organization: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 16:16:18 GMT

Where can i find some queen songs to read it?
I know a FTP computer where i can find it, but i can't remember it 
Eduardo Herrera
Universidad Catolica de Chile
e-mail: eherrera@lascar.puc.cl

Newsgroups: comp.music
From: mmaccorm@fox.nstn.ns.ca (Mike Mac Cormack)
Subject: Music software for DOS?
Organization: Micronav International
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 17:05:57 GMT

I am looking for information on music writing software for MS-DOS 
computers.  I would like to know what music writing programs are available, 
their capabilities, price, and purchasing information.  Thanks in advance!

Mike
Micronav International Inc
P.O.Box 1523 / 104 Marine Drive
Sydport Industrial Park,
Sydney, N.S. Canada B1P 6R7
Tel: 902-564-8833      Fax: 902-564-8764
From: gutzmann@acri.fr (Kurt Gutzmann)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Aural-to-notation processing?
Date: 12 Oct 92 12:32:16 GMT
Reply-To: gutzmann@acri.fr
Organization: Advanced Computer Research Institute

>>Does anyone know of a program that processes sounds and converts them
>>to notation?  

Try Lime on the Mac, it will take MIDI and notate it.  Maybe this is
not what you want.  

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      /_~.        Kurt Martin Gutzmann   | Adv. Comp. Rsrch. Inst.
    ()\/ ()  /|\    gutzmann@acri.fr     |     Lyon, France
_________________________________________________________________
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Xref: sparky comp.music:4724 rec.music.classical:14032 rec.music.compose:216
From: sdpage@andersen.co.uk (Stephen Page)
Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.classical,rec.music.compose
Subject: Re: Information Needed: Computers and Analysis
Date: 9 Oct 92 08:39:42 GMT
Organization: Andersen Consulting (UK Practice)

dtg001@dunix.drake.edu (Soli Deo Gloria) writes:
>am interested in pursuing the use of computers in the 
>_analysis_ of previously written music, and the "composition" of 
>new music based upon rules found in the music analyzed.  

>1) Most important, what work has already done and by whom?   

Two main sources of information (aside from all the traditional 
bibliographical sources which any music librarian can explain to you):

- the Music-Research Digest. Subscribe to it by mailing to
     music-research-request@prg.oxford.ac.uk
  Note that this covers applications of computers in musc research, which
  includes analysis. It does NOT cover MIDI, synthesizers, etc.

  The back issues of the Digest contain many references to analysis
  and literature. You can find them in the Music-Research archive.
  Mail to archive-server@cattell.psych.upenn.edu - send a message
  containing "index music" or "help". If you have FTP access, look in
  pub/Music-Research on the above site or in Music-Research on
  ftp.comlab.ox.ac.uk.

- the Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities, which
  produces a Directory annually. This is an excellent source for informaiton.
  See back issues of the Digest for contents, reviews, and addresses.


Stephen Page
Moderator, Music-Research Digest
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: winplay
From: mmangieri@vitro.com (Michael J. Mangieri)
Date: 14 Oct 92 13:13:17 -0500
Distribution: world
Organization: Vitro Corporation

In article <3832@eastman.UUCP> pawlicki@kodak.com (Ted Pawlicki) writes:
>
>  
>	I retrieved winplay 1.0 off the network. I like the program
>very much. I am wondering how to write new *.pol files? Can anyone tell
>me where the Steve Muenter article appeared? When was it published?
>Who published it? I would also be interested in knowing if there are any
programs for writing *.pol files.
> 
>
>pawlicki@kodak.com
>
>
>
OK, I'll bite. What is WINPLAY?
         __________________________________________________________________
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From: thethe@lagrange.WPI.EDU (Quincy Cabell)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Finale/Midi help IBM
Date: 9 Oct 1992 16:59:38 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: lagrange.wpi.edu

I just got Finale 2.0.1 (which was last updated in 1990, geez) and was
confused to find it had no ability to play back to a soundblaster-esque
card, only to any of 3 MIDI cards.  I have my system rigged with macros
to save the score in Finale, switch to the windows media player, load and
play the same score and then switch back. It's a hassle and will only 
let me play the entire thing.  

Is there any windows utility which simulates a midi device and can intercept
system requests for midi activity and simulate them (as the media player can).

Anyone know? (or have brighter, better ideas?) 

Thanks....    

Quincy (thethe@wpi.wpi.edu)

Newsgroups: comp.music
From: lseltzer@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Linda Ann Seltzer)
Subject: Re: Pitch vs Frquency
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 14:40:10 GMT

In article <LWYSE.92Sep25190418@copley.bu.edu> lwyse@copley.bu.edu (Lonce LaMar Wyse) writes:
>
>The typical way a psycho-acoustician measures pitch is by asking the
>subject to match a periodic sound to the target sound. The pitch of
>the target is identified with the fundamental frequency of the
>matching stimulus.

I hope not!  Subjects have greatly varying abilities and training in
discriminating pitches with "fine tuning".
Xref: sparky comp.music:4789 rec.music.synth:16625 rec.music.compose:235
From: latta@xcf.berkeley.edu (Craig R. Latta)
Newsgroups: ucb.becmug,comp.music,rec.music.synth,rec.music.compose
Subject: MUSENET update pointer
Supersedes: <musenet-update-pointer_717979788@xcf.berkeley.edu>
Followup-To: poster
Date: 16 Oct 1992 07:52:28 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: world
Expires: 9 Nov 1992 07:53:26 GMT
Reply-To: musenet@xcf.berkeley.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: xcf.berkeley.edu
Summary: This posting contains a pointer to an update for the MUSENET
		project: a CD compilation of music made by USENET
		users.
Originator: latta@xcf.Berkeley.EDU

Archive-name: musenet-update-pointer
Last-modified: 1992/10/15
Version: 3.0


	An update for the MUSENET '92 project has been posted to
rec.music.makers, and is also available via ftp from
anonymous@xcf.berkeley.edu:misc/netjam/announcements/MUSENET, and by
emailing musenet-request@xcf.berkeley.edu with the subject "request
for info".

	I am posting this pointer instead of the actual update because
I want to minimize inappropriate followups to the many involved
newsgroups. The update is also rather long. I know such clutter is a
time-honored USENET tradition, but I can't stand it, so please don't
ask me to do it. I'm be perfectly happy to personally assist anyone
who has problems with the above methods of access.


	Please direct followups via email to me.


	Thanks,

-C
From: hussein@bora.inria.fr (Hussein Yahia)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: URGENT--SoundDesignerII files format
Keywords: SoundDesigneer, Soundtools, file format
Date: 11 Oct 92 20:44:17 GMT
Organization: Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique -- Rocquencourt, France


   Hi everyone,


   This is an urgent request. I need to know the file description
of SoundDesignerII files: where and how are headers if there are any,
how is a soundfile written in SoundDesigner II format.

  Please mail your answers to this newsgroup or to me:

             hussein@bora.inria.fr


   Thanks in advance,


    H. Yahia
    INRIA
    BP105 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex
    France

    E-mail: hussein@bora.inria.fr
Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.synth
From: eirikur@ranger.enet.dec.com (Eirikur Hallgrimsson)
Subject: Re: Galaxy & editors
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 20:13:21 GMT


In article <92287.122154MRLCC@CUNYVM.BITNET>, <MRLCC@CUNYVM.BITNET> writes...
>Does anyone know it the universal librarian will work with the editors
>from Galaxy + editors. When I say universal lib I mean plain Galaxy
>Universal Librarian.

Can you restate the question more clearly?  What I read is that you want to
know if the basic Galaxy package (no editors) will support the editors, if they
magically fell from heaven, as opposed to coming in an paid-for upgrade to
Galaxy Plus Editors.

That doesn't sound quite right to me.  What did you mean?


Eirikur Hallgrimsson   |    "Rhodes?  Where we're going, we don't need Rhodes!"
eh@ranger.enet.dec.com |
PATHWORKS for Macintosh|
From: pcs$1699@altair.selu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Symphony
Date: 12 Oct 92 16:24:13 GMT
Organization: Southeastern Louisiana University

I recently purchased a Using Symphony book because it was extremely
cheap!  Does anyone know if it's worth checking into...any information
would be appreciated.

Thanks In Advance,
Connie fndk37a
From: rang@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Robert Yuen Lee Ang)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Looking for good Mac Sequencing Software
Date: 10 Oct 1992 14:18:51 GMT
Organization: The University of Westrn Australia
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: tartarus.uwa.edu.au

deitrich@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Dave Deitrich) writes:

>Greetings!

>I have a friend who's looking to buy a Macintosh soon.  He's also planning to
>get a midi port and sequencing software.  Could anyone suggest some good Mac
>software packages for sequencing.  If you could include price and memory
>requirements that would be REALLY helpful too!

>Please reply via Email, as I'm doing this for a friend and don't read this 
>newsgroup often.  Thanks MUCH in advance!


>Dave Deitrich
>deitrich@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
If you are looking for some good cheap software, look at TrueTime made
by
Computrix in Australia.  Mail me for an address.  Their software is very
intuitive, extremely easy to use, and does the job fine with my Mac IIci
and Roland U-20 keyboard.  I managed to get it for $200 (I think) while
it is retailing for $250.  (Australian dollars).  Very competitive
compared to programs like Finale, Cubase etc. without unneccessary fancy
add-ons.
Robert Ang.
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From: UKI6@DKAUNI2.BITNET (leo richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Any ADLIBers out there??
Date: 16 Oct 92 08:42:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: rz.1992Oct16.084233.3957
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany



>
>         Any ADLIBers out there on the net???  Is there any new ADLIB music
> being created??  The most receint files I can find are over a year old.
>
Well, I have no AdLib, but a SoundBlaster 1.0, but nearly all my music
is AdLib (*.rol files). No, I have no newer music either. On the CeBIT
in Hannover (spring 92) there was some new music at the AdLib stand,
however.

So long

leo/2
From: dmcnamar@netcom.com (Dennis McMamara)
Subject: Re: WANTED: info on composing packages
Organization: Composer's WorkBench
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:37:46 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.142559.17070@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> twalker@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Timothy M Walker) writes:
>
>A friend of mine without net access is looking for a DOS-compatible program
>for creating/editing musical scores.  High-end power is not a necessity (he
>doesn't need a full-blown sequencer).  What packages give a reasonable amount
>of features for the least dough, and what do these packages cost?
>
>Thank You.
>
>-- 
>          ........   Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Ball ..........
>
>                          ==> BIM <==


You might want to check out Composer's WorkBench, which is available
by anonymous ftp at
oak.oakland.edu
It's filed as /pub/msdos/music/cwb13.zip
It is pkzip encoded, so if you don't have pkunzip, get that from
/pub/msdos/pkzip directory, not sure of the file name.
If you can't ftp, email me, letting me know what format you want
( compressed and uuencoded, or zipped and uuencoded, whatever).
In the archived version, all features are enabled, except new
music you create it limited to 16 bars. The licensce for unlimited
new music is $100 US.
Hope you like it.

-- 
Dennis McNamara dmcnamar@netcom.com
Purveyor of Fine Software: Composer's WorkBench