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Subject: Tax DEDUCTIONS for 1992 MIDI Donations
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		------======<<<<<<(((((     )))))>>>>>>======------

		   You can get TAX DEDUCTIONS on MIDI/Audio Gear
		        if you donate by the end of 1992

		------======<<<<<<(((((     )))))>>>>>>======------

		     Got MIDI/Audio Gear you don't use anymore?

		------======<<<<<<(((((     )))))>>>>>>======------

		Got enough money that you can afford to be generous
		    with that which others can put to good use?

		------======<<<<<<(((((     )))))>>>>>>======------


        I am co-chairman of the "PTF Education Committee" (PTF is
Parent-Teacher-Fellowship) for a private, non-profit, Christian elementary/
middle school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We have two known-to-be-working Apples
and one IBM PC. We also have an Apple that I have not looked at yet. The
school's name is Isaac Newton Christian Academy. Money is tight, and
the roof needs repair, so usually fund raising tends to be directed towards
things other than computers. :-(

        We are, right now, working on establishing a "Computer Lab", which
will include at least 1 of the systems set up for MIDI applications, and have
been talking about soliciting donations.

	We ask that if you have ANY Apple II or MS-DOS MIDI/Audio items, that
you would SERIOUSLY consider donating these to our school. Even if it is an 
item that needs repair, we'd be happy to accept it IF we know the repair costs
involved before it is shipped to us. We currently have one Yamaha (forget the
model) basic full-size, 61 key, 4-voice piano that has MIDI in/out/thru.

	Even though we will appreciate any donation, here are some specific
	things we are looking for at this time:

		o  MIDI Capable Full-Size Keyboards
		o  MIDI cards
		o  Music Education software such as Ear training, music
		    reading, music theory, keyboard skills, etc.
		o  Sequencing software
		o  Sound modules or cards (perhaps someone is sick of
		    their MT-32?)
		o  Amplifier/Speakers for Audio monitoring
		o  Programmable Drum machines with built-in sounds

	REMEMBER... this is a BONA FIDE non-profit organization!

Thank you for your consideration and support,

Bruce Rothwell

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Newsgroups: comp.music
From: ghica@fig.citib.com (Renato Ghica)
Subject: Yamaha psr500 info
Originator: ghica@duck
Organization: Citibank IBISM
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 19:26:53 GMT




I`m thinking of buying a yamaha PSR-500, for home playing and
for its MIDI interface. The price is around $500 in NYC.

Are there any satisfied users out there that could share their
experience with me?


thanks
-- 

"I am a brain, Watson."
"These views are my own. / Mail me or Flame me"
Copyright (c) 1992 Renato Ghica / ghica@fig.citib.com
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: jbaxter@leland.Stanford.EDU (Joel Kent Baxter)
Subject: Re: Uncompressing archived MIDI
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 04:43:50 GMT

In article <Bz6F3L.J1J@news.cso.uiuc.edu> dacc@cmp-rt.music.uiuc.edu (Andrew C. Crowell) writes:
>In article <1992Dec13.020323.9149@leland.Stanford.EDU> jbaxter@leland.Stanford.EDU (Joel Kent Baxter) writes:
>>Help!
>>
>>I'm on a Mac IIfx, trying to uncompress some midi files that I downloaded from
>>an ftp server.  The files are of types ".arc" and ".zip".  I picked up some
>>programs from sumex-aim with promising names like "ArcMac", "UnZip",
>>"UnZip MAC", and "ZipPop", but when I try to use them the following things
>>occur:
>>
>>	1)  ArcMac crashes the Mac (I have to reboot from the debugger).
>>	2)  The various un-Zipping programs tell me that the ".zip" files
>>	    are in the wrong format, mumbling various error messages about
>>	    "central directories" not existing, being damaged, or being in
>>	    the wrong format.  I have tried this on several different ".zip"
>>	    files, so it's not the target file that's the problem.
>>
>What you may be running into here is some architectural incompatibilities
>which the IIfx has viz. the rest of the Macintosh world. While ArcMac, I've
>noticed, _does_ seem to be a buggy program, the others are for the most part
>stable. Try running these on a different Mac, if you can. There _is_ a way
>to get the IIfx to behave like a plain-jane Mac, but it's such a specialized
>machine that I don't recall what it is.
>

Well, the matter of ".zip" files is solved by changing the transfer mode on
Fetch (my downloading program) from "Automatic" to "Binary" (although ZipPop
still chokes on the results, the others work great).  ArcMac, however, is still
having seizures.  I'm going to try it on a different flavor of Mac, but even if
it works there, that's pretty inconvenient.  Can anyone point me at a different
de-".arc"-ing utility?


>D.A.C. Crowell
>Computer Music Project/School of Music
>University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
>(dacc@cmp-rt.music.uiuc.edu)
>
>
>
>

						JB

						...yet again...


Xref: sparky comp.music:5736 rec.music.synth:19542
From: M02449@mwvm.mitre.org (Joe Gems)
Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Scoring Software for IBM
Date: 18 Dec 92 15:39:58 GMT
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean VA 22102

In article <61693@aurs01.UUCP>
lynch@aurs01.uucp (David Lynch) writes:
 
>
>Can anyone out there in net land recommend an inexpensive ($200) program for the IBM that allows scoring and printing of standard notation and guitar
>tablature on the same staff?  I know Finale can, but it is way expensive!
>
>Other desireable features:
>
>        Win 3.1 compatible (enhanced mode)
>        Postscript output
>        MIDI input and output
>        Standard MidiFile support.
>
>Reply to: lynch%aurfs1%aurgate@mcnc.org
>---------------------------------------
>David Lynch, Alcatel Network Systems  (919) 850-5014
 
Check out Music Prose, also by Coda (basically a little sister to Finale).
Your list of desirable features sounds like the Music Prose spec! I've had it
for about 3 months, and I love it.
 
E-mail me if you want to know more ...
 
  Joe
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: 901003l@axe.acadiau.ca (MISHA LEBLANC)
Subject: voice
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 17:43:04 GMT


Can the new 16 bit sound boards opperate a computer by spoken words instead 
of typing?  I need to know.  thanks?

Misha LeBlanc
901003l@axe.acadiau.ca
Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.makers.synth
From: menier@irisa.fr (Gildas Menier,image(lorette))
Subject: Sequence 1000 v4.00g
Summary: need contacts
Reply-To: menier@irisa.fr
Organization: IRISA, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, FRANCE
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 11:26:29 GMT


  who is using Sequence 1000 (fretless international).

 i need contact...
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Sunday, 13 Dec 1992 09:58:26 EST
From: Andrew Paradis <IK80014@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Yamaha C1 question

   Hello,
    I am wondering if anyone out there knows if the Yamaha C1
Music Computer is still available.  Our university has finally
been given a grant to acquire electronic music equipment, and
I have been asked to consult here and there, so am looking for
some information on the C1.  Or should I forget all that and
suggest buying a Mac?  What are the price differences between
the C1 (if still available) and a music capable Mac?  Most of
my MIDI experience is PC based, so I know very little of the
Mac side of things, but I am convinced (based on some interesting
new software availble, naturally only on a Mac) that it would
be the way to go.  Unless the C1 is around... you see my
indecision...  Any ideas would be appreciated.  Thanks in
advance for your help...


------------------------------------------------------------
Andrew P. Paradis               |  ik80014@maine.maine.edu
                    ......      |  P.O. Box 6
"What does not   ......  __o    |  Fort Kent, ME  04744
  destroy me      ...  _`\<,_   |  "My opinions are, as
 makes me stronger".  (*)/ (*)  |   always, my own."
-------------------------------------------------------------
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Saturday, 19 Dec 1992 11:33:57 EST
From: Andrew Paradis <IK80014@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: MIDI book question

    I am looking for a book titled "C Programming for MIDI"
by Jim Conger, but I have been told (by our local bookstore)
that it is no longer in print.  If anyone has a copy they
would like to get rid of, or if they know where I might still
be able to find a copy, I would appreciate knowing of it.
    Thanks in advance...


------------------------------------------------------------
Andrew P. Paradis               |  ik80014@maine.maine.edu
                    ......      |  P.O. Box 6
"What does not   ......  __o    |  Fort Kent, ME  04744
  destroy me      ...  _`\<,_   |  "My opinions are, as
 makes me stronger".  (*)/ (*)  |   always, my own."
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From: au535@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Dagn)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: AIRPLAY DEMOS and INFO ???
Date: 17 Dec 1992 09:35:51 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Distribution: inet
Reply-To: au535@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Dagn)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu

On behalf of: M.D.A. at 2RSR 88.9MHz SYDNEY AUSTRALIA.

Would anyone out there be able to send me any NEW underground
stuff (especially Hardcore Techno/House/Rave/etc)???
Demo tapes, tapes of Radio (eg.- "Abstract Dance" in London), etc

I do a Programme on a small public radio station (2RSR - 88.9MHz) here in Sydney Australia
(Music Dance Aesthetic - MDA - Saturday Nights 10pm-2am)
The collective are all volunteers (We don't get paid) but we enjoy doing it.
I also do some DJ work at clubs and Raves.



I am also interested in DEMO TAPES ----- also interesting interviews, info, etc

Please reply to me at  au535@cleveland.freenet.edu

       or snail mail:
                             Michael Dagn
                             19/59 Whaling Road
                             North Sydney, 2060
                             NSW   AUSTRALIA



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Michael Dagn  - au535@cleveland.freenet.edu  or  usr6264a@cbos.uc.edu
             or michael.dagn@f634.n712.fido.zeta.org.au
-------------
M     D     A           Phone: ++61-2-3993554
Music Dance Aesthetic   Saturday Nights   10pm-2am   2RSR   88.9MHz
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Newsgroups: comp.music
From: scott@vinny.cecer.army.mil (Scott Buennemeyer)
Subject: Re: Building an 8-bit Digital Sampler
Organization: US Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Labs
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:03:29 GMT

I built something similar in one of my EE design courses while completing
my MS degree.  I used an SDK86 as the host hardware, but I added a MIDI
interface in addition to the necessary A/D-D/A converters (50kHz sampling) plus
256K RAM.  I wrote the code to play back the recorded sound and shift the
frequency depending upon which key was pressed on my MIDI equiped keyboard.

The whole thing was completed in about a week and it blew my mind that it worked
so well!  I wanted to add stuff like looping, variable stop start points,
VCF's, VCA's, and other goodies, but time was the enemy (it was the final
project).

I would like to start the whole thing from scratch (including my own CPU/DSP
hardware) and make it 16-bit instead of 8.  Using a DSP to do the signal
processing and other audio bit-banging would be helpful, as my project was
sluggish in handling the MIDI interupts in addition to the CPU eating process
of shifting the freq's up and down.

I think it is cool to do this kind of stuff and am glad to hear others are as
well.  Its an increadible rush when you finish it and it works! 

-- 
Scott Buennemeyer
USA Corps of Engineers CERL-TAC
Ph#: (217) 373-4437
e-mail: scott@vinny.cecer.army.mil
-- 
Scott Buennemeyer
USA Corps of Engineers CERL-TAC
Ph#: (217) 373-4437
e-mail: scott@vinny.cecer.army.mil
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: tapas@esri.com (Tapas Das)
Subject: Re: Mail Order Source Needed
Organization: Environmental Systems Research Institute
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 21:28:38 GMT




The best mail order company that specializes in the Home Midi Studio
market is Sweetwater Sound.  They have a bunch of very professional
sales staff who know inside-out of what they sell.

They also carry an exclusive guarantee, that if you are not satisfied
with the product, they take it back without hassles.  I have been
dealing with them for the past 3 years with great success.

The best way to make a deal is to pick up a copy of Keyboard Magazine
and call up *ALL* the mail order companies with the specific unit you
have in mind.  In your case this is the Alesis D4.  Get your best offer
and call up Sweetwater LAST.  

In every instance, they were able to beat the best offer.  You will get
the unit in 6 working days shipped UPS.

You have 4 advantages:

1. You save 8% in taxes (unless you are in Indiana)
2. You get the lowest price
3. You can give it back if it doesnt meet your expectation.
4. Sweetwater services the products it sells

Here are some mail order companies you may try:

Phone        Company           Contact Rep     

212 819 0576 Mannys Music      Dan in ProAudio   


516 333 8700 Sam Ash           Charlie in ProAudio  ext 5


813 237 5597 Thoroughbred      Roger  ext 159   
 

404 237 9552 Rythm City        Ken  


800 356 5844 Full Compass      Barbara  

 
219 432 8176 SweetWater Sound  Greg Vey  Ask Cindy, the receptionist to 
                                         transfer you to Greg. 

Look at the Advertizers index on any issue of Keyboard Magazine,
Electronic Musician, Mix, or Home and Studio Recording for a more
comprehensive listing of mail order companies.  

Always pay with your credit card and keep records of the date and time
you called, the price promised, the delivery date and the name of 
the person you spoke to.

All the above listed companies are reputable.

You may also want to read rec.music.synth and look at the listing
of best prices on new and used midi gear.  This is posted periodically.

The Alesis D4 is a spendid package, but if you could spare a little
more cash, do check out the EMU Procussion Module.  This is a killer
unit. However it does not have the 12 trigger pad inputs like the D4.

Good Luck!

Tapas Das
tdas@esri.com
From: chelf@lunatix.uucp (Chad Helfenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: MIDI Software advice
Date: 17 Dec 92 02:29:15 GMT
Organization: Lexington Public Access Unix. -KY- (606) 255-9121

If anyone can give me ANY information, I'd be extremely happy about it :)  
I'm posting this _through_ a friend for a music professor at a university in 
Indiana.  

Here's some of the specifics he needs to know.  MIDI-Man PC.  Where can he 
get this program, is it commercial, PD, Shareware?  Also, any comments on 
it (good/bad, etc.)  You can be as lucid as you wish.  Even though I 
probably won't understand you, I'll pass the information on.

Another program: PowerEdit.  Any info. on this is also needed.

Any other MIDI interface programs (preferably Shareware/PD) also.  Also, if 
there are any ftpmail sites which carry any MIDI sequencers or other types 
of music programs (ANY kind), I would appreciate (very much) any 
directions/help.  Thanks a LOT!!

-- 
Chad Helfenberger
(chelf@lunatix.uucp)
From: scott@bbx.basis.com (Scott Amspoker)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Yamaha C1 question
Date: 13 Dec 92 20:40:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: bbx.136
Organization: BASIS International, Ltd., Albuquerque NM USA

In article <92348.095826IK80014@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> IK80014@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Andrew Paradis) writes:
>
>   Hello,
>    I am wondering if anyone out there knows if the Yamaha C1
>Music Computer is still available.  Our university has finally
>been given a grant to acquire electronic music equipment, and
>I have been asked to consult here and there, so am looking for
>some information on the C1.  Or should I forget all that and
>suggest buying a Mac?

The C1 isn't being made anymore.  I occasionally see one for sale
for under $1000.  I personally own two of 'em.  All in all, you
probably would not be happy with the C1 unless you do your own
programming.  The major MIDI software houses don't bother to support
the C1 anymore.

On the positive side, the C1's MIDI hardware is a joy to work with.
It provides 2 MIDI in's, 8 MIDI out's, 2 extra programmable timers,
and a complete SMPTE interface.  The MIDI ports are well buffered and
everything is fully interrupt driven.  I do all my own MIDI software
and wonder how anyone can get by with a puny little MPU-401.  The C1's
12MHz 286 seems outdated but if has plenty of horse power to handle
highly accurate realtime sequencing.  However, it probably would choke 
on some of the overbloated graphical user interfaces commonly found
on today's commercially available MIDI software.

If you wanted something comparable you would probably need a Mac with
the MOTU Midi Time Piece.  That should provide enough MIDI ports, timers,
and SMPTE (according to MOTU's advertising).  If I had to port all
my software tomorrow I would probably have to go that route (provided
MOTU would be kind enough to share technical information about their
hardware interface).

-- 
Scott Amspoker                       |    
Basis International, Albuquerque, NM |  Too bad ignorance isn't really
                                     |  bliss.  Then it could be outlawed.
scott@bbx.basis.com                  |
From: tapas@esri.com (Tapas Das)
Subject: Re: Mail Order Source Needed (part-2)
Organization: Environmental Systems Research Institute
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:53:04 GMT


I missed out a few prominent mail order companies in my last posting
So here they are:

Music Emporium     1-800-648-8460

Musicians Friend   1-800-776-5173

American Music Supply 1-800-458-4076
                      1-612-796-2088 Outside US

Professional Music Instrument PMI 1-800-992-2764

Rock N Rythm       1-800-348-5003

All of the above will be glad to mail you a free catalog.
Once again, this is *not* a comprehensive list.  Just a few popular ones.
Please check Keyboard or Mix magazine.

Tapas Das
tdas@esri.com
From: alves@calvin.usc.edu (William Alves)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Building an 8-bit Digital Sampler
Date: 17 Dec 1992 10:52:37 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: calvin.usc.edu

If you haven't already, you might want to check out the following paper:

Andy Duncan and Dave Rossum, "Fundamentals of Pitch Shifting." Audio
Engineering Society preprint #2714 (1988).

It discusses digital filter strategies to counter artifacts in pitch
shifting in samplers. It more specifically covers the filters used in
the Emu series of samplers.

Bill Alves
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: cassiel@cassiel.demon.co.uk (Nick Rothwell)
Subject: Re: Anyone ever think of building new kinds of instuments?
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 00:00:00 +0000

>The first would (easy
>to guess) be MAX

Ah, yes: I forgot that, which is strange especially since I'm building
"instruments" with it - basically intelligent master keyboards with drop-in
processor modules capable of arpeggiation, MIDI clock following, whatever.

The other one which comes to mind is the Wavestation A/D. Korg
(Sequential?) dropped the ball on the filter section, but then comes along
the rack-mount with analogue inputs (into the voice architecture, not just
the effects section). Bizarre idea; I must play with it. My idea is to use
a sampler, and MAX to synchronise ... ach, I'm rambling.

>And does a mixer count as an instrument if you crank the on-board effects
>up to "regenerate and distort" levels?

I thought about mixer-as-instrument, especially since I have a pair of
those new Fostex MIDI mixers sitting a few feet away, awaiting rackmounting
hardware. The things are *fully* MIDI-controllable, so I'm intending to get
them under MAX control as soon as poss.

                      Nick Rothwell  |  "Say, how many contemporary dancers
   CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance  |     are there in this bar?"
        cassiel@cassiel.demon.co.uk  |  "Dunno; count the Dr. Martens
        cassiel@cix.compulink.co.uk  |     and divide by two..."

Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.makers
From: sakimura@sscl.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: Recommendations for a digital piano
Organization: Social Science Computing Laboratory
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 00:04:28 GMT

I've been using Korg C-7000 for several years, and it's really 
good: both in terms of touch (it's a bit light, though) and 
sound. It has 2 piano sounds: a stereo sampled Steinway, and 
a stereo sampled Boesendolfer. Yamaha's Clavinova is OK in a 
way, but I didn't like the sound. It sounds like a Yamaha 
acoustic piano! (^_^). 

By the way, I heard from a friend in Yamaha that Yamaha finally 
made Korg a subsidiary of Yamaha.

Natsu Sakimura

Xref: sparky comp.music:5728 rec.music.synth:19522
From: lynch@aurs01.uucp (David Lynch)
Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.synth
Subject: Scoring Software for IBM
Date: 17 Dec 92 20:33:27 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh NC

Can anyone out there in net land recommend an inexpensive ($200) program for the IBM that allows scoring and printing of standard notation and guitar tablature on the same staff?  I know Finale can, but it is way expensive! 

Other desireable features:

	Win 3.1 compatible (enhanced mode)
	Postscript output
	MIDI input and output
	Standard MidiFile support.

Reply to: lynch%aurfs1%aurgate@mcnc.org
---------------------------------------
David Lynch, Alcatel Network Systems  (919) 850-5014