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From: morrowjp@rtsg.mot.com (Jerry P Morrow)
Subject: *!*!*!*! Bass Player Available *!*!*!
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:43:21 GMT


the subject says it all, well not really ...

What I'm looking for: - part-time band, gig about 2 to 3 times
	              a month 
		      - rock/funk/blues styles, but mainly guitar
			based: Eric Johnson, SRV, Joe Satriani
		        also song oriented music, not just guitar
			endless guitar solos , for example, Eric
			Johnson is a great songwriter and guitar
			player
                     - I've been avoiding 'classic rock' lately,
		       FM101 and XRT are alot more interesting to
                       me
			- ideal line-up would be drummer, lead
			guitarist, second guitarist who can really sing
                        and play some keyboard,
			and me 
			- some of my favorite chicago bands are
			New Ducan Imperials, Funkhouse, Animation,
			Ed Zeppelin, Arra
                       - certainly don't plan on being a rock star,
			my day job definitely comes first

my experience:		- I have been playing keys since the middle
			of high school, playing in rock and hard
			rock bands, the last band I was in was a 
		 	9 piece band with horn section (too many 
			people to have show up at practice at the
			same time) that was fun, but a pain
			- I picked up acoustic guitar about 2 1/2
			years ago and became pretty good for
			someone with no formal lessons
			- I decided to switch to bass after I 
			learned most of music I'm into doesn't require
			a lot of keys, and I enjoy playing a stringed
			instrument much more than something with 
			plastic keys
			- I have been playing bass for almost a year
			now, and feel I'm ready to jump into a band

my equipment:		- Custom made 5-string (low B) bass, SWR bass amp
			- Roland U-20 synth, Korg DW-6000 synth 
			- good PA: 3-way JBL cabinets, CROWN mt1200 power amp,
			  Alesis comp, dbx EQ, 2 shure mics, I use the 4-ch
			  mixer in my TOA keyboard amp as a mixer right now
			- and lots of other junk
k   well call me at (708) 991-6228 if you are REALLY REALLY interested,
otherwise, just email me at

morrowjp@adobe.rtsg.mot.com

see ya, 
Jerry

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From: ck@iconix.oz.au (Chris Karadaglis)
Subject: Korg Polysix with MIDI interface??
Summary: Want info on MIDI conversion for Korg Polysix
Keywords: polysix,midi,wanted
Organization: Iconix Pty Ltd (World Headquarters)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 04:50:52 GMT

Hello all...

I recently heard that it's possible to add a MIDI interface to
the Korg Polysix synth. I've been playing around with MIDI on an
Ensoniq Mirage and Yamaha TX-7 - it's a lot of fun, and I'd like
to convert my Polysix to MIDI. Has anyone heard of such a conversion,
complexity and cost wise, and is there a place that specialises in 
these conversions? It's a neat little analog synth, and to be able
to MIDI it up would be excellent.

Thanks in advance,


   Shckwish!

PS Anyone have a manual for the synth they'd be willing to let me
have a copy of? I'm in Melbourne, Australia. Email replies are
better for me.
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: cassiel@cassiel.demon.co.uk (Nick Rothwell)
Subject: Re: Mac IIvx MIDI problems?
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:09:23 +0000

>  - Is anybody familiar with this system?  Have you heard of the rumors?

No; Yes.

>  - Has anyone seen the article in EM?  My brother looked for an issue
>    but the January issue wasn't in the newsstands yet.

It's not available over here.

>  - Assuming there IS a glitch, anybody know how serious it is,
>    what kinds of problems it causes, and what the plans for fixing it are?
>    I.e. would Apple redesign & repair the problem under warrantee,
>    or would they try to patch around it in software?

Apple? Fix it? You must be joking. Apple don't care about the music market.

>  - Is there someone in Apple he could contact to get a straight answer
>    on this?

Again, you must be joking. We've been trying to get a straight answer from
Apple re: the PowerBook MIDI problems for a year now.

This probably won't get to you in time, but: if you want a decent MIDI
machine, go for an SE/30 or a IIci or something. I wouldn't trust any of
Apple's newer machines.

                      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..."
From: michael@NSMA.AriZonA.EdU (Michael S. Williams)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Re: Brett Maraldo & netiquette
Date: 29 Dec 92 00:43:43 GMT
Reply-To: michael@NSMA.AriZonA.EdU (Michael S. Williams)
Organization: Center for Neural Systems, Memory, and Aging

shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally) writes:
>I post my experience in order to warn people. Has anyone else
>had such problems with Brett ? If so, please post ...

I purchased a K5 from Brett several years ago and it's still running
as a core synth in my setup.  Shipping and everything went fine...
So it goes.

-Michael
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Michael Williams, michael@nsma.arizona.edu
University of Arizona's Division of Neural Systems, Memory & Aging
344 Life Sciences Bldg, North
Tucson, AZ 85724
(602)626-2611
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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: cassiel@cassiel.demon.co.uk (Nick Rothwell)
Subject: Re: Lexicon LXP-5 and Lead Vocals
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:16:43 +0000

Think of your average multi-FX processor as the analogue of a boring me-too
sample player. Think of the Lexicon processors as synthesisers. If you want
specific effects, you have to program them. I haven't checked my LXP-5's
presets, but I suspect chorusing is just LFO-controlled detuning with delay
and feedback. Similarly, flanging is built from first principles.

>I'm sure I'll
>even learn to edit it;

I strongly suggest getting an MRC controller/programmer for it (which will
provide you with a good MIDI processor as well).

>In any case, it's interesting that this box has been sold un-
>changed at little discount for quite a while now. It must have quite an
>edge on the competition.

Yes; it's a Lexicon. It sounds superb and works well. And you pay for the
name. Consider yourself lucky; in the UK, the LXP-1 and LXP-5 list for
around $1000 apiece. (I am *not* going to buy an LXP-1 in the UK.)

                      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..."
From: crawford@acsu.buffalo.edu (___Red Devil___)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Idea for D50 Owners!
Date: 24 Dec 92 06:13:11 GMT
Organization: WFFT UB's ONLY Student Station!

Well... I've been thinking.. (oh no.. here comes a really silly idea.)

How hard would it be to take say... ONE simple patch that you really like..
something that maybe somebody can use, and type it in.  Kinda like that
KEYBOARD magazine used to do.  I, for one, would love to get my hands on other
patches, but without $70-$80 (that's what they were when I used to buy them)
to spend on a card, and without a MIDI interface, I'm very limited.  I'm sure
there's other people out there in the same boat.  If you wanted to, you could
mail one person all the submissions, and from there one could compile a list
or something.  I wouldn't mind doing it, either.. I think that maybe it would
be a good idea.  Any thoughts!!??!

)_Dennis_(

-- 
 [crawford@sunybcs]                                  [wfft@ascu.buffalo.edu]
 [crawford@acsu.buffalo.edu]                         University At Buffalo.
 --Dennis G. Crawford      "When you close your eyes, do you dream about me?!?"
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: bmaraldo@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (Commander Brett Maraldo)
Subject: Re: Brett Maraldo & netiquette
Organization: Unit 36 Research, UofWaterloo
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 05:13:05 GMT

In article <wsW=pN+@engin.umich.edu> malouin@engin.umich.edu (Curt Malouin) writes:
>In article <1992Dec21.211650.22515@bmerh85.bnr.ca> shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally) writes:
>>Recently Brett Maraldo posted a list of equip. for sale.
>> Has anyone else
>>had such problems with Brett ? If so, please post ...
>
>Haven't had problems with him, but I thought I'd post anyway.
>I bought a piece of equipment from Brett last summer, and have
>nothing but good things to say about the way he handled the
>sale.  He shipped the unit promptly after the deal was settled
>and remained in contact throughout the deal.
>	-curt

	Thanks Curt.  I buy and sell a lot of stuff on this network.  I do it
because I like music gear and I like to fiddle with stuff.  I try my best to
keep everyone happy, propagate good gear at good prices and in general support
everyones use of this stuff.  
	There was a lot of stuff for sale in that last post I made.  My mailbox
was filling with interested messages.  It was hard to keep track of everything
especially when people were sending me mail and not metioning what gear they
were refering to.  I was swamped.
	Shiv was under the wrong impression that I had made a deal with him.
I very quickly decided not to sell the minimoog and gave no one any concrete
indication that I was going to sell.  I thought Shiv was talking about a trade
for his Poly Six for my EX800, not the mini, and he even acknowledged this.
Anyway, its not worth the bandwidth.  I just hope that I can keep most of the
people happy most of the time - and I seem to do that.
	I apologize publicly to Shiv for the misunderstanding.  I just wish 
people could be a little more understanding.  Geesh.

Brett Maraldo

ps.  There was another problem with that last list:  I made a deal for the TX7
and when I asked the guy who sent me mail simply saying, 'I am sending the
money tomorrow' what gear he was talking about because I had made some other
deal with some of it, he replied that I was ripping him off because we had
made a deal.  If he had simply said 'The TX7' I would have assured him that
the deal we made was valid.  He gave me no option but to repost it for sale.
Spoiled brat.  (boy, the grammar in that ps. is pretty complex ;-)


-- 
               --------     Unit 36 Research     ---------
	                "Alien Technology Today"
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Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: awkerr@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Alan Kerr)
Subject: Re: *!*!*!*! Bass Player Available *!*!*!
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 22:07:26 GMT

In article <1992Dec30.135414.18865@erenj.com> srfergu@rufus.erenj.com (Scott Ferguson) writes:
>In article <1992Dec29.194321.15185@rtsg.mot.com>, morrowjp@rtsg.mot.com (Jerry P Morrow) writes:
>|> What I'm looking for: - part-time band, gig about 2 to 3 times
>
>On a post like this, it'd probably be a good idea to say (early in such a long
>note) where you live. The only real clue I got from a brief scan was your
>708 area code. 
>
>I don't think you'd be into practicing in Morristown NJ....

**SURE** he is.....  after all, he *did* use the 'usa' distribution
and nothing else.... 

pleah!

Alan
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory       awkerr@nrao.bitnet
Socorro, NM, USA                           uunet!nrao.edu!awkerr
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: glennd@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Glenn Deardorff)
Subject: Line Mixer Comparisons
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:46:12 GMT

I'm interested in hearing about how some line mixers compare strictly in terms
of audio quality (e.g. signal-to-noise, headroom, frequency response,
coloration).  I'm most interested in comparisons between the Tascam MM1, Roland
M160, and Mackie 1604, but if there are other models that people feel are
superb in the audio realm (in this price range), I'd like to hear about it.
Yes, I know the Mackie is not just a line mixer (I have one), but I'm wondering
if my money would be better spent on a mixer thats not so flexible for things I
never envision doing.  In other words, I'd just like a mixer with at least 16
line inputs, 2 or 3 band EQ, 3 or 4 effects sends, and a bus insert.  But the
audio quality is also very important to me, so what do you think?

If you feel like you're lacking time for a detailed response, a George Bushian
response (e.g. "Mackie good; Roland bad") is also fine.

Also, when would XLR outputs on a mixer (as opposed to unbalanced 1/4" outputs)
be useful?  With real long cables?  Are they supposed to be less noisy in any
situation? 

Season's Salutations.

- Glenn
From: scott@bbx.basis.com (Scott Amspoker)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Re: K2000R. You don't scare me. Nyah!
Date: 22 Dec 92 05:24:11 GMT
Organization: BASIS International, Ltd., Albuquerque NM USA

In article <92Dec21.184528.24662@acs.ucalgary.ca> bstone@acs.ucalgary.ca (Blake Stone) writes:
>> The K2000 sampling boards are definitely not available yet.
>
>Sigh.  This is unfortunately true, Kurzweil confirms that they
>are in the final beta-testing phase for the 2.0 ROMs (the
>hardware for the sampling option was final quite a while back).
>So the ship date remains at "any day now".

Gee, if they're anything like us, they'll complete this *exhaustive*
beta test with numerous carefully selected sites beating the hell out
of it with absolutely *no* reported problems in the final 60 days.  Then, 
the day it ships, an in-house engineer just goofing around will find two 
major bugs.  Halt production.

The O/S in my K2000R doesn't recognize the "local keyboard channel"
parameter.  This means that the octave +/- buttons don't work nor
is it possible to use setups.  For cryin' out loud, setup mode has
its own button on the front panel.  Fortunately I don't really need
the local keyboard feature but I discovered this problem in the
first hour of using my K2000R.  Also, the occasional stray pixels 
on the LCD make me nervous.  Considering the complexity and
sophistication of the K2000R, I'm surprised it works as well as it
does and so far it hasn't let me down.  I've used it in live performance
felt confident with it in spite of its quirks.

-- 
Scott Amspoker                       |    
Basis International, Albuquerque, NM |  Too bad ignorance isn't really
                                     |  bliss.  Then it could be outlawed.
scott@bbx.basis.com                  |
From: gibian@talent.ljo.dec.com (Marc S. Gibian)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Re: K2000R. You don't scare me. Nyah!
Date: 21 Dec 92 18:50:12 GMT
Reply-To: gibian@ljohub.enet.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


I am a little surpised at the prices I have seen posted.  Maybe it
has to do with location, though I couldn't see a price trend based
on addess of the poster.  I got my K2000 a few months back for only
$2200 US. with other sources quoting between $2350 and $2500.  The
more expensive quotes tended to include an option or two which I
did not need, such as sample RAM.  I checked with my dealer about
the K2000R, and it is $100-$200 from the range of the K2000 prices.

I hear that the K2000's software v1.3 has the SMDI support.  I have
that chipset on its way and expect to upgrade within a couple of
weeks.  If you have the 1.0 version of the K2000 software, I have
been strongly encouraged to upgrade off of it.
--
Marc S. Gibian			email: gibian@talent.ljo.dec.com
Principal Software Engineer	phone: (508) 486-6598
Digital Equipment Corporation	fax:   (508) 486-6648  or (508) 486-6100
From: rmartin@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Richard Martin)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Re: MKS50? What is it (a juno?)
Keywords: MKS50 synth digital analog
Date: 27 Dec 92 18:06:03 GMT
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

In <Bzr426.D6G@ccu.umanitoba.ca> rmartin@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Richard Martin) writes:

>I have a chance to get an MKS50, but know very little about it.  I beleive
>it has DCO's, VCF's and VCA's, but am not positive.  Does it have resonant
>filters, what types of waveforms.  Whats the sound like.

>Any info would be appreciated......

>thanks in advance


Hi Richard,

Yes, the MKS50 is an Alpha Juno in a box.  I'm not too sure of the quality
of the sound, but maybe since someone like myself has responded to your
questions, others might start as well..........


love your 'four-line' .sig Richard.

>really?  Gee thanks Richard
 No prob. Richard.  

> thanks again for responding

No problem, again   :)


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From: ada@zip.larc.nasa.gov (Anthony Arviola)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Re: Question: Sequencer's and SysEx...
Followup-To: rec.music.makers.synth
Date: 31 Dec 92 11:42:56
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
NNTP-Posting-Host: zip.larc.nasa.gov
In-reply-to: bryanc@stargate.jpl.nasa.gov's message of Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:54:04 GMT
X-Md4-Signature: 68f8d43a406270b2965b1b02b6255a46

As far as PCs go, there is Cakewalk for Windows which allows you to edit each
sequence event which includes sending sysex strings.  However, as you seemed
to have hinted at, all of these things happen in sequence.  So if you send a
long string to the keyboard in the middle of song, you hear a delay.  I believe
that Cakewalk suggests you keep such string below 100 bytes.  But it depends
on the machine you are running on.  Sorry, but I'm no Mac head and don't know
of any dynamic sysex controllers.

Happy New Year,
Tony
From: ada@zip.larc.nasa.gov (Anthony Arviola)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Windows Cakewalk and cms 444ii ?'s
Date: 28 Dec 92 10:50:46
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: zip.larc.nasa.gov
X-Md4-Signature: 304f7196f1e1cf07f94d7a00be86230f

Hi gang,

I just got a copy of Cakewalk for Windows and a new CMS 444ii card for 
Christmas (That Santa Claus, how did he know?)  But, alas, Windows does not
have the correct drivers to fully support 444ii.  It is a 2 port MIDI card,
2 ins and 2 out.  I can get port 1 to work fine using the standard MPU 401
Windows drivers from MS and the one from the Cakewalk folks, but the second
port, the reason why Santa gave me the card, is let dry.  Two questions, then,
for the MIDI gurus:

1.  Does there exist Windows drivers for the CMS 444ii from Computer Music
Supply?  (is anyone else using this card successfully as a two port MIDI?)
The dealer gave me some drivers for this card, but they were for the DOS 
version of Cakewalk.

2.  What is the latest version of Cakewalk for Windows?  I'm curious if I've
got the latest and greatest.

As it turns out, the music shop I got both the card and software know {} about
Windows, DOS, and, I feel, the card the sold me (which they said would work 
with my original Seq+ Gold--I should have known).

A little on the CMS 444ii it is a dual port MIDI card.  It has two midi ins and
outs.  The first port is MPU 401 compatible and the second utilizes the 
Motorola 6850 chip.  It uses a register to to determine if the interupt is 
for the first or second port.  It has FSK and SMPTE sync capabilities, 
metronome output, and external sync capability.  Sounds nice, but without 
the proper driver, it only a MPU 401 single port MIDI, ugh...

Thanks for Help,

Happy Holidays,
Tony
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: malouin@engin.umich.edu (Curt Malouin)
Subject: Re: Brett Maraldo & netiquette
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 22:22:52 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

In article <1992Dec21.211650.22515@bmerh85.bnr.ca> shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally) writes:
>Recently Brett Maraldo posted a list of equip. for sale.
> Has anyone else
>had such problems with Brett ? If so, please post ...

Haven't had problems with him, but I thought I'd post anyway.
I bought a piece of equipment from Brett last summer, and have
nothing but good things to say about the way he handled the
sale.  He shipped the unit promptly after the deal was settled
and remained in contact throughout the deal.

	-curt
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From: doogie@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Jeff House)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: Quick Question on uudecoding
Date: 23 Dec 92 16:16:50 GMT
Organization: Computer and Technologies Theme Program, NCSU, Raleigh



Suppose someone mails me a .MID file (or any file, for that matter) that
has been uuencoded but is in multiple parts.  In order to extract it, do
I have to strip out all of the header information from each of the
files, or can I save them all, back to back, to one file and then type:

uudecode filename

Can anyone help the Doogster?


Thanks!

Doogie
____________________________________________________________________________
    Jeff House                     "I am nobody telling everybody about
 house@dg-rtp.dg.com                somebody that can save anybody."
 doogie@catt.ncsu.edu 			 wjhouse@eos.ncsu.edu
From: rga@rti.rti.org
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
Subject: P3 is SOLD !
Date: 23 Dec 92 18:39:40 GMT
Organization: Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC

The P3 has SOLD. Thanks  to all responding.

***************
3) Korg P3 Piano Module   $125 + shipping 
	2 Sampled Piano sounds (anyone know the sample rate?)
	Useful cheap box, ok for soloing, best used in mix
	16 note polyphony
***************

Randy Alley
Raleigh, N.C.
(919) 571-9972 after 7:30pm EST
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.synth
From: sef@sef-pmax.slisp.cs.cmu.edu
Subject: Re: K2000 Roadworthy?
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14:12:13 GMT


    From: Brian T Cheek <bc2y+@andrew.cmu.edu>
    
    Is the K2000 keyboard version road-worthy?
    
I have no direct experience of torture-testing the thing, but have looked
inside a bit.  (Over my dealer's shoulder while things were being
installed, of course.  Otherwise, opening the thing up would have voided my
warranty...)  It generally seems ruggedly built, on the electronics side,
anyway.  The roots of the keyboard mechanism are behind a layer of
conductive paper shielding, so I haven't examined that part closely.  The
plastic case is light but strong.  Three things to look out for:

1. Early K2000s had a problem with the keyboard cable working loose during
shipping from Korea.  They allegedly fixed this in later shipments, perhaps
with some tape or something like that.  If you have one of these early
models, maybe you can get your dealer to tighten or tape all the cable
connections while he's installing things.

2. The floppy drives are probably the most fragile part, and the ones used
in the K2000 seem not to be the most reliable.  My dealer reports several
failures.  I guess the only advice here is to set things up so that your
show doesn't depend on the floppy.

3. Any hard drive is potentially vulnerable, but you say that you'll use an
external one.  Don't drop it, especially while it is running.

4. My units still runs rather hot, even after the fan was installed.  It
only has 8M of sample RAM right now, and still it's hot.  (The fan is on
one side of the unit, while the heat-generating RAM is on the other.)
Anyway, be very sure that you don't black the fan vent or the whole thing
might melt down.

-- Scott

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