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From: doug@dsij.uucp (Doug Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Re:  Instruments and DMCS
Keywords: IFF
Date: 17 Aug 1992 03:59:46 GMT
Organization: Not an Organization

In article <ba6m15#@lynx.unm.edu> kholland@hydra.unm.edu
 (Kiernan Holland) writes:
>
>I played around with IFF when I was younger ;-), when I 
>had Mimetics Pro Midi Studio.
>[...]
>When I looked at DMCS's samples, everything, including the drum-kits 
>followed these rules.
>
>Well I prefered Mimetics Soundscape Sample format over IFF. 

  I still use the Mimetics Sampler, but the software is kind of buggy, now.
I liked playing the samples from a MIDI keyboard.
  The IFF FORM 8SVX has ATAK and RLSE chunks for volume envelopes. There
should be an FMOD chunk-type for frequency envelopes. A standard for
16-bit samples. DMCS read ATAKs, at least, and offered note types.
  There's a few things missing from SMUS, too, like more tuplets, but my
problem is with Amiga music programs that don't even know the IFF specs.
They _have_ to know the 8SVX format, and should know the SMUS format.

>Kiernan

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
From: kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland)
Subject: Re: SunRize boards
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 07:40:56 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <petter.03pm@pnilsen.UUCP> cbmehq!cbmnor!pnilsen!petter@cbmvax.commodore.com writes:
>In article <1992Aug10.074351.5821@cheshire.oxy.edu> leavitt@cheshire.oxy.edu (Thomas VanNess Leavitt) writes:
>
>> What does the Sunrize board do that justifies a $1259 price staring
>> Aug. 17th?
>
>How about being the first board on *any* computer with 8 voices 16bits with
>64 times oversampling and controllable from Bars & Pipes Pro ?  
>Justifies the price for me at least...

64 times oversampling is silly. (???)
What do they need with that?

Besides, you can get a Ensoniq EPS (which is 16-bit, I believe) for 999
bucks from some music stores. I bet you could find some poor 
keyboardist trying to sell his Kurzweil 250 for that much. 
In fact, to prove my point, I'll look at what can be bought, 
from the calssifieds in a KEYBOARD magazine:

Roland S-10 = 469 dollars.
Roland S-220 for 529 dollars,
Ensoniq EPS for 999 dollars,
However, that Fairlight Series IIX+ selling for 6,300 is out of 
my price range. 

That Sunrize cards advanatge is that it can play from the hard drive, 
but it isn't a full-fledged synth/sampler. 

Oh yes, the first three samplers I listed can be bought 
at Rogue Music, (215)629-3708 or FAX:(212)947-0027.
From their AD in the August 1992 (Wendy[Walter] Carlos on the cover) edition 
of Keyboard Magazine.

Later

Kiernan

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From: arensb@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Andrew Arensburger - RMS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Re: OctaMED Pro V3
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:22:26 GMT
Organization: Goddard Space Flight Center

Jason.Honingford@afitamy.fidonet.org (Jason Honingford) writes:
>*** Quoting Michael Whitten to All dated 08-11-92 ***
>> Just picked up the CU Amiga magazine with OctaMED V3 on the coverdisk.
>> Except for a NewFeatures doc, there is no manual included.  You can buy
>> it from AmigaNuts in the UK for 8 pounds 50.  Hmmmm.....nice going,
>> AmigaNuts........give away the program, but SELL 'em the manual!

	I got OMED V3 this way as well, and the thing that's driving
me nuts is that I can't seem to run it other than booting with KS 1.3
and the CU Amiga disk.
	I've got an A3000, which boots OS 2.04 by default, although I've
also got 1.3 .
	If I boot from hard disk, then run OMED from the CU Amiga disk,
I get a "Can't load OctaMED.gfx1" message. If, however, I boot OS 1.3 from
the CU Amiga disk, I can run OMED just fine.
	Has anyone else run up against this? What should I be looking for?
This is especially perplexing for several reasons:
	- The CU Amiga disk has no "OctaMED.gfx#?" files anywhere, although
it does have "CUAMIGA.gfx[1-7]".
	- The OctaMED executable does not contain the string 'CUAMIGA'
anywhere. Nor do any of the libraries in LIBS:
	- The CU Amiga setup does not define an ENV: device.
	- None of the files in S: on the CU Amiga disk seem to have anything
to do with this.

	So what am I missing? I'd like to be able to install OMED on my
hard drive and use it under OS 2.0, but I haven't been able to do so.

	E-mail replies preferred. Thanks in advance.

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From: erik@blade (Erik Manders)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Re: AudioMaster IV
Date: 17 Aug 92 08:28:27 GMT
Organization: MCGV Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

Well, the effect is quite nice, but it definitively isn't anywhere
near studio quality. You can really hear the sound being looped
(if you're speeding it up) or you can hear pieces being left out
(if you're slowing down). The only REAL way to find out if YOU think
it's worth the money, is seeing it in action.
(People may say I'm a bit harsh, but I'm a perfectionist and as I'm
mixing and producing my own stuff I know a lot of mixing and I am able
to hear even the SMALLEST fault).

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From: ccsw@bristol.ac.uk (EthaStorm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Apologies
Date: 21 Aug 92 13:22:22 GMT
Organization: University of Bristol, England


Sorry evrybody.

The previous message should have ended up in 'comp.sys.amiga.programmer'. I 
haven't got my thinking head on today!!

   Steff  *8)
From: divineg@prism.cs.orst.edu (Glade Diviney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: OctaMED question
Date: 20 Aug 92 07:02:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: CS.1992Aug20.070232.2086
Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept


  Sure, this question has been posed once or twice, but I've never seen it
  answered.  So, here, in big friendly letters, I'd like to ask it again:

  W H E R E   C A N   I   G E T   O C T A M E D   I F   I   D O N ' T 
   L I V E   I N   E U R O P E ?

-=Glade Diviney
  divineg@prism.cs.orst.edu
From: petter@pnilsen.UUCP (Petter Nilsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Re: sunrize card
Date: 19 Aug 92 20:39:32 GMT
Reply-To: cbmehq!cbmnor!pnilsen!petter@cbmvax.commodore.com
Organization: Ultima Thule Software
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16e (7/4/92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith

In article <pgoldman.16w2@terapin.com> pgoldman@terapin.com (Pete Goldman) writes:

> so... with the sunrize board..... is this truly "proffesional" sound...... in
> other words could one cut a CD from it?........

Probably not with the AD516 as it hasn't got any digital outs to make a digital
master on a DAT. Hopefully, Sunrize will release a true professional card with
seperate outs for each channel and digital in/out. 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
From: taaustin@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Subject: MOD catalog
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 04:22:56 GMT

I have recently aquired the somewhat dubious vice of ftping MODS
 
I am faced with the problem of not knowing what is what in terms
of musical styles.
 
I have a varied interest but would like to find some specific types
of MODS:
 
soft music - such as George Winston style piano
 
jazz - shades of Candy Dulfer's saxophone
 
natural/pseudo-natural stuff - whale sounds, thunder, rain etc...
 
blues - already found some neat stuff by U4IA (good job guy!)
 
So, does anybody have some specific suggestions.  Has there been a
previous attempt to classify existing MODs?  If so where can I find
such a classification/listing?
 
thanks!
 
reply here or (preferably) e-mail to taaustin@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
 
Terry


Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
From: dpm@cray.com (Donald P. Maghrak)
Subject: Music X 2.0 (do not be alarmed)
Summary: any info?
Keywords: when
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 20 Aug 92 13:39:03 CDT

sorry for the bandwith.  
Has there been any news on the release of Music X 2.0?
(i've been on vacation for awhile)
Dan, did metlay ever get in contact with the guy at MicroIllusions?

email replys are fine.
thanx much
Don Maghrak
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
From: ericj@hwcae.Honeywell.COM (Eric Jacobsen)
Subject: Re: Halving sample speed while keeping pitch
Organization: Honeywell, Air Transport Division; Phoenix, AZ
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 18:45:36 GMT

I sent a similar response to the originator of this thread, but
screwed up and sent it direct rather than as a news post, so
I shall redeem myself here...

There is a PD utility floating around on BBSes, etc., that is
usually packaged as 8SVXutils.lzh that a CLI based program 
that will do 2:1 or 3:1 resampling of an 8SVX file. It runs a
digital filter algorithm over the sample to prevent aliasing,
etc., and works well.

THe same tool also allows you to include/edit annotation/author/etc
fields in the 8SVX format, and a nice sample player is included.

If memory serves me correctly the C source is also included.

Hope this helps. Share and enjoy...
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
From: cs902125@ariel.yorku.ca (SHUK C YIP)
Subject: question!?
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 03:37:20 GMT

Is there any tutorial which teach people how to compose a music score
under MED, PT/NT/ST etc.? I've some good songs and want to make it as
MOD format music. Thanks in advance!
From: emackey@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (Ed Mackey [910828])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Re: To Ed Mackey re EdPlayer 2.0
Keywords: EdPlayer Module
Date: 19 Aug 92 02:46:50 GMT
Reply-To: emackey@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (Ed Mackey [910828])
Distribution: usa
Organization: CSEE Dept. Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

In article <crystal.713328697@glia> crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal) writes:
>
>
>EdPlayer 2.0 appears to "steal the beep" when it is finished playing and I
>have exited the program.  By this, I mean that my A2000 will no longer beep at
>me to let me know when I have made an error.  (Some of you you may consider this

EdPlayer allocates all the audio channels when it starts, and releases them
when it exits.  Some programs that make beeps do not seem to notice when
the audio suddenly becomes available, others do.  VLT does, I believe.

Someday, EdPlayer will have a sound effects server.

>Thank you!  (Otherwise it's a really neat Player...)  ;>

welcome.

PS.  This memo that I'm responding to seems to be a response itself.
     Did I miss the original post?...

            --Ed.
--
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elm4@lehigh.edu
From: hardaker@eecs.ucdavis.edu (Wes Hardaker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: cheap audio digitizer and perfect sound demo
Date: 19 Aug 92 17:10:56 GMT
Organization: Division of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Davis

So If I build the cheap digitizer, the perfect sound demo from FF50 will let
me digitize to try it out?

Or can someone suggest a better piece of test software?  
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From: news@doug.cae.wisc.edu.ogi.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: music playing
Date: 21 Aug 92 20:29:12 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering


  Would someone help me out?  If you feel this is general enough, a news
From: rownd@cae.wisc.edu (Jason Rownd)

enjoy
jase
<rownd@cae.wisc.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
From: crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal)
Subject: Re: xpkmaster.lib for Multi-Player...where?
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:16:21 GMT

In <1992Aug18.060033.24622@lobo.rmhs.colorado.edu> dominik@lobo.rmhs.colorado.edu (Dominik Buszko) writes:

>In article <crystal.714017510@glia> crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal) writes:
>>
>>I've only got a 40 Meg HD (10 of it devoted to the XTBB) and I would like
>>keep my mods archived til I play them.  The docs for MultiPlayer mention
>>an xpkmaster.lib  (compression supervisor) that is used for this purpose.
>>
>>Archie doesn't find it. Is it in some other program that I should look for?
>>
>>Is there a reason why all these libraries tend to be kept separate from
>>the programs that need them?  It is getting to be a real pain...especially
>>with all the versions of the same (?) libraries floating around.
>>
>>Thank you...
>>Crystal
>>  :>

>I was looking for the same library and couldn't find it with archie, so I
>send e-mail to author.  In his response he told me to look for xpl.lzh of
> .lha (use archie) or wait untill September 1st for world premiere (I think)
>of that library.  Xpkmaster is written by Urban Dominik Mueller (sorry for
>non-german u, can't find it on my keybord) and his friends.  You can
>write to him at umueller@amiga.pysik.unizh.ch.
>I hope this helps.



>-- 

> Domino

>  ==========================================================================

I think I will write to him...

Archie finds no xpl.lzh, or xpl.lha, and a global xpl. search gave NOTHING
for the amiga.  *sigh*

Thank you for the info...someone in email said that the program just came  
out in article form in a German magazine.  
 
I may just have to wait...ah, well, patience is a virtue...

Crystal
  ;>
From: crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: xpkmaster.lib for Multi-Player...where?
Date: 17 Aug 92 02:11:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: glia.crystal.714017510
Organization: University of Washington


I've only got a 40 Meg HD (10 of it devoted to the XTBB) and I would like
keep my mods archived til I play them.  The docs for MultiPlayer mention
an xpkmaster.lib  (compression supervisor) that is used for this purpose.

Archie doesn't find it. Is it in some other program that I should look for?

Is there a reason why all these libraries tend to be kept separate from
the programs that need them?  It is getting to be a real pain...especially
with all the versions of the same (?) libraries floating around.

Thank you...
Crystal
  :>
From: h08f@alf.zfn.uni-bremen.de (Faroul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Re: Finlandia
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:18:25 GMT
Organization: Univ. Bremen, Informatik

crunch@hogbbs.scol.pa.us (Travis Prebble) writes:

>There is an archive of music on amiga.physik called Finlandia (actually, 
>it is more than one archive).  Has anybody had problems getting this to 
>work?  When I decompress it, I end up with a disk that has no name label 
>(such as Empty).  What I do get is an icon for the disk that just has the 
>device that the disk is in (i.e. - DF0:).  Is anybody else experiencing 
>this problem.  I have downloaded this archive three times now.

I have the same problem. I took a lok at the BB and saw a totally empty
one (even no "DOS" on it, just lots of 0's...)
Maybe we should email the uploader (I forgot the name, yet) to u/l the BB
to install it afterwards (or to tell us, that there's no BB :-(

	Faroul
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From: Corey.Roome@mixcom.mixcom.com (Corey.Roome)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: What is the best Tracker?
Date: 17 Aug 92 04:00:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: mixcom.1992Aug17.040032.6167
Distribution: usa
Organization: Milwaukee Internet Xchange BBS, Milwaukee, WI U.S.A.



  What is the best MOD tracker on the Amiga?  Is source code availiable?

  Any replies would be appreciated...

  (NO FLAMING PLEASE)

-----------------------
Corey.Roome@mixcom.com

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From: crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Re: To Ed Mackey re EdPlayer 2.0
Keywords: EdPlayer Module
Date: 21 Aug 92 17:32:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: glia.crystal.714418373
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Washington

In <2015@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU> emackey@lehi3b15.csee.Lehigh.EDU (Ed Mackey [910828]) writes:

>In article <crystal.713328697@glia> crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal) writes:
>>
>>
>>EdPlayer 2.0 appears to "steal the beep" when it is finished playing and I
>>have exited the program.  By this, I mean that my A2000 will no longer beep at
>>me to let me know when I have made an error.  (Some of you you may consider this

>EdPlayer allocates all the audio channels when it starts, and releases them
>when it exits.  Some programs that make beeps do not seem to notice when
>the audio suddenly becomes available, others do.  VLT does, I believe.

VLT is what I have been using.  My beeps are gone.  Also, Workbench beeps
are gone.  All sound from my Amiga is silenced both during and after using
EdPlayer.  Sorry...  Multiplayer does keep all my beeps active both DURING
and after playing.  (Beeps are important to me). :>
 
 *MEEP-MEEP!*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ZZZZZZZIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!>>>>>>>>>>

  Crystal
    ;>
From: ewilts@galaxy.gov.bc.ca (Ed Wilts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Re: midi sample editors???
Date: 22 Aug 92 09:03:20 -0700
Reply-To: EWILTS@GALAXY.GOV.BC.CA
Organization: BC Systems Corporation

In article <1992Aug22.153059.25196@cbnews.cb.att.com>, itch@cbnews.cb.att.com (richard.m.brack) writes:
> 
> Does anyone know of Amiga software that will accept a midi sample dump,
> and let me edit the sample (loop, cut & paste, etc.) and dump the
> sample back out through midi?  The ability to save the sample as IFF would
> be cool too!

What you're looking for is referred to as an editor/librarian.  There are quite
a few options open to you here depending on your configuration.  You can
purchase a generic version such as Dr.T's Xor that handles multiple
synthesizers or versions specific to a single synth class.  According to my
Calgary Software-by-Mail catalogue, Xor runs about $240 CDN and individual
editor/librarians run in the $135 CDN range.

> Titles, prices, ordering info or just ANYTHING you know would be appreciated!!

Besides Dr. T, the other big name in this area is Sound Quest.  There's also a
PD editor/librarian known as glib available (check archie to find a source for
this).  Various editor/librarians for specific synthesizers have also appeared
on the Fish disks.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Where to get Noise/Pro Tracker
From: radnor_j@qis.dofasco.ca
Date: 12 Aug 92 16:05:57 GMT
Organization: Dofasco Inc, Hamilton, Ont. Can.
Nntp-Posting-User: radnor_j

Hi,

Some questions about music software:

1) Where does one get ProTracker? (is it commercial? shareware?)
2) Same question for NoiseTracker

3) Octamed
4) Med

These last 2 I see are on the Amiga World tool chest disks, is there any other
source of these programs besides AW? (ie. FTP?, although I don't have FTP 
access)

Thanks.

John
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
From: rbm2273@ultb.isc.rit.edu (R.B. Mead )
Subject: ECE Midi Interface
Originator: rbm2273@ultb
Keywords: MIDI, A1000, A3000, SERIAL
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 07:52:15 GMT

I know someone that has an ECE Midi Interface, built for an A1000.

What would be necessary to use this (hardware-wise) on an A3000?

Regards - Reply here or to rbm2273@ultb.isc.rit.edu
From: jkrutz@lobo.rmhs.colorado.edu (Jamie Krutz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Re: SunRize boards
Date: 15 Aug 92 03:16:19 GMT
Organization: AvailTech

In article <9f6maan@lynx.unm.edu> kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland) writes:
>
>Besides, you can get a Ensoniq EPS (which is 16-bit, I believe) for 999
>bucks from some music stores. I bet you could find some poor 
>keyboardist trying to sell his Kurzweil 250 for that much. 
>In fact, to prove my point, I'll look at what can be bought, 
>from the calssifieds in a KEYBOARD magazine:
>
>Roland S-10 = 469 dollars.
>Roland S-220 for 529 dollars,
>Ensoniq EPS for 999 dollars,
>However, that Fairlight Series IIX+ selling for 6,300 is out of 
>my price range. 
>
>That Sunrize cards advanatge is that it can play from the hard drive, 
>but it isn't a full-fledged synth/sampler. 
>

Nor are the samplers/synths you list full fledged multitrack digital 
recorders with built in SMPTE synchronzation and cue software.  The EPS is 13 
bit, BTW, the EPS-16 is 16 bit.

Later,
 -Jamie
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
From: scollins@cs.tcd.ie (Steven Collins)
Subject: Sample players with MIDI support?
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin (Computer Science)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 17:19:12 GMT

I currently have the Sound Master sampling hardware with AudioMaster IV
which is great...  however....  I really would like to be able to play
samples of various rates triggered by MIDI input, ie: I need to be able
to assign sounds to keys, split the keyboard, etc. and also it should be 
able to play chords.  

All the sequencer/MIDI type packages all only playback at 8kHz, and I
need the improved quality of 16-32kHz.  This is all with a view to live
gigging so the MIDI stuff is more important.  I know OctaMED pro can 
assign samples to keys, but it only plays at 8kHz and I haven't figured
out how to split the keyboard.

So is there a package out there to do that.  AMAS II can do it but I
don't want to buy an entirely new sampling system.

Steven Collins