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From: rtaylor@hns.com (Randy Taylor)
Subject: SoundQuest Ed/lib and MT-32
Originator: rtaylor@rtaylor
Organization: Hughes Network Systems Inc.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:40:37 GMT


This is in a similar vein to my previous posting
about MT-32 panning, but this in relationship
to the DOS version of the SoundQuest Ed/Lib
package from MidiQuest.

I notice that when I attempt to set up parts in the
Patch Bank, they don't stay the way I saved them when
I bring them up for another edit.  If I set the part number,
volume, and static pan pot, and then save the setting, when I
come back to it later for another edit, the pan pot is full left, 
the volume is 0, and the part number is back to 1 !    

Does any user of the SoundQuest package (who also happens to
own an MT-32) know what I'm doing wrong ?

Also, I'm a bit confused about the number of entries in the patch bank.
They are labeled A-11 thru A-18, A-21 thru A-28...A-81 thru A-88,
followed by B-11...B-88, for a total of 128 - yes that's the number
of patches in an MT-32, and A must be ROM A, B must be ROM B....
but what about RAM ?  I thought there were only 8 parts to worry about
in the Patch Bank...

Please pardon my confusion.  This may be a case of "know thine
architecture !" and I really thought I did...

If anyone can provide advice/assistance, I'd really appreciate it.

Randy Taylor
rtaylor@hns.com  (Internet)
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From: metal@nucleus.cuc.ab.ca (Christopher Lawford)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: ATTENTION MUSIC MAKERS!!!
Date: 28 Aug 92 14:15:46 MST
Organization: The Nucleus 16 Lines 403-531-9353 -CNet Amiga-

                      ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION
 
                 We are looking for musicians for hire! 
 
        Needed are 15 modules. 13 modules must be under 75k!. 2 modules
will be used for the intro and credits, and can be up to 300k. The theme of
these modules will be based on an action/adventure game in a medevil era.
The 13 modules will be used as background music. Each level in the game
will have its own music to go along with it. Types of levels will range
from volcanoes in the bacground, jungles, artic fronts, forest and many
more. All musicians will be paid a flat fee for every module we use as
well as credits in game.
 
        It doesnt matter who you are or where your from, if your
interested get in touch! We need modules as soon as possible, there will be
a 1 month deadline from now, for us to choose the best liked modules for
the game. 
 
P        lease Contact: Stephen Shatford 1-403-270-9512 between 9-8pm MST.
 
        I        f unable to call please leave mail to this account.
From: mir@chorus.chorus.fr (Adam Mirowski)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Roland sound canvas MIDI files
Date: 30 Aug 92 22:00:53 GMT
Organization: Chorus systemes, St Quentin en Yvelines, France
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

dhollis@nuchat.sccsi.com (Daniel Hollis) writes:
: Does anyone know a FTP site for MIDI files for either the Roland
: Sound Canvas, or MT-32?? Or for that matter, does anyone know a FTP
: site for *ANY* MIDI files?

archive.cs.ruu.nl:/pub/MIDI/SONGS
	for SC demos (those coming with the Sound Brush sequencer)
	and some MT-32 sequences.

nic.funet.fi:/pub/msdos/sound/cakewalk
	a large collection of Cakewalk files.
	Can be played using any of the available Cakewalk demos,
	or converted to a midifile using cake2mid. cake2mid
	can be found somewhere on the net, but I forgot
	where. Use archie.
-- 
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Chorus systemes, 6, av.Gustave Eiffel, 78182 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines CEDEX
Xref: sparky comp.music:4194 comp.sys.mac:247 alt.emusic:257 comp.sys.mac.wanted:7863
From: sclark@ocf.berkeley.edu (Steven Clark)
Newsgroups: comp.music,comp.sys.mac,alt.emusic,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: WANTED: SCSI Guru
Date: 26 Aug 1992 16:07:14 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: planecrash.berkeley.edu

I am attempting to set up a SCSI chain with a Macintosh LC, a Syquest
Removable Disk Drive, and and Ensoniq EPS 16 + Turbo sampler. The idea
is to have one cartridge formatted by the Mac and one by the Ensoniq 
so I can use the Syquest to back up both machines without continually
reconnecting cables. Both the Mac and the Ensoniq are internally 
terminated, and the Syquest, when terminated, works fine with one or 
the other connected. But when I remove the termination from the 
Syquest and connect both Mac and Ensoniq, the Mac won't boot up. 

Does anyone out there have any suggestions? What would happen if I were
to try  hooking up both devices to the drive and leave the drive 
terminated? Would this be dangerous to my computer? 

Please e-mail responses. 

Thanks! 

Steven

Xref: sparky comp.music:4324 rec.music.synth:14435
From: latta@xcf.berkeley.edu (Craig R. Latta)
Newsgroups: ucb.becmug,comp.music,rec.music.synth,rec.music.compose
Subject: MUSENET update pointer
Followup-To: poster
Date: 4 Sep 1992 09:49:20 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: world
Expires: 2 Oct 1992 09:50:17 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: 1992/09/04
Version: 2.0


	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".

	Please direct (relevant) followups to rec.music.makers, or via
email to me.


	Thanks,

-C


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Newsgroups: comp.music
From: diarmuid@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Diarmuid Pigott)
Subject: Re: RAVEL
Organization: University of Western Australia
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 07:22:58 GMT

root@agon2.sublink.org (Agon) writes:
: diarmuid@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Diarmuid Pigott) writes:
: > I have used Ravel, the music programming language, a fair bit now and
: > quite like it. The manual refers to an Atari version: does anyone know
: > from whence it can be obtained?
: Try to write to the author : jrb@cs.pdx.edu. I had from him all info
: about.

I talked to him - he doesn't have a copy of it any more. Do you?
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: jyoung@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeff Young)
Subject: Re: Atari Falcons $799!!!!!
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 07:21:29 GMT

In article <1992Sep1.100639.904@yvax.byu.edu> sean@digaudio.byu.edu writes:
>>
>>and lastly.. there are compability modes for ST Low, ST Medium, and ST
>>High on both VGA monitors and SC1224 monitors. (On a color monitor, ST
>>High is achieved by using the interlace mode).
>>
>>Also, the ST Monochrome monitor (the SM124) will work with Falcon030 as
>>well. However, it only supports one resolution: ST High Resolution.
>
>
>Oh, HECK!
>
>Do you mean to tell me that the Falcoln, a BRAND NEW MACHINE, is STILL  
>using locked-size screen graphics modes?

Answer is Falcon 030 has many graphic mode of ALL SIZES and OS supports
all! ST mono monitor (SM124) only works one frequency so what is wrong?
Someone said 1200x900 board can go into direct slot and ST software 
can run on that so poeple have many options.

>
>Many of us were hoping Falcons would have an extendible design, which  
>would allow, for example, cool things like NeXTSTEP running on the Atari  
>for $799.  Oh, well...  :(

Nextworld magazine said Atari Falcon 040 will sell cheap next year
and that is better computer for Nextstep (than 68030).  Atari said
Next developers making DSP software for Falcons so maybe they 
think it is good value for $799.


Newsgroups: comp.music
From: diarmuid@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Diarmuid Pigott)
Subject: Re: FTP sites, please!!!
Organization: University of Western Australia
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 10:49:35 GMT

jk75+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey C Kunins) writes:
: Can someone post a list of anonymous FTP sites for demos, public domain
: software (editors/librarians, etc.).  

ftp.cica.indiana.edu for Windows midi stuff

ucsd.edu for general midi stuff for all computers.
From: mchen@groucho.cs.psu.edu (Michael Chen)
Subject: Re: ensoniq sofware
Organization: Penn State Computer Science
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 13:52:11 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.072729.20603@reks.uia.ac.be> dbruyne@reks.uia.ac.be (Karel De Bruyne) writes:
>I'm thinking about buying an ensoniq-sampler and am looking
>for some information about downloading some samples (where
>what files, ...) and what software I need to transfer these
>samples to the sampler.

   There is a mailing list for EPS and EPS-16 users.  Send mail to eps-request
@reed.edu and ask to be added.

>Is there a way to read/write ensoniq-diskettes on PC/MAC/Amiga ?

   Yes, at least for the PC (I wrote a program to do this).  I think there's a
similar one for the Amiga, or soon will be.  As for the Mac, people have been
saying the Mac can't format 800K floppies (10 sectors/track), so I don't know
what's going on.

>Is there software to modify the samples on one of these 
>machines ?

   I think so, but I don't know if any of it's free.

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| mchen@groucho.cs.psu.edu	| except what comes from HELL! :-) 7/23/92  |
From: milla@panix.com (Crossover)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: CSound386
Keywords: CSound 386
Date: 31 Aug 92 19:05:33 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC


Does anyone know of a public ftp site where I might find CSound386? I was
already told to try ftp.bath.ac.uk, but I couldn't find it there.

Of course, if someone reading this actually HAS the darned thing, I'd be
very grateful if they were to send me a copy...

Thanks ever so much!

Damon Osgood
milla@panix.com
Newsgroups: comp.music,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: mclemens@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Mike Clemens)
Subject: Re: Now what? (MIDI)
Summary: More MIDI cable talk 
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:23:45 GMT

In article <D88-JWA.92Aug28104318@dront.nada.kth.se> d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:
>> mclemens@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Mike Clemens) writes:
>
>   Also, Radio Shack sells MIDI cables, though they're just sold as regular
>   computer cables...
>Actually, as anyone in rec.music.synth will tell you,
>using audio, or computer, cables for MIDI may very well
>induce a lot of noise and hum and current loops into
>your audio rig (which, after all, is more important than
>the computer aspects of it...)
>
Really?  Oops.  Still, I've had no trouble with them.  Since they are
computer cables, I presumed (maybe falsely) that they would be sheilded.
As for current loops, I have *no* idea.  I'll still pretty new at this.
If you're feeling brave, BTW, the catalog number for the Radio Shack
cables is 42-2151, "6 foot Cable - 5 pin DIN to 5 pin DIN."  I've never
had problems & I've got cables running helter-skelter, near my computer
and other gear... (the "computer aspects" are still important to some of
us  :)   )
- Mike


Newsgroups: comp.music,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Subject: Re: Now what? (MIDI)
Originator: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
	<1992Aug27.221145.4026@news.weeg.uiowa.edu>
	<Bto53D.3sn@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 09:43:18 GMT

> mclemens@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Mike Clemens) writes:

   Also, Radio Shack sells MIDI cables, though they're just sold as regular
   computer cables.  I think they're about $5-$6 each, which is usually
   cheaper (around here, anyway) than a music-store cable.  You get a
   limited choice of colors (read: grey), but they should blend right in
   with your Mac. ;-)

Actually, as anyone in rec.music.synth will tell you,
using audio, or computer, cables for MIDI may very well
induce a lot of noise and hum and current loops into
your audio rig (which, after all, is more important than
the computer aspects of it...)

-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.music
From: shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally)
Subject: Re: RAVEL
Reply-To: shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 20:20:26 GMT

I have an Atari version. If you are still desperate for one - email me.


shiv@bnr.ca
From: jps@hatch.socal.com (J. P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: sequencers for e-drums
Date: 3 Sep 92 04:10:12 GMT
Organization: Hatch Usenet and E-mail.  Playa del Rey, CA

greetings,

among the collective net wisdom, is there a sequencing program
that is atop the "short list" for programming drum computers?

thanks,

james
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Atari Falcons $799!!!!!
From: feijai@endor.byu.edu (Sean Luke)
Date: 2 Sep 92 13:06:48 -0700
Reply-To: sean@digaudio.byu.edu

In article <1992Sep2.072129.3193@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>  writes:

>Answer is Falcon 030 has many graphic mode of ALL SIZES and OS supports
>all! ST mono monitor (SM124) only works one frequency so what is wrong?
>Someone said 1200x900 board can go into direct slot and ST software 
>can run on that so poeple have many options.

Many graphics modes does not mean any graphics mode.  As soon as another  
graphics size is needed, or an unusual bit depth is required, you can  
throw the Falcon out the window.  A locked design, no matter how many  
modes are supported, is a poor design for an advanced computer, period.



>Nextworld magazine said Atari Falcon 040 will sell cheap next year
>and that is better computer for Nextstep (than 68030).  Atari said
>Next developers making DSP software for Falcons so maybe they 
>think it is good value for $799.

Well, I read that too.  But if the Falcoln does not support an advanced  
graphics system (and it sound like it does not), we won't be seeing  
Falcons running NeXTSTEP (which sits on DPS) for a long time now.


--

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Brigham Young University                   MILK:  It Comes From Cows
sean@digaudio.byu.edu  
NeXTmail and nifty Mac stuff welcome
From: nick@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Atari Falcons $799!!!!!
Date: 3 Sep 92 11:17:47 GMT
Organization: Naff Green Shorts Dance Co.
In-reply-to: feijai@endor.byu.edu's message of 2 Sep 92 20:06:48 GMT

Seeing as how I'm seeing this on comp.music. please explain how this
discussion of the technical details of the locked graphics
architecture of a currently nonexistent $799 computer is going to
improve my music composition and performance. Write in the box
provided:

		       +-------------------+
		       |                   |
		       +-------------------+

Thankyou.

Nick.
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               nick@dcs.ed.ac.uk |     there in this bar?"
CASSIEL Contemporary Music/Dance | "Dunno; count the Dr. Martens and
     cassiel@cix.compulink.co.uk |     divide by two..."
From: beers@acsu.buffalo.edu (Andrew Beers)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: MT-32 patches
Date: 1 Sep 92 18:18:27 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Buffalo/Comp Sci

I'm not familiar at all with the Roland MT-32, so if the following request
seems completely silly, please quietly tell me.  :-)

Can someone tell me the names of the following patches on the MT-32?  These
numbers assume that the patches start with 1 (not 0).

2 6 7 13 17 19 25 26 27 28 33 34 38 39 50 51 56 60 61 88 95 114 118

Thanks in advance.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Andrew C. Beers, N2LUH             beers@cs.buffalo.edu  
SUNY Buffalo, Computer Science     {rutgers,uunet}!cs.buffalo.edu!beers
Newsgroups: comp.music
From: tribioli@arcetri.astro.it (Francesco Tribioli)
Subject: WANTED: code to manage MIDI interface
Keywords: MIDI
Organization: Osservatorio di Arcetri
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 09:44:09 GMT

Is there any people that can suggest where I can find sources or libraries 
(for C or QBasic) to manage MIDI interface? Thanks in advance,

						Francesco

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Xref: sparky comp.music:4216 misc.forsale:24774 misc.wanted:8036 rec.music.synth:14044
From: ken@batman.austin.ibm.com
Newsgroups: comp.music,misc.forsale,misc.wanted,rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Portable, Cards FORSALE!
Date: 27 Aug 92 21:06:13 GMT
Reply-To: ken@netmail.austin.ibm.com
Organization: IBM, Austin


Tried to email you about the MIDI card. It bounced.
Send me any details if you still have one for sale.


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Xref: sparky comp.music:4196 alt.emusic:258
From: kds@phy.duke.edu (Stokes Kevin)
Newsgroups: comp.music,alt.emusic
Subject: Looking for original music for computer game
Keywords: music rol adlib
Date: 26 Aug 92 17:02:49 GMT
Followup-To: poster


  I am the author of the already successful 3D air combat game
Corncob 3D.  My marketing guy is interested in music for the menus
and title screen for the next release.   So far a search through existing  
public domain .ROL files has turned up mostly tunes which are obviously 
still under current copyright.
  I would create the music myself however, I have no talent and no 
equipment.  The members of this group seem to have the equipment and the
interest, so I thought it might be worth a posting.
  I am interested only in music in the .ROL file format.  I need a short
dynamic piece to play during the credit scroll, and some long quiet pieces
to play while the user is sitting in the menus.
  Of course we are willing to pay for original music, but we are not talking
about a lot of money.  Your name would appear prominently in the credits, 
and the circulation of the game is sure to be over 200,000 retail copies.  
(Note: My profit is very low, though.  About $.16 per disk. )
  If anyone already has some stuff they have done in the past, and would like 
to make a quick buck, please drop me an email note.

  NOTE:  This IBMPC game is available via FTP.lowell.edu in the msdos games 
section (corn20.zip), or from the Pie in the Sky BBS (919)489-6900 if you want 
to check it out before responding.
 
                                  -Kevin Stokes, Pie in the Sky Software
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From: jayb@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (Jay Brown)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 16:41:50 GMT
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Greeley, CO
Newsgroups: comp.music

As some research for writing ear training stuff, you might try to examine
a  program called Play it By Ear.  Computers and Music lists it in its
catalog.  It is fairly robust.  My only complaint is its progress measurement
algorithm is fairly subjective.

Jay Brown hpgrla!jayb
From: root@agon2.sublink.org (Agon)
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: HMSL & MAX
Date: 25 Aug 92 14:17:33 GMT
Organization: Paolo Tortiglione

ckk+@andrew.cmu.edu (Chris Koenigsberg) writes:

> An attempt to generate some actually interesting posts on comp.music:
> 
> It seems like it would be a good project for someone (don't look
> at me) to do a good, sophisticated, in-depth technical comparison of
> the HMSL (Hierarchical Music Specification Language from Frog Peak
> music) and MAX (dataflow object-oriented environment from Opcode).
> 
Dear Chris, Can you give me more info about HMSL ?
I'm also graduated in Computer Music but I've any notice about.
Bye, Paolo
From: cksnod@bb1t.monsanto.com
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: Music Time
Date: 1 Sep 92 12:42:43 CST
Followup-To: psr@acsu.buffalo.edu
Organization: Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO

In article <BttxyM.FGH@acsu.buffalo.edu>, psr@acsu.buffalo.edu (Ben the Crafter) writes:
> Anyon ehave Passport's Music Time?
> I'm thinking of getting this program but would like to see it in operation first so I can make sure it suits my needs.
> Thanks.
> _Strider


Strider:

There's a demo version of this Macintosh notation software available from 
the MIDI forum in CompuServe.  It's fully functional except you can't save 
or print.

I have the program itself -- it's a stripped down version of 
Passport's Encore and it does everything I ever want to do and then 
some.  You can't see or edit a lot of performance data though (pitch 
bend, etc), so if that's important to you, keep looking.

Cyndie

cksnod@bb1t.monsanto.com

Newsgroups: comp.music,comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: steinman@is.morgan.com (Jan Steinman)
Subject: Re: Now what? (MIDI)
Organization: Morgan Stanley & Company
	<Bto53D.3sn@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
	<D88-JWA.92Aug28104318@dront.nada.kth.se>
	<NICK.92Aug28121227@vaila.ed.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 14:42:44 GMT

In article <NICK.92Aug28121227@vaila.ed.ac.uk> nick@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) writes:
   In article <D88-JWA.92Aug28104318@dront.nada.kth.se> d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:

      Actually, as anyone in rec.music.synth will tell you,
      using audio, or computer, cables for MIDI may very well
      induce a lot of noise and hum and current loops into
      your audio rig (which, after all, is more important than
      the computer aspects of it...)

   All the MIDI cables I've ever seen have just been good quality audio cables
   with the word MIDI printed down the side. This is obvious: all five pins are
   wired.

One thing is very important about MIDI cables: the shield should be
attoched *only* on one end. MIDI drivers use opto-couplers to avoid
using a reference ground. If you use three-wire AC cords (as you
should!) and then hook variaus chassis grounds together via cable
shields, small differences in power supply currents cause currents to
flow through the shields, which can couple into the signal. This is a
"ground loop" -- try it, you'll hate it!

So using ordinary cables for MIDI *may* negate an important design
aspect of MIDI: elimination of ground loops. Don't buy molded
connectors -- that way, you can at least take the thing apart and
disconnect the shield on one side.
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