Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Date:         Thu, 30 Jul 1992 10:04:41 BSC
From:         Flavio <87141167@BRUFSC.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Attn: Midi Newcomers

Hello folks,

In article <1992Jul28.205333.1@acad2.alaska.edu>, asrbb@acad2.alaska.edu
writes:
>
> Attention MIDI Newcomers!
>
> Don't post to this newsgroup if you need assistance or information about
> MIDI topics.  Speaking from experience, the people who post here are not
> interested in your problems or troubles...you're on your own!
>
> Sorry about that, but that's just the way it seems to go and I thought
> I'd save you some time.  Try the magazines and users groups in your area
> if you want support.
>
>


Jim Smith also replies:

>From:         Jim Smith <smithj@HPSAD.SAD.HP.COM>
>Subject:      Re: Run that by me again!!!!! (was Re: Attn: MIDI Newcomers!)
>
>asrbb@acad2.alaska.edu  writes:
>
>>Attention MIDI Newcomers!
>>
>>Don't post to this newsgroup if you need assistance or information about
>>MIDI topics.  Speaking from experience, the people who post here are not
>>interested in your problems or troubles...you're on your own!
>>
>>Sorry about that, but that's just the way it seems to go and I thought
>>I'd save you some time.  Try the magazines and users groups in your area
>>if you want support.
>>----------
>
>Oh crikey...  This must be because no one posted a response to his
>previous post.  Poor kid... Okay, I'll give it a shot:
>
>>Hi Folks,
>>I'm another newcomer to the midi world...
>>
>>Is there a FAQ file available for this newsgroup as there is for others?
>
>No.  This group is unmoderated.  Although there are requests for a FAQ list
>every so often, so far no one has taken the bull by the horns and committed
>their time to creating and updating one.  Perhaps, after you gain more
>experience and knowledge YOU could.  Me?  I'm too busy, and wish I had more
>time to spend playing music.
>
>>There are a lot of little detail questions I have that maybe I can avoid
>asking
>>if there were such a facility.
>>
>>I have a 386/33Mhz PC, a DX7, and a Roland TR-606.  I need a midi card and
>>software for them.  On my student budget, I am looking for inexpensive,
>>not-top-of-the-line products that can get me started (especially in the
>>shareware department).
>
>Not a lot of shareware sequencers out there but there are a few.  One was
>announced in this group just this week.  I know nothing about their hardware
>requirements or capabilities.  Monitor this group long enough, and you'll
>find references to all the ftp sites.
>
>>I am considering the PC MIDI Card for my PC (single MIDI In and Out).
>
>PC MIDI Card by who?  If it's not "Roland MPU401 compatible," I wouldn't
>bother with it, if your primary intention extends beyond game playing.
>
>>I have heard good things about Cakewalk 4.0 (not the Pro version) in the
>>commercial software department.  Any comments?
>
>I have no direct experience with Cakewalk, but I have friends who are
>happy with it.  A good first sequencer, and relatively
>inexpensive.  That's a good starting point, I think.
>
>>I would sincerely appreciate any comments, no matter how brief.
>
>These are fairly basic questions you're asking, and MIDI/electronic music
>is a fairly complex subject.  There is no objective "best" in these issues.
>I think that this is the reason that you
>(and others like you) got no response to your posting.  You said it
>yourself:  Buy and read some of the magazines.  If your local user group
>has a MIDI group, attend it, and talk to them.  And visit your local music
>stores.  Compare features, get prices, talk to the salespeople.  If you
>don't feel qualified to make a decision, then read some more, look at some
>more instruments, maybe find some local musicians to talk to.  This stuff
>is highly subjective, and you're ultimately the only one who can decide
>what's right for you.  Frankly, I'm not here to spend a lot of time answering
>questions that could be more fully answered by a little research on the part
>of the individual.  So I guess you're right.  This is probably not the best
>place for a newcomer to look for answers to simple questions, especially
>questions whose answers are easily available at local music stores or in the
>magazines.
>
>Good luck.


Now I say:

    Well, besides the reply from Jim Smith, consider that in this age
of the year, only few people join r.m.s. I get a review yesterday and
only 44 people are subscribed.
    When I came to this group, 2 years ago, I also arrived
with a big quantity of questions, some of that never answered. But,
and so? Was I nervous because this? NO! I started to JOIN the group,
answering and asking, discussing, exchanging ideas. Generally, by
private email. How your mail was public, my mail is public too, because
it's to all midi newcomers.
    If someone newcomer has some question about MIDI and don't get response,
feel free to ask me, privately. I know a bit about it. :-)

Flavio

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