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From: ouimet@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Daniel Ouimet)
Subject: Need info on Galaxy+editors from Opcode
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18:09:43 GMT


Hi,

I am planning to buy the Opcode software Galaxy+editors soon.
And I have 2 questions for those who know this software:

1- what is the most recent version number? (I want to be sure I buy the
most recent, and not need to upgrade in a week!)

2- What is the best price and where I can buy it (USA or Canada) at that
price?  (I know there is a list every month, but the last price there is
more than a year old)

Thanks in advance to your answers,
you can email your response.

Daniel
--
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Daniel Ouimet				ouimet@iro.umontreal.ca
Universite de Montreal, Dept. IRO. S-240, C.P. 6128, succursale A
Montreal (Quebec) H3C 3J7, CANADA   (514) 343-6111 ext. 3506
From: jdisegi@bu.edu (Jonathan Disegi)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: SYNC -to- MIDI ?
Date: 11 Nov 92 00:51:49 GMT
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I have several pieces of equipment that use the SYNC interface standard.
Is there any way I can convert the sync signal into a midi signal?
That is, does a SYNC to MIDI converter exist, and if so, where can I get it,
who manufactures(ed) it, and how much does it cost.  Thank you and listen to
Belgian Techno.

Jonathan Disegi (jdisegi.bu.acs.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: darrin@engin.umich.edu (Darrin P Cardani)
Subject: Re: ENSONIQ (DSK-8) MIRAGE
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 92 14:03:20 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

In article <1992Nov4.080512.12326@news.vanderbilt.edu> DICKENJD@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu () writes:
>
>	Okay. Your problem is this: Your friend gave you disks that aren't
>formatted with the Mirage Os; they are actually copies of the Mirage Format
>Disk. What you need to get is at least one diskette properly formatted with the
>OS to boot off of. From this, you can load the samples saved on the diskettes
>that are giving you trouble, but you can't boot with the Format Disk copies. I
>have a few disks like this myself, and after much experimentation, I have found
>that there is _NO_ way to boot off of the Format Disk, and that you can not
>actually use the FD copies to format other diskettes. 
>	Try to find someone near you with a Mirage and copy one of his/her
>disks. If you can't do that, then order a sound disk from Ensoniq or a third
>party sound dealer.
>

THIS IS WRONG!!! DON'T DO THIS! Your disks have sounds on them. They are not
copies of the formatted disk. They are disks that have been formatted and 
have sounds on them, but don't have the OS on them. If you boot with a 
factory disk (other than the format disk) you can load sounds off of them
like normal. This is how those of us with older Mirages have to do it.

>
>
>> 
>> I need HELP !
>> 
>> I've no manuals neither. Is it possible to send me a copy
>> of valid floppies for this machine ?
>> I've a MacIntosh with some midi software on it; perhaps it
>> can help ...
>
>	As for this, the manuals are still available from Ensoniq. If you plan
>on sampling, $16 in U.S. funds will get you the Mirage Advanced Sampling
>Operating System, plus the manual. That does not include shipping, BTW.
>Hope this helps!
>
>
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for any help !
>> 
>> 						Daniel
>> -- 
>> #  ###   Daniel HENCHOZ, System Manager     | Internet :  dhenchoz@ulys.unil.ch
>> ####  #  CIUL, University of Lausanne (CH)  | Bitnet : dhenchoz@clsuni51.bitnet
>> #  ###   Rte de Chavannes 33, 1007 LAUSANNE | X400 : C=ch;A=arcom;P=switch;
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>
>J. David Dickens . . . dickenjd@ctrvx1.vanderbilt.edu 
>-----------------------------------------------------
>"Ignorance is a dish that is best served with a side
>order of fries and a Coke..."
>				  ---me

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Case and point.

							Darrin Cardani
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,rec.music.makers.synth
From: cwilliam@dunned.socal.com (Chris Williams)
Subject: Serial-to-MIDI Interface
Organization: Dunn-Edwards Corp. - Los Angeles, CA
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:19:25 GMT

Since my previous posting, in which I was looking for a laptop/portable
that supported ISA MIDI cards, I have found out about a serial-to-MIDI
converter that is commonly used with laptops. (I think it's called the
MIDIgator.) One problem with this is that it is not MPU 101 compatible.
The guy at the music store says that Cakewalk and some other sequencers
support it. This probably means I'll have to dump my old Voyetra sequencer.
The cost of a new sequencer is probably a small price to pay - compared to
a notebook "docking station", which can run up to $1000. If this serial-to-
MIDI devices works, it will certainly open up the field of possible notebooks.

Does anyone out there have any experience with these devices? Who makes it?
What sequencers support it?

-- 
Chris Williams 			chris@dunned.socal.com
Dunn-Edwards Corporation	Home
4885 E. 52nd Place		5940 Airdrome St.
Los Angeles, CA 90040 		Los Angeles, CA 90035
From: gingeric9178@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Mac\PC as a drum machine?
Date: 5 Nov 92 10:47:02 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <1992Nov4.184319.23493@polaris.utu.fi>, tiirola@polaris.utu.fi (Timo Iirola) writes:
> Hi,
> 
> Are there any programs that could convert my Mac to a drum machine? I have
> a program called MacDrums (it's medieval) but it's not perfect because you
> have to record the song from the very beginning to the end measure by 
> measure (there aren't any loop structures).
> 
> MacDrums is able to send data to MIDI synths -> you can get fine sounds.

How about a pgm like this (or better) for the PC?  It seems I remember there
was one but the name slips my mind at the moment.

Robert Williams
From: five@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (A.R.F.)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: This *BAD* thread and user disappearences
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 92 13:44:10 CST
Organization: System 6626 BBS, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada

1) *BAD* - Will this thread ever end?  Or should we change the newsgroups 
name to Rec.Music.*BAD* and abstain from discussing synths forever.
 
2) Who all out of the 'old-timers' left?  ANd who remains?  Where did 
those that left, go?
 
Personally, I'd like to see something like to see this group split up 
into Rec.Music.Analog.Synth and Rec.Music.Digital.Synth.  Alas ....
 
Five
From: pjb@cci632.cci.com (Phil Busardo)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Midi Noise   ** Please Help !! **
Date: 13 Nov 92 17:58:39 GMT
Organization: [Computer Consoles, Inc., Rochester, NY

I've had two audio cards for my PC, the Sound Blaster Pro and the 
Pro Audio Spectrum 16.  I have also experienced the same problem with 
the both of them when I use the midi interface.

I have a Casio FZ-1.  When I use the cards to input midi to the keyboard from
the PC I have no problems.  But, as soon as I try to record midi out of the 
keyboard (as soon as I hook up the midi out cable), I get a loud humming
sound.  I am currently using the PAS 16 card, but I had the same problem, 
and same sound, from my old Blaster card.  

If anyone out there could help, I would really appreciate it!!
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: archer@elysium.esd.sgi.com (Archer Sully)
Subject: Re: Guitar synth rebirth, please?
Keywords: Guitar synth rebirth, please?
Organization:  Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 19:05:25 GMT

In <edyk91.721196338@ursa> edyk91@ursa.calvin.edu (Edward Dyk) writes:

*To Anyone interested in bringing back the guitar-synth...
*  I realize that the guitar-synth is old news, but I've been a fan of them
*ever since I saw one used in a concert in 1985.  It was a Roland type and I've
*been searching for one for quite some time... BUT..I've had a revelation!!!!
*  I wondered what the outcome would be if the Stienberger company, with their
*famous Trans-Trem design guitars, could incorporate a synth in the guitar and
*start a new wave of the best & badest sounds you ever heard from a guitar-synth.
*  What do you think?  Does this combo sound like it would be cool? Practical?
*If so, write or post me...and also..someone tell Stienberger!!!
*

A Steinberger guitar synth would probably be a ridiculously expensive piece
of gear, due to Steinberger being expensive to begin with, and the additional
burder of low volume.  

You could put a Roland pickup onto a Steinberger guitar, which would give you
a good approximation of guitar synth.  Combine with something like a WS A/D
and you could probably do some cool stuff.  I would find a way to MIDI the 
whammy bar, too, for good measure.  Or put a trans-trem onto a Zeta guitar.

-- archer

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Date:         Mon, 9 Nov 1992 09:19:19 CST
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"(Grant McFarlane)" <etlgtme@ETLXD20.ERICSSON.SE> asks:

>Can anyone tell me how to unpack the voices so that I can edit the individual
>parameters.

Yup, it's in the back of your manual.  The VCED and ACED parameter lists
are simply specifications for (e.g.) a C struct.  Get a hex/ASCII dump of
a file containing your voices, find the string for the name and work
back from there.  There's generally some header info in the file, and
you can work it out from there.

Jeez, what's wrong with these musicians who can't read a simple hex
dump? ;-)
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From: harris_r@wfooff.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Digitech Vocalist Prices Wanted!
Date: 10 Nov 92 17:16:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: engage.1992Nov10.172026.21884
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


   I am interested in buying a Digitech Vocalist processor.  What's the best
buy for this device?

   Someone on the net offered $450.00 along with a foot pedal.  That the best
price I was able to find.  Unfortunately, I had no $ at the time.

_Ron
From: alasnik@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Adam Lasnik)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Need help pricing Roland W-30 keyboard
Date: 9 Nov 92 22:33:11 GMT
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA


Hi folks,

I bought a Roland W-30 keyboard about 4 years ago... it retailed for about
$3000, I bought it at about $2300.  I've gotten sick and tired of the sampling
memory limitations, but my friend is convinced that it would suit her just
fine.

Here's the prob... she's my friend, so I don't want to overcharge her.  At the
same time, *I* want to get a fair price out of the sale.

So here's where you guys come in... Please offer me your advice on what would
be a fair price, realizing that:
--the synth is in excellent condition
--I'm selling a good wood, expensive (retail $180) case with it
--I have over 50 3.5 inch disks with sampled sounds and demos

Please send your thoughts to me through ***E-MAIL***, and then I'll summarize
the results to the net if there is interest.

Thanks so much for your help.

--ADAM "KEYS" LASNIK from Northwestern University
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: MOD21288@ipc1.rrzn.uni-hannover.de (Thomas)
Subject: Joel Fajerman
Keywords: Fajerman
Reply-To: MOD21288@ipc1.rrzn.uni-hannover.de
Organization: RVS, Universitaet Hannover, Germany
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:26:04 GMT

Does anyone have an album/record from Joel Fajerman?
(He is a Swiss synthesizer musician, composing tunes similar to the ones
by Jean-Michel Jarre)


Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: damian@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Damian John AGIUS)
Subject: Anyone know Akai S1000 sample file format?
Summary: As the title says...
Keywords: samplers,s1000
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 01:47:17 GMT


Hi all,
   A friend of mine needs to convert IFF 8 bit samples into
   the S1000 format, but no-one I know knows the format of the
   files that the S1000 writes to disk.  If anyone out knows,
   could you please mail me at

   damian@mullauna.cs.mu.oz.au

   this is a bit urgent, as we have to go into a studio in 4 days,
   so we need to write a conversion program. 

   Thanks if anyone can help.

   damian.

Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally)
Subject: Re: Question about future of WaveStation
Keywords: wavestation
Reply-To: shiv@bnr.ca (Shiv Naimpally)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 92 19:28:53 GMT

Wavestation sales were pretty poor so Korg was planning to discontinue
it but when they lowered the price people started buying them !
It appears Korg is committed to the Wavestation. They expanded the sounds
and brought out the Wavestation EX. They brought out the A/D and now
they just released the Wavestation SR. I think they have figured out 
that if they can sell the technology at the right price, people will
buy it.

Anyway, I sure hope Korg plans to support it since I'm eyeing the
newly lowered price on the A/D !
From: roypn@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Roy Pierre-Nicholas)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: What are good multitibral sound modules for under $500
Date: 12 Nov 92 18:26:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: cc.1992Nov12.182650.6111
Organization: Universite de Montreal

In article <lotter.109.721568646@cc.und.ac.za> lotter@cc.und.ac.za (Eddie Lotter) writes:
>roypn@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Roy Pierre-Nicholas) writes:
>
>>I would recommend the Doctor Synth from Boss. I paid $ 440CAN for mine.
>>It is basically a Sound Canvas without the MT32 sounds. It has reverb and
>
>If it's from Boss, how can it be "a Sound Canvas"?  Do you mean that
>it's patch map (and the extras found on some patches) is the same as
>the Roland Sound Canvas?
>
        Boss and Roland are one company!

>>chorus and those effects are better than those found on the Sound Canvas.
>
>How did you establish this, by ear or technically? (I'm being serious.)
>
        This is a subjective comment. I compared the two units in the store
and simply found the effects from the Doctor Synth (DS) less noisy...

>>Moreover, it has 28 voices and is 16 parts multitimbral. It has 128 General
>
>28 voices sounds good. How does its partials per patch compare with
>the SC?
>
        Some sounds like the reverse cymbal use more than one partial while
others use only one. I would need to consult the manual for more details.
The 128 General Midi patches are identical with those of the SC.

>>Midi patches and 8 drum kits. It is also GS compatible so that you can use
>>it with games that support the MT32.
>
>You said it doesn't have the MT32 emulation, how can you use it with
>these games then? Have you tried it with several games (especialy Sierra)?
>
        Being GS compatible means that general midi patches can be used
in MT32 sequences. The SC has the MT32 sounds sampled but cannot
emulate the MT32. The MT32 is a digital synthesizer (LA synthesis) while
the SC (and the DS) is simply a sample playback module. Some games like
Civilization reprogram the MT32 patches to create some sound effects, this
cannot be done with neither the SC nor with the DS.

>>Nice little beast!
>
>If it is indeed the same or better than the SC-55 I will consider it 
>myself. Sound modules cost a fortune here!
>
        The SC has more sounds, 317, but since I already had a
D5 (improved MT32 with keyboard but without reverb and chorus), the
DS was a better addition to my setup.

-- 
Pierre-Nicholas Roy
Chimie theorique
roypn@ere.umontreal.ca
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Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Date:         Thu, 5 Nov 1992 09:09:33 BSC
From:         Flavio <87141167@BRUFSC.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Workstation, 4-Track, TX81Z for sale
              5 Nov 1992 07:13:20 GMT from <hcpark@OWLNET.RICE.EDU>

Hello Howard,

     Sorry for this public mail, but I'd like to know if you receive my
reply to your 'Flavio where RU?' mail of last week.

     I'm interested in your sounds/disks. Can you give a description
of them? Prices? I'd be interested in powerful drum sounds, acoustic
instruments, synthesized instruments, effects, in order of preference.

Thanks in advance,
Flavio

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From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,news.groups
Subject: Re: To keep the r.m.s rename is _not_ elitist (was Re: *BAD*...)
Date: 9 Nov 1992 21:59:08 GMT
Followup-To: rec.music.synth
Organization: UT Health Science Center Houston

In article <1992Nov09.201004.16258@wes.on.ca> tomh@wes.on.ca (Tom Haapanen) writes:
>Here are the corrected standings (314 articles):  :)
>   57 articles  18.2 %   Dave Hayes
>   42 articles  13.4 %   Gordon Van Huizen
>   26 articles   8.3 %   Jay Maynard

I knew I was getting COBOL fingers from explaining things over and over and
over again...
-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu      | adequately be explained by stupidity.
     We survived Jimmy Carter; we'll (probably) survive Bill Clinton.
From: ttl@dream.cs.wisc.edu (Tony Laundrie)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: MIDI Quest and LMP for sale
Date: 10 Nov 92 17:45:37 GMT
Organization: U of Wisconsin Madison - Computer Sciences


I sold my MIDI keyboard, and now I have some software for sale.

======================================================
MIDI QUEST (by SoundQuest Inc.), version 2.12, for IBM
======================================================

Features:
Universal Librarian with configurable MIDI drivers.
Universal Editor with intuitive graphic editing.
Database with multi-instrument filing capability.
Sound Checker with Sequencer Window, MIDI Monitor, Tones Window and Controller.
Driver Creator & File Conversion Utility, with Hex and Character SysEx display.

Original manual, disks, and registration card!

List price is around $249.  I bought it last year at Leigh's Computers
for $170.  Your price is just $140.

Supports Roland-MPU and Key Midiator interfaces, and many popular keyboards.
Here is a partial list:

Alesis: HR-16,    Casio: CZ1, CZ101, CZ1000, CZ3000, CZ5000,   Digital: MX-8*
Digitech: DSP128* Emu: Proteus1, Proteus 1/XR, Proteus 2, Proteus 2/XR
Ensoniq: ESQ-1, ESQ-M, SQ-1, SQR, SQ-80 VFX, VFX SD Eventide: Harmonizer*
General: Drivers* JLCooper: Fader Master, MSB-1620, MSB-Plus, MSB Rev2 PPS-100*
Kawai: K1, K1R, K1II, K3*, K3m*, K4, K4E, K5*, R-50*, R-100*, Spectra, XD-5
Korg: 707, DDD-5*, DVP-1*, DW6000, DW8000, EX800*, EX8000, M1, M1R, M1REX*,
M3R, Poly800*, SDD-3300, S3*, T1, T2, T3, Wavestation* Lexicon: LXP-1*, LXP-15*
Oberheim: Matrix 1000, Matrix 6, Matrix 6R Rhodes: Model 660*, Model 760*
Roland: A-50*, A-80*, CM-32L, CM-32P, CM-64, D-5, D-10, D-20, D-50, D-550,
D-70 D-110, GP-16*, GR-50, JD-800, Juno-106, JX-8P, MT-32, P-330*, Pro-E*,
RA-50*, R-5, R-8, R-8m, U-110, U-20 U-220 Sequential: Drumtraks*, MultiTrak*,
Prophet 10*, Prophet 5*, Prophet 600*, Prophet T8*, Six-Trak* Voce: DMI-64*
Yamaha: DMP7*, DX1, DX5, DX7, DX9, DX7IID, DX7IIFD, DX7S, DX11, DX21, DX27,
DX27S, DX100, FB01, RX11*, RX17*, RX21L*, RX7*, SPX90*, SY22, SY55, SY77, TG33,
TG55, TG77, TF01, TX802, TX81Z, V50

More Drivers and Templates are being created each day and are available
from the free Sound Quest BBS. 

It worked great with my Roland D-20; much easier than pressing the D-20
panel buttons and looking at its tiny display.  Provides a sharp windows-like
graphical interface.

=================================================================
Laser Music Processor (by Teach Services) for IBM
=================================================================

Mouse-based music enscription program.  Not bad considering the price.
Handles 400+ musical symbols.  Can also read and transcribe standard
MIDI files.  Prints to laser-jet or dot-matrix printers.

Purchased for $80.  Your price is just $40.

Send inquiries to ttl@cs.wisc.edu   (uwvax!ttl)
From: archer@elysium.esd.sgi.com (Archer Sully)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: GeneralMusic (GEM) S2 bugs
Date: 9 Nov 92 20:42:06 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA

In <975@chorus.chorus.fr> mir@chorus.chorus.fr (Adam Mirowski) writes:
*
*(+) It is called GEM S2 in France. Nothing to do
*with the old GUI by "Intergalactic" :-) Digital
*Research. There are ads for it in the last Keyboard
*magazines, but no review yet.

There was a review of it in Electronic Musician which was basically
a pan.

I attended a conference over here in Sillycon Valley a couple of weeks
ago that had a panel discussing product reviews.  In it....

Bob O'Donnell, when asked about priorities on reviews said something like:  
"If a company takes out 2 page ads in our magazine proclaiming that they
have the greatest synth ever, I feel that we owe it to our readers to expose
the instrument."

Jim Aiken (again, paraphrased) :  "I've been reviewing a synth that has 
had a lot of advertising recently."  Around the office I've been calling 
it a "bloated <expletive> pig."  I won't use those words in the review,
of course, but I'm not going to say a lot of good things about it, either."

No one was about to say "General Music" by name, but it was pretty obvious 
to me what they were talking about.  And the review in EM made it crystal
clear.

-- archer