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From: pow@genghis.borland.com (Greg Powers)
Subject: FORSALE: Mac Editor/Librarians, Yamaha, Roland !!
Summary: inexpensive way to buy voice editor/librarians
Originator: pow@genghis.borland.com
Keywords: mac, editor/librarian, midi
Organization: Borland International
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 18:19:29 GMT

.......................................................................
FOR SALE: If you need a Mac editor/librarian for Roland or Yamaha...

Having purchased Galaxy, I have these two fellows sitting lonely
on a shelf, pining, as only software can, for a new home, fertile
with dreams of fresh hard disk installs. Etc. Brings tears to my eyes.

Opcode: Ed/Lib v.5.3.2 (Mac) for DX7/TX7/etc		$60 OBO

Opcode: Ed/Lib v.5.3 (Mac) for Roland D10/D20/D110	$60 OBO

Manuals, disks w/ both installs intact. Studio use only, no scratches.
Thanks in advance for buying this software.
.......................................................................
greg powers
pow@borland.com
.......................................................................

Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: malouin@engin.umich.edu (Curt Malouin)
Subject: Windows driver for MIDIATOR
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 92 22:03:57 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

I talked to Key a couple of days ago.  They said it would
be another 3-4 weeks before the Windows driver is done.

	-curt
--
Curt Malouin                                Computer Aided Engineering Network
malouin@engin.umich.edu                     The University of Michigan
From: ben@media.mit.edu (Benjamin Kline Lowengard)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Korg DG-3 box Midi question
Date: 31 Aug 92 14:30:59 GMT
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory

How does one access the midi-in feature of this guitar controller box?
A freind of mine loaned me his box over the weekend(without a manual-how
cruel) and I've been trying to control the noises through my 
midi guitar(casio) which plugs into Midi in(there is special plug-in for
the Korg but I can't use that) I tried direct control and also the thru
on the back of my other synth. Everything else works fine. Is there a 
special channel i need to access?  The panel controls are cryptic, can
some one offer the key?

Thanks in advance...

benj
From: delinck@pa881a.inland.com
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Building a MIDI controller
Date: 25 Aug 92 21:39:14 GMT
Organization: Inland Steel Company, East Chicago, IN


    I was wondering, if I wanted to make my own midi controller, if there
    is a chip out there that I can use to convert contact closures to midi
    messages. I will probably use 32 notes, so a bunch of 'pedal boxes'
    will probably be too expensive. I am looking at a real low cost
    solution. One solution is to buy a cheap sythesiser with midi and tear
    it apart. Does anyone have any recommendations? Does anyone have a used
    one for sale?
___________________________________________________________________________
 /\  Jeff Delinck        internet: delinck@pa881a.inland.com
/||\ 
\||/ Inland Steel        "...98% of that smoke is water vapor." -anonymous
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
X-VMS-To: IN%"SYNTH-L@AMERICAN.EDU"
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Date:         Tue, 1 Sep 1992 15:29:00 EDT
From:         WSCOTT@ACS.WOOSTER.EDU
Subject:      Re: DX7-to-SY77 conversion
Comments: To: SYNTH-L@AMERICAN.EDU

I tried to convert DX7 patches with DX2SY for a TG77 and it never worked.
I speculated that I was creating files in the SY77 format (to be read by
the SY77 floppy drive) rather than bulk dump files. I've searched the
BBSs unsuccessfully for a program that would convert the SY77 files to
(say) midiex dumpable files. This kind of program would be very useful
beyond the DX7 conversion application. If my speculation is true, then
you will have to get access to a SY77, load the banks into it, and then
transfer them to the TG77 via MIDI.  Please let me know what you find
out.

Bill Scott
From: warlock@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM (Dennis Richards Montgomery)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: SysX Software
Date: 26 Aug 92 18:27:01 GMT
Reply-To: warlock@spinaltap.EBay.Sun.COM (Dennis Richards Montgomery)
Distribution: world
Organization: Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc., Milpitas, CA, USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: spinaltap.ebay.sun.com

I need some recommendations on inexpensive IBM software for recording
SysX dumps.  Unfortunately, my main sequencer (Texture) can't capture
SysX.

Thanks in advance...

  Dennis 
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
X-VMS-To: IN%"synth-l@american.edu"
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 1992 16:00:00 EDT
From:         WSCOTT@ACS.WOOSTER.EDU
Subject:      Re: Rackmount sampler recommendations
Comments: To: synth-l@american.edu

The TX16W is not a *BITCH* to use by all accounts. There are many happy
and loyal users of the beast, myself being one of them. The operating
system is not entirely intuitive and it is a bit slow in reading disks,
but most folks agree that it is the best sounding 12 bit sampler out
there, and it has a very large capacity and many features. Because of
the steep learning curve, you can get one pretty cheap. It doesn't have
an SCSI interface, but does have an RS422 interface and uses MX-DOS,
a mostly MS-DOS compatible interface. This, with programming would allow
you to store on a hard disk. Yeah, I know, with a dollar it would get
you a cup of coffee. Anyhoo, IMHO, the TX16W is worth considering seriously.

Bill Scott
From: quantum@mfci.UUCP (Quantum Audio Concepts)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Proteus1 Orchestral Expander
Date: 23 Aug 92 19:07:45 GMT
Reply-To: quantum@mfci.UUCP (Quantum Audio Concepts)
Organization: Bell Atlantic Business Systems Service Branford, Ct.

In article <92234.101050M-WHIT2@UMINN1.BITNET> M-WHIT2@UMINN1.BITNET (Michael Whitten) writes:
>  I hadn't heard of this add-on board.  I'm almost set to get a Proteus2
>just for the string samples, but this board adds 4M of roms containing
>the 'best of' the Proteus2 for $399.  Does anyone have this on their




The Proteus 2 has been reduced to $799 list (this is a rumour). If this is
true, you might be better off spending the extra bucks (for the polyphony,
outputs, ram, ...). I have a 2, has some nice samples in it.


Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
From: malcolm@wrs.com (Malcolm Humes)
Subject: Re: Peter Sinfield (was .. something else entirely)
Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 21:48:06 GMT

JROSSI@EAGLE.AAMRL.WPAFB.AF.MIL writes:


>He also wrote poor lyrics for and produced P.F.M. I think he was also 
>responsible for signing them to Manticore (or whatever the ELP label was called)

Sinfield also wrote lyrics for the earlyKing Crimson lps in the 70's and
released a solo lp back then.
From: kyle@wendy-fate.UU.NET (Kyle Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Trade R8 for R8M?
Date: 25 Aug 1992 17:47:35 -0400
Organization: UUNET Communications
NNTP-Posting-Host: wendy-fate.uu.net

maurices@spock.dis.cccd.edu (Maurice Shihadi) writes:
 > My R8 has never left the living room and is in excellent condition.
 > I recently got a rack and don't have room for it with its finger pads
 > and pre-programmed drum beats.  It has different abilities than that 
 > of the R8M and fulfills different needs.  I've heard on the net that 
 > the R8M is "better" than the R8; however, I disagree in that they are 
 > obviously different.

Other than saving space and giving you two extra ROM card slots,
I don't know what the R8M buys you.  Might as well get an Alesis
D4, except that the MIDI capabilities of the R8M are better.
From: JROSSI@EAGLE.AAMRL.WPAFB.AF.MIL
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: Are Minimoogs Really So Great (was: K2000 < analog)
Date: 26 Aug 92 19:54:00 GMT


By the Black Uriah Heep album I am assuming you mean the live album (seems as
I remember both Look at Yourself and Wonderworld being black, also).

Anyway... I don't think Ken Hensley ever used a Moog live, and I don't think
one showed up on any album before Sweet Freedom (if there was even one there).
I think Hensley used some Italian nono-synth (possibly an Elka) on the
earlier albums, and then migrated to that weird Korg mono synty which had
the colored (yellow?) waveform select lever (maybe octave range?).

John
From: prokopy@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Dave)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: Byrds
Date: 27 Aug 92 16:45:26 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

In article <1992Aug27.150249.28554@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> David.T.Greenfield@dartmouth.edu (David T. Greenfield) writes:
>Speaking of the Byrds, is there anyone else out there who thinks that
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (were we?)
>the Notorious Byrd Bros. album is one of the most amazing albums ever
>made (well, except for the song Artificial Energy :-) )?  Every time I
>pull it out for a listen I end up playing it over and over for days. 
>IMHO the album seamlessly blends rock, folk, country, jazz and
>psychedelic elements into something that is much greater than the sum
>of all of those parts.  It is definitely one of my desert island discs.

Yeah ... this is another one of those underrated mid-to-late sixties albums
that got lost, IMHO, in the wake of _Sgt. Pepper_ (at least in a historical
context).  There are some REALLY amazing tunes on this ("Goin' Back" is
one of my all-time personal favorites), and it's possibly their best effort
(that and perhaps _Younger than Yesterday_ - I never cared too much for
their first three albums, nor the direction they headed in after _Notorious_).

>Obligatory Beatle reference:  Does anyone know exactly when the
>Notorious Byrd Bros album was released (sounds like early 1967 to me)
>and how it influenced or was influenced by the Beatles' releases of
>that time?

I think this was recorded throughout 1967, but released in early '68, if
I'm not mistaken.  Hence, it's really hard to say how much was influenced
by, say, _Pepper_, although it's been stated many times that the Beatles
and the Byrds were great admirers of each others' works.

-- 
David Prokopy - prokopy@en.ecn.purdue.edu
677 Cary Quadrangle
West Lafayette, IN  47906-4243
(317) 495-2843
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles,rec.music.marketplace
From: becker@areaplg2.corp.mot.com (John Becker)
Subject: WANTED: Strawberry Fields 3" CD single
Organization: Motorola, CCR&D, CORP, Schaumburg, IL
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 22:01:11 GMT

Several years ago, a set of about 22 Beatles 3" CD singles was issued by
Capitol. I have managed to acquire all of them except for Strawberry Fields/
Penny Lane. If you have one that you would be willing to sell or trade,
please reply by e-mail. Thanks!

John
becker@areaplg2.corp.mot.com


Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
From: johna@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (john.a.welsh)
Subject: Re: Abbey Road Cover - What does it mean?
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:52:40 GMT
Summary: What does the whole thing say?

I think this is a totally new question.  I have never been to
England (but I kind of like the Beatles)... :-) so this is
for those who know about that famous Abbey Road studio outside
wall.  In THE BOOK, Lewishon includes a print of the unaltered
shot of the woman passing the Abbey Road sign.  I think the
most interesting thing about the cover is that the crack in the
word Beatles (which is superimposed on the photo) perfectly
matches the real crack in the wall.  The woman is passing another
word, because we can see just the first letter showing, so the
question is.....what is written there?

                              Thanks
                             John Welsh
From: spanga@yocomputo (Span Grad Asst)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: First Ringo Album
Date: 28 Aug 1992 21:30:41 GMT
Organization: UC Berkeley Institute of political correctness
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: yocomputo.berkeley.edu

I'm following discussion of Ringo Starr's albums. Didn't Ringo
release a 1971 album before "Ringo" in 1973 that consisted of
remakes of old 50s songs. 
Does anyone know the name of this album? I don't believe it was
the commercial blockbuster that "Ringo" in 1973 was.
Dan Landis  spanga@athena.berkeley.edu  ______sig.alert______
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Sunday, 30 Aug 1992 12:37:56 MST
From: <AOAFF@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: "All This and World War II"?

I have seen a Sgt. Pepper soundtrack album, songs sung by various artists.
I read this was a flop, but I don't know the details. Now, I have come
across another soundtrack called "all this and World War II." Is this
another variant? I would appreciate a little background information
on these two soundtrack albums. Most of the literature I have read on
the Beatles so far has been on their early years, and I don't remember
anything about these movies when they came out. Allen
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
From: yyz@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (donald.w.coons)
Subject: Re: Live shows on video (was:Re: Beatlefest `92 (again))
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 13:17:33 GMT

In article <1992Sep4.045718.8250@menudo.uh.edu> edc@evolution.bchs.uh.edu (edward s. chen) writes:
>
>Of these, the Washington, Shea, and Tokyo concerts are fairly common.
>They were even released by a rather dubious video company several years
>back.  Your best bet would be to wait, as the highlights of this footage are
>bound to show up in pristine condition on the upcoming "Long and Winding Road"
>documentary.
>

Since you mentioned the "Long and Winding Road" I was wondering if anyone
new what the status of this long awaited film is. George mentioned it a 
couple of weeks ago on Rockline, but is there a target date?

Don Coons
dwc@wnb3b2.att.com
From: slane@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Patrick Slane)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: The Beatles Live
Date: 1 Sep 92 11:20:32 GMT
Organization: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA,  USA

From article <1992Aug31.072449.9390@malmo.trab.se>, by Christer.Gullstrand@malmo.trab.se (Christer Gullstrand):
> CGARNER@cmsa.gmr.com writes:
>>
>>>Flame Generator: George on the other hand, doesnt seem to have the technique
>>>one would expect from a man of his stature....
> 
> Agree! Check out the new live album and compare George's solos with Clapton's.
> What a difference.
> George's fingers seem to get stuck between the strings from time to time.
> 
> Christer

Ok, I'll embarrass myself here and admit that I've been wondering how to
tell who's playing which solos. Of course, I _think_ I know, but to me
it is conceivable that some of the stuff that I believe is George could
actually be Eric. My impression is that George is playing all the bits that
he played on the original versions of the songs, and that Eric chips in
with "extensions" to the lead breaks. And if this is correct, then my
observation is that George does a very nice job of reproducing the original
guitar work on most of the songs - not a lot of improvisation, mind you,
but faithful playing. Eric's leads (again, if my pegging of who's who is
correct) seem to fit in very well with each song, though adding an original
touch. Often you hear "guest" guitarists (well, you know what I mean...)
just interject random bits of (often very good) guitar playing into the
middle of whatever song they happen to be playing along to. Clapton's
solos seem to have been crafted to match well with the individual songs.
To my ear, both guitars are quite pleasurable and I would have a hard time
giving a big edge to either player if this were some sort of competition
(which, happily, it isn't...).

..........................................................................
						"Images of broken light
Pat Slane					 Which dance before me
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	  like a million eyes
slane@cfa.harvard.edu				 They call me on and on
						 Across the Universe"
..........................................................................
From: brennan@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Joseph Brennan)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: Abbey Road Cover - What does it mean?
Date: 1 Sep 92 04:23:42 GMT
Reply-To: brennan@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Joseph Brennan)
Organization: Columbia University

In article <1992Aug30.092351.1@cc.newcastle.edu.au>
c8906822@cc.newcastle.edu.au writes:

 Now, I know about the
>number plate on the VW showing "28IF" referring to the fact that Macca would
>have been 28 years old at the time of "Abbey Road" IF he wasn't dead already.

If only it weren't 281F with a number 1.  If only Paul hadn't been born in 
June 1942 and this picture taken in summer 1969.  

>The thing we were trying to work out was the actual symbolic meaning of each 
>Beatle.

It's what they wore that day.  Paul removed his shoes during the
shoot, and they used one of the shots without shoes; that's how
casually they treated their wardrobe.

---

These are good questions, but some of us have had this discussion many
times before.  This illustrates why we have FAQ files.  

--Joe Brennan
From: jbeer@lonestar.utsa.edu (Jason R. Beerhalter)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: Extra Textureless(Read All About It)
Keywords: harrison
Date: 1 Sep 92 16:39:22 GMT
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio

In article <1992Sep1.002521.26143@cs.rose-hulman.edu> williasr@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Steven R. Williams) writes:
>
>Frankly, I'm a bit worried about apples and oranges.....
>
>Upon purchasing the Harrison Extra Texture CD I noticed that(unlike the
>LP) it was textureless, used a regular apple instead of an apple core on
>the 'label', and the color was a completely wrong shade of orange. Does
>anyone have an explanation...if this had been a Beatles(group) album none
>of this would have been allowed...Was Capitol(?) unwilling to spare the
>expense of the texture and the right colored dye on this album a second
>time. Extra Texture seems a kind of pointless title without the extra
>texture(can you Imagine the Sgt Pepper's cover without the Sgt. Pepper's
>LHC Band?)
>Oh, well...the music is still the same(it's even better without the
>skips). I happen to like it ya know even if it is a little more melancholy
>than other Harrison albums. Has anyone else even heard or heard of this
>album? Around here (wherever that is) I sometimes wonder whether anyone
>else has even heard of George Harrison and from what I've read some of you
>who post would rather not hear of him.
>
>Still comparing apples and oranges,
>
>-williasr@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu
>------------------------------------------------------
>"Scan not a friend with a microscopic glass, you know his faults now let
>his foibles pass"--Crisp,Harrison

I have GEORGE HARRISON, GONE TROPPO, ALL THINGS MUST PASS, LIVING IN THE
MATERIAL WORLD, CLOUD NINE, BEST OF DARK HORSE, and a few others I can't
think of offhand, but my favorite album is Extra Texture(Read All About It).
Although, I hear it's George's least favorite.I love all the songs on it,
I can't say that for his others with maybe only a few songs worth having on
each of 'em. Well, thought you'd like to know you're not alone...

Jason R. Beerhalter
jbeer@lonestar.utsa.edu
jbeer%UTSAVM1.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu
From: randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: The Beatles Live
Date: 28 Aug 92 22:18:07 GMT
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.

CGARNER@cmsa.gmr.com writes:

>Flame Generator: George on the other hand, doesnt seem to have the technique
>one would expect from a man of his stature.  I love his studio leads, from his
>clever early fills (CBML, etc), his mid period Chet Atkins-like stuff (HD,
>ETTBMB, IDWTSTP etc) to his later more adventurous endeavors (SFF, FAH, ST,
>OANS etc).  But, his live solos seem to have a 50% chance of noodling off
>to nowhere (KC/HHH fron Star Club, CBML, AHDN both taped form the radio
>so I don't know the specific origins, are live and quite frankly embarassing).
>I'm not trying to be derogatory (sp), I'm just trying to be objective.
>I think Georges songs represent some of the best form the later period
>(HCTS, S, WMGGW, BJW).But live ???

I have heard recordings of the Fabs from an early 1962 Cavern Club
rehearsal, and I must agree with you.   The lead guitar is downright
awful.  The guitar is out-of-tune, and the solos show little
creativity or musical skill.  Now, 1962 was before some of the
great rock/blues innovators like Clapton, Beck, and Page came on the
scene, but still, the lead guitar work on these recordings is really
bad.


-- 

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Randall Rhea                                        Informix Software, Inc. 
Project Manager, MIS Sales/Marketing Systems    uunet!pyramid!infmx!randall
From: mccombj@alleg.edu (Joseph McCombs)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: First Ringo Album
Date: 30 Aug 92 00:04:30 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Allegheny College

In article <17m5u1INNaal@agate.berkeley.edu> spanga@yocomputo (Span Grad  
Asst) writes:
> I'm following discussion of Ringo Starr's albums. Didn't Ringo
> release a 1971 album before "Ringo" in 1973 that consisted of
> remakes of old 50s songs. 
> Does anyone know the name of this album? I don't believe it was
> the commercial blockbuster that "Ringo" in 1973 was.
> Dan Landis  spanga@athena.berkeley.edu  ______sig.alert______

I do recall reading something to this effect in Peter Brown's Beatle bio.   
(I know, not the best source, but...)  Anyway, I don't have the book here,  
but I believe it said he recorded "Love Is a Many-Splendoured Thing" as  
well as other such songs -- as only his inimitable voice could render  
them, of course -- but the album title escapes me.  But I do remember that  
its release, scheduled for somewhere in 1970, was voluntarily held off for  
a while so as not to directly compete with "Let It Be" and Macca's first  
solo effort (a move which didn't work).

However, as I wasn't born until late 1972, I cannot attest to the truth of  
any of this.  8^}

-- Joe McCombs (mccombj@alleg.edu)

"But then... Why should anybody listen to me?  Why should I speak?   
Since... I know nothing!"
			-- from the film "HEAD"
From: jwlr@okeeffe.cc.rochester.edu (James Willer)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: The Simpsons
Date: 31 Aug 92 16:35:49 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <1992Aug31.032821.21349@lugb.latrobe.edu.au> CS19240760T@LUST2.LATROBE.EDU.AU (VURGUN, SINAN) writes:

>	Yesterday while watching a rerun of The Simpsons I saw
>	a cartoon version of Ringo. Could somebody please tell me 
>	whether or not it was Ringo's voice talking or was it 
>	someone else
>			Thanx in advance

Yes, Ringo's voice made a guest appearance in that show.

There is also another Beatles script under development at the 
Casa de Simpsons...

Keep your eyes out for it sometime next year, but probably not
before February I-( 

It will *definitely* not be available until *at least* December I-( I-(

					James Willer
{the opinions above are probably NOT those of
 anyone at all.}