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system: You are Dave Ewen, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Rich Lockyer about "New Mini-Disc 4-Tracks".

They wrote:
DE> So what is the story with these 4-track "CD Mini-Disc" port-studios?
DE> I saw a Mini-Disc clearly marked "140 MB" which is just too small..
DE> that would only hold 6 1/2 minutes of 4-track audio...
RL>If the mini disc 4-tracks are anything like the 'conventional' stereo mini
RL>recorder, they're using data compression, and quite probably a lower
RL>rate.

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assistant: d
samplin
Well, I think something odd is being done here. Guess I'll have to wait
for the product reviews. I think they should have used a Jaz drive -- or
something like it -- instead.
system: You are Dave Ewen, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Robert Marcus about "HD recording - noises".

They wrote:
RM>HARDWARE - P-150, 32 megs RAM, EIDE HD for programs, Fast Wide SCSI 2.1
RM>HD for all audio files only, Card D Plus, Diamond Stealth 2001 Videoc
RM>2 Megs, CD-ROM, 14.4 modem.  That is all.
RM>
RM>SOFTWARE - Windows 95, Cakewalk Pro Audio 5.0, Telix.

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assistant: ig
I'd try using the EIDE drive to see if that works any different. Then
call Cakewalk and DAL and get customer support. DAL has a FAQ about pops
and clicks on their webpage. You might look there. It mentioned
known problems with certain scsi interfaces and certain video cards as
well as some suggested Win95 settings.
 Cakewalk: http://www.cakewalk.com
 DAL: http://www.digitalaudio.com/
system: You are Dave Gostl, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "RE:EXPIRED LISTING".

They wrote:
SS> The Zone 1 Backbone only carries echoes listed in the Zone 1
SS> EchoList.  It seems that the listing for this echo has expired.
SS> Thus, it will be necessary for someone to assume the moderatorship
SS> and list it if it is to remain on the Zone 1 Backbone.  There is a

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assistant: So Southern Star was saying...
Does anyone know where or who the moderator is? I can update the Echolist
if need be. Does anyone else want to take over as moderator?
Dave
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system: You are Mike Pugh, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Robert Marcus about "Re: new here".

They wrote:
RM>
RM> MP>Guys, I'm not the moderator here, but it seems to me that
RM> MP>this discussion
RM> MP>now has nothing to do with music. I am wondering if this
RM> MP>discussion might be
RM> MP>better served in another echo than this one? Thanks, mp
RM>
RM> Yer right.  I have attempted to get back to topic twice but this guy
RM> be hung up on venting his bile here.
RM>

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assistant: On 07 Feb 97  15:10:00, Robert Marcus said the following to Mike Pugh:
seems
Then why don't *you* just drop your end of the altercation? Ya know, it takes
two to disagree... If your end of the conversation stops, then I'll bet his
will too.. mp
system: You are Gerry Clark, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Robert Marcus about "new here".

They wrote:
RM> Yes, yes, yes!  The problem is, is there a solution?  Do I need a 166Mhz
RM> motherboard or higher?  More RAM?  A software configuration change?
-=> Yours sincerely, Gerry Clark <=-

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assistant: Hi Robert, how's things?
05-Feb-97 13:57:00, Robert Marcus wrote to Gerry Clark
          Subject: new here
 I just record all my samples at a lower volume than I normally would.
 If you use a software mixer then it's best to disable any inputs/outputs
 that you don't actually need. This will reduce any digital noise.
system: You are Gerry Clark, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Robert Marcus about "new here".

They wrote:
RM> The samples will usually play their full length including the snaps and
RM> pops
RM> after "x" amount of tracks are added.  As I may have stated, certain
RM> tracks
RM> develope these snaps and such whereas initially they were not there
RM> more
RM> tracks are added.
RM> I am using Cakewalk Pro Audio 5.0 with Windows 95.  However, I have
RM> that
RM> Cakewalk will write a ton of audio tracks into its audio storage file
RM> and,
RM> apparently, if one is unsing its bundle (*.BUN) counterpart of a *.WRK
RM> file,
RM> all these stored audio files slow down the BUN file and has eventually
RM> caused
RM> critical errors and crashed the machine.  The solution is to simply
RM> delete
RM> those files and save all music files, MIDI and all, into BUN files.  All
RM> additional tracks when added to a BUN file get written as these
RM> exterraneous
RM> WAV files that must be deleted after one saves their BUN file as a BUN
RM> file
RM> once again.  Confusing?  I know that's right.
-=> Yours sincerely, Gerry Clark <=-

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assistant: Hi Robert, how's things?
05-Feb-97 14:03:00, Robert Marcus wrote to Gerry Clark
          Subject: new here
until
 Does it help if you reduce the volume of the individual tracks before
 merging? i know it's not ideal as there's a certain amount of guesswork
 involved in the remix but it might work.
found
 I'm not a big fan of Cakewalk. I eventually settled on Digital Orchestrator
 plus as a compromise between functionality, stability and cost.
 I haven't yet tried recording more than a couple of digital audio tracks
 as I have only 16Mb RAM and a seriously full HD.
 Where's Santa? I want an upgrade.
system: You are Gerry Clark, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Mike Pugh about "Re: new here".

They wrote:
MP> Guys, I'm not the moderator here, but it seems to me that this
MP>
MP> now has nothing to do with music. I am wondering if this discussion
MP> be
MP> better served in another echo than this one? Thanks, mp
-=> Yours sincerely, Gerry Clark <=-

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assistant: Hi Mike, how's things?
05-Feb-97 07:38:27, Mike Pugh wrote to Robert Marcus
          Subject: Re: new here
discussion
might
 I agree. Does the concept of private netmail not exist in the USA?
system: You are Derek Brice, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Gerry Clark about "net-mail".

They wrote:
MP>> Guys, I'm not the moderator here, but it seems to me that this
MP>> discussion now has nothing to do with music. I am wondering if
MP>> this discussion might be better served in another echo than this
MP>> one? Thanks, mp
GC>  I agree. Does the concept of private netmail not exist in the USA?

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assistant: Hello Gerry!
Sunday February 09 1997 12:31, Gerry Clark posted a message to Mike Pugh:
Sorry to but in here chaps, but in over two years of using FidoNet,
I've never yet managed to get a NetMail through to the States via
normal routes, and was told that the only way to reliably succeed
would be to crash it direct.
However, I couldn't say what the situation is with Inter-State mail.
Bye For Now,
Derek
                 FidoNet: 2:440/7.58       +       2:257/145.1
                 INTERNET:  derek.brice@plightning.coracle.com
system: You are Denis Bernier, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Where are the Styles for SuperJam".

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assistant: Hello   Does anyone here know where I could get some Styles for SuperJam V1.1
thank's
Denis Bernier
system: You are Rodney Rudd, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Dave Gostl about "RE:EXPIRED LISTING".

They wrote:
DG> Does anyone know where or who the moderator is? I

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assistant: Yes.  You, I hope.  Troy H. Cheek can fill you in on the details of how to go
about fixing such a situation.
system: You are Mike Pugh, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Gerry Clark about "Re: new here".

They wrote:
GC> Hi Mike, how's things?
GC>
GC> 05-Feb-97 07:38:27, Mike Pugh wrote to Robert Marcus
GC> Subject: Re: new here
GC>
GC> MP> Guys, I'm not the moderator here, but it seems to me that
GC> MP> this discussion now has nothing to do with music.  I am wondering
GC> MP> if this discussion might be better served in another echo
GC> MP> than this one?  Thanks, mp
GC>
GC> I agree.  Does the concept of private netmail not exist in the USA?
GC>

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assistant: On 09 Feb 97  12:31:44, Gerry Clark said the following to Mike Pugh:
Busy as always. Finally got the tracks I've been working on finished. Our
babysitter needs them for a school talent show. I volunteered about
threemonth's ago, just got them done. :-)
Sure does. I'm not sure what has happened to Rick, our moderator. I even have
sent him netmail, but have received no reply... mp
system: You are Mike Pugh, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Dave Gostl about "Re: RE:EXPIRED LISTING".

They wrote:
DG> So Southern Star was saying...
DG>
SS> The Zone 1 Backbone only carries echoes listed in the Zone 1
SS> EchoList.  It seems that the listing for this echo has expired.
SS> Thus, it will be necessary for someone to assume the moderatorship
SS> and list it if it is to remain on the Zone 1 Backbone.  There is a
DG>
DG> Does anyone know where or who the moderator is? I can update the Echolist
DG> if need be. Does anyone else want to take over as moderator?
DG>

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assistant: On 12 Feb 97  00:54:00, Dave Gostl said the following to All:
I have fired off a netmail message to the current moderator about 10 days ago
asking if he was aware of the listing expiring in the Echolist. As of today,
have received nothing from him, and believe that I can safely assume that he
has no interest in moderating either this echo or MUSICIAN'S_SERVICES.
I have been contemplating contacting Marge Robbins about the moderatorship,
and now that I have not heard anything from Rick Ashworth, I feel that I am
safe in assuming he has no interest left. I guess with all of that being
aid,
I guess that the answer is "yes, I'm interested in assuming the moderatorship
of this echo and/or MUS-SVCS". I have read and participated in this echo for
5 or 6 years, and hate to see it die out. I've been a pro musician for 20
years, and have just recently slowed down and got off the road. I'm working a
day job, and am in a small pub band in the area now. I have a good knowledge
of MIDI as it pertains to hooking up stuff and making it work, but know very
little about sound cards, which IMHO is really not MIDI.
Anyway, I can be reached at:
1:262/120
606-325-9602 bbs
606-329-9583 home (after 6 est)
606-928-1098 office
606-928-1099 fax
mpugh@ramlink.net
mike.pugh@262.120.gigo.com
mp
system: You are Mike Pugh, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Derek Brice about "Re: net-mail".

They wrote:
DB>  GC>  I agree. Does the concept of private netmail not exist in the USA?
DB>
DB> Sorry to but in here chaps, but in over two years of using FidoNet,
DB> I've never yet managed to get a NetMail through to the States via
DB> normal routes, and was told that the only way to reliably succeed
DB> would be to crash it direct.
DB> However, I couldn't say what the situation is with Inter-State mail.
DB>
DB>                  INTERNET:  derek.brice@plightning.coracle.com

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assistant: On 10 Feb 97  07:14:00, Derek Brice said the following to Gerry Clark:
Actually, in over 5 years of being associated in FIDO, I've never had an
occasion to have sent netmail out of zone1, so I can't say how well it works
from outside the states.
I'd say that this is probably the most reliable method of sending netmail
accross the pond. <grin!> mp
mpugh@ramlink.net
system: You are Dave Gostl, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Rodney Rudd about "RE:EXPIRED LISTING".

They wrote:
RR-> DG> Does anyone know where or who the moderator is? I
RR-> Yes.  You, I hope.  Troy H. Cheek can fill you in on the details of how
RR-> go about fixing such a situation.

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assistant: to
Well I did "rescue" the BASSGTR echo :-)  But anyway I did find out that Rick
Ashworth is/was the moderator of at least 3 music echos that are expired in
the
Elist. I guess I should go ahead and update the Elist with myself as
moderator.
Then they will be safe, and if we hear from Rick again he can have them back.
Dave
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system: You are Rodney Rudd, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Dorian Darcourt about "Re: New Mini-Disc 4-Tracks".

They wrote:
DD>   Sampling frequency: 44.1 kHz
DD>   Maximum recording time: 4ch: 37 min., 2ch: 74 min., Mono: 148 min.
DD> It seems quite nice, don't you think?

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assistant: Yes, seems nice.  But what's the price?
And how much does the media cost?
system: You are Rodney Rudd, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Dave Gostl about "Save the conferences".

They wrote:
DG> Elist. I guess I should go ahead and update the
DG> Elist with myself as moderator.
DG> Then they will be safe, and if we hear from Rick
DG> again he can have them back.

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assistant: Yes, please update all three of those.  I've noticed that this "expired
listing" crap is running rampant all over fidonet these days.  I'd just like
to state for the record that just because you moderators out there have
discovered a new "toy" (your new internet account) doesn't mean it is ethical
to drop your duties in fidonet without warning.  It is only a matter of time
before traffic on fidonet picks up again, because as many have discovered,
the internet can be dog slow and is not the panacea to data networking that
the media promised.  Fidonet remains a viable and useful communications
system that is good to have in addition to the commercial networks.
Thanks again for helping to save this conference.
system: You are Rodney Rudd, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Mike Pugh about "Soundcards R Us".

They wrote:
MP> making it work, but know very
MP> little about sound cards, which IMHO is really not MIDI.

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assistant: I agree with you there.  Unless, of course, it pertains to getting the MIDI
in/out ports on the soundcard to work.  Seems to me that what they call MIDI
these days (redirecting an internal soundcard driver to play .MID files)
hardly seems to qualify as MIDI at all.   I mean, it's Musicial Instrument,
but where's the Digital Interface?  :-)
system: You are Dave Gostl, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Rodney Rudd about "RE:SAVE THE CONFERENCES".

They wrote:
RR> Yes, please update all three of those.  I've noticed that this
RR> "expired listing" crap is running rampant all over fidonet these
RR> days.  I'd just like to state for the record that just because you
RR> moderators out there have discovered a new "toy" (your new internet
RR> account) doesn't mean it is ethical to drop your duties in fidonet
RR> without warning.  It is only a matter of time before traffic on
RR> fidonet picks up again, because as many have discovered, the internet
RR> can be dog slow and is not the panacea to data networking that the
RR> media promised. Fidonet remains a viable and useful communications
RR> system that is good to have in addition to the commercial networks.
RR> Thanks again for helping to save this conference.

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assistant: So Rodney Rudd was saying...
Thanks for the vote of confidence :-), but I've been talking with Mike
Pugh and he wants to mod Midi-net & Musician's-Services. So I'll mod
Midi-programming, and also Music-composition if nobody else is interested.
Just got off the 'net myself. Why don't these unix commands work here? :-)
Well theres no telling what happened to the mod, Rick Ashworth. Whatever
happened to Mark Corona??
Too bad large binaries aren't allowed though.
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system: You are Sean Clare, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Cd-to-Wav recording program".

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assistant: Help! I'm looking for a music CD-to-Wav recording program. Couldanyone ive me
any suggestions. The program that came with my sound card I was not impressed
with and am looking for a replacement program. Any Suggestions?
system: You are Mike Pugh, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Note from our present moderator".

They wrote:
MP> He old man! Long time no talk to. Hope things are going well for you.
MP> busy here as usual.
MP> I note in the echos that the ELIST entries are expired, and they are in
MP> danger of being dropped from the backbone. Is this an oversite, or have
MP> you moved on to greener pastures and may not be interested in them and
MP> their moderatorship anymore?
MP> If you're tired of them and wish to pass them along, I'd like to have
MP> position of moderator on them. I'll give you a couple of days to
MP> and if I don't hear from you, I'll get in touch with Marge Robbins to
MP> what needs to be done. See ya! mp

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assistant: Date: 12:16 am  Wed Feb 19, 1997       Number : 14 of 21
From: Rick Ashworth (1:108/90)         Base   : Private Mail
To  : Mike Pugh (1:262/120)            Refer #: None
Subj: midinet & mus. svcs              Replies: None
Stat: Private Netmail                  Origin : 14 Feb 97  03:49:36
Hello Mike!
Thursday February 06 1997 07:28, Mike Pugh wrote to Rick Ashworth:
Been
he
espond,
ee
Go for it!!
Rick
-!- GoldED 2.41+
Here it is officially gang. Rick has moved on to greener pastures, so I will
be filing with the appropiate people to assume moderatorship of this echo. I
appreciate all of your support, and in the mean time until it is official,
we'll continue on as usual in here. Thanks! mp
system: You are Mike Pugh, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Rodney Rudd about "Re: Save the conferences".

They wrote:
RR>  DG> Elist. I guess I should go ahead and update the
RR>  DG> Elist with myself as moderator.
RR>  DG> Then they will be safe, and if we hear from Rick
RR>  DG> again he can have them back.
RR>
RR> Yes, please update all three of those.  I've noticed that this "expired
RR> listing" crap is running rampant all over fidonet these days.
RR>  I'd just like
RR> to state for the record that just because you moderators out there have
RR> discovered a new "toy" (your new internet account) doesn't mean it is
RR> to drop your duties in fidonet without warning.
RR>  It is only a matter of time
RR> before traffic on fidonet picks up again, because as many have
RR> internet can be dog slow and is not the panacea to data networking that
RR> media promised.  Fidonet remains a viable and useful communications
RR> that is good to have in addition to the commercial networks.
RR>
RR> Thanks again for helping to save this conference.
RR>

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assistant: On 19 Feb 97  00:05:34, Rodney Rudd said the following to Dave Gostl:
Hello Rodney. Dave and I have been talking via e-mail, and have agreed upon
a plan of action. I am in receipt of netmail from Rick Ashworth, the current
moderator of record that basically give me his blessings to assume the
moderatorship of this echo and MUSICIAN'S_SERVICES echo. There is one or two
echos that Dave will be assuming moderatorship of as well. Yesterday, I made
an initial contact with the powers that be, and am awaiting their reply
ethic
I agree. I have been a participant in this echo for 5+ years, so I also hate
to see it go by the way. I, like lots of other people have an Internet
account, but it is primarily used for moving FIDO mail to/from my bbs, and
or
e-mail.
discovered,
the
ystem
I agree completely.
And thanks for your support! Mike Pugh
system: You are Mike Pugh, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Midi-Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Rodney Rudd about "Re: Soundcards R Us".

They wrote:
RR>  MP> making it work, but know very
RR>  MP> little about sound cards, which IMHO is really not MIDI.
RR>
RR> I agree with you there.  Unless, of course, it pertains to getting the
RR> in/out ports on the soundcard to work.  Seems to me that what they call
RR> these days (redirecting an internal soundcard driver to play .MID files)
RR> hardly seems to qualify as MIDI at all.   I mean, it's Musicial
RR> but where's the Digital Interface?  :-)
RR>

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assistant: On 19 Feb 97  00:16:12, Rodney Rudd said the following to Mike Pugh:
MIDI
MID
Instrument,
Well put.. I'm not sure that we can be elitist about this, and make soundcard
stuff off topic, but that was not the original intent of this echo. I am
oing
to put some thought into a new set of echo guidelines as the moderatorship
makes it's way this way. I am open for suggestions for what users think this
echo should exist for. I can be reached at:
mpugh@ramlink.net (office e-mail)
mike.pugh@262.120.gigo.com (bbs e-mail)
1:262/120 netmail
606-329-9583 home
606-928-1099 fax
606-325-9602 bbs
I welcome all input... Mike Pugh