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system: You are Graeme Jaye, 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 Phil Quinton about "Awe64 Gold".

They wrote:
PQ> What programs would you suggest using, ie. Cubase, CakeWalk
PQ> etc..
PQ> I'm no brilliant wi th midi but I kind o get the gist.
PQ> Is the Gold's Sound Quality any good with the soundfont
PQ> instruments?
PQ> Also the Gold has S/PDIF socket on board and so I will be
PQ> buying a DAC for it, is this a good idea, or is there a better
PQ> card for the same price
PQ> range

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assistant: Ho Phil, How're you doin'?
On 04-Dec-97 at 08:45:06, Phil Quinton wrote to All about Awe64
Gold
Personally, I would opt for Cakewalk - far easier, IMO.
In which case, go for the cut down version (Express) and learn as
you go without spending a fortune on software <bg>.
Others you might look at are Evolution, Voyetra and SeqMax - all
relatively cheap but good enough to get some basic experience before
flashing out for the more expensive stuff.  In fact, you might never
need anything more.
I have never used one of these cards (the AWE) and am not qualified
to comment on it specifically.  However, I would like to make a
general observation.
IMV, unless you are prepared to spend a *lot* of money, I doubt if
any internal soundcard would be as good as even a dirt cheap
*external* midi module.  The environment inside a computer is not
exactly conducive to high quality audio.  Far too noisy (in the
electrical sense).
Personally, I would go for the cheapest midi interface you can find
(unless you also need to retain sound for games etc, in which case
go for a cheap sound card) and buy a cheap GM module to produce the
actual sounds.
I run such a system here and adding an external module was the best
move I ever made.
I just play around with midi - I'm not a serious musician, trying to
earn a living from it - but the difference between my sound card (a
Yamaha Sound Edge) and the external module (a Roland SC-7) is like
chalk and cheese.  Not only are the sound samples themselves better
but the general quality of reproduction is of a different order
entirely.
Keep 'em comin'
Graeme in Dover, England
system: You are Graeme Jaye, 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 Richard Jordan about "Tempo changes".

They wrote:
MV> Would anyone know if it is possible to make tempo changes with
MV> a slider control during playback in Cakewalk (or another
MV> sequencer for that matter)?
RJ> should be possible in version 6 although you will need to
RJ> design it into a studioware panel

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assistant: Ho Richard, How're you doin'?
On 03-Dec-97 at 21:24:40, Richard Jordan wrote to Mark Vos about
Tempo changes
I tried this myself when I saw Marks post - but I couldn't make it
happen.  I don't know of any other software it can be done in either
and I think I've played around with most of them at one time or
another.
Keep 'em comin'
Graeme in Dover, England
system: You are Graeme Jaye, 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:
GJ> I've never thought of trying to market any of this stuff.  Can
GJ> you tell me more - netmail is probably preferable.
DG> I hope you don't consider marketing of midi sequences to be
DG> off-topic!
GJ> How do they want the material presented - as a MIDI file or
GJ> just a cassette dump of your output.
DG> I would think they would just want the file, as they should be
DG> familiar with the equiptment you own.
DG> But if you said you wrote it using stacks of Yamaha DX7's
DG> they'd probably just laugh.

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assistant: Ho Dave, How're you doin'?
On 05-Dec-97 at 04:51:00, Dave Gostl wrote to Graeme Jaye about
RE:EXPIRED LISTING
Hadn't really thought about it, to be honest.  The only reason I
suggested netmail was not wishing to clutter the echo with something
others would not be interested in.
On reflection that was wrong on two counts;
1  The echo has been damn near dead for ages so there's not a lot of
cluttering possible.
2  The may be others who would be interested in marketing their
output.
Why should they?  There's an amazing amount of stuff out there and
there is no way they would be 'familiar' with what I use - even if
I was disposed to tell them in the first place.
What worries me about presenting just a file is that I *know* that
the same file can sound totally different using different equipment.
Even two modules supposedly offering the same thing, ie basic GM,
can be completely different from each other in terms of voicing and
balance.
I don't see why - or have I missed something here?
Anyway, why should I tell them *what* equipment was used to write
it.  At the end of the day, it is the music which is important, not
the means of reproduction.
Keep 'em comin'
Graeme in Dover, England
system: You are Graeme Jaye, 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 Sunny Khurana about "Casio CT-670".

They wrote:
SK> having trouble recording with my Casio CT-670. I'm using
SK> Digital Orchestrator at present and have also tried Cakewalk.
SK> The output works fine
SK> while recording, theres absolutely no response.

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assistant: Ho Sunny, How're you doin'?
On 05-Dec-97 at 17:39:30, Sunny Khurana wrote to All about Casio
CT-670
There should be no problem with either of these applications.
Which is more than half the battle and proves the system basically
is working.
I suggest you check the Midi driver setup.  it's possible y9u
haven't told either program where to look for the midi in.
Keep 'em comin'
Graeme in Dover, England
system: You are Richard Jordan, 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 Mark Vos about "Tempo changes".

They wrote:
RJ>> should be possible in version 6
RJ>> although you will need to design it into a studioware panel I
MV> You don't? Well, try it!
MV> I can make sliders for all sorts of controls, (even the most improbable

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assistant: On Dec 05 23:05 97, Mark Vos of 2:284/5.7 wrote:
then what sort of trouble are you having in designing the tempo contro via
studioware?
I'm working with a couple of people on a sysex editor in a studioware panel,
and have no interest in a tempo slider.
Not only that, but I find it annoying to look at sequences where the tempo
keeps moving all over the map, you can't really tell what the "real" not
value is when the tempos swing from 35-210 - and I have seen such sequences,
of course, I tend to want sheet music somewhere along the line, so perhaps
you can see why I find it rather unmusical, I need to know what the real
values are.
perhaps someday I will learn to think like a sequencer instead of a musician,
but it hasn't happened yet..... <g>
Regards,
Richard.
system: You are Mark Vos, 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 Graeme Jaye about "Tempo changes".

They wrote:
GJ> What you are looking for is a way of varying the clock
GJ> frequency, which is not a midi parameter of course.
GJ> JOOI, why would you want to do this in the first place?
GJ> Keep 'em comin'

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assistant: Hi Graeme,
Isn't all this information in the MIDI file?? I have lots of MIDI files which
change their tempo during playback. With the animate option of the sliders in
Cakewalk you can observe this parameter changing in the tempo box.
I notice that no one understands the advances of this "would be" option. In
my opinion it's plain and obvious: just like editing other controllers
afterwards, like volume, pan, pedal, you can hear on the fly while playing
the music if the effect is what you want or not.
Right then, ciao!
system: You are Mark Vos, 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 Graeme Jaye about "Tempo changes".

They wrote:
GJ> I still couldn't work out a way to do what you ask, although
GJ> it does have a nifty way of recording tempo changes (on the
GJ> fly) using a spare track and the + & - keys.
GJ> I don't know if this would be of any use to you - rather
GJ> depends what end you are trying to achieve really.

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assistant: So this is DURING PLAYBACK, so you can directly hear the effect?
Yes, this would be (another) way to achieve what I want.
Thanx & ciao!
system: You are Mark Vos, 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 Rick Nolan about "Tempo changes".

They wrote:
>> Would anyone know if it is possible to make tempo changes with
>> a slider control during playback in Cakewalk (or another
>> sequencer for that matter)? I found that I can edit different
>> controllers this way, but I would particularly like to work
>> this way for tempo changes. Could n't find it...
>>
RN> I don't use Cakewalk,but just about any sequencer (all ?)
RN> should be able to change tempo during playback.
RN> I'm a little
RN> unsure of what you are trying to do,can you give a little
RN> more detailed info.

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assistant: Hi Rick,
I'm aware of that of coarse, but what I sometimes want to do after recording,
is record some parameters while the music is playing, so I can monitor the
impact directly. (like volume, pan, pedal)
I notice that no one understands the advances of this "would be" option. In
my opinion it's plain and
obvious: just like editing other controllers afterwards, like volume, pan,
pedal, you can hear on the fly
while playing the music if the effect is what you want or not.
Regards,
system: You are Rich Lockyer, 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 Duncan Reid about "MIDI editors".

They wrote:
CA>> PC SPEAKER!?!?  what do you expect to do with a tone generator that
CA>> only has a poliphony of 1 note???
DR> I think you can get a patch for windows that routes the sound card sound
DR> to the pc speaker even if you havent got a sound card.

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assistant: Hello Duncan!
On 08 Dec 97, Duncan Reid wrote to Chris Armstrong:
I don't know about a patch, but my friend picked up "Wired for Sound", which
works with either the speaker or the sound card.  It needs a "Dsound" driver
to use the speaker.  The problem is, while it's playing, it halts ALL
processing and displays a musical note instead of the cursor.  Not too bad
for the Windows system sounds, but somewhat useless for anything else.  Even
Sierra's Johnny Castaway screensaver was terrible with the amination pausing
for the sound to finish playing.
C-ya! Rich
system: You are Warren Pittman, 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 Jeff Edmonson about "Back to MIDI, please?".

They wrote:
> Can anyone recommend any other software, other than Microsoft's "Session",
> recording music?

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assistant: Re: Back to MIDI, please?
fo
I use an old soundblaster midi sequencer, plus i have one called the
ecording
session and, another one i can't think of.  But all of them have been upgrade
during the last few years and the recording studio, by midiSoft i beleive
looks to be a pretty good progam.  But I have an older version so I really
can't speak for it.  But from the add, it also gives you the capability to
add vocals to your music tracks also.    The program for the sound blaster is
called Sequencer plus, by voyetra and the other one is called music time, by
a company called passport... Problem I had was all of them had features I
enjoyed but they weren't in one package.  But the sequencer plus was my
favorite, even though the Music Time package could print sheet music and you
could include lyrics and guitar chords on you music also.
okay bye
Warren Pittman
system: You are Warren Pittman, 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 Jeff Edmonson about "Back to MIDI, please?".

They wrote:
> Silly me - when I bought the Orchid Soundcard 32+SCSI, it had included what
> originally thought was MICORSOFT's Mid recording session.  It's actually
> Midisoft, so I've already got that one - and we've recorded from a
> keyboard directly into the midi port with it, and it worked out, just fine.

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assistant: Re: Back to MIDI, please?
I
midi-capab
Not that particular program, but their top of the line program, the recording
studio is looking pretty good... but i tied all of my money up into my bbs so
i haven't had much time to play with the keyboard as of late.
system: You are Miguel Robredo, 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 "A couple of questions...".

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assistant: Well until I'll buy my master keyboard, I'm working with the Virtual Piano
and the CakeWalk 6.0 Pro... Someone can say me how do to get synchronism
between the Virtual Piano and the Cakewalk when I'm going to record? :-?�?�?
I've trying almost all and I'm going crazy. Zanks! ;)
system: You are Jeff Edmonson, 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 "MIDI editors".

They wrote:
>  Even Sierra's Johnny Castaway screensaver was
> terrible with the amination pausing for the sound to
> finish playing.

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assistant: What's the speed of your processor, Rich?  I don't see that problem here, on
a 5x86/133 w/16M of RAM, under Win'95.
In fact, I've been playing this Backgammon game from MVP Software, that has
midi tracks in it - as well as selectable tracks, from elsewhere on the
harddrive!  Something to listen to, while you're playing...
They've also got a Cribbage game out, that has midi music, but there's no way
to select what gets played, though.  Some pretty cool Jazz, though ;-)
Regards,
-Jeff
system: You are Jan De Smedt, 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 "CS1x diver for Cubase Studio module".

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assistant: Hello all,
I've got CAF 2.06 and the studio module, which is great for SYSEX
communication between the Atari Falcon and a multiple synth/expander setup,
especially when you've got a MIDI patch bay like me ;-).
You can select program changes by name instead of looking them up in a table
for each device. Nice ;-)
Recently I've added a Yamaha CS1x synth to my setup, that I'd like to meld in
naturally. Any one any idea if such a driver exists and where to get it?
Thanks & Greetings
Jan
Fidonet : 2:292/403.2
Internet: jan.de.smedt@connectvzw.be
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Come on my friends lets make for the hills
system: You are Graeme Jaye, 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 Rick Nolan about "Tempo changes".

They wrote:
> Would anyone know if it is possible to make tempo changes with a
> slider control during playback
RN> I don't use Cakewalk,but just about any sequencer (all ?)
RN> should be able to change tempo during playback.

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assistant: Ho Rick, How're you doin'?
On 06-Dec-97 at 21:08:04, Rick Nolan wrote to Mark Vos about Tempo
changes
Not this way they can't.  I *do* run Cakewalk (and CuBase,
allthough I don't like it a lot) and I failed to get either program
to do this the way MArk wanted.
Generally, one 'draws' a tempo change on a graph.  CuBase allows you
to change it, in real time whilst recording, using the + and - keys.
But neither allowed direct control with a slider in the way I
understood the question.
Keep 'em comin'
Graeme in Dover, England
system: You are Graeme Jaye, 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 Mark Vos about "Tempo changes".

They wrote:
CA> Why would you need to do real-time tempo changes anyway?
MV> Why?? Well, I find this rather obvious: during playback you
MV> can hear the effect of your editing directly and put in the
MV> feel you want.

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assistant: Ho Mark, How're you doin'?
On 05-Dec-97 at 22:54:47, Mark Vos wrote to Chris Armstrong about
Tempo changes
I think we all read something into your question which you didn't
intend.
If what you meant was could you change the tempo during playback,
then the answer is yes - probably for every sequencer ever written.
Recording those changes is another thing entirely and I think we all
leapt to the conclusion that that was what you were trying to
achieve.
Most sequencers that I have used can only do this by 'drawing' on
the tempo track (sometimes called the 'conductor' track).  CuBase
allows you to record a real-time change of tempo - but one assumes
you would first have to determine the tempos required *before*
recording the change <bg>.
Keep 'em comin'
Graeme in Dover, England
system: You are Graeme Jaye, 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 Mark Vos about "Tempo changes".

They wrote:
RJ> you will need to design it into a studioware panel I use a
RJ> panel that has almost every gs control.... but did not think
RJ> of tempo can't see why it couldn't be done.
MV> You don't? Well, try it!
MV> Though I like Cakewalk very much, I find the tempo editing
MV> manner one of the few unexpected items..

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assistant: Ho Mark, How're you doin'?
On 05-Dec-97 at 23:05:04, Mark Vos wrote to Richard Jordan about
Tempo changes
I did - and you can't!
If you only want to hear a change of tempo (as my previous message
in this same packet) what is wrong with the Tempo Control on the
main screen?  In V6 (which you appear to be running) you can click
and drag the tempo up or down as required.
Keep 'em comin'
Graeme in Dover, England
system: You are Rich Lockyer, 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 Graeme Jaye about "EXPIRED LISTING".

They wrote:
GJ> Even two modules supposedly offering the same thing, ie basic GM,
GJ> can be completely different from each other in terms of voicing and
GJ> balance.

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assistant: Hello Graeme!
On 06 Dec 97, Graeme Jaye wrote to Dave Gostl:
I've even had instruments come out wrong.  I picked up a MID file of Van
Halen's "Eruption", and the drum parts were played by the piano.  I was able
to "fix" it in Midi Mapper, but it sounded really funny originally.
C-ya! Rich
system: You are Doug Moore, 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 Chris Armstrong about "MIDI editors".

They wrote:
CA> PC SPEAKER!?!?  what do you expect to do with a tone generator that
CA> only has a poliphony of 1 note???

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assistant: On (06 Dec 97) Chris Armstrong wrote to Ricky Foltz...
Well, you could play "One Note Samba" in the key of your
choice.
Actually, there have been many attempts to get a semblence of
music out of the PC speaker. Considering this speaker is
basically controlled by a single bit function, this is no small
task. However, programs like "Pianoman" got around this by
rapid multiplexing, and programs like "Realsound" used a form
of PWM. (Pulse width modulation) None of these approaches are
as effective as a sound card, but it is amazing what can be
done with so little.
... 43 percent of all statistics are worthless.
system: You are Moderator, 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 Graeme Jaye about "EXPIRED LISTING".

They wrote:
DG>> I hope you don't consider marketing of midi sequences to be
DG>> off-topic!
GJ> 2  The may be others who would be interested in marketing their
GJ> output.

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assistant: Ah Gidday Graeme!
Saturday December 06 1997 17:02, Graeme Jaye wrote to Dave Gostl:
If it is connected (directly) to midi then it is on topic until otherwise
stated.
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system: You are Moderator, 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 "Echo Rules".

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assistant: Ah Gidday All!
Ok the guide lines are simple.
1, Three abusive messages and your out. (1 month for the first set, second
   set and you dont come back)
2, Try and restrict messages to Midi progs, configs, music. (I am not likely
   to get upset with other music being brought into it unless someone
   complains)
3, If you wish to make a moderation message to another user netmail it to me.
   I will then decide if the moderator needs to post such a message.
4, SMALL UUencoded samples of midi can be sent to the echo on the following
   conditions:
A) The subject line MUST have: UUencode <music name>
   This is so that anyone looking through the list of messages can recognise
   what it is straight away.
B) It must not be more than 1 message in length (about 5 screens full)
This situation will be reviewed if it gets abused or a system complains.
Notes:
 I am not a "Jack boot" moderator. I like to see easy going discussion
 (especially with a bit of humour thrown in) so I am not quick to step on
 things UNLESS someone complains. So if you have a problem feel free to tell
 me in netmail and I will respond to you and to the other person if it is
 needed.
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 |_,/ \_,_|_||_|_\_\    Moderator NZ_HUMOUR & MIDI-NET
system: You are Willem Braam, 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^3: BACK TO MIDI, PL".

They wrote:
DG> OK here's a question. How does the midi part of Cubase Audio compare to
DG> the midi only Cubase 3.01 (or is it 3.10)? Is it nearly the same? Is it
DG> radically different because of the integrated audio functions? Is it
DG> the same but the menus are rearranged because of the audio functions?
DG> the audio functions just another module? Is it a whole new program?

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assistant: Hello Dave,
in a message of 05 Dec 97 Dave Gostl wrote to Willem Braam,
 Subject (BACK TO MIDI, PL).
re
Cubase audio is Cubase Score (module) with an extra menu just for audio. In
the audio menu there are some items like offline editing, writing SMPTE,
Samplerate  and if you want to work in 8 tracks or 16 tracks audio.
Greetings
             /Willem/.