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MU-02: MIDI
Music files written for Cakewalk or Texture can be played on most MIDI systems
with the demo versions of those programs that are in the listing below.
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2305 MIDI Music #1 Small Programs Disk
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3HAND (boogie-woogie number written in Texture), Mozart's Turkish March
(Cakewalk), Bach's "Applicatio" (MFF1), a collection of Beethoven: the 8th,
some of the 5th and two Sonatas (all in MFF format), Irving Berlin's Play a
Simple Melody (MFF), BlueMarch (MT-32 & Cakewalk), Flight of the Bumblebee
(Cakewalk 2.0 and a Kurzweil K1000), Allegro Assai, from the Brandenburg
Concerto No. 2 in F Major by J.S.Bach (Roland Ease & MT-32), Bach's
Brandenburg Concerto # 5 (Cakewalk & Casio CT-460).
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2305
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2306 MIDI Music #2 Small Programs Disk
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Edelweiss (Cakewalk), Bach's Organ Fugue in G minor (Ease format for MT-32),
FUNKY (a short improvisation that illustrates looping with Performer and patch
changes with ESQ's), Greensleeves (MFF 1 and Seq + formats), two Haydn numbers
(MFF0), Bach's Invention 8 (MT-32 Harpsichord), Kitten on the Keys, Chopin's
"Minute Waltz" (Cakewalk 2), Son de la Negr (traditional Mexican music done
with MT-32 and Cakewalk 2), PRE6 is Bach's Prelude #6 (MFF), Raiders (MFF 1),
Sensation Rag (MFF), Shortr (original rock piece in Cakewalk), STUDY (John
Diller: an original composition done with the MT-32 and Roland Ease), Study2,
We Three Kings done in the style of Mannheim Steamroller (Seq+ and MFF),
Bach's Fugue No. 5 in D from the Well-Tempered Clavier (Roland Ease and the
MT-32), Christmas Songs in MFF, Yahoo3 (Cakewalk).
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2306
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2309 MIDI Music #3 Small Programs Disk
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This disk contains the following files written with Cakewalk: Aria, Atlantis,
AveMaria, Bach1DR, Ballad1, Barok, Blues, Boogie, Bossa, Brahms1, Classy,
Country, Crystal, Gigue, Hardblue, Jones, Mozart1, Ragtime, Railroad, Reggae,
and Saints.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2309
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2606 MIDI Music #4 Small Programs Disk
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Bach's Fugue in D Minor for Cakewalk, Cleopha, Coucou "Le Coucou" by Daquin in
MFF1 format, Crockett's Theme from Miami Vice in MFF format, HoeDown,
Impromptu #1/3 (Schubert; MFF0), Maple Leaf Rag (Cakewalk), Mexican Jazz
(Cakewalk), Nutcracker Suite (MFF), Purcell's Trumpet Tune (Cakewalk), roller
Coaster Waltz (MFF), St. Anne's Prelude (Bach; Cakewalk), Swipesy (Joplin;
Cakewalk), William Tell Overture (MFF1).
K4*.* sounds for Kawai K4.
Chords
Steve Renshaw
$0
is a composition and arranging tool. It is designed to aid composers and
arrangers in quickly referencing chord structures. It is particularly useful
for transposition. MPU-401 MIDI is required.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2606
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2307 MIDI Utilities Small Programs Disk
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CAK2MID (20k) converts CakeWalk 2 files to MFF1 format.
Casioid 1.0
Armada Software
$20
will generate a random text patch for the Casio CZ-101 or CZ-1000 synthesizer
using a preset array of parameters that ensures that no invalid settings are
chosen.
MULTPR (J.D. Haigh) MultiGenK is a random multi generator for the Kawai K1
synth.
MVP-KE (John Harper) allows playing a MIDI synth under MS Windows.
MT32VO (Phil Saunders) is a set of seven banks of MT-32 voices in Dr T format,
plus a utility for converting patches from one format to another.
K1LIB3 (Gary Maddox) is the Kawai K1 Mini MIDI Librarian 3.S. It is a fully
functional shareware program.
MF2ASC (Doug Fetter) converts MFF 0 or MFF 1 files for importing into Cakewalk.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2307
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2303 MIDI Tools/Info Small Programs Disk
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MUSIC1 (Mike Sapper) teaches you the name, position on the staff and location on
a keyboard of a note. Works with or without MIDI.
QSTIMT is a list of readily available MT-32 timbre names for QSv 2.0.
MFC (Kevin Weiner) contains Turbo Pascal units for programming the IBM Music
Feature card and MPU compatible interfaces. A sample program demonstrating basic
MFC access from Turbo C also included.
K1MULT (Lisa Horton) tell how to use the multi-timbral capabilities of the Kawai
K1-II.
GRAFTL is an example of algorithmic music produced through application of
GRAFTAL formalism to generate variations of initial small note sequences. Output
from the graftal music program has been encoded as standard MFF.
FRETBD is a C source program that prints a guitar fretboard diagram, and labels
notes or patterns according command-line args.
MIDIEX 1.8 (Mike Smith) lets you set the IRQ level for your MPU-401, set the
base address of the MPU card and set the receive buffer size. C source code is
included.
MIDILY (John Sloan) is a public domain Turbo Pascal 5.5 program (source
included) that analyzes MIDI data being received on an MPU-401 compatible card.
It places the card in UART mode and displays incoming data in numeric form,
followed by a descriptive message about each incoming byte's function.
MIDIPop 1.0
Armada Software
$20
is a pop-up utility that displays a list of MIDI commands in decimal format.
Also included is MIDIhex which provides the same information in hexadecimal
format.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2303
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Cadenza Demo
Big Noise Software
$200
#2280
is a demo version of a MIDI sequencer with a graphical user interface.
Cakewalk Demo
Twelvetone
$?
#2281
is a demo version of the Cakewalk MIDI sequencing software. It does everything
but save, so it can be used to play MIDI files in the PSL that were written with
Cakewalk. (MIDI hardware req.)
The following four programs are all editor/librarian programs for MIDI
synthesizers. They allow you to operate on, download and upload various
"patches" (sounds) to your synthesizers. These will also allow you to change
various other settings of the synthesizers. All of these require DOS 3.0 and
an MPU-401 compatible MIDI interface which should be set at IRQ2.
These are shareware releases of programs by Robert Clemens that were
previously retail only. The registration fees are $34.95 for docs on disk or
$69.95 for a bound manual. There is minimal documentation on the disks, but
the programs are intuitive and easy to use, according to our resident MIDI
expert, Bill Palmer.
#2230 D110Edit is for the Roland D-110.
#2229 D50Edit is for the Roland D50.
#2228 ESQEdit is for the Ensoniq ESQ-1/SQ-80.
#2227 MT32Edit 3.4 is for the Roland MT-32
Kawai K-4 Users Group Disk
Friedman, Hank
$20-$40
#4025
contains utilities and support files for the Kawai K-4 synthesizer. Included are
a multi- and effects editor, The K4 Ochestrator, and on-line copy of a
newsletter, demo tracks, and over 500 new sounds. Over 500K of disk space is
required.
The K4 synth is excellent (we have one at PsL). Hank Friedman, founder of the
users group, clearly loves his K4; it shows in the effort he has put into the
disk and the newsletter. Anyone with a K4 should be more than willing to pay
the membership fee of $20 in order to continue getting material like this.
Editors for Yamaha PSS-480
Rutkowski, David
$0-$25
#2640
is a collection of three different programs for the Yamaha PSS-480 synthesizer,
a tone bank editor, an accompaniment compiler, and an editor that allows
layering and splits. A must-have for PSS-480 owners.
FM-Pak/A
Weiner, Kevin ASP
$45
#3022
is a set of Yamaha FB-01 and IBM Music Feature editor utilities. FM-EDIT is an
editor/librarian which allows full control over performance setups, design or
modification of sounds, and storage and retrieval of setup and voice data.
FM-Tune gives access to a microtuning facility, allowing the design of new
scales. Requires MPU-401, IBM Music Feature Card or Yamaha FB-01 and hard
disk.
MusicEase 4.02 [ME402A, ME402B]
RMH Computer Services ASP
$49
#20322/12680 [2 disks] [March 1994 CD]
lets you create, edit, print, and play music notation. Music Ease
provides a WYSIWYG screen oriented editor; lets you see on your computer
screen the musical score exactly as it will be printed, one voice at a
time.
Entering notes is fast and easy with many keyboard shortcuts. MusicEase
supports standard MIDI input and output.
Play-Pak
Weiner, Kevin ASP
$35
#2302
is a MIDI file player that supports MPU-401 cards and the IBM Music Feature.
It has channel info display with note usage, channel redirection, volume and
pitch controls, and more. Other features include play lists, a memory resident
MIDI file player, and support for MIDIator and Sound Blaster. Also included is
RECORD, which can be used to capture MIDI input to a standard MIDI format file
(MFF). It can also be used to record MIDI sysex dumps which PLAY can resend
later.
Texture Demo
Magnetic Music
$?
#2282
is a demo version of the Texture MIDI sequencing software. Like Cakewalk, it
does everything but save and can be used to play Texture MIDI files in the
library.
Watch
Weiner, Kevin ASP
$25
#3023
is a multi-function MIDI analyzer with diagnostic and support functions. It
will display incoming MIDI codes in a readable fashion, in great detail, with
full descriptions of the MIDI codes. Data can be saved to disk in a standard
MIDI file for later use. Assignable send keys may be used to send short MIDI
data strings or entire files. A filter/patchbay facility permits selective
message removal, channel redirection, note range limiting, volume changes, and
transposition. Requires MPU-401 compatible MIDI interface.
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