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Future additions will include a signal editor, and perhaps some
sort of graphic display, although the latter would be tricky, given
that for my current work I often find myself lining up as many as
500 sound segments to play.

I am anxious for feedback and suggestions.  This program will not
work well on 030 machines.  Enjoy it.

Paul Lansky
Music Department
Princeton University
[e-mail]
[e-mail]


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3.3.5)            What is RTLisp, and how can I get it?

Answer:

Date: Tue, 28 Jan 92 17:14:51 GMT
From: Pete Yadlowsky <[e-mail]>
Subject: new Lisp interface to Lansky's "rt"
Apparently-To: [e-mail]


RTLisp runs on David Betz's XLisp and is comprised of a set of object
class and function definitions which provide a Lisp interface to
Paul Lansky's NeXT-based, real-time audio mixing software,
`rt'. The rt user arranges audio material temporally,
dynamically and spatially by means of a relatively simple grammar
which is parsed and executed by rt's audio driver program. The

simplicity of this grammar can make it rather tedious to use,
though, especially in the realization of complex `scores'. Also,
there is no  provision for the programmatic generation of audio
events, so every event must be specified in detail by hand.


RTLisp was designed to facilitate the process of rt score
creation. It equips the composer with a powerful, interactive
high-level programming environment (Lisp), and lends some
intelligence to tasks such as temporal placement and grouping of
audio events, control of dynamics in the stereo field and rt
`track' assignment.


RTLisp can be thought of as a sort of rt command compiler. It can run
standalone in a shell window, controlling the rt audio driver
directly, or it can run in conjunction with rt.app, Mr. Lansky's
NextStep interface to the driver.


RTLisp is available in two different packages. The first, under
NeXTrt.tar, contains rtlisp binaries and scripts merged with a
new version of rt.app, along with an RTLisp chapter in rt.app's
online documentation. The second, rtlisp.tar, does not include
rt.app but does include binaries, lisp source, rt's audio driver
and XLisp and rtlisp documentation.


anon ftp: uvaarpa.acc.virginia.edu:/pub/next/Apps/NeXTrt.tar.Z
          uvaarpa.acc.virginia.edu:/pub/next/bin/rtlisp.tar.Z
          princeton.edu:/pub/music/NeXTrt.tar.Z
          princeton.edu:/pub/music/rtlisp.tar.Z

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Peter M. Yadlowsky        |         Laden e-mail runs
Academic Computing Center    | Bumbling, creaking through the net
University of Virginia        |         Sysadmins tremble.
[e-mail]        |            - after Buson


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3.3.6)            What are Patchmix and StochGran and how can I
                get them?

Answer:

Date: Wed, 29 Jan 92 14:15:04 GMT-0500
From: mara helmuth <[e-mail]>
Subject: Patchmix and StochGran
Apparently-To: [e-mail]


I have put new versions of Patchmix and StochGran at the Princeton
archive (Princeton.edu) in the "pub/music" directory.  These are
both NeXT interfaces.  Patchmix is a graphical front end to Cmix
which allows you to create instruments by connecting a patch of unit
generator icons.  StochGran is a granular synthesis instrument.
The source code is there, and it is necessary to have Cmix installed
to compile them.  I'm still adding things, so let me know if you use
them and have suggestions.

Mara Helmuth
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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3.3.7)            What is the IRCAM Signal Editor and how can I get it?

Answer:

Date: Thu, 30 Jan 92 10:36:18 PST
From: [e-mail] (David Jaffe)
Subject: Re: SoundKit vs MusicKit
Apparently-To: [e-mail]

davidfe writes about the problem of using the Music Kit and Sound Kits
together, playing sound with the Music Kit,then playing sound with the
Sound Kit, then having problems with the DSP.

This is a well-known problem.  Here's what's going on:

The sound kit preempts whatever else is going on when it plays a sound.
So it grabs the "sound-out link from the DSP" that the Music Kit is using.
But it doesn't restore the link.

Basically, the only way to do what you want (currently) is to close (or abort)
the Orchestra, play the sound, and then open the orchestra again.  If you
are using the orchestra in timed mode (the default), you probably want to
finish the performance too.

I.e.:

-playsound {
        [Orchestra abort];
        [Conductor finishPerformance];
        [sound play];
}

when sound is done:

-soundIsDone {
        [Orchestra open];
        ...allocate SynthPatches and such, if necessary...
        ...activate Performers if necessary...
        [Conductor startPerformance];
}


Future releases of NeXT software should solve this problem.

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3.3.8)            Where can I find information about the NeXT
                MIDI driver?

Answer:

Date: Thu, 24 Oct 91 16:59:46 PDT
From: [e-mail]
To: [e-mail]
Subject: MIDI driver documentation

Draft Documentation Available - MIDI driver documentation
NeXT Publications Group

A new document describing the MIDI driver is available on the
Internet archive servers.  This document is a revised and expanded
version of the Release 1.0  MIDI driver documentation, and is not
present in Release 2 or in the hard-copy technical documentation.



The document is available by anonymous ftp (file transfer protocol)
from one of the following Internet archive servers:

________________________________________________________
     hostname                   Directory
________________________________________________________

cs.orst.edu                  pub/next/documents/TechSupportNotes
sonata.cc.purdue.edu         pub/next/submissions
etlport.etl.go.jp (Japan)    pub/NeXT/documents/MIDIDriver


The two files that make up this draft document are:

  MIDIDriver.tar.Z
  MIDIDriver_README

MIDIDriver.tar.Z is 54.2 kilobytes in size.  Unarchived, it's a
directory called MIDIDriver that occupyies 141 kilobytes and consists
of:

Introduction.rtf -- An introduction for users of MIDI on NeXT
computers, including information on MIDI interfaces, the MIDI data
format, and whether to use the driver functions or the Music Kit.
DriverOverview.rtfd -- A conceptual overview of the NeXT MIDI driver.
CFunctions/ -- Specifications of the MIDI C functions

Your feedback on the document is welcome.  See the file
MIDIDriver_README for details.

Doug Keislar
NeXT Computer, Inc.


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3.3.9)            What is the status of the Music Kit on NeXT
                machines?

Answer:

Date: Mon, 27 Jan 92 09:54:03 CST
To: [e-mail]
From: [e-mail] (Douglas Scott)
Subject: Re: Sound and Music Kits in 3.0?

The Music Kit is no longer supported by NeXT under 3.0.  It will not be bundled
with the software.  Development and management of it will be handled from now
on by Stanford University.  This is happening because of a complete lack of
commercial interest in the Music Kit (as NeXT sees it).  They feel the need to
trim software support for things that will not directly contribute to the
financial success of their company.  They said they may re-introduce it at
"some later time" once they have a chance to expand a bit.

I learned all this from a session on "NeXT on Campus" at the NeXT Expo.

Douglas Scott                              [phone]
Center for Computer Music Research and Composition
University of California, Santa Barbara
Internet: (NeXTMail ok)   <[e-mail]>

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3.3.10)         What ear-training software is there for the NeXT?

Answer:

Date: Sun, 9 Feb 92 19:18:54 EST
From: [e-mail] (Anthony Holland)
Subject: New Music Ear Training Software for NeXT - Audio Challenger 1.0

"Announcing the release of "AUDIO CHALLENGER 1.0"

"Audio Challenger 1.0"  is the first ear-training software released
for the NeXT computer.  Audio Challenger randomly generates ascending
and descending melodic musical intervals which can be used in
assisting music students in trying to improve their ability to
aurally identify musical intervals.   Audio Challenger features
real-time synthesis on the DSP (digital signal processing) chip of
the NeXT computer which gives it the advantage of a more natural and
"lively" musical timbre than ear-training programs that currently
exist on other platforms.  Audio Challenger is released as FREEware
to the internet archives by the researchers and students of DREAMS:
Digital Research (in) Electro-Acoustic Music (at) Skidmore College.

"Audio Challenger .0" is currently at the following archive sites:

*Archive Info:

 filenames: AudioChallenger.tar.Z
                AudioChallengerREADME


1)  location: nova.cc.purdue.edu
     directory: /pub/next/submissions (likely to move to
                                  /pub/next/2.0-release/binaries)



2)  location: cs.orst.edu
     directory: /pub/next/submissions (likely to move to
/pub/next/binaries)




3)   University of Maryland:  umd5.umd.edu
              /pub


4)  ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu
      /pub

After FTP'ing AudioChallenger.tar.Z, type: zcat AudioChallenger.tar.Z
| tar xvf -
note: you may need your system administrator to uncompress and untar
AudioChallenger.




Anthony G. Holland
Associate Professor of Music
NeXT Campus Support
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
tel: [phone] ext. 2606

next mail: [e-mail]

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3.3.11)+        What is Hyperupic, and how can I get it?

Answer:

Date: Thu, 17 Sep 92 11:40:08 EDT
From: "Christopher Penrose" <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: [Hyperupic released]


[Sorry for the late inclusion... "real work"... sheesh... :)  --crl]


Hyperupic is an image to sound transducer implemented on a NeXT
workstation.  That's right, with Hyperupic you might be able to hear
Whistler's mother.  I think that he did all the whistling, actually.

Hyperupic is inspired by the Upic system conceived by Iannis Xenakis.
Feed Hyperupic a TIFF image, and Hyperupic will convert it into a
sound.  Hyperupic has the facility of using color has a sonic parameter.

Hyperupic is free.  Give it to your friends.  Show it to your mother.
I won't make you feel guilty (yet) for using my software.  You can
even claim that you wrote Hyperupic yourself!  If you do this though,
you might fall through the next subway grating that you trust will
hold your weight.

Hyperupic has on-line infotainment, including documentation.

It is available via ftp at:

princeton.edu
cs.orst.edu
nova.cc.purdue.edu

or contact me:

Christopher Penrose
[e-mail]

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3.4.0)        [IBM PC]

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3.4.1)            What are some public-domain (or nearly so)
                sample-editing programs for IBM-PC
                compatibles?

Answer:

Date:         Wed, 15 Jan 1992 13:36:00 LCL
From: Achim Haag <[e-mail]>
Subject:      Re: Tetra compositor
To: Multiple recipients of list EMUSIC-L <EMUSIC-L@AUVM>

Hi,

I don't know anything about the Tetra compositor, but I know two
public domain programs, that are quite similar to Soundtracker.
The first is called ScreamTracker (for PC). It has many functions:
play in background, peak level meter, oscilloscope...
Unfortunately it's shareware and the autor wants some $100 before he
will send you a version that can SAVE your own created songs.
It can handle many output devices (PC speaker via PCM, D/A-
converter at an printer port, SoundBlaster (I believe!!!)), but I don't
think it's worth this much.

The second one - MODEDIT - is not quite as comfortably as the Scream-
tracker, but it's public domain and therefore is worth it's money...
Unfortunately it does *not* support SoundBlaster, but I've build a
simple D/A-converter and now I can listen to the sounds on my stereo.

[Nathan Torkington <[e-mail]> says, on 18 August 1992,
that "There is a program distributed with the later releases called
ModRes which allows ModEdit to play the modules using the
SoundBlaster, etc."]

I've many samples from an amiga-user, so this shouldn't by a problem.

Hope this information is useful  for you.

Bye, Achim


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3.5.0)        [Macintosh]

---

3.5.1)            Which glove interfaces with the Max 'glove'
                object?


Answer:

Date: Thu, 20 Feb 92 16:03:49 CST
From: James McCartney <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: power glove

   The glove object uses the Gold Brick ADB interface from Transfinite
Systems. [phone] The cost is $169 for a user system or $245 for
the developer model which provides LEDs for monitoring ADB activity
and other stuff.


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3.5.2)            Where can I get a Macintosh program to
                translate between different soundfile
                formats?

Answer:

Date:         Sat, 26 Oct 1991 16:25:22 -0700
From: Tom Erbe <[e-mail]>
Subject:      Soundfile header conversion program
To: Multiple recipients of list EMUSIC-L <EMUSIC-L@AUVM>

I just wrote a little program for the Mac that does Soundfile header
conversion.  It translates between IRCAM, NeXT .snd, Sound Designer II,
AIFF and DSP Designer files.  It will open any file as a 16-bit linear
soundfile, if you want.  I am making no attempt (at least not yet) to
support anything other than 16-bit linear.  You can also change things
in the header like sample rate and number of channels.  This is my
first program for the Mac, so it might have bugs.  If you want a copy,
you can get it through ftp to "mills.edu", it is "ccm/SoundHac.hqx".
Or I could mail it to you if you don't have ftp.  Please send bug reports!

Tom Erbe * Technical Director * Center for Contemporary Music * Mills College
  [e-mail] * Mills College, Oakland, CA  94613 * [phone]

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3.6.0)        [Amiga]

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3.6.1)            What software reads DCMS files and converts
                them to    something else?

Answer:

Date: Mon, 24 Feb 92 15:29:58 -0800
From: Phil Burk <[e-mail]>
Subject: DMCS -> Copyist files.

Many folks have asked about a conversion program that will read
DMCS files and convert them to something else.  The only program
I know of is Copyist Companion by Nick Didkovsky.  It converts
DMCS files to Dr. T's Copyist compatible files.  The main purpose
is for printing good scores from DMCS files.  Nick has talked about
converting DMCS to MIDIFiles or other formats so ask him and maybe
he will write it.  You can order Copyist Companion from Dr T
or from Nick directly.  Nick is at:

    [e-mail]

This program is for the Amiga.


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4.0)     [Hardware]

---

4.1.0)        [Multi-platform hardware]

---

4.1.1)        What are some good things with which to whack MIDI
            drum triggers?

Answer:

From: [e-mail] (K. Richard Pixley)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: great sticks for midi pads! (Wam-Rods)
Date: 29 Dec 91 16:44:35 GMT

If you use midi drum pads, run, don't walk, to your nearest phone book
and start calling drum and music stores.  You are looking for
something called "Wam-Rods".  They should run you $6-8 a pair.  They
are translucent softish plastic drum sticks, in several colors.  The
BIG win is that they do what they claim to do, which is put the bounce
back in plywood feeling midi drum pads.  They also seem to be a little
easier on the pads themselves.  I'm not really a drummer, but I don't
play my pads with anything else any more.

The only drawback I can see, is that unless you get the clear ones, or
one of the dark colors, they look awfully "pop"ish.

Disclaimer: I have no material connection to any of the commercial
organizations connected to Wam-Rods (tm) (patent pending) other than
as a happy materialistic consumer.

ps, I like the piss yellow ones best. :-).


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4.2.0)        [UNIX hardware]

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4.2.1)        What are some MIDI interfaces for 386 UNIX boxes?

Answer:

To: [e-mail]
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 92 10:50:46 EST
Original-From: blink!tjt (Tim Thompson)
Subject: re: UNIX/Midi Interfaces


> From: Roberto Sierra <[e-mail]>
> interfaces exist for UNIX machines.  Does anyone know
> if anything is available for Unix on a 386 platform?

MPU-compatible interfaces work fine under UNIX on a 386.
A UNIX device driver called devmidi is available via FTP
(on ucsd.edu and louie.udel.edu).  There are changes to
this device driver (also on at least louie.udel.edu)) that
allow it to work with VP/ix, so you can run DOS MIDI software
as well.

For software, there is glib, a free generic librarian/editor.
The glib2 version on louie.udel.edu includes support for the
devmidi driver.   Keynote is a MIDI language and extensible
graphical editor that runs under the X Window System, and
works quite well on a 386 platform.  It isn't free, but you
can get complete source code for $200.  Send email to
[e-mail] for more info on that.

This may not appear relevant to "nextmusic", but when
NeXTStep becomes available on 386 machines, it may be much
easier to write MIDI software to run on both a 386 and NeXT.
Anyone know if the Music Kit will be enhanced on the 386
to include support for the MPU interface?     ...Tim...


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4.3.0)        [NeXT hardware]

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4.4.0)        [IBM PC hardware]

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4.4.1)        How do I do MIDI with my laptop PC? What is the Key
            Electronics Midiator?

Answer:

Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 11:18:24 +0200
From: [e-mail] (Nick Ruprecht)
Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Freiburg
Address: Rheinstrasse 10-12, D-7800 Freiburg i. Br., Germany
Phone: [phone], fax: [phone]


    The Key Electronics MIDIator is a good interface for portable
PCs.  warrant mention of the Key Electronics MIDIator under a separate
topic. I think that the MIDIator 101 will actually do the baud rate
transformation from 38.4 kBaud to 31.25 kBaud. The MIDIator 101 goes
for about $US 120. Key Electronics also distributes a sequencer for
MS-DOS PCs for it. The MS-DOS sequencer Cakewalk supports it as well.
Key Electronics' address is:
    Key Electronics, 7515 Chapel Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76116
    Office: [phone], FAX: [phone]
    Toll Free: 1-800-533-MIDI (1-800-533-6434)

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4.4.2)            I'm just starting on MIDI and want to know how
                to send    MIDI from my SCO UNIX box (and
                who do I buy a card from? Are there
                device drivers available?)

Answer:

From: tjt@blink (Tim Thompson)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: MIDI FAQ?
Date: 28 Dec 91 14:34:29 GMT

Andrew Beattie ([e-mail]) writes:
> I'm just starting on MIDI and want to know how to send MIDI from my SCO UNIX
> box.  (and who do I buy a card from? are there device drivers available?

If SCO UNIX implies you're using an AT-bus 386 of some sort, there
is a UNIX device driver available called devmidi that can be found in
the ucsd.edu archive and elsewhere.  It supports any MPU-compatible
MIDI interface.  The glib librarian/editor, also found in
the ucsd.edu archive, can use this driver (email me for the changes).
The Keynote system (see the NetJam FAQ) can also use this driver.
There is also a version of devmidi that allows it to be used with VP/IX,
so you can run DOS MIDI software under UNIX.

For any machine with a standard serial port, you can use the
Key Electronics (1-800-533-MIDI) MIDIATOR MS-114 interface - it goes
from standard RS232 to MIDI.  There's no buffering, so to avoid input
lossage you need to run the RS232 at 38.4Kbaud.  For MIDI output,
you can run the RS232 at lower rates and still get usable results.
For machines that can run their RS232 at the exact MIDI rate, you
can get by with a cheaper version of the MIDIATOR, I think, the MS-101.
Keynote also supports the MIDIATOR, although I don't recommend it
if there are better alternatives (like the MPU).

Semi-related plug: Robin Schaufler is giving a talk at the upcoming
USENIX, called "Realtime Workstation Performance for MIDI", which
discusses MIDI on the Silicon Graphics Indigo.

    ...Tim Thompson...AT&T Bell Labs/Holmdel/[e-mail]...

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4.5.0)        [Macintosh hardware]

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4.6.0)        [Amiga hardware]

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5.0)     [Reference Material]

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5.1)        Is an overview of "General MIDI" available?

Answer:

    Yes, via ftp as:

    [e-mail]:misc/netjam/doc/midi/general_midi

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5.2)        What are the names and address of various gear manufacturers?

Answer:

    Rich Kulawiec ([e-mail]) posts a monthly list
of manufacturer contact info to rec.music.makers, rec.music.synth,
alt.guitar, and news.answers.


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5.3)        Where may I find an electronic music bibliography?


Answer:

    See the file:

    [e-mail]:MIDI/DOC/bibliography

or

    anonymous@131.211.80.17:MIDI/DOC/bibliography

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5.4)        How can I build my own MIDI interface for the Macintosh?

Answer:

From: [e-mail]. (John Hengesbach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,rec.music.synth
Subject: Re: DIY MIDI interface?
Keywords: MIDI
Date: 30 Dec 88 16:05:21 GMT

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Frank Owen ) writes:
>
>  Has anyone figured out how to kludge up a Do-It-Yourself MIDI interface
>for the Macintosh? It seems that the one Apple sells has practically no
A reply...


            MINIMAL MAC--MIDI INTERFACE
            ===========================



    Well, here it is all you MIDI fans.  THE ultimate in
    simplicity!!  This is a simple schematic for a serial
    to MIDI converter.

        There are two functions performed here.  One is the
    conversion from current loop to RS-422.  The second function
    is supplying the 1 MHz signal for the serial chip to sync
    up with the 31.5K baud rate of MIDI.


         >>>>>>> DATA FLOW >>> (MAC TO MIDI INSTRUMENT) >>>>>>>>>
               +-------+     +------+
To MAC   4   10|26LS32 |     |7407  |
Serial  >------+       |11  1|      |2    +------+    5
Port     5    9|       +-----+      +-----+R=220 +-----<  \
DB9 pin >-------       |     |      |     +------+         \  (5 pin DIN socket)
Numbers        |       |     |      |                       | MIDI OUT
               +-------+     +------+                      / (to instrument)
                +------+                  +------+    4   /
      +5 volts -+R=390 +--+     +5 volts -+R=220 +-----<
                +------+  |               +------+
               +-------+  |  +------+1    +------+    4
         8    6|26LS31 |  |  |MCT2  +-----+R=220 +-----< \
        >------+       |11| 5|      |     +------+        \  (5 pin DIN socket)
         9    5|       +--+--+      |                      | MIDI IN
        >-------       |    4|      |2                5   / (from instrument)
               |       |   +-+      +------------------< /
               +-------+   | +------+
                           |
                           v
                           Ground
         <<<<<<<<<<<<< DATA FLOW << (MIDI INSTRUMENT TO MAC ) <<<

               +-------+     +------+
         7   10|26LS31 |     |1 MHZ |
        >------+       |9   8| OSC  |
         3   11|       +-----+      |
        >-------       |     |      |
               |       |     +      |
               +-------+     +------+

    Power connections:

              GROUND    +5
            -----    --
      7407        7    14
      26LS31    8,12    4,16
      26LS32    8,12    4,16
      OSCILLATOR    7    14

Notes:

    The optical isolator MCT-2 above can probably be any relatively
fast optical coupler.  Note that the 390 ohm resistormay need to be
adjusted to make sure the output does not saturate.  Using a scope
while feeding a MIDI signal in should show you whether the signal
looks clean.

    The diagram has been drawn to show MAC signals on the left
and MIDI signals on the right.  There have also been allowances made
for the fact that 80 column ascii displays are not **exactly**
graphics terminals. Also note that the MAC pin numbers are for the
DB9 connector **NOT** the 8 pin mini-DIN connector!!

    The age old question of where to get power for this always
remains.  On the pre-MAC-PLUSs, there was power available from the
serial port connector.  I solved this problem by finding a 7 VDC
AC adapter at a parts store and using a 5 volt voltage regulator
IC to bring it down to 5 volts.  This is left as an exercise for
the student.....

    The 26LS31 and 26LS32 are the same type of chips which are
used in the MAC for RS-42? conversion.  I got them from a store in
Santa Clara California (Anchor Electronics  [phone]).  They
also have 1 Mhz Oscillators as well.

    I have built several variations of this over the last two
years and have had good success using a variety of music software
with them.


John Hengesbach
[phone]

uunet!ingr!henges
Intergraph Corporation
Huntsville, AL 35807

[SEE ALSO: the June 1986 BYTE magazine article on building a MIDI
board for the IBM PC  --  crl]


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5.5)        Where can I find out all about MIDI?

Answer:

    Email [e-mail], with the phrase GET MIDISPEC
PACKAGE in the message body. You will get the following message, as
well as the files to which it refers.


Date:         Tue, 26 Nov 1991 18:32:49 -0500
From: Revised List Processor (1.7a) <[e-mail]>
Subject:      File: "MIDISPEC $PACKAGE" being sent to you

*************************************************************************
*                                                                       *
* MIDISPEC Package                                                      *
*                                                                       *
* The following  series of  plain text  files are  the contents  of the *
* MIDISPEC PACKAGE. They are a reference resource compiled from several *
* sources, mostly by Greg at LEE@UHCCUX. The Primer, originally written *
* by Bob McQueer, is in constant  revision. The other files are subject *
* to periodic review and update. The package as a whole may be added to *
* as MIDI expands.                                                      *
*                                                                       *
* They have been placed here to  make it possible for users to retrieve *
* or subscribe to  the whole set of  documents as a "package"  so as to *
* automatically  get   the  updated  documentation  when   it  is  made *
* available.  Access  to  the  complete package  is  possible  via  GET *
* MIDISPEC PACKAGE.                                                     *
*                                                                       *
* You can subscribe to it with: AFD ADD MIDISPEC PACKAGE (note that you *
* will need to use the PW  command to define yourself a password before *
* you can  use the AFD command  -- see LISTAFD MEMO  for more details). *
* If you wish to only be informed when  the files are updated,  use the *
* FUI ADD MIDISPEC PACKAGE command.                                     *
*                                                                       *
*************************************************************************
* filename filetype Filelist File description
* -------- -------- -------- -----------------------
  MIDISPEC $PACKAGE EMUSIC   The Package Definition
  MIDI1_0  MIDISPEC EMUSIC   The MIDI Version 1.0 Specification
  PRIMER   MIDISPEC EMUSIC   A MIDI Tutorial
  MIDIBNF  MIDISPEC EMUSIC   MIDI Considered in Backus-Naur Form
  CTRLTAB  MIDISPEC EMUSIC   Listing of Controller/Mode Command Codes
  STATTAB  MIDISPEC EMUSIC   Listing of MIDI Status Codes
  NOTESTAB MIDISPEC EMUSIC   Listing of MIDI Notes by Octave
  FILEFMT  MIDISPEC EMUSIC   Description of MIDI Standard File Format
  SDSFMT   MIDISPEC EMUSIC   Description of MIDI Sample Dump Standard
  TIMECODE MIDISPEC EMUSIC   Description of MIDI Time Code Format


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5.6)        What are the details behind current sound formats?

Answer:

    The Audio Formats Guide is available by anonymous ftp from
ftp.cwi.nl [192.16.184.180], directory pub, file AudioFormats*.*
(where *.* is the version number, currently 2.4).

--Guido van Rossum, CWI, Amsterdam <[e-mail]>
"Shut that bloody bouzouki off!"



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