Conference hydra::amiga_v1

    I have Deluxe Music Construction Set.  It's great for musical notation,
    but it falls short in the sequencer department.  If you can enter
    the notes, DMCS'll play the piece for you.  Has dynamics, tempo
    changes, etc.  It was suprisingly easy to get it to drive my wife's
    keyboard through the MIDI interface.  (Although I seem to be having
    trouble passing playing style out to the keyboard.  I define the
    style as staccato, but the keyboard plays them the normally.  Any
    body else seen this?)
    
    I understand that other packages are available which are much better
    sequencers, and which have better sounding internal instruments.
     I haven't broken down and bought any others... yet.  I'm putting
    aside all extra cash toward the purchase of an A200HD.  (Ah, dreams...)
    
    
    					John

    You should check out Dr. T's offering for the Amiga.  I haven't tried
    it myself yet, but I understand that it provides a full sequencer.
    The problem with Dr. T has been the lack of standard musical notation
    input.  Their "copyist" program has been promised for ``fall 1988''
    but I haven't yet seen it in a store.
    
    System Eyes says they will have The Copyist in next week.  If they do,
    I'm going to try out Dr. T's package.
        John Sauter

	The other problem with Dr.T is that Emil Tobin is very
	seriously commited to copy-protection on all his
	software.

    Anyone have any recommendations on commercial MIDI connections from
    Amiga 500 to synths?  The Wife is allowing me to get a keyboard for my
    birthday.

I use the ECE midi interface.  It cost me about $35.00 and has MIDI IN, OUT,
and THRU.  It has the usual serial port switch that lets you use the serial
port when the MIDI interface is not in use.  It is inexpensive and works
just fine.  I believe they make another with 3 OUTS at a slightly higher
cost.

mark

    I also use the ECE MIDI interface, and I am also quite satisfied with
    it.
        John Sauter

		I use the ECE MIDI interface as well but I would really
	like to find a MIDI interface with multiple MIDI inputs.  anyone
	know of any such critter?

						Jim

I think Microillusions had a midi interface that had multiple inputs but they
wanted a heck of a lot of money for it.  It might also be vaporware.  I know
J.L.Cooper, Digital Research, and a couple of other music hardware manufacturers
had pretty inexpensive 2or3 IN, 6-8OUT boxes for less than $100.00.  That is the
route I will be going when I get a positive cash flow again.(see personal name)

mark

    I also use an outboard unit to provide multiple MIDI ins.
        John Sauter

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<    I also use an outboard unit to provide multiple MIDI ins.
<        John Sauter

John,

		What kind of outboard unit?

					Jim

    Uhhh.  I don't remember the brand.  It's got 6 inputs and 8 outputs.
    The console lets you choose among 50 configurations, of which I use
    about four.  When constructing a configuration you can specify which
    input goes to which output, and you can feed inputs to "A" and "B",
    then feed the mix of A and B to any outputs.
    
    Because the mixer is so limited I use the choice of configurations
    to select the primary input device: DX7, Amiga, sequencer, or disk.
    The secondary input device is the SMPTE reader.  The mixed inputs
    are sent to all the outputs, so I can play on the keyboard, for
    example, and listen to the TX802.
    
    I'm not sure I remember the configurations correctly, but that's
    the idea behind it.
        John Sauter

    
    
I was looking through the lastest Amiga world and saw an advertisement from
Spirit Technology on a midi interface.  Here is what it said:

	Multiple-port midi interface for all amigas
	"Midi-star"
		2 midi INs with switch control and LED indicators
		6 OUT/off/THRUs with switch control and multi-
			color status confirmation
		RS-232 serfial interface with passthru

	price $149.00

This sounds like a great interface.  If it had 3-4 INs I would purchase it at a
significantly higher price.

mark
    

    re: .12
    
    I deduce from the wording of the ad that the in's are switch
    selectable---you don't get merging.  If you want more than one
    device to be sending to the Amiga at the same time (for example,
    a SMPTE reader and a keyboard) this box may not do what you want.
    Check before you buy.
        John Sauter

    
    The INs ARE switch selectable.  I should have put emphasis on the 
    "switch selectable" wording.