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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:	* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
Notice:	Conference has been write-locked. Use new version.
Moderator:	DYPSS1::SCHAFER

Created:	Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2852
Total number of notes:	33157

174.0. "IBM and MIDI Control" by SPHINX::SAVAGE () Tue Nov 05 1985 13:18

Have any of you used an IBM PC as a MIDI controller?

What hardware did you plug in to get it done?

What software did you use?
                 
Does anyone know what is available for the IBM system in terms of hard/software?

Thanks-

/Dennis Savage

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174.1		DYO780::SCHAFER	`Wed Nov 06 1985 10:36`	12
	Funny you should ask ... There's a pretty extensive article in the fall issue of BYTE. Title is "A MIDI Recorder". This guy uses Roland's MPU 401 and PC/Forth. Supposedly there's a lot of other s/w out there for the ibm PC. Anyone know more? Brad 8^)
174.2		SPHINX::SAVAGE	`Wed Nov 06 1985 16:38`	27
	Well I guess the IBM just isn't a popular machine with this crowd, eh? But as it happens that's what I have so here's what I've decided to do: IBM XT computer Roland MPU-401 with IBM adapter to get MIDI running hardware wise Cherry Lane Textra Software The Midi Hard and Software is $400 plus shipping from Manny's. Casio CZ-101 @$299 from same source. Roland Juno 106 @$689 from same source. Roland TR-707 @$475 from same source. Teac 234 Cassette Machine @$695 from same source. Excluding the PC it comes to $2558 plus a little shipping. I think this will be a good system and if I need some more in the way of sound sources I'll be able to expand later. I've used the 234 and the 707 for awhile now and they are both just super. I hope the 101 and the 106 will be nice machines... Thanks for the interest... Happy Music Making /Dennis Savage
174.3		SIVA::FEHSKENS	`Thu Nov 07 1985 13:16`	5
	re .2 - I've got both a 101 and a 106 and I think you'll be very happy with both machines. Note that both support system exclusive access to the programming interface so you can do voice management on the PC. len.