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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:	* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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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

2517.0. "Questions on setting up my DECstation to do MIDI" by GSRC::COOPER (MIDI Rack Puke) Tue Dec 11 1990 14:19

    I'm a MIDIot.  I need some help/pointers/advise.
    
    I have a Roland R5 Human Rhythm Composer, a MIDI Tube Guitar
    Preamp (ADA Mp1), and a Peavy Foot controller.
    
    I recently ordered a new DECstation 316 (80386).  I wonder if I can
    get a MIDI card for it so I can store my Mp1 presets, Drum machine
    sounds and guff like that.
    
    If the card is available, how much?  Where do I get it ?
    Where can I get software?  What can I expect to do with it
    once I dump my stuff on there ??  Can my new PC do sequencing?
    Have I asked enough questions ?  ;)
    
    My pal up in New Hampshire has a R5 also.  If I dump my stuff onto
    my PC, and I upload/network it to his machine via his Atari so we
    can share song/pattern data ?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2517.1		KEYS::MOELLER	Nostalgia isn't what it used to be	`Tue Dec 11 1990 15:22`	5
	Roland MPU401. Cakewalk does SYSEX. TONS of PC/MIDI notes in here. best'o'luck - karl
2517.2	The 1.44MB drive on the DECstation can write Atari disks	PRNSYS::LOMICKAJ	Jeffrey A. Lomicka	`Tue Dec 11 1990 16:57`	11
	There's a "trick" to getting the PC to format and read/write to 720K floppies using it's 1.44MB drive. If you get the trick, (something like FORMAT/TRACK=9) then your Atari-owning friend can read your 720K floppies with no problem. Use standard midi files and most Atari sequencers can read them. Note that in most cases you will have to format the floppies on the PC, otherwise you can read and write them on either the PC or the Atari without interchange problems. I knew the trick once, and will try to find it again, unless somebody pipes up here with the answer before I do.
2517.3		GSRC::COOPER	MIDI Rack Puke	`Tue Dec 11 1990 18:00`	6
	Yeah, but can I use Kermit to dump the stuff up to my VAX and across the network to his ? I figured in this world of high-tech "sneaker-ware" would be kinda obsolete. Appreciate the input on formating Atari disks though ! jc
2517.4	Yes To Both	AQUA::ROST	Stevie Ray Fretnoise	`Wed Dec 12 1990 08:33`	10
	Re: formatting There are some notes in the IBM_PC conference concerning this, go there and try dir/ti=format or dir/ti=disk. Re: Kermit Yes, if you can transfer MIDI standard files over the net, you're all set. Brian
2517.5	But this is pretty intuitive :)	DOOLIN::HNELSON	Evolution in action	`Wed Dec 12 1990 09:26`	4
	To format 720K floppies under MS-DOS: format b: /T:80 /N:9 1.44 meg format b: /T:80 /N:18 - Hoyt