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Re: [Homestead] MIDI cart to borrow? :-) [message #88701 is a reply to message #88700] |
Fri, 21 June 2013 15:43 |
Jim Brain
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I am, but more importantly, I am not seeing 0x90 for the key down, and 0x80 for
the key up for keyboard presses. As such, the MIDI SW is not outputting any
sound.
Jim
> On June 21, 2013 at 2:24 PM David Wood <jbevren@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Are you seeing a lot of 0xfe bytes? Many midi devices send those a few times
> per second to indicate to the receiving device that it's still online.
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> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Jim Brain <brain@jbrain.com
> <mailto:brain@jbrain.com> > wrote:
>>> I am looking to borrow a C64 MIDI cart for a few weeks to debug the
>>> VIC-MIDI cart I'm working on. Would pay shipping both ways. Tried to
>>> debug with PC and with my wife's electronic piano, but not having a lot
>>> of luck with either (PC is not sending out MIDI, keyboard seems to be
>>> sending too much, and I'd rather not try to get a USB MIDI cable
>>> working on my PC right now).
>>
>> Jim
>>
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Re: [Homestead] MIDI cart to borrow? :-) [message #89915 is a reply to message #88701] |
Mon, 24 June 2013 18:52 |
kzito
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I think I have one handy Jim. You can send me the mailing address and I'll
get it out. email me at 'k z n i g h t a t h o t m a i l d o t c o m' I
think you understand why I wrote it that way.
Kenny
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Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 3:44 PM
To: Homestead; David Wood
Subject: Re: [Homestead] MIDI cart to borrow? :-)
I am, but more importantly, I am not seeing 0x90 for the key down, and 0x80
for the key up for keyboard presses. As such, the MIDI SW is not outputting
any sound.
Jim
On June 21, 2013 at 2:24 PM David Wood <jbevren@gmail.com> wrote:
Are you seeing a lot of 0xfe bytes? Many midi devices send those a few
times per second to indicate to the receiving device that it's still online.
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Jim Brain <brain@jbrain.com> wrote:
I am looking to borrow a C64 MIDI cart for a few weeks to debug the VIC-MIDI
cart I'm working on. Would pay shipping both ways. Tried to debug with PC
and with my wife's electronic piano, but not having a lot of luck with
either (PC is not sending out MIDI, keyboard seems to be sending too much,
and I'd rather not try to get a USB MIDI cable working on my PC right now).
Jim
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Re: [Homestead] MIDI cart to borrow? :-) [message #89917 is a reply to message #89915] |
Mon, 24 June 2013 19:07 |
Jim Brain
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On 6/24/2013 5:52 PM, kzito wrote:
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> I think I have one handy Jim. You can send me the mailing address and
> I'll get it out. email me at 'k z n i g h t a t h o t m a i l d o t c
> o m' I think you understand why I wrote it that way.
>
James might be sending one, so I'll hold off on asking you to send yours
just yet.
Last weekend, I was disgusted with the old PC I keep around for such
things, as it would not send out MIDI on the MIDI port, so I (in true
hacker fashion) hacked up the bench project (PS2Encoder) at hand to pipe
data to the MID cart. MIDI is mostly RS232, so things were not tough.
I sent a bunch of commands to the cart and managed to get sounds from
the VIC-20. Since I knew the cart worked, I tested it on my wife's
Yamaha KBand it was ailing. Giving the information to Leif, he was able
to reproduce the issue on his end, and is preparing a codefix.
The unit somewhat interesting, because it has a programmable FLASH IC on
board, which means it can double as a game cart as well :-) Right now,
it just holds the MIDI SW.
But, I still want to test it with a 64 MIDI cart, since it's MIDI
command optimizations that are tripping things up.
Jim
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Re: [Homestead] MIDI cart to borrow? :-) [message #89919 is a reply to message #89917] |
Mon, 24 June 2013 19:21 |
James L. Mazurek
Messages: 7 Registered: March 2013
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Jim & Others,
I just mailed out the Sonus MIDI interface. Jim, With a little luck you
should have it by Wednesday. I included a pair of MIDI cables just in
case they were needed. There's also a copy of Score Track on floppy. I
make some time to scan a copy of the manual (I only own one) this week.
Good Luck,
-Jim
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, Jim Brain wrote:
> On 6/24/2013 5:52 PM, kzito wrote:
>
> I think I have one handy Jim. You can send me the mailing
> address and I'll get it out. email me at 'k z n i g h t a t h o
> t m a i l d o t c o m' I think you understand why I wrote it
> that way.
>
>
> James might be sending one, so I'll hold off on asking you to send yours
> just yet.
>
> Last weekend, I was disgusted with the old PC I keep around for such things,
> as it would not send out MIDI on the MIDI port, so I (in true hacker
> fashion) hacked up the bench project (PS2Encoder) at hand to pipe data to
> the MID cart. MIDI is mostly RS232, so things were not tough. I sent a
> bunch of commands to the cart and managed to get sounds from the VIC-20.
> Since I knew the cart worked, I tested it on my wife's Yamaha KB and it was
> ailing. Giving the information to Leif, he was able to reproduce the issue
> on his end, and is preparing a code fix.
>
> The unit somewhat interesting, because it has a programmable FLASH IC on
> board, which means it can double as a game cart as well :-) Right now, it
> just holds the MIDI SW.
>
> But, I still want to test it with a 64 MIDI cart, since it's MIDI command
> optimizations that are tripping things up.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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Re: [Homestead] MIDI cart to borrow? :-) [message #89920 is a reply to message #89917] |
Mon, 24 June 2013 19:25 |
James L. Mazurek
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By the way, here's the cheat sheet for Score Track:
Summary of Operating Instructions
A - Delay copy.
C - Copy track.
SHIFTed C - Speed Copy.
D - Double speed.
SHIFTed D - Half speed.
E - Go to Note Display/Event Editor.
F - FUSION track.
G - GHOST.
I - Shift later.
SHIFTed I - Shift earlier.
L - Load Song.
SHIFTed L - Load Sequence.
M - Mode.
N - Next.
O - Solo.
P - Punch : shift.
Q - Musical Quantize.
R - Record track.
SHIFTed R - Single Step.
S - Save Song.
SHIFTed S - Save Sequence.
U - Mute Copy.
W - Wait.
Y - Sync in.
$ - Directory.
* - Sync Out.
F1-F4 - Pattern.
F5-F8 - Position.
Space - Play.
Return - Stop.
In the Note Display/Event Editor, the following commands are active:
Cursor Up/Down - Move to next/previous event.
Cursor Left/Right - Move Cursor within Event Editor line.
+/- - Inc/Dec Data value under cursor.
Insert/Delete - Insert/Delete MIDI Event at cursor position.
F1 - Insert MIDI Note Event at cursor.
F5, F7 - Move cursor by measure.
P - Print Note Display (1 track).
SHIFTed P - Print Event List (1 track).
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, Jim Brain wrote:
> On 6/24/2013 5:52 PM, kzito wrote:
>
> I think I have one handy Jim. You can send me the mailing
> address and I'll get it out. email me at 'k z n i g h t a t h o
> t m a i l d o t c o m' I think you understand why I wrote it
> that way.
>
>
> James might be sending one, so I'll hold off on asking you to send yours
> just yet.
>
> Last weekend, I was disgusted with the old PC I keep around for such things,
> as it would not send out MIDI on the MIDI port, so I (in true hacker
> fashion) hacked up the bench project (PS2Encoder) at hand to pipe data to
> the MID cart. MIDI is mostly RS232, so things were not tough. I sent a
> bunch of commands to the cart and managed to get sounds from the VIC-20.
> Since I knew the cart worked, I tested it on my wife's Yamaha KB and it was
> ailing. Giving the information to Leif, he was able to reproduce the issue
> on his end, and is preparing a code fix.
>
> The unit somewhat interesting, because it has a programmable FLASH IC on
> board, which means it can double as a game cart as well :-) Right now, it
> just holds the MIDI SW.
>
> But, I still want to test it with a 64 MIDI cart, since it's MIDI command
> optimizations that are tripping things up.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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Re: [Homestead] MIDI cart to borrow? :-) [message #89921 is a reply to message #89920] |
Mon, 24 June 2013 19:30 |
kzito
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Awesome teamwork guys. This pleases me to see us come together like this.
Just as info, the midi cart I have is a Dr. Evil Labs.
Good luck with the troubleshooting!
Kenny
-----Original Message-----
From: James L. Mazurek [mailto:james@mazurek.chicago.il.us]
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 7:25 PM
To: Jim Brain
Cc: kzito; Homestead; David Wood
Subject: Re: [Homestead] MIDI cart to borrow? :-)
By the way, here's the cheat sheet for Score Track:
Summary of Operating Instructions
A - Delay copy.
C - Copy track.
SHIFTed C - Speed Copy.
D - Double speed.
SHIFTed D - Half speed.
E - Go to Note Display/Event Editor.
F - FUSION track.
G - GHOST.
I - Shift later.
SHIFTed I - Shift earlier.
L - Load Song.
SHIFTed L - Load Sequence.
M - Mode.
N - Next.
O - Solo.
P - Punch : shift.
Q - Musical Quantize.
R - Record track.
SHIFTed R - Single Step.
S - Save Song.
SHIFTed S - Save Sequence.
U - Mute Copy.
W - Wait.
Y - Sync in.
$ - Directory.
* - Sync Out.
F1-F4 - Pattern.
F5-F8 - Position.
Space - Play.
Return - Stop.
In the Note Display/Event Editor, the following commands are active:
Cursor Up/Down - Move to next/previous event.
Cursor Left/Right - Move Cursor within Event Editor line.
+/- - Inc/Dec Data value under cursor.
Insert/Delete - Insert/Delete MIDI Event at cursor position.
F1 - Insert MIDI Note Event at cursor.
F5, F7 - Move cursor by measure.
P - Print Note Display (1 track).
SHIFTed P - Print Event List (1 track).
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, Jim Brain wrote:
> On 6/24/2013 5:52 PM, kzito wrote:
>
> I think I have one handy Jim. You can send me the mailing
> address and I'll get it out. email me at 'k z n i g h t a t h o
> t m a i l d o t c o m' I think you understand why I wrote it
> that way.
>
>
> James might be sending one, so I'll hold off on asking you to send yours
> just yet.
>
> Last weekend, I was disgusted with the old PC I keep around for such
things,
> as it would not send out MIDI on the MIDI port, so I (in true hacker
> fashion) hacked up the bench project (PS2Encoder) at hand to pipe data to
> the MID cart. MIDI is mostly RS232, so things were not tough. I sent a
> bunch of commands to the cart and managed to get sounds from the VIC-20.
> Since I knew the cart worked, I tested it on my wife's Yamaha KB and it
was
> ailing. Giving the information to Leif, he was able to reproduce the
issue
> on his end, and is preparing a code fix.
>
> The unit somewhat interesting, because it has a programmable FLASH IC on
> board, which means it can double as a game cart as well :-) Right now, it
> just holds the MIDI SW.
>
> But, I still want to test it with a 64 MIDI cart, since it's MIDI command
> optimizations that are tripping things up.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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Re: [Homestead] MIDI cart to borrow? :-) [message #89922 is a reply to message #89921] |
Mon, 24 June 2013 19:46 |
James L. Mazurek
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Ken,
Did Dr. Evil Labs make a MIDI interface or are you confusing it with a
Dr. T's MIDI interface?
-Jim
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, kzito wrote:
> Awesome teamwork guys. This pleases me to see us come together like this.
> Just as info, the midi cart I have is a Dr. Evil Labs.
>
> Good luck with the troubleshooting!
> Kenny
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James L. Mazurek [mailto:james@mazurek.chicago.il.us]
> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 7:25 PM
> To: Jim Brain
> Cc: kzito; Homestead; David Wood
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] MIDI cart to borrow? :-)
>
> By the way, here's the cheat sheet for Score Track:
>
> Summary of Operating Instructions
>
>
> A - Delay copy.
>
> C - Copy track.
>
> SHIFTed C - Speed Copy.
>
> D - Double speed.
>
> SHIFTed D - Half speed.
>
> E - Go to Note Display/Event Editor.
>
> F - FUSION track.
>
> G - GHOST.
>
> I - Shift later.
>
> SHIFTed I - Shift earlier.
>
> L - Load Song.
>
> SHIFTed L - Load Sequence.
>
> M - Mode.
>
> N - Next.
>
> O - Solo.
>
> P - Punch : shift.
>
> Q - Musical Quantize.
>
> R - Record track.
>
> SHIFTed R - Single Step.
>
> S - Save Song.
>
> SHIFTed S - Save Sequence.
>
> U - Mute Copy.
>
> W - Wait.
>
> Y - Sync in.
>
> $ - Directory.
>
> * - Sync Out.
>
> F1-F4 - Pattern.
>
> F5-F8 - Position.
>
> Space - Play.
>
> Return - Stop.
>
>
>
> In the Note Display/Event Editor, the following commands are active:
>
>
> Cursor Up/Down - Move to next/previous event.
>
> Cursor Left/Right - Move Cursor within Event Editor line.
>
> +/- - Inc/Dec Data value under cursor.
>
> Insert/Delete - Insert/Delete MIDI Event at cursor position.
>
> F1 - Insert MIDI Note Event at cursor.
>
> F5, F7 - Move cursor by measure.
>
> P - Print Note Display (1 track).
>
> SHIFTed P - Print Event List (1 track).
>
> On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, Jim Brain wrote:
>
>> On 6/24/2013 5:52 PM, kzito wrote:
>>
>> I think I have one handy Jim. You can send me the mailing
>> address and I'll get it out. email me at 'k z n i g h t a t h o
>> t m a i l d o t c o m' I think you understand why I wrote it
>> that way.
>>
>>
>> James might be sending one, so I'll hold off on asking you to send yours
>> just yet.
>>
>> Last weekend, I was disgusted with the old PC I keep around for such
> things,
>> as it would not send out MIDI on the MIDI port, so I (in true hacker
>> fashion) hacked up the bench project (PS2Encoder) at hand to pipe data to
>> the MID cart. MIDI is mostly RS232, so things were not tough. I sent a
>> bunch of commands to the cart and managed to get sounds from the VIC-20.
>> Since I knew the cart worked, I tested it on my wife's Yamaha KB and it
> was
>> ailing. Giving the information to Leif, he was able to reproduce the
> issue
>> on his end, and is preparing a code fix.
>>
>> The unit somewhat interesting, because it has a programmable FLASH IC on
>> board, which means it can double as a game cart as well :-) Right now, it
>> just holds the MIDI SW.
>>
>> But, I still want to test it with a 64 MIDI cart, since it's MIDI command
>> optimizations that are tripping things up.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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