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From: mjs@eagle.UUCP (M.J.Shannon)
Newsgroups: net.music.synth
Subject: MIDI software?
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Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 21:45:18 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 25 21:45:18 1985
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Does anyone out there in netland know of any public domain MIDI
software in C?  I don't much care if it's tailored to a
particular CPU/display/keyboard/synthesizer, as I haven't yet
decided on my choice of any of the above, but I intend to
finalize these decisions over this summer.  Barring the
availability of public domain C code (I can wish, can't I?), I'd
appreciate seeing reviews of commercial software for 8088/8086/
80186/80286 machines (my current leaning).  If it makes a
difference, the only instrument I play is a terminal keyboard;
my interest is in computer assisted composition.  I've had a
chance to play some with a friend's C64 driving a Sequential
Circuits 6-Track.  It does a lot of nice things, but it's
apparant that the C64 is the limiting factor.  I feel that with
a more powerful processor (and in particular a larger address
space), a very much more powerful package can be constructed,
perhaps rivalling the Fairlight system and the New England
Digital system.
-- 
	Marty Shannon
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