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From: chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,rec.music.synth
Subject: Mac MIDI for beginners?
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Date: 22 Sep 88 20:59:18 GMT
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Gads, this is getting insane. I have to stop buying toys for the Mac.

This is actually not for me, but for someone else. honest. 

I'm looking for advice on a good, inexpensive MIDI music set up to hook up
to a Mac (512Ke, if that matters). I know I need:

	o MIDI interface
	o a Keyboard
	o MIDI software to run on the Mac. 

I would like to keep it relatively inexpensive -- for an interested hobbyist
looking to get started, rather than a bells and whistles. Expandable, of
course, but starting out with the basics.

So, to throw it out to the world at large, here's the questions:

	o What pieces are necessary for a good beginners MIDI system?

	o What components do you recommend to fill out that system?

	o What software do you recommend for the Macintosh? Why?

I'd like to keep this under $500 if I can. I'd really, really like to keep
it under $1000. 

Any and all suggestions are welcome!

chuq


	
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