Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:20657 rec.music.synth:4652 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!purdue!decwrl!sun!plaid!chuq From: chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,rec.music.synth Subject: Mac MIDI for beginners? Message-ID: <69656@sun.uucp> Date: 22 Sep 88 20:59:18 GMT Sender: news@sun.uucp Lines: 34 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 Chuq Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ Editor/Publisher, OtherRealms