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From: mark@xrtll.UUCP (Mark Vange)
Newsgroups: rec.audio,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: MIDI,LIGHTS,DISCO and COMPUTERS.
Summary: Midi controlled lighting
Message-ID: <344@xrtll.UUCP>
Date: 18 Aug 89 16:58:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: xrtll.344
References: <314@galadriel.bt.co.uk>
Organization: Wcom, Toronto, Ont
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In article <314@galadriel.bt.co.uk>, stevep@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Steve Paine) writes:
> - What sort of life expectancy can I expect from my Amiga if I subject it to a
>   life of rough and tumble, and what can I do to increase it. (Apart from         'wrapping it in cotton wool'.)

Not very great, unfortunately.  The best you can do is to get a 'road case'
for the thing, and keep it nicely ventilated.  However, on the road there is
the inevitable cigarette smoke and spilled pop/beer, and that can kill.
There is a company here in Toronto which makes custom road cases, and I can
get you in touch with them, or find another like it somewhere else, but do
get something.  Make sure it's strong, on wheels, and large enough to hold
everything you need (including monitor, so it's all nicely self contained!)

> - Whats this I hear about a MIDI lighting standard. Does anyone have any info/    contacts that might help me?

I have not heard about the lighting standard, however, there is a company
called SUN (whose address I can track down if you're interested, but I
haven't got it under hand right now) that manufacture a MIDI controlled
lighting console.  What these guys do is treat Note On commands as lighting
instructions, and you can run your light show quite easily just like playing
a keyboard!
> 
> - Is there any soft/hardware produced specifically for Amiga/disco applications?
>   (What about Video (titling etc), database applications, lighting, sampling.)

No 'Lighting' software is available right now as far as I know, though there
is a Laser Display program.  Databases and Video Titling are available at
your local Amiga dealer with programs like Superbase (DB) and TV*TEXT for
titling.  If 8 bits of resolution are good enough for you, there are a
number of samplers out there like Perfect Sound (the one I use) and good
software to run it (AudioMaster)

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