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From: stevep@galadriel.bt.co.uk (Steve Paine)
Newsgroups: rec.audio,comp.sys.amiga,comp.music
Subject: MIDI,LIGHTS,DISCO and COMPUTERS.
Message-ID: <314@galadriel.bt.co.uk>
Date: 9 Aug 89 12:38:11 GMT
Organization: RT6115, BTRL, Martlesham Heath, England
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I'VE GOT AN AMIGA 500!  WOW! AMAZING! AAAAH!

OK cut the cr*p, lets get down to it.

I'm interested in using it as part of a mobile disco set-up, and i've got a few questions:

- 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'.)

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

- Is there any soft/hardware produced specifically for Amiga/disco applications?
  (What about Video (titling etc), database applications, lighting, sampling.)

- Are there any BPM thingies out there? (Something that will measure the beats/   min of a piece of music.)

I know there's quite a lot to cover there, but at least it might stir a few
discussions up. The MIDI lighting interests me a lot, it seems such a simple 
thing to implement, and with talk (re. a magazine i read last year) about MIDI 
info being put on CD's, it could be a real winner. Food for thought anyway!

Thank in advance for any info.

- Steve 'no signature' Paine.