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Re: True Midi & Soundsmith/MOD composer
- To: comp-sys-apple2@crash
- Subject: Re: True Midi & Soundsmith/MOD composer
- From: gary@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Gary Evans)
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 1994 05:55:37 GMT
- In-reply-to: irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: ProLine [pro-nsdapple] - North San Diego Apple Users Group
- References: <2igveb$afk@news.iastate.edu>
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>
>Planned feature list:
>
>- Plays Type 0 or Type 1 MIDI (.MID) files directly, no conversion needed.
>- 10 voice polyphony if I support panning, 15 otherwise (MSynth is 7 :)
>- Responds to General MIDI or Roland MT-32 program changes, so 95% of MIDI
> files from ftp, America Online's PC section, etc will work as-is.
>- Some kind of ability to remap instruments so you can emulate additional
> synthesizers, sound modules, and drum machines.
>- Full General MIDI controller compliance (pitch&modulation wheels, etc).
>- Uses only the GS Ensoniq chip!
>- Swaps samples so large high-sampling-rate instruments can be used.
>- Some kind of MIDI file editing too, and maybe even a notation-based
> editor. Probably not in the first version though :)
>
>Since MIDI is pretty much taking over on other machines (including the Amiga,
>PC, and Mac), this kind of player is important (the PC only can do this with
>the Gravis card, for instance :)
>--
>Ian Schmidt / irsman@iastate.edu / IRSMan@aol.com
>"I wanna decide who lives and who dies" - Crow, MST3K
Whoa!!! I want it!!! Sounds like exactly what I've been looking for.
There is definately a lack of good music porgrams for the GS, This would be
great!
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