Re: the slotlessness of sound cards

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote in message
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> isbat1@yahoo.com (Anonymous Coward) wrote:
>
> >WAAAAY back on Jan 12 1999 (doing my homework!), Supertimer wrote:
> >
> >> Hi, the Sonic Blaster plugs into a slot and the cable plugs into
> >> the Ensoniq connector on the motherboard (J25, I think).
> >> You do not need drivers and you do not need to set the card
> >> to 'your card.'  The Sonic Blaster is just an
> >> amplifier/demultiplexer.  It works completely transparently.
>
> Wow, long time ago.  But what I said was true.
>
> In fact, I have a slotless sound card, part of the HyperStudio
> package.  It plugs into J25 and connects to one of the
> cutouts on the back without plugging into a slot.  It allows
> input of analog audio for digitization.
>
> Even further back, in 1992, Jamie P Yoon wrote:
>
> >> The MIDI isn't very well supported, I hear.  There is an update to
> >> DiversiTune that will work with the Audio Animator.  I don't know about
> >> other music software.
> >
> >Which makes me wonder... if there was a piece of software with a
> >patch specific to a particular sound card (Audio Animator), are
> >all the sound cards able to be used "slotlessly", or do some (which?)
> >require using the "Your Card" setting?
>
> Jamie was wrong.  MIDI is very well supported.  the MIDI
> of the Audio Animator was non-standard.  The standard
> MIDI boxes worked off the IIGS serial port and are
> supported via a driver from Apple.  Through the driver, all
> software supports MIDI, including Apple's own synthLAB.
>
> Just find an old MIDI box for the earlier Macs.  Ask for
> one for a Mac LC and it will work on the IIGS.  I know
> because I have one.

Actually, MIDI is nothing more than serial. MIDI-IN is -Rxd + Gnd,
MIDI-OUT is -Txd + Gnd.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com



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