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From: Carra_its-me_Bussa@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.music,rec.music.synth
Subject: Homework before buying my first keyboard...
Message-ID: <21096@cup.portal.com>
Date: 7 Aug 89 06:03:03 GMT
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.......help!
 
I'm an old hand at "PC"s (anyone remember feeding BASIC paper tape to 
ALTAIR 8080?) and trying to break into MIDI and synths.  I've read this 
newsgroup  (and everything else I can lay my hands on) and I feel that 
I _ALMOST_ know what is going on. :-)
 
So, I'm ready to take the big jump, but.....
 
WHERE THE H*LL DO I FIND SPECS ON ALL THE KEYBOARDS OUT THERE???
 
Oh, all the mags (and some USENET notes) pop up with "this is
32 note polyphonic @ 8 timbre.  Great, but is the keyboard velocity 
sensitve?  After-touch?  Does it even HAVE a keyboard? What ELSE does
it do?  How many pretty lights does it have?  And all that good stuff.

WHERE can I _FIND_ this info??  Do I listen to the net, find an owner for 
each machine, and get a brain dump?  And for THAT matter, where can I find
the "official" MIDI specs?  I've heard of this animal and seen a few 
synopses of it, but where is the original?  (It's NOT just as good as a 
XEROX (tm), in this case! :-) )
 
I'm SURE this has been hashed OVER and OVER, so everyone tell me to "shaddup 
and go read such-and-such".  I'll be GLAD to!!  Thanks!
 
Carra Bussa              hm: (501) 565-8351      CIS:70165,1264
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Little Rock, AR    72209 USENET:     carra_bussa@cup.portal.com

My employer uses COBOL as their primary language.  (I'm so ashamed.....)