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From: zeke@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Eric SHAMASH)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: MIDI Applications->Sequencing/Sampling/Archiving
Summary: As req'std->Info for Amigans new to MIDI.
Keywords: Midi Sequence Sample
Message-ID: <1564@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca>
Date: 5 Oct 89 09:38:54 GMT
Reply-To: zeke@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Eric SHAMASH)
Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Lines: 32

Someone was asking about MIDI software experience...

If the application is not professional, and you are looking for a good
sequencing package, you should run out and buy Dynamic Studio.  The package
is full featured and intuitive to use, plus it comes furnished with a fully
programmable built-in drum machine that uses any combination of 16 patterns
of 10 voice allocatable velocity sensitive samples.  The drum sounds can also
be played live using the numeric keypad or any assignable MIDI trigger, and
can even be directed to MIDI out to slave a MIDI drum machine during
playback.  Another nice feature, just in case you decide to get a new sound
module, is that DS's MIDI out can be reassigned as a THRU, which can
potentially save you from dying by MIDI cord strangulation (MIDI Hell
is no Disneyland).  The package is complete with a librarian that stores any
system exclusive data from any piece of gear, and over 1 meg of samples 
(anyhow, you'll use Perfect Sound and Studio Magic to sample your own Amiga
sounds!)  On the minus side, the sync out code is not always rock steady at
high bpm, there is no quick way to alter all 16 tracks at the same time, and
you must have at least one meg of ram to spare.

As far as sampling your own goes, I find that Perfect Sound does the trick
most of the time, but the samples you'll get won't always be perfectly
clean.  The software is very limiting, but Studio Magic will allow you to
split your MIDI keyboard in up to 16 sections for your 16 samples.  You can
also overlay (even if you do not have a sampling MIDI keyboard), so you
can easily create sounds with complex timbres and a lot of balls.  You
also get to set the relative tuning and the sustain points for each sample.
Some of the built-in special effects are also quite interesting.

Ciao,
Eric.
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