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From: psycho@banana.ucsb.edu (Scot Kellan Forbes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: music keyboard for Amiga ?
Keywords: music, Public Domain Software, manufacture/generation
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Date: 22 Jan 91 11:49:19 GMT
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In article <11121@darkstar.ucsc.edu> daguru@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Da Guru) writes:
>
>I know that there are programs that allow you to write and play
>music on your Amiga, but are there any PD programs that do this?
>Or is the art limited to those with much cash?
>
>-Nick
Does anyone know if the unix-based CARL sound file system is in the
public domain?  I'm taking a class in computer music that uses cmusic
and other utilities in the ircam soundfile system on a Vax, and I was
wondering if these programs have been/can be ported to the Amiga.
Being the nightowl I am, it would be nice to be able to do my
assignments at home and download them when I'm done, of course the
potential problem I see is that an Amiga port that uses the Paula
chip would only take 8-bit information for sounds, while the D/A
converter on the Vax is 16-bit.  I don't know yet if the sound
information is independent of the playback methods, as there have
only been three classes.
Any information regarding these programs would be most appreciated!

E-mail responses are preferable, but I read the amiga groups enough
to catch any responses in time for them to be useful.

Thanx in advance!

   Scot Forbes