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From: v097pba8@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Ken F Morton)
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Subject: Looking for assistance on a MIDI project
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Date: 22 Jan 91 20:11:06 GMT
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	What I would like to do is write some MIDI librarians for the apple II
line or perhaps a universal one.  This would not be for any sort of commercial
release, but merely as an aid to my music.  And of course to anyone else who
finds a need for it.  
	What I need is some code that will read MIDI data coming in a place it
in a file.  This involves reading the GS's Printer or Modem port and spooling
off the data to disk.  I would like a direct to disk version because this will
allow large dumps to be made without the memory limitation of a holding buffer.
I must also be able to send MIDI back out (of course).  
	The resulting file should be text, or in some form that can be easily
converted to text, so that I can modify the data.  Actually this would only
be needed if I was to write a graphical front end to emulate the programming
panel of the synth.  Regardless, I have only the capacity to use applesoft
basic to modify the midid data.  Obiviously, not in real time.
	I would simply create templates for various synths using system 
exclusive data.
	Eventually I would like to be able to access the program as a NDA so
that I can make use of it while using another program, such as the MIDI
sequencer Master Tracks Pro.

	So tell me what you think.  I am willing to shell out some $ for 
some really good code.  Not much mind you, for I am a poor college student
(aren't we all) but some.

					Thanks.

					Ken Morton
					v097pba8@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu

	Perhaps soon I shall post a more exacting proposal that the above, but 
for now I'm late for class.  Sorry for any incoherence.

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