Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!alicudi.usc.edu!crum From: crum@alicudi.usc.edu (Gary L. Crum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: How to hook up a MIDI keyboard to your NeXTstation... Message-ID: Date: 21 May 91 02:57:53 GMT References: <1991May20.122642.25274@wam.umd.edu> Sender: news@usc Organization: University of Southern California Lines: 34 Nntp-Posting-Host: alicudi.usc.edu In-reply-to: rgc@wam.umd.edu's message of 20 May 91 12:26:42 GMT Originator: crum@alicudi.usc.edu Thanks for posting that info about using MIDI with NeXT computers, Ross. Now, has anyone tried using the MIDI Timepiece by Mark of the Unicorn? I have only seen the box, but it looks good from the feature description -- 8 MIDI inputs, 8 MIDI outputs, and support for advanced features like higher speed and SMPTE timecode. And, it costs around $400 from the "MacUniverse" NeXT reseller here in southern California. (MacUniverse sells Macintosh computers as the name implies, but no salesperson there knew if it would work with the NeXT MIDI device driver.) For the case that someone has used the MIDI Timepiece with a Macintosh, can at least some of its features be used with no special software for the Macintosh, i.e. with the standard Apple MIDI Manager software and applications that use the MIDI Manager? If so, then there is a good possibility that it will work with NeXT computers. I am just not sure if 8 inputs can be handled by the usual MIDI software interface techniques. By the way, Mark of the Unicorn also sells a computer-controlled mixer for line-level analog sound signals. It's called MIDI Mixer 7s, and it has something like 7 pairs of left/right line-level inputs from which it can mix. Oh, and there is a system for combining units nicely (and there is also a system for connecting MIDI Timepiece units). MacUniverse was selling the MIDI Mixer 7s for around $375, I think. I sent a letter to Mark of the Unicorn asking about their products and especially compatibility with NeXT computers, but I haven't yet received a reply. I don't seem them in the latest NeXT software and peripherals catalog so maybe they decided that their products for NeXT weren't working out well (maybe they don't have UNIX expertise). Does anyone have more info? Gary P.S. Mark of the Unicorn's telephone number is (617)576-2760, and their address (which I mailed to) is 222 Third Street; Cambridge, MA 02142.