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From: gtaylor@cornell.UUCP
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Subject: Re: edit music
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Date: Wed, 23-May-84 15:14:53 EDT
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Yep, the good dr. Rosen is once again dead on target. I got a copy
of the MIDI specs, and they look really wonderful with the exception
of the last page of the document I received: the dreaded "reserved
system" listing of little prefacing codes for individual manufacturers:
Only problem is, "WHAT ARE THEY??????" So far I've determined that
the Yamaha DX series keyboards (which I'm looking into getting so I
don't have to lean on the Synclavier at someone else's studio) don't
understand the "unison" mode in the same way as everyone else (in digital
you usually get a signal which is merely louder rather than thicker
when you've got stuff in unison). It's not at all clear how the individual
manufacturers will use the stuff for voice assignment, other keyboard
tunings (it looks like you could do it by either begging Yamaha to 
burn you a prom or two or by hosing around with the microtonal possibilities
provided that the sys allows you to individually do different bends on
different notes in the "record" mode.

g(angel trumpets, devil trombones...)taylor