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From: zadco@ssc-vax.UUCP (Rick Fairfield)
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Subject: Re: MIDI Interface/software
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Date: Fri, 7-Sep-84 19:05:57 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  7 19:05:57 1984
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There is a MIDI board and software available for APPLE (2e, 2+, Franklin, etc)
from PASSPORT Designs. The software is powerful (4 track taperecorder-like
sequencer, mainly) but very clumsy. You have to travel through menus
to do anything and you often find that the thing you want to do is a
couple of menus away. One good point about the PASSPORT s/w is that it
works. In my limited use of the system (hooked up to a ROLAND synth - I
can't remember which model) I did not find any features outlined in the
manual which did not function as advertised.

Sequential Circuits makes a MIDI board and software for the Commodore 64.
I don't have any experience with this system except that I know it sometimes
'hangs up' when used with a Yamaha DX synth.

A company called J.B. Cooper (or maybe J.L. Cooper?) sells a number of
special MIDI boxes to do such things as interfacing to analog equipment
and providing MIDI expansion ports.

As far as I know there is not currently a MIDI interface for KAYPRO, IBM PC,
S100, etc. There are special MIDI interfaces around. For example, I know
of some people do MIDI software on a VAX. As I do not have a VAX at home
this fact does not help me.

						Hope this helps,
						zadco
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