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From: liber@reed.UUCP (Peter Liberman)
Newsgroups: net.music.synth
Subject: Midi-Macintosh interfaces
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Date: Tue, 2-Apr-85 16:39:48 EST
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Has anyone tried out the Musicworks Macintosh-MIDI interface and multi-track     recording software described by 
Nivak in net.music.synth last month?  The package costs about $300, so I
(and undoubtedly others) would appreciate any comments, before I fork it
over, sight unseen. In particular, could I easily drive their hardware with
my own programs by straighforward serial drive calls?
 I hear that Roland is coming out with a RS-232 interface,
but I imagine that will cost a few hundred for the hardware alone.  

Are there any other possibilities for Macintosh-MIDI interface? The SCC must
be clocked externally, because when it is set at 1x clock to get 31.25K it
is prone to receive errors.  I think the SCC requires 16x clock to adjust its
timing.
                                  P.Liberman