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From: hedger@ada-uts.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music.synth
Subject: Re: Midi specs, please...
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Date: Thu, 21-Nov-85 10:24:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 21 10:24:00 1985
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Nf-From: ada-uts!hedger    Nov 21 10:24:00 1985


Dan,
First of all I am in the process of writing a patch librarian for a
Rhodes Chroma to run on a c-64. Getting the MIDI spec itself isn't too
difficult(see below) but the most important thing is obtaining information
from the manufacturer of the synth about their 'system exclusive'
MIDI information.
There are two ways that I know of to obtain a copy of the MIDI spec.
1) Join or find someone who is a member of IMA (International Midi Association)
   For (I believe) a $40.00 annual membership fee they will furnish you with
   the current MIDI spec, a newsletter, and I think MIDI specs for instruments
   produced by member manufacturers.
2) Keyboard magazine has published a series of books which are basically
   reprints of Keyboard articles. One of these (Sythesizers and computers),
   contains a copy of the MIDI rev 1.0 spec in the appendix. It also has
   articles that were interesting to me, but I have a very basic knowledge
   of computer hardware, so some of the articles might seem pretty mundane
   to a person with a lot of experience in this area.


 keith hedger
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