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From: chow@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: DMCS
Message-ID: <808@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: Thu, 23-Apr-87 23:52:23 EST
Article-I.D.: batcompu.808
Posted: Thu Apr 23 23:52:23 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Apr-87 14:52:44 EST
References: <566@entropy.ms.washington.edu> <714@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <1035@aecom.yu.edu>
Reply-To: chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu.UUCP (Christopher Chow)
Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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Keywords: Upgrade?

In article <1035@aecom.yu.edu> naftoli@aecom.yu.edu (Robert N. Berlinger) writes:
>In article <714@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, chow@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow) writes:
>> MIDI input is nice, but it is seriously buggy.
>> (Try entering chords instead of single notes in midi input mode...)
>
>I don't have the program, but if you mean that chords come out slanted
>instead of straight down the staff the answer is simple.  MIDI is not a
>parallel interface -- it is serial.  Therefore, each note-on/note-off must
>come through one at a time even if you play chords. 
>
>Robert N. Berlinger

I'm aware that MIDI is a serial protocol. Perhaps I should be clarify
things.  In DMCS normally what you do is to select a short note, say an 8th
note.  Then if you hold down a note and release it, DMCS will insert an 8th
note in the score.  If you wanted a longer note instead, keep holding it
down and it'll increment to the next value.  I.e. the 8th -> 8th w/ dot ->
4th -> 4th w/ dot, ... until the measure is filled up.

That works fine for one note at a time input.  Now say you play a chord,
like a G major triad on the octave of middle C.  What can happen is that
after you release the chord the notes in the chord continue to increment in
length until you end up with a chord which fills up the bar.  This happens
even if you only quickly hit the chord.

Christopher Chow
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