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From: cmcmanis@sun.uucp (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: While we're on the subject if IFF
Message-ID: <18409@sun.uucp>
Date: Fri, 8-May-87 14:09:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: sun.18409
Posted: Fri May  8 14:09:39 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 9-May-87 21:06:10 EDT
References: <44CSNEWS@MAINE> <1835@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> <1528@cadovax.UUCP>
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Mtn View, CA
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Summary: It already does this!

In article <1528@cadovax.UUCP>, keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) writes:
> Does the Mimetics sound file format conform to an IFF model?  If not,
> has anyone proposed a IFF encoding of the Mimentics file format?  

Mimetics uses there own format because 8SVX *requires* that the sample
be an exact power of 2 bytes long. (To make Octaves work easily)

> I still find 8SVX as used by EA to be ineffective.  The Mimetics format
> allows me to effectively create instruments where each octave can have
> a completely unrelated sound.  Ideally, I'd like to be able to do that
> on a 'note' level and not be restricted to octaves, but 8SVX is apparently
> not useful even for that.
> What I'd LIKE to do, is be able to use Pro Midi Studio to create instruments
> and play them via MIDI keyboard, then import the SMUS and instrument files
> to DMCS, and do the rest from there.  What it looks like I HAVE to do, is to
> use DMCS to hack on the score, and import it back into Pro Midi Studio to be
> able to hear it with the correct instrumentation.
 
This will probably quelch the old flames here and now. ProMIDI studio and 
DMCS work together *right out of the box*. If soundscape.library is in
the LIBS: directory and your Soundscape disk is in one of the drives
then DMCS will start soundscape *first* and then start itself, and
register itself as a module (which then appears on the patch panel).
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO USE THE DMCS MIDI CAPABILITIES. Soundscape takes
care of recording the midi events, then you can stuff them into DMCS for
the score representation. When selecting instruments in DMCS select all
MIDI channels, and then on the soundscape patch bay connect DMCS to the
little speaker and select your Soundscape samples for your instruments.
I works, I have tried it.

> Keith Doyle  {ucbvax,ihnp4,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!keithd


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