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From: jwabik@shamash.cdc.com (Jeff Wabik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: MIDI Questions ..
Keywords: Who, what, when, where, and how?
Message-ID: <10294@shamash.cdc.com>
Date: 29 Dec 88 16:40:04 GMT
Organization: Control Data Corporation, Bloomington, MN.
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Forgive me if this topic has come up recently...  With the traffic here
these days, I haven't been able to keep up with it all and still keep 
my sanity, and (what's left of my) sanity won out..  Anyhow ..

One of the toys I got for Christmas was a nice Casio (musical) keyboard,
with 7 billion sounds and nice ports on the back marked "MIDI IN", and
"MIDI OUT".  I know what MIDI is and what its supposed to do, but I know
nothing about MIDI specifics on the Amiga..  Specificially:

	1) What types of interface boxes are out there, what are the
	   differences, and which is best.  Are there interfaces that
	   attach to the Amiga by other than the Serial port?  Are
	   those 5-pin DIN looking cables as innocent (pin 1 to pin
	   1,...,pin 5 to pin 5) as they look?

	2) What software is cool?  I've heard Deluxe Music Construction
	   Set is funky.  I saw the MIDI software flow thru .binaries.
	   last week, but haven't played yet ..  I'd like to be able 
	   to "program" a complicated score (like 4 voices, or more) 
	   from the (musical) keyboard, then play back on either Amy
	   or the Casio .. 

	3) Why invented liquid soap and why?

Basically, I know nothing about this stuff so any other information
would be great, too..

Thanks!

	-Jeff

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