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From: walkerb@tramp.Colorado.EDU (Brian Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: I want to buy a new computer!
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Date: 31 Mar 89 23:24:17 GMT
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In article <1610@wpi.wpi.edu> jdutka@wpi.wpi.edu (John Dutka) writes:
>>[...]  With it's built in Midi port, you can
>>have Hexadekaphonic sound, it is sad to see that the Amiga has no such
>>capability. 
>
>I beg to differ - the Amiga has tremendous MIDI capabilities - with a very
>inexpensive MIDI box (as low as $30), AND A MIDI PROGRAM SUCH AS SONIX, DMCS,
>DR T's, and so on, you can produce amazing results.  I had the pleasure to
>listen to some music by Bach played out over a CZ-101, and it was amazing.
>
From what I have been told, the midi box for the Amiga is simply a cable
adapter to the Amiga's serial port.  The serial port, as I understand, is
driven by the same chip that drives the ST MIDI ports which has a clock
frequency and set-up to allow transfer rates at the 32Kbps needed for MIDI.

The biggest advantage for the ST, then, is that the MIDI is standard and you
don't have to tie-up a serial port to get it.  As a result, the ST has a
firmer grasp on the MIDI market than any of the competition in the general
purpose computer market.

Brian Walker, University of Colorado at Boulder
walkerb@tramp.colorado.edu     ...!{ncar,nbires}!boulder!tramp!walkerb
DISCLAIMER:  The university does not know half the things I say or post and
would very much like to keep it that way.