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From: djw@hpldsla.HP.COM
Newsgroups: comp.music
Subject: Re: MIDI software book
Message-ID: <6490002@hpldsla.HP.COM>
Date: 26 Dec 89 16:19:59 GMT
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> Is there any "generic" books on writing MIDI software? ..............
> ................. but I have an Amiga.

My  bias:  I have an  Atari - but,  the  only  book I have  seen
written for MIDI on the Atari is a piece of trash.

Personally,  I have  found that a lot of the MIDI  books for the
IBM-PC are good for general consumption.  Sure, you have to deal
with getting data to and from the MIDI port  yourself,  but that
is usually pretty easy (it's hardest on the PC!).

The hard part about  writing  MIDI  software is the stuff at the
application  layer.  If you know about your  Amiga,  and you can
follow the thinking in some software for another  computer,  you
should get good use from one of the 'C' books for the PC.

David "my first Apple II book was written for the TRS-80!" Williams
djw@hpldsla.hp.com