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Pete
Sep 4, 2012, 2:00:37 AM9/4/12
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In article <c1n948lbic84cgmit...@4ax.com>,
Jim Higgins <inv...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>Just for fun WHO'S STILL HERE? Just raise your hand; maybe briefly
>tell us what you're doing with MIDI, if anything.
I still check in regularly, even though I never see much traffic (:-/)
[except for your regular FAQs!]
When I post, it's usually been to comp.music.midi, because it seems
to be [*slightly*] more alive. I'll have to remember to cross-post
in the future. Can't hurt.
I do quite a lot with MIDI, but really only for my own amusement.
(My performing skills don't reach a level that I'd dare expose in
public!)
I've written a fairly large suite of (real time) "MIDI Manipulation
Modules", that unfortunately only run under the Haiku OS (originally
BeOS). [I have no intention of porting to other systems, because they
depend on Haiku's massive-multithreading capability.] They can add
voices and so on to make my playing sound a lot better!
I also have a habit of writing little midifile processing utilities
in Ruby. It's very convenient for, say, converting format 0 to
format 1 or vice-versa, transposing, shifting channels, even just
listing events. (These are cross-platform -- if you have Ruby.
I have pointers to these and other people's utilities at:
http://www.goodeveCA.net/Midifile_utils.html
]
>
>I still post the MINI-FAQ weekly when I remember to, and still host
>the Full FAQ, but after several computer upgrades my old MIDI
>sequencing software won't play well with WinXP or later and I don't
>want to rebuy the software when most of it seems to have gone the way
>of "music studio on a PC" and I only care about MIDI... and even that
>far less than before. And my external hard drive crashed and took my
>whole music collection with it - MIDI and MP3. Yeah, I should have
>had it backed up.
Ouch.. (:-() I've been (slightly) luckier... I thought I had lost
my collection (and a whole bunch of other stuff) when my familiar old
machine died last year. After several months moping I finally realized
it was just the power supply, so things are up again [and backed up!]
Then the drive on my newer machine *did* crash, with several weeks'
intensive programming unpreserved! Fortunately again I was able to
nibble back just about everything, especially my new work. Phew!
>
>A wave and a smile to all,
...and back atcha!
-- Pete --
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Jim Higgins <inv...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>Just for fun WHO'S STILL HERE? Just raise your hand; maybe briefly
>tell us what you're doing with MIDI, if anything.
I still check in regularly, even though I never see much traffic (:-/)
[except for your regular FAQs!]
When I post, it's usually been to comp.music.midi, because it seems
to be [*slightly*] more alive. I'll have to remember to cross-post
in the future. Can't hurt.
I do quite a lot with MIDI, but really only for my own amusement.
(My performing skills don't reach a level that I'd dare expose in
public!)
I've written a fairly large suite of (real time) "MIDI Manipulation
Modules", that unfortunately only run under the Haiku OS (originally
BeOS). [I have no intention of porting to other systems, because they
depend on Haiku's massive-multithreading capability.] They can add
voices and so on to make my playing sound a lot better!
I also have a habit of writing little midifile processing utilities
in Ruby. It's very convenient for, say, converting format 0 to
format 1 or vice-versa, transposing, shifting channels, even just
listing events. (These are cross-platform -- if you have Ruby.
I have pointers to these and other people's utilities at:
http://www.goodeveCA.net/Midifile_utils.html
]
>
>I still post the MINI-FAQ weekly when I remember to, and still host
>the Full FAQ, but after several computer upgrades my old MIDI
>sequencing software won't play well with WinXP or later and I don't
>want to rebuy the software when most of it seems to have gone the way
>of "music studio on a PC" and I only care about MIDI... and even that
>far less than before. And my external hard drive crashed and took my
>whole music collection with it - MIDI and MP3. Yeah, I should have
>had it backed up.
Ouch.. (:-() I've been (slightly) luckier... I thought I had lost
my collection (and a whole bunch of other stuff) when my familiar old
machine died last year. After several months moping I finally realized
it was just the power supply, so things are up again [and backed up!]
Then the drive on my newer machine *did* crash, with several weeks'
intensive programming unpreserved! Fortunately again I was able to
nibble back just about everything, especially my new work. Phew!
>
>A wave and a smile to all,
...and back atcha!
-- Pete --
--
============================================================================
The address in the header is a Spam Bucket -- replies will not be seen...
(If you do need to email, replace the account name with my true name.)
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Garry B@teranews.com
Sep 4, 2012, 2:48:40 AM9/4/12
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G'day Jim:
Still producing the occasional sequence.
Barry Graham
Still producing the occasional sequence.
Barry Graham
John Haskey
Sep 4, 2012, 5:12:16 PM9/4/12
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In article <c1n948lbic84cgmit...@4ax.com>,
Jim Higgins <inv...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>Just for fun WHO'S STILL HERE? Just raise your hand; maybe briefly
>tell us what you're doing with MIDI, if anything.
>
In my work with pipe organs more instruments now include a MIDI interface.
Jim Higgins <inv...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>Just for fun WHO'S STILL HERE? Just raise your hand; maybe briefly
>tell us what you're doing with MIDI, if anything.
>
A friend and I have written software that manipulates MIDI files to play
on the various different systems. Alas, there are no standards for stop
selection in MIDI and each manufacturer seems to dream up his own
implementation.
---john.
mechtild
Sep 16, 2012, 1:49:51 AM9/16/12
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There use to be a usenet ng that had lots of midis. I think it was this
one. Have looked & looked for it many times. If so, what happened???
See you all are makers of midis for midi lovers like me. Thank you!
I did try my hand once by purchasing a gizmo "Widi", $100, that was
supposed to convert mp3s to midis easily. Well it was easy but not
good. LOL Barbara
one. Have looked & looked for it many times. If so, what happened???
See you all are makers of midis for midi lovers like me. Thank you!
I did try my hand once by purchasing a gizmo "Widi", $100, that was
supposed to convert mp3s to midis easily. Well it was easy but not
good. LOL Barbara
Garry B@teranews.com
Sep 16, 2012, 8:16:57 PM9/16/12
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"mechtild" <mechs...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> There use to be a usenet ng that had lots of midis. I think it was this
> one. Have looked & looked for it many times. If so, what happened???
I think you mean alt.binaries.sounds.midi.
> one. Have looked & looked for it many times. If so, what happened???
Not much action there lately either.
Pete
Sep 17, 2012, 5:25:53 PM9/17/12
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In article <f_t5s.104$Cq6...@newsfe21.iad>,
[This is a repost -- strange... I've never had a post go missing before,
but I don't see the original.]
I believe that many usenet providers dropped all binary groups (maybe
afraid of copyright problems?). I'd bet that web.tv is one of those.
Don't know who still supplies them, except that mine (giganews) does.
-- Pete --
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The address in the header is a Spam Bucket -- don't bother replying to it...
but I don't see the original.]
I believe that many usenet providers dropped all binary groups (maybe
afraid of copyright problems?). I'd bet that web.tv is one of those.
Don't know who still supplies them, except that mine (giganews) does.
-- Pete --
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Netmask
Oct 8, 2012, 5:52:22 AM10/8/12
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On 04-Sep-12 02:42, Jim Higgins wrote:
>
> Just for fun WHO'S STILL HERE? Just raise your hand; maybe briefly
> tell us what you're doing with MIDI, if anything.
>
>
> Just for fun WHO'S STILL HERE? Just raise your hand; maybe briefly
> tell us what you're doing with MIDI, if anything.
>
> I still post the MINI-FAQ weekly when I remember to, and still host
> the Full FAQ, but after several computer upgrades my old MIDI
> sequencing software won't play well with WinXP or later and I don't
> want to rebuy the software when most of it seems to have gone the way
> of "music studio on a PC" and I only care about MIDI... and even that
> far less than before. And my external hard drive crashed and took my
> whole music collection with it - MIDI and MP3. Yeah, I should have
> had it backed up.
>
> the Full FAQ, but after several computer upgrades my old MIDI
> sequencing software won't play well with WinXP or later and I don't
> want to rebuy the software when most of it seems to have gone the way
> of "music studio on a PC" and I only care about MIDI... and even that
> far less than before. And my external hard drive crashed and took my
> whole music collection with it - MIDI and MP3. Yeah, I should have
> had it backed up.
>
> A wave and a smile to all,
>
> Jim Higgins
>
>
Well I'm floating around notwithstanding a bout of pneumonia that landed
me in hospital for a week. Had my entire midi collection (converted to
mp3 on my ipad to while away the time).
Fiona Jones
Feb 21, 2013, 7:36:19 AM2/21/13
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My main music computer is a quad core with 4 gb ram for rendering music. my
music is arranged on a dos computer with sequencer pro. that computer has a
pentium 200 and windows 98 so i can copy my dos work onto a USB flash. i
think i am the only person living with that level of intelligent insanity
"Jim Higgins" <inv...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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music is arranged on a dos computer with sequencer pro. that computer has a
pentium 200 and windows 98 so i can copy my dos work onto a USB flash. i
think i am the only person living with that level of intelligent insanity
"Jim Higgins" <inv...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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Garry B@teranews.com
Feb 22, 2013, 12:55:40 AM2/22/13
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"Fiona Jones" <fifi...@bgpond.com> wrote in message
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> My main music computer is a quad core with 4 gb ram for rendering music.
> my music is arranged on a dos computer with sequencer pro. that computer
> has a pentium 200 and windows 98 so i can copy my dos work onto a USB
> flash. i think i am the only person living with that level of intelligent
> insanity
Or insane intelligence !
> my music is arranged on a dos computer with sequencer pro. that computer
> has a pentium 200 and windows 98 so i can copy my dos work onto a USB
> flash. i think i am the only person living with that level of intelligent
> insanity
But isn't it hard to give up what you have grown to love?
I still use a 1993 version of Cakewalk for sequencing.
Fiona Jones
Feb 22, 2013, 9:48:11 PM2/22/13
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"Garry B...@teranews.com" <btgr...@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:DLDVs.29225$lC2....@newsfe25.iad...
I would be happy to love another program but I just can't find anything else
as efficient and easy to use. For one thing the sequencer boots up in a few
seconds. Second the interface is so easy: up and down arrow to select a
track, R to put it in record standby and then space to go. So easy to set
up quantizing and any other basic sequencer feature. I have tried
sequencers up until the new ones out now and swear there is nothing as
good... ;) And because it's all midi it still works with the latest
hardware and you can export as .mid into any DAW...
news:DLDVs.29225$lC2....@newsfe25.iad...
as efficient and easy to use. For one thing the sequencer boots up in a few
seconds. Second the interface is so easy: up and down arrow to select a
track, R to put it in record standby and then space to go. So easy to set
up quantizing and any other basic sequencer feature. I have tried
sequencers up until the new ones out now and swear there is nothing as
good... ;) And because it's all midi it still works with the latest
hardware and you can export as .mid into any DAW...
Hellapi
Mar 6, 2013, 9:30:57 PM3/6/13
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Hi
"Sequencer pro", is that Voyetra?
"Sequencer pro", is that Voyetra?
John Haskey
Mar 7, 2013, 7:03:48 PM3/7/13
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In article <F5WVs.3933$Ow3...@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com>,
utilities. I'm mainly interested in MIDI and player pipe organs these
days having worked with band organs, fairground organs, dance organs,
pipe organs, calliopes, etc translating both modern sequences and
digitized book music and organ rolls from a century ago. Fun stuff.
---john.
Fiona Jones <fifi...@bgpond.com> wrote:
>"Garry B...@teranews.com" <btgr...@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
>news:DLDVs.29225$lC2....@newsfe25.iad...
>>
>"Garry B...@teranews.com" <btgr...@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
>news:DLDVs.29225$lC2....@newsfe25.iad...
>>
>> Or insane intelligence !
>> But isn't it hard to give up what you have grown to love?
>> I still use a 1993 version of Cakewalk for sequencing.
>
>I would be happy to love another program but I just can't find anything else
>as efficient and easy to use. For one thing the sequencer boots up in a few
>seconds. Second the interface is so easy: up and down arrow to select a
>track, R to put it in record standby and then space to go. So easy to set
>up quantizing and any other basic sequencer feature. I have tried
>sequencers up until the new ones out now and swear there is nothing as
>good... ;) And because it's all midi it still works with the latest
>hardware and you can export as .mid into any DAW...
>
I still run Cakewalk 9 on WinXP for my work plus a bunch of home grown
>> But isn't it hard to give up what you have grown to love?
>> I still use a 1993 version of Cakewalk for sequencing.
>
>I would be happy to love another program but I just can't find anything else
>as efficient and easy to use. For one thing the sequencer boots up in a few
>seconds. Second the interface is so easy: up and down arrow to select a
>track, R to put it in record standby and then space to go. So easy to set
>up quantizing and any other basic sequencer feature. I have tried
>sequencers up until the new ones out now and swear there is nothing as
>good... ;) And because it's all midi it still works with the latest
>hardware and you can export as .mid into any DAW...
>
utilities. I'm mainly interested in MIDI and player pipe organs these
days having worked with band organs, fairground organs, dance organs,
pipe organs, calliopes, etc translating both modern sequences and
digitized book music and organ rolls from a century ago. Fun stuff.
---john.
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