AMM FAQ - 2008-05-30
Jim Higgins
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THE OFFICIAL ALT.MUSIC.MIDI MINI-FAQ
Last Modified: [16 May 2008]
What's New in the FAQ?
Nothing new since June 2007
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Alt.music.midi is a forum for MIDI enthusiasts to EXCHANGE
INFORMATION concerning MIDI hardware, software and
techniques. It's the WRONG place for regularly posted
commercial or eBay ads, binaries, test messages, and
requests for MIDI files. Occasional ads for sale of used
PERSONAL gear are OK.
Potential buyers of WAV-to-MID conversion software BEWARE!
This software does *NOT* live up to the claims made for it.
See the full AMM FAQ for more info and for URLs to about 22
pieces of software, some free, many with demo versions, that
you can download and test for yourself before buying.
This MINI-FAQ is generally posted weekly to the
newsgroup alt.music.midi to:
1. Provide an overview of the newsgroup without the
burden of posting the full FAQ. (143KB)
2. Answer a few frequently asked questions.
(For WAV-to-MID and MID-to-WAV questions, see below)
3. Provide a link to the full FAQ located at:
http://home.sc.rr.com/cosmogony/ammfaq.html
ARE YOU NEW AND LOST ON USENET?
See http://home.sc.rr.com/cosmogony/ammfaq.html#0.5
HOW CAN I CONVERT A WAV FILE TO A MIDI FILE?
See http://home.sc.rr.com/cosmogony/ammfaq.html#2.07
HOW CAN I CONVERT A MID FILE TO A WAV FILE?
See http://home.sc.rr.com/cosmogony/ammfaq.html#2.08
I HOOKED UP MY (MIDI DEVICE) TO MY COMPUTER & IT WON'T WORK.
See http://home.sc.rr.com/cosmogony/ammfaq.html#2.22
WHERE CAN I FIND A SPECIFIC MIDI SONG FILE?
See http://home.sc.rr.com/cosmogony/ammfaq.html#2.01.2
OTHER INFORMATION - MOSTLY NETIQUETTE
Seek not to offend. Be not easily offended.
Please look over the full ALT.MUSIC.MIDI FAQ. The FAQ
is well indexed, with hyperlinks, and it answers most of the
usual beginning questions and contains URLs pointing to
some excellent web sites with more advanced information.
Postings in English will reach the largest audience, but use
the language you know best. Everyone is welcome here.
Requests for help with pirated software are *extremely*
unwelcome. Please ignore such requests. If in doubt,
an answer referring to a specific page in the manual
for details will help a legitimate owner who has a manual
and will be worthless to a pirate and no one's feelings
will be hurt.
Use of DESCRIPTIVE TITLES improves the chance of
getting an answer. Don't say "HELP URGENT!" Say
"Help With Yamaha PSR-510 Sysex!"
The full FAQ with information on MIDI located at
http://home.sc.rr.com/cosmogony/ammfaq.html provides
more specific MIDI-related information as well as links to
some excellent sites with even more information.
My goal for the full FAQ is to cover the *basics* well enough that
newcomers to MIDI can either find answers or find pointers to
answers. It is *NOT* meant to be a direct source of detailed
advanced information. There are a number of excellent sites
that fill that need and rather than repeat their content I'll be
glad to list the most outstanding sites in the FAQ as they come
to my attention. Feel free to bring any new outstanding MIDI
sites to my attention.
If you can provide a short write-up to fill in any serious gaps
in the *basic* info the FAQ provides, or have comments on the
FAQ, or on the MINI FAQ, please feel free to do so. Please
don't e-mail me copies of interesting programs or other large
attachments. Especially do NOT email me the whole FAQ
when making a comment or suggesting a change.
If members of other MIDI newsgroups would like to have this MINI
FAQ posted in their newsgroups please contact me. If you wish
to use the more detailed AMM FAQ on your own web site, you're
free to insert a link to it, but you may not copy the FAQ itself in
whole or in part.
Address email TO: (not CC or BCC) quasimodo at yahoo.com.
Please use a subject of "MIDI, MIDI, MIDI, MIDI" so it isn't lost
in all the spam.
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Jim Higgins
alt.music.midi FAQ
http://home.sc.rr.com/cosmogony/ammfaq.html