issue2

EMUSIC-L Digest                                        Volume 8, Number 2

Today's Topics:
      Oberheim Matrix 1000
      D-50 banks
      glib files from listserv@auvm (2 messages)
      Tape results
      Kurzweil PX Plus patches and ESQ-1 librarian
      MIDI 1.0 Spec.
      Help for DSS-1
      The VFX has a sequencer?! (2 messages)

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Date:         Tue, 8 Aug 89 10:24:00 EDT
From:         a Pirate twin 
Subject:      Oberheim Matrix 1000

I have a chance to pick up a Matrix 1000 for a nice price ... have any
of you used this piece of gear?  Can it be programmed, or is it merely a
ROM unit?  Is it multitimbral? (I know the Matrix 6 could play splits
... can this do the same?).  Is this a good module for $500 Cdn
(currently about $420 US), or should I be looking at some Roland gear
for analog?  I remember being impressed with the J8XP awhile ago - is
that the Super-JX rack mount people have been talking about?

... and more questions about the D-50:  does anyone know about a good
librarian/editor that runs on an IBM PC?

Thanks in advance,

brian



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Date:         Wed, 9 Aug 89 10:21:47 BST
From:         Nick Rothwell 
Subject:      D-50 banks

I've fetched one of the D-50 banks from the archive, and it looks fine.
I put the data through compress and uuencode before posting, and the
inverse seems to work OK. "compress" is just the bog-standard Unix
utility.
   The uncompressed data *cannot* just be sent straight to a D-50. It's
just the contents of a D-50's memory (34688 bytes), with no SysEx
wrapping or anything. To transmit it, it has to be split up into
smaller packets with address and size headers, to be transmitted either
sequentially or by handshaking. The Beaverton D-50 DA uses the 34688
format directly; other librarians might do the same. I can provide
some PASCAL code which shows what to do; I'll be re-writing this in C
fairly soon, I hope.

                Nick.
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Date:         Wed, 9 Aug 89 15:47:00 EST
From:         Chris Iverson 
Subject:      glib files from listserv@auvm

I downloaded some of the glib files from the archives, and discovered that I
have no way to un-uuencode them.  No one on our campus is familiar with
uuencoding (is that a UNIX-based compression utility?), and, being totally
Macintosh oriented, no one here knows how to deal with arc'ed files either.
I should have said something way back when there was discussion of how these
files were to be stored, but I didn't want to look stoopid not knowing what you
guys were talking about.  Now I look *real* stoopid, but it's a look I've
grown accustomed to over the years....

Anyhow, could someone offer some help?  I wouldn't be surprised if there are
others on the list who have a similar problem...

Thanx,
-chris
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Date:         Wed, 9 Aug 89 16:27:33 EDT
From:         Eric Harnden 
Subject:      arcs

hmm, yes.. that does continue to be a bit of a thorn.
tel you what... uuencode is pretty simple, and i've got some pascal
source for it that should be adaptable to any system. now, uuencode
is not a compression method, but a way of maintaining data integrity
across many different kinds of network gates. the comprsession/arc
things are more complicated, more os-specific, and some cases proprietary.
i guess we're going to have to come up with some arc/binhex/zip/zoo
crossers... any takers for the project?

Eric Harnden (Ronin)

The American University Physics Dept.
(202) 885-2758
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Date:         Thu, 10 Aug 89 10:44:40 EDT
From:         Cecilia Tan 
Subject:      Tape results

Guess what!  We've gone over time.  As a result I will have to do some
  editing of the material I recieved.  I am trying to time out things now
    but I'll do my best to fit as much as I can in and be fair to everyone.

Meanwhile, here's a preview of what I think will fit and how I'll do it.
  (You can still get a copy of the finished thing if you want)

SIDE ONE
Joe McMahon       Liquid Crystals  3:52    this is very stereo
                  Third Rail       3:55    this too, absolute vintage emusic
Carl T Donath     Vacuuous Scream  1:46
                  Digitized Horses 2:50    good found sounds here
David Mantripp    Raft            10:50    electronic oceanscape w/violin!
Chris Iverson     Ruminations      2:45    guitarscapes--Andy Summers-ish
Dan Bornstein     Ethereal Nature  1:18    title says it all
                  Untitled         2:26    reminiscent of W. Carlos
                  Noises from Nowhere  4:00  you'll see
Jari Riitala      Imperventus      2:49    hey, is that a real piano?
                  Acid Rain Expected 4:03  a little touch of fusion jazz
Chris Iverson     Waditis          4:45    another touch of fusion

SIDE TWO
Nick Rothwell     Sudstern         8:18    you'll see
John McIntyre     Meditations of the Monk 13:00  (may be edited a tad)
David Mantripp    Hemlock          3:18   a bit hymnal, good perc.
William T Angel   Raga Desh       15:00   an ibm improvises on Indian ragas
                                            (may also get a bit edited...)
if there turns out to be room, I may put my piece on, but if not, I'll
leave it out.

To get your copy of the tape, you emusic-l subscribers, send a 90minute
   cassette tape to me, with a SASE (that includes postage) at

    Cecilia Tan
    438 Wickenden St. #3
    Providence, RI 02903-4428
    USA

I'm leaving today for a few days at the New Jersey shore, but I'll be back
  next week, and so the tape might be in the mail by two weeks from today.
    It's been fun!      -ctan
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Date:         Sat, 12 Aug 89 21:25:01 EDT
From:         Tony Pagliaro 
Subject:      Kurzweil PX Plus patches and ESQ-1 librarian

Hi guys.  Anyone out there that could recommend a librarian that will
store all my patches/ sequences for my MIDI gear.  I'm looking for
just a program that can simply store the data in files on a 3.5 disk.
Currently my rig consists of a Kawai R-50 drum machine, Kurzweil PX Plus,
Roland D-110 and my old and trusty Ensoniq ESQ-1, which still continues to
impress me.

Also, I'm looking for some patches for my Kurzweil PX Plus.  I've managed to
do some programming with it, but I don't have enough time to to really get
into the system.  I think the unit has a lot of potential.

Bye-the-bye, Ensoniq is beginning to sponsor some synth clinics to show
off their new products.  I was fortunate enough to attend one of these in
North Carolina.  Ensoniq's new synth, the VFX is a worthy axe.  It's an
excellent MIDI controller (you can divide the keyboard into 12 separate
control regions/zones) and it's onboard sequencer performs many of the
same functions that a lot of PC sequence software does. As for the instrument's
sounds, they are great, especially since the units effects can be controlled
in a real time mode from the modulation wheels.  A new toy to look at
when you go to the music store!
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Date:         Mon, 14 Aug 89 00:40:00 EDT
From:         UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS
              
Subject:      MIDI 1.0 Spec.

  How can I obtain the MIDI specifications ?

  Diogenes C. S. Jr.

  Federal University of Minas Gerais
  DCC - ICEx - UFMG

Computer Science Dept.

  UFMG@BRFAPESP.bitnet
  Brasil
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Date:         Mon, 14 Aug 89 09:38:51 EDT
From:         Jeffrey R Kell 
Subject:      Help for DSS-1

I guess we all pull a stupid one once in awhile, and I certainly did; I
have a bad track on a factory sound disk and didn't make a backup.  If
anyone out there has a Korg DSS-1 I would appreciate it if you could get
the program parameters (my samples are intact) for the Clav patches that
are on System-B of the factory Piano/Clav disk.  (I'd settle for just
Clav-3 if you're in a hurry).  My efforts to recreate them have been less
than satisfying (lots of unusual KB articulation parameters).

Thanks in advance...


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Date:         Mon, 14 Aug 89 13:21:00 EST
From:         METLAY@PITTVMS
Subject:      The VFX has a sequencer?!


See above... Every review I've read so far says otherwise.

ga ghee gah,

metlay
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Date:         Mon, 14 Aug 89 11:57:09 PDT
From:         "robert s. richardson" 
Subject:      Re:  The VFX has a sequencer?!

Yes, the VFX-SD has a disk drive and a sequencer.  Its true.  They have
one down at SouthBound Sound in Roseburg, OR.  (I think the guy on the
phone said it was in stock, I'd call first before driving down there.)

Features (off the top of my head): 24tracks, 70,000 notes, editing,
60 sequences, 20 songs.  If its like the EPS, then it has an extensive
list of features and disk storage functions.

List price: about $2500.
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