issue22

EMUSIC-L Digest                                      Volume 61, Issue 22

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	MIDIFILE-L (4 messages)

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Date:         Tue, 1 Feb 1994 18:12:46 EST
From:         JOHN ALBERT PINION 
Subject:      MIDIFILE-L

>For  what  it's worth, I  like  Arne Claasen's idea  of  a MIDI-L
>listserve.


        Gee, I thought that was my idea; well, no matter...
        What I was thinking was similar to EAT-L on which
        recipes and related information is shared.  You
        can go to any cookbook and find a recipe for baked
        chicken or pasta salad, but EAT-L provides that
        unique discussion format that allows the sharing
        of little tips, shortcuts, and the like; and to me,
        that was the best of it - not full-scale wedding
        day menu's (although that was done also).

        True, voicings and timbres can be hidious to translate
        and match onto different machines, but so can exactly
        matching the ingredients in say a Tai dish when shopping
        at Pigley Wigley in the heart of Tennessee.  The fun,
        of course is in the spirit of the idea--and you get a
        wonderful meal thrown in to boot.  The main thing
        being that you learn as you go along.

        It was really just a thought; I have no idea how it
        would actually work in practice.

>As an aside, how can you get midi over email...?
>
>Phil

        In the Mac environment, the easiest way I know is to
        BinHex the midi file with most any compression program
        (thus converting it to ascii).  (Upon unBinHexing, the
        file type may need to be changed back to 'MIDI'.)
        Then, it can simply attach to the text portion of a
        message describing or commenting on the file, letting
        others know if they want to 'clip and save' it.

        For example, this binhexed midi file contains
        just three chords:


        True, it is rather long for 2 measures.  I don't
        personally feel it's a 'big deal' to do the necessary
        translations, and would probably set up a macro for
        the purpose if I needed to do it on a regular basis.

        In any case, I'm sure few midi files could approach
        the volumous proportions of that Health Care Reform list
        from the Clinton White House, mailings of which I don't
        think I've ever reached the end of before typing 'n'!


        Cheers!
        John Pinion

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Date:         Tue, 1 Feb 1994 20:10:08 -0500
From:         DEMOLITION MAN 
Subject:      Re: MIDIFILE-L

So then, what we would need is a compression (translation?) standard
for the list so that all recipients would be able to translate the files.
The ENCODE and UNENCODE commands seem to be the best bet, ast they seem to
be ubiquitous to the majority of servers.

If not, we need something that can be used by Mac, PC and anything else out ther
   e. ANy suggestions?  IS there some sort of protocol that can be used by
a wide variety of machines?

Another question on an entirely different subject. What kind of software
is out there to do hard disk recording?  For example, I can sample at
16 bit 44.1 khz.  However, in any long recording, I get errors that resemble
a record skipping.

I understand thsi is a flaw of DOS.  I am working in ms-windows, and I assume
that it would run faster outside of that environment.  However, by
leaving windows, I lose my mixing capabilities.  Is there some software
that will facilitate better recording in windows.  Do i need to pick up
another hard disk, format it differently somehow, and use it exclusively
for hard disk recording.

Is multitrack pc hard disk recording possible?

Phil
SPS5251@SIENA.BITNET

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Date:         Wed, 2 Feb 1994 09:03:03 EST
From:         David Lunney 
Subject:      Re: MIDIFILE-L

I believe the problem with ticks in a direct-to-disk recording on a
DOS machine is caused by the DOS interrupts.  The sampler on the Sound
Blaster gets around this by double buffering.  Surely other samplers
can do the same thing.

David Lunney
Department of Chemistry and
Science Institute for the Disabled
East Carolina University
Greenvlle, NC 27858 USA
VOICE: 919-757-6713  919-758-6453
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CHLUNNEY@ECUVM1.BITNET
CHLUNNEY@ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU

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Date:         Wed, 2 Feb 1994 22:34:19 EST
From:         JOHN ALBERT PINION 
Subject:      MIDIFILE-L

>For  what  it's worth, I  like  Arne Claasen's idea  of  a MIDI-L
>listserve.


        Gee, I thought that was my idea; well, no matter...
        What I was thinking was similar to EAT-L on which
        recipes and related information is shared.  You
        can go to any cookbook and find a recipe for baked
        chicken or pasta salad, but EAT-L provides that
        unique discussion format that allows the sharing
        of little tips, shortcuts, and the like; and to me,
        that was the best of it - not full-scale wedding
        day menu's (although that was done also).

        True, voicings and timbres can be hidious to translate
        and match onto different machines, but so can exactly
        matching the ingredients in say a Tai dish when shopping
        at Pigley Wigley in the heart of Tennessee.  The fun,
        of course is in the spirit of the idea--and you get a
        wonderful meal thrown in to boot.  The main thing
        being that you learn as you go along.

        It was really just a thought; I have no idea how it
        would actually work in practice.

>As an aside, how can you get midi over email...?
>
>Phil

        In the Mac environment, the easiest way I know is to
        BinHex the midi file with most any compression program
        (thus converting it to ascii).  (Upon unBinHexing, the
        file type may need to be changed back to 'MIDI'.)
        Then, it can simply attach to the text portion of a
        message describing or commenting on the file, letting
        others know if they want to 'clip and save' it.

        For example, this binhexed midi file contains
        just three chords:


        True, it is rather long for 2 measures.  I don't
        personally feel it's a 'big deal' to do the necessary

        translations, and would probably set up a macro for
        the purpose if I needed to do it on a regular basis.

        In any case, I'm sure few midi files could approach
        the volumous proportions of that Health Care Reform list
        from the Clinton White House, mailings of which I don't
        think I've ever reached the end of before typing 'n'!


        Cheers!
        John Pinion

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