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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:	* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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Moderator:	DYPSS1::SCHAFER

Created:	Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2852
Total number of notes:	33157

917.0. "Using VAXmate for MIDI Applications" by MINDER::KENT () Fri Aug 28 1987 03:39

    
    Has anybody any experience of using a ??? PC-XT for sequencing and
    general studio use ? It appears that I will be aquiring one of the
    aforementioned machines for a home project and it seems silly yo
    use it only for business applications. Any ideas anyone ?
    
    
    					Paul.

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917.1	Or VAXmate users?	PIXEL::COHEN	Richard Cohen	`Fri Aug 28 1987 08:37`	12
	In a similar vein, has anybody used a VAXmate for midi? It is supposed to be an IBM PC/AT compatible, and it has the expansion slots if you get the expansion box (I would be getting it). Hardware aside, what do most people seem to be using for sequencing and voice librarian stuff on the IBMs? There seems to be quite a lot out there, but I don't know which are highly regarded (I have mostly been reading Mac reviews up until now, funny how your priorities change when hardware drops into your lap!). - Rick
917.2	Or PC/AT users?	PIXEL::COHEN	Richard Cohen	`Fri Aug 28 1987 15:45`	6
	In yet another about face, I may be getting an actual PC/AT! Anyway all the previous questions still hold... - Rick
917.3	Works fine in a VAXmate	COLORS::LICHTENBERG		`Mon Aug 31 1987 22:24`	21
	When I first picked up my MPU-401, I hooked it up to my VAXmate at work (I received the package at work...), and it worked fine. At home, I use it all the time with my IBM PC/AT. The only suggestion I make about the 401 with PC's (and the MIF-IPC thing that they charge you 3x what it's worth) is that you go to your friendly DEC hardware lab and use the solder sucker to clean out the pads where you're supposed to solder jumpers for selecting IRQ lines, then put a DIP switch in. Sure helps when you're doing your own software... those of you who do software development on AT's know about the problems with IRQ2, which just happens to be the MPU's default... As for which software I use, right now just my own home hacks (the sequencer built into my ESQ-1 is too convenient right now...) /Mitch. (Personal Computing Systems Group)