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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2350.1 | | RUGRAT::POWELL | Dan Powell/221-5916 | Thu May 24 1990 20:08 | 5 |
| Opcode Professional Plus $79
1 MHz clock rate, 1 MIDI IN, 3 MIDI OUTS, interfaces to Mac's serial
or printer port, uses a 9V/200ma wallbug for power source.
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| 2350.2 | Apple and Altech | XERO::ARNOLD | Read my quips. | Fri May 25 1990 18:00 | 21 |
| I have each of the following:
* Apple MIDI Interface. Cost ~$60-70 when I bought it at an Apple
Consortium collge. List price is ~$90-100US.
Simple box which attaches to 3 cables: 1 MIDI in, 1 MIDI out, 1
serial port cable (attach to either Plus/SE/II printer or modem).
Note that the interface comes with 3 cables, too. The serial cable
is about 3 feet and I think each MIDI cable is 5-6 feet.
Requires NO power cable.
* Altech MIDI interface. cost: whatever MacWarehouse is/was selling
them for (since that's where I bought it).
All cabling is attached to the interface which looks like a 6" long
plastic "cigar" tube. Hanging out of the tube are 3 MIDI out
cables (~3 feet long), 1 MIDI in cable (~3 feet long), and 1 serial
cable (with connector for Plus/SE/II).
Requries NO power cable.
Both have worked flawlessly for as long as I've owned them.
- John -
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| 2350.3 | define 3 outs please | NORGE::CHAD | | Fri May 25 1990 18:23 | 7 |
| I assume that when you say 3 'outs', you mean three non-discrete outs, ie,
each cable has the same MIDI data, so we really have one MIDI bus on three
MIDI cables?
Thanks
Chad
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| 2350.4 | Same data, indeed | RANGER::EIRIKUR | | Fri May 25 1990 18:30 | 5 |
| It only connects to one serial output, so you are right, Chad. It
doesn't come with fancy multiplexing software. It's a nice little
package.
Eirikur
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| 2350.5 | Opcode Interfaces | RICKS::NORCROSS | All this in just one lifetime. | Fri May 25 1990 19:45 | 14 |
| You will want to have a MIDI bus hanging off of each serial port.
Master Tracks Pro (and I'm sure other sequencers) support 32 MIDI
channels, 16 over each serial port. This is soemthing you will
definitely want to use if you have like 3 or 4 SGUs with 8 channels
each.
I use the Opcode Studio Plus Two. It is essentially 2 MIDI interfaces
(one for each serial port). Each interface has 1 In/ 3 Outs (the 3 Outs
are copies of eachother). It sits under the Mac.
I think I would recommend the Studio 3 (or whatever it's called)
because it has tape sync and is rack mountable.
/Mitch
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| 2350.6 | | SALSA::MOELLER | Endorphin addict | Tue May 29 1990 17:41 | 7 |
| I have the old, original OPCODE 1 in, 1 out, selectable 5., 1, and 2MHZ
polling. I use the 1 MHZ setting. This one is unpowered, that is, it
uses the +.5VDC on one pin of the modem port. Newer MAC owners beware,
the 'live' pin is a thing of the past, leading to such inanities as
wallbug-powered MIDI ports.
karl
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| 2350.7 | JLCooper Syncmaster? | TALLIS::SEIGEL | | Mon Jan 07 1991 16:12 | 7 |
| I'm starting to shop for a MAC midi interface. I've seen the Midi Time Piece,
the Studio 3, and the others previously mentioned. I'd like to have one with
SMPTE. I've heard of a new one, from JLCooper, called the SyncMaster. Does
anyone have it, or has anyone seen it at a local shop?
Thanks,
andy
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