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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:	* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
Notice:	Conference has been write-locked. Use new version.
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

2775.0. "A beginner needs some good recommendations " by HVNBND::THOMAS (I'm Just Waitin' on Heaven) Tue Nov 26 1991 11:06

I am one of those victims of the late '60's when your momma
made you take those piano lessons when you really wanted
to be outside riding your bike, playing ball or even diggging
 in the dirt making roads with your Tonka trucks and motorgraders.

Now that I've seen the light, in more ways than one and since
I am involved in my churchs' choir, I have the need and 
desire to learn music again.  Well, since I work with computers
for a living now and so does my wife, we thought that maybe
a PC with a midi card in it with some music software and possibly
somewhere down the road a synthesizer with a midi interface in it
would be the ideal self-training media.

The questions I have are:

	- What would be the most recommended Midi card.  Is it the
	  Sound Blaster Pro?

	- What about music software?

	- Then for later down the road, what about the synthesizer.
	  Should I look at one with the 3 1/2 inch floppy disk drive
	  like the Peavy DPMse3 or something more in line with the 
	  Yamaha PSR400/500M?  

The synthesizer is the part that I want to make sure I get right the
first time if at all possible.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Chris Thomas

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2775.1 I got to give the spiel once :-) NUTELA::CHAD Chad in Munich at RTO, DTN 865 3976 Tue Nov 26 1991 15:24 15

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2775.1	I got to give the spiel once :-)	NUTELA::CHAD	Chad in Munich at RTO, DTN 865 3976	`Tue Nov 26 1991 15:24`	15
	You might try looking at a directory of the conference and see what has already been discussed in this area. try looking at a list of KEYWORDS and see what tickles your fancy. Also, most MIDI cards for a PC are soundless though I think that some of the synth cards are also midi cards (?). good luck Chad

	You might try looking at a directory of the conference and

	see what has already been discussed in this area.  try

	looking at a list of KEYWORDS and see what tickles your
	
	fancy.  Also, most MIDI cards for a PC are soundless though I

	think that some of the synth cards are also midi cards (?).

	good luck

	Chad