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#MIDI programs

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    11-Dec-85 20:48:41
Sb: #MIDI programs
Fm: John Foust 72237,135
To: Russ Wetmore

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Russ, I meant to imply that a serious or useful MIDI program takes so much more effort in software than worrying about the presence of a built-in MIDI port. In fact, I think a good MIDI implementation requires a bit of smart hardware, like an MPU-401, or one of the new Yamaha chips. Otherwise, you have to do a lot of smart stuff in software, in your MIDI interrupt driver, and it comes to a lot of overhead. I am one of the authors of Sight & Sound Music Software's MIDI music editor, called Ensemble, for the IBM-PC and Roland MPU-401. From what I've heard, there isn't a whole lot of MIDI software out for the Atari ST. If you've seen some, please tell me more about it.