CompuServe Thread

Upgrading to B&P Pro

18 messages in this thread
#6325From: Mar 1, 1991 10:54 AM
ATTENTION BARS&PIPES USERS! Your upgrade coupons are on the way! That's right. In just a few short days, you'll receive all the information you need to upgrade from Bars&Pipes to Bars&Pipes Professional. Stay tuned…. Melissa
#6349From: Ben TubbMar 1, 1991 10:25 PM
Notwithstanding the competition from KCS and Music-X, I do look forward to the B&P Pro upgrade. Keep up the great work. I've found that by owning them all (and MTPro) offers more versatility than any one program provides. If I can ever afford an A3???, I'll really be expanding my sequencing efforts. I'm "stuck" with an A1000 now though the 2.5MB of RAM helps alot. BTW, Spirit Technology's MIDI STAR is the best Amiga MIDI interface available and I highly recommend it.
#6405From: Mar 3, 1991 1:50 PM
Dear Benjamin, Look for your upgrade notice in the mail, including a color brochure! They went out this week. Melissa
#6491From: Ben TubbMar 6, 1991 9:58 PM
Thanks, I do look forward to it. I very much appreciate the versatility of the program especially in its scale/chord/rhthym parameter templating capabilities and its innovative tool concepts.
#6519From: Mar 8, 1991 9:37 AM
Bars&Pipes Professional has everything a professional musician could desire: Real Notation Output and EDITING (Try doing that with a Dr. T's sequencer) Automated Real-time Mixing Graphical Song Construction Graphical Tempo Mapping Time-Line Scoring More, more, more I can;t wait for the world to discover it. Melissa
#6580From: Bill ThompsonMar 10, 1991 11:09 PM
I can't wait to discover it!
#6629From: Mar 13, 1991 8:57 AM
I just got back from Commodore in West Chester, where we debuted Bars&Pipes Professional They were amazed. You will be, too! Melissa
#6632From: John PendergrassMar 13, 1991 11:16 AM
OK, you seem as good as anyone to ask, Melissa 🙂 I just picked up another synth, a Casio CZ-1000. Cheap. Decent sounds. But I cannot get it to work with MIDI at all. I have hooked up to the standard Amiga serial, using an ECE Midi box. Everything seems straitforward enough, but I get nothing. Do you (or anyone) have any experience using this? Advice on what to try? Thanks in advance…. –jp–seattle–
#6643From: Dominick J. FontanaMar 14, 1991 12:22 AM
John, Concerning your CZ-1000, without further information, I would suggest that you make sure the CZ is set to the same MIDI channel as your sequencer. Dom Fontana
#6645From: John PendergrassMar 14, 1991 1:47 AM
That is done. I just cannot figure it out, cause it is pretty basic. If no one says, "I know what it is. Do this <blah blah blah>." I'll suspect the internal MIDI connections on the CZ or something, cause I know the cables, etc are ok. Thanks anyway. –jp–
#6656From: David ArtMar 14, 1991 8:37 PM
John, I've not worked with a CZ-1000, but on other Casio synth's I've seen, there's a switch that must be put into the MIDI position in order for it to work at all. You might check to see if there's such a switch (or menu pick, if the CZ-1000 has a menu system). Also, check for MIDI mode. Hope this helps, 8) David – via Whap!
#6660From: John PendergrassMar 15, 1991 12:16 AM
Thanks, I'll look for a switch. One is not obvious, but that's not to say its not there! –jp–seattle–
#6470From: Allen MittsMar 6, 1991 3:11 AM
Benjamin, Why do you way that Spirit Technology's MIDI STAR is the best Amiga interface? What's it got going for it that the others don't? Thanks, Regards, Allen
#6490From: Ben TubbMar 6, 1991 9:54 PM
1. It is self-powered (using an AC adapter); 2. has two independent MIDI ins; 3. usable with any Amiga (has connectors for the A1000 or A500/A2x00/A3000); 4. has 6 MIDI outs/thrus (selectable on or off); 5. 4 configurations: 1st MIDI in mapped to all outs/thrus, 2nd MIDI in mapped to all outs/thrus, 1st MIDI in mapped to to first three outs/thrus and the 2nd MIDI in mapped to the other three, and the last configuration is the reverse of that; 5. can be used as an RS-232 pass-thru.
#6353From: Dominick J. FontanaMar 2, 1991 1:23 AM
Melissa, Do you also expect the Bars&Pipes Professional user-base to span the musical spectrum? Dom Fontana
#6406From: Mar 3, 1991 1:52 PM
Gee, Dominick, Our user base even spans the legal spectrum. What'll ya believe next? Melissaa J. Grey
#6425From: Dominick J. FontanaMar 4, 1991 3:47 AM
Melissa, Did you change the spelling of your first name? Dom Fontana
#6427From: Mar 4, 1991 10:25 AM
No, I didn't change the spelling, I simply wanted to pronounce it the way you think I pronounce Fontana. Yuk, yuk… Melissa