Hello Daniel !
thanks for your advice !
The only computer (now definitely dead..) without problems with MIDI
tasks was the old time Atari . It was my first one . Then i moved to a
PC with Win95 and i had to part the HDD , one with DOS and the other
with '95 . Some crashes with Windows but it works well with my EVS1
synth editor - librarian. The sequencer behaviour under 95 (BigBoss) was
pretty good , for some unknown reason :-\ it finds the "MIDI - game"
port . Dead too, and given to a school for parts.
Now i have a bunch of brand new PCs all running XP and it's a disaster .
The last one (with an "all in one " motherboard and an Athlon 64) is the
worst , that's a shame because i wanted it for dedicated music or
video-graphic applications (it is very quiet, no fan humming nor
helicopter-like HDD or Cd drive spins !) .
For video apps , i fitted easily a graphic card to replace the crap
integrated one only good for office tasks . For sound it is quite
impossible to disable the internal one , not bad at all for sound but
without MIDI capabilities. I have to try again playing both with the
BIOS and XP , the internal soundboard is not removable only with XP .
You believe it's disabled , as the system parameters panel "says", but
it's not .
I agree with you for software synths simulators but i don't use any ,
impossible to play live or simply outside home.
Cheers
J.F.
Daniel Mandic a \ufffdcrit :
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>From: "Jeff" <jf.serviere@...>
>To: <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 8:40 AM
>Subject: Re: [AN1x] Anyone have any luck with MIDIBridge and OS X running
>Classic?
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>>Hello!
>>i'm a little bit "old school" with synths and i rather use knobs and
>>switches than software* . But i have some knowledge in computing and PC
>>hardware (not Mac, sorry !) because of my job and because i have
>>assembled 2 or 3 computers for home . The MIDI interface is often a
>>problem , generally speaking , specially with "up to date" computers and
>>10 years old or more softwares . These were designed to use the standard
>>(at this time) "MIDI - game" port found on most PCs , Ataris and others
>>, not for the late USB to MIDI converters . They "want" to find at a
>>dedicated adress the famous "MPU401 compatible" . If not, they're lost .
>>Maybe there is a trick to overcome this issue, but i don't know ...
>>@+
>>J.F.
>>*It reminds me my first contacts with old (and unreliable..) gear such
>>as one of my friend's Korg MS20 or Pro One...
>>yesmckay a \ufffdcrit :
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>It depends which Software u use.
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>I would suggest DOS, Win3.1, Win9x/ME for MIDI operation. NT, Linux and such
>is better for multitasking and communication apps, where you need that
>features for many open sockets, more running apps and listening to some
>music meanwhile, w/o crashes :). ...when talking about pure MIDI operation.
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>If using software synths, I would suggest a better system, like NT and such.
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>Atari with its single-task OS, is highly recommendable for pure MIDI
>operation. DOS could compare to....
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>Best Regards,
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>Daniel Mandic
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