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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, Ron Clarke wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 14:58:29 +0000 (UTC)
> sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>
> > This must be how people put make midi files - I had thought they used a
> > program to do it.
>
>    You can use either.  I use software - I don't have a MIDI keyboard.
>
> >  Do you know if each voice (each instrument) gets
> > recorded separately?
>
>   With software, one writes each part separately and and assigns an 
> instrument voice to each.
>
>   I don't know about MIDI keyboards.

So do you specify the pitch, duration, and volume of each note with 
software?  Are there OCR type programs that can automatically convert a 
musical score into an uninterpreted midi file?  You might want as many as 
four channels for each violin part.

> > > > > > I have no idea what to do with stereo enhance - can I comment it out too?

>    "Stereo enhance" is a way of separating the two tracks of a stereo 
> output even further. With it fully extended, it can simulate "all 
> around-sound".  You can demonstrate this in DOS using MPXPLAY which has 
> it available on the GUI.

> > I will play with the DOS software for turning enhancement on and off to
> > see if I hear a difference.

>   Some of those effects are easier to hear with headphones rather than 
> speakers.

Good idea.  Can you hear differences in quality between various sound 
cards?


> Regards,
>         Ron
>
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