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Date: Sun, 1 Aug 93 07:04 CDT From: Govind@UTXVM.CC.UTEXAS.EDU Subject: [*] MIDI software for the Mac - Report This document (perhaps most useful for those about to fritter away their hard-earned paychecks for MIDI software on the Macintosh :~), provides a short description of some of the more common commercial MIDI software available for the Mac. The reviews are organized in this document under three extended categories: 1. Sequencers and Notation Editors 2. Music Training, Algorithmic Composition and Accompaniment 3. MIDI Control Cheers- Shekhar Govind govind@utxvm.cc.utexas.edu * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * MIDI Software for the Mac ========================= Compiled by: Shekhar Govind <govind@utxvm.cc.utexas.edu> Last updated on : 7/31/93 This document (perhaps most useful for those about to fritter away their hard-earned paychecks for MIDI software on the Macintosh :~), provides a short description of some of the more common commercial MIDI software available for the Mac. Not all the comments are mine - some are culled from other user's comments, and some from the product's propaganda literature and reviews. If the reader is not familiar with MIDI, and is confounded by questions such as, "What's a sequencer?", "What's a patch editor?", or even "What is MIDI?!", there are a number of other files available on the 'net which might prove helpful: 1. "MIDI on the Macintosh." 3-part article in TidBITS. Back issues available via anonymous FTP from: <sumex-aim.stanford.edu> /info-mac/per/tb/... TidBITS#176/10-May-93: Introduction to MIDI TidBITS#177/17-May-93: MIDI software for the Mac TidBITS#178/31-May-93: Hardware: Interface, Macs, Synths. 2. "Inexpensive MIDI Resources for the Macintosh." FAQ file for shareware and public domain MIDI programs for the MAC maintained by Russ Evans, anonymous FTP from: <mac.archives.umich.edu>. 3. FAQ file for comp.music/rec.music.makers.synth on Usenet, discusses various MIDI and synthesizer issues. Maintained by Craig Latta, anonymous FTP from: <xcf.berkeley.edu> 4. A bibliography on synthesizers, midi, computer and electronic music collected from various sources by Piet van Oostrum can be obtained by ftp from: <cs.ruu.nl> in MIDI/DOC/bibliography. 5. MIDI and General MIDI Specifications, anonymous FTP from: <xcf.berkeley.edu> /misc/netjam/doc/midi/... **************** **** Commercial MIDI software for the Mac is organized in this document under three extended categories: 1. Sequencers and Notation Editors 2. Music Training, Algorithmic Composition and Accompaniment 3. MIDI Control 1. Sequencers and Notation Editors ================================== Usually, the list price is a fair reflection of the software's capabili…