Re: NTLK Midi on Newt

From: Michael J. Hussmann (michael.hu@macmagazin.de)
Date: Fri Mar 17 2000 - 06:43:26 EST


Bob Frasure (design7@home.com) wrote:

> On the topic of Midi for the Newt, I personally don't see how hard it
> could be seeing as how the EMate and MP2x00 series machines have an FM
> synthesizer built in, couldn't midi audio be ported directly to these and
> run with no real extra work?

Bob,

there would be some extra work involved in creating passable imitations
of the GM instruments using the Newton's synthesizer. Problem is: the FM
sythesizer (and the synthesizer in general) is dreadfully slow,
especially on the eMate. Playing samples is much faster.

Michael J. Hussmann

Redaktion macmagazin
Leverkusenstrasse 54 VII
D-22761 Hamburg
Germany

E-Mail: michael@macmagazin.de

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