Re: NTLK Midi on Newt

From: joe (coatlicue@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Fri Mar 17 2000 - 06:00:01 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

BUT, not as much fun.......
http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~kisanuki/

Enjoy, my fellow Newt-sicians!! : )

NEWTON FOREVER!

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